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As I recover from shoulder surgery, I have assigned myself a big, major, huge project…and yes it concerns photography! My mission, should I decide to accept it (Mission Impossible reference) is to clean out and organize my 2TB external hard drive…that contains every digital photo that I have retained since 1985. The majority also have the RAW file associated with that photo attached. Files numbering in the tens of thousands that have been filed, misfiled, triple duplicated and thrown into folders as if I were dealing cards. My ADHD and sense of personal embarrassment will simply not allow this craziness to continue.
The blessing of this process is not just the discovery of photos long forgotten, but the memories contained. These files may well prove themselves to be priceless…not just for the memories depicted in the photos, but as a partner as I spent the next five weeks, the hours ahead fighting off my nemesis, boredom!
Here is one from a very good day…
You know that it was a very good day when you can remember everything about that day, the temperature, the warmth of the sun, the smell of a spring pasture and in this case anxiety of having to go to work when your best girl is about to give birth! It was the 13th of May, 2010 and our National Champion (Reserve Color Champion, 2006 AOBA Nationals) girl Rosalita was in labor. Joann and I both went to work to check in and start clearing the days schedule, both securing the day off with bosses and returning to the farm in record time.
A quick switch from work to farm cloths and a short trot to the front pasture found that Rosalita had already lost her mucus plug…her cria would be born anytime now. It was time to grab some lawn chairs, my camera and our birthing kit and just wait for things to progress. In the back of my mind, I prayed for a smooth, natural birth and that I would not have to put on the big gloves ever again and assist.
The next hour provided us with a memory of a lifetime as Giacomo would come into the world! A 19.2-pound male from Legend’s Challenger, at that time one of the top gray males in the country. The beauty of the moment, the cycle of life experience on such a beautiful May day is forever etched into my soul. Joann and I removed the remnants of the birth sack and dried our gift. The name Giacomo was chosen as it was in honor of my father who had passed some four years before. It was his childhood nickname and I know that it would have made him smile…like this photo does for me now as I utilize the editing program Lightroom to bring it to life.
This photo captures the bonding process/moment that alpaca mothers do just after birth. She gently takes her lips and nose and rub it against that of her cria, all the while making a clicking sound that bonds the two together for life. She will also use the same area to help her cria stay steady on its wabbly, minutes old legs.
What a blessing it is to witness not just the new physical body that God had created, but also the pure, palpable, natural love that was immediate between mother and son as well.
I didn’t know it then, but Giacomo would be the last cria born to us at Serene-n-Green Alpacas. In the early fall of 2010, a couple came to the farm and bought our last five alpacas, water buckets, farm name, logos, hay and trailer to start their own turn-key alpaca farm in Ohio.
Today, when anyone asks if I miss raising alpacas my response is immediate and direct. I miss birthing those babies!
Chase experiences, not things!
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The idea of blogging fashion at this present time feels a little bit trivial, and though I’m going to continue to show you as much loveliness as I can, I hope you don’t mind if I just occasionally use these posts to let off a little steam. Just at the moment the world seems to be in a more dangerous place than it has been in my lifetime, and it seems to be largely down the lunatic behaviour of one man. I won’t say his name, because it feels like a cuss word, but I think you all know who I mean. God help us all (and I mean that literally).
A lifetime first and very unlikely to see one again as this bird is resident to the Mediterranean area and a very rare vagrant to the UK. Somehow a pair have made their way to Cambridgeshire.
we're always travelling
in search of the holy grail
of our soul's leading
and our hearts desire
Love On A Real Train - Tangerine Dream -
Since posting this my son has let me know the relevance of the tribute (which I didn't notice when I first took the photo)
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Condolences to the family and friends of Adele and may she rest in peace.
In the early hours of the morning, Comet Neowise sits perfectly above little Winkie Lighthouse at the very northern tip of the Isle of Man. I’m absolutely delighted with this image and it’s fair to say I’ll probably struggle to top this shot any time soon (maybe now is a good time to retire haha). Bright comets like this are exceptionally rare, with narrow windows of time when they look their best and temperamental island weather – a bad combination, so to pull this shot off took an awful lot of planning and a whole load of luck too. I feel it could well be one of those once in a lifetime shots for me. I was completely blown away by just how long the comets main dust tail was and the fact that the secondary blue ion tail is also clearly visible streaking off at a different angle. The manner in which the comet pointed straight down at the lighthouse too was also beyond all my expectations. Jaw dropping! Neowise can still be seen in the northern skies once dark – if you miss it, you’ll have to wait 6,766 years for it’s next visit ☄️
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These birds were not scared in letting us know they didnt like us near their territory as we headed to the cliff edge to see the puffins in Iceland. We were dive-bombed incessantly particularly if we were anywhere near their young.
Amazing birds who spend winter in South Africa and Spring and Summer in Iceland. In their lifetime they fly distances equivalent of the moon and back.
A large raccoon plopped down at the top of the stream and looked around for about three minutes before wandering off after having a drink.
Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, Sept 14, 2021.
Procyon lotor
Average lifetime in the wild is 2-3 years.
They are not fussy eaters, if they can pick it up they will probably eat it.
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Excerpt from www.ninapark.org/en-hk/purpose/about-nina-park/:
Nina Park, a wood fossil park, is located in Tsuen Wan, adjacent to Nina Tower, NINA MALL and Nina Hotel Tsuen Wan West. Nina Park and its facilities occupy an area close to 70,000 sq.ft., showcasing the largest collection of wood fossils among urban parks in Asia, all gathered by the late Mrs. Nina Wang, Chairwoman of Chinachem Group. This unique legacy will inspire local and international visitors through exciting “edutainment” programmes and innovative designs. As Hong Kong’s first and only wood fossil park, Nina Park invites everyone to embark on a voyage of a million lifetimes.
Wow, it’s January 5th. This year is already flying by! ;) I’m kidding, of course - it’s still too early to tell what the pace of the year will be.
But, I have to say that though we’re only a few short days into 2018, I can already tell that it’s going to be an incredible year, no matter how fast it decides to fly by. In fact, if I had to make a single resolution this year, it would be to be fully present in the now and enjoy every single moment to it’s fullest potential. Like this moment for example - a KP 5 aurora display over Godafoss Waterfall in Northern Iceland. While I captured hundreds of frames of the incredible northern lights, I also put the camera down for a while to enjoy the simple pleasure of just being a spectator during this once-in-a-lifetime and stunningly beautiful event.
Wishing you all a year full of wonderful experiences ahead! And if anyone wants to join me in Iceland this year, I’ll be leading another photo tour this November. All the info is available on www.dreamphototours.com .
Isaiah 46:4Living Bible (TLB)
4 I will be your God through all your lifetime, yes, even when your hair is white with age. I made you and I will care for you. I will carry you along and be your Savior.
A Song to reflect on Easter
Highly Exalted. Robin Mark
When one has the opportunity to see the love shared between our incredible wildlife it is the best. I can not even begin to explain the joy I feel when I witness a moment like this. It is an intimate moment and feel privileged. A memory for a lifetime for sure.
Wishing you a great evening and a very blessed one !!
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Came across this veteran delivery truck at an antique power show. It was built in 1918 and somehow got stuffed into an old barn many years ago and remained there in virtual obscurity until recently rediscovered. The truck abounds with charm and character, elegance, even a sense of nobility. What caught my eye is the way the patina of age has been preserved. The thing was cleaned up a bit, but no attempt has been made to restore it, remove the rust, or paint it. Hope they leave it just as it is.
• Old Henry had spent a lifetime with a cigarette in hand, filling the air with a thick haze of smoke. His wife, Martha, sighed as she wiped soot from the keys of her beloved piano. The once-vibrant notes now carried a faint smell of stale tobacco. Bob, their ginger cat, sneezed disdainfully from his perch, glaring at Henry.
"Henry, that piano was my mother's!" Martha scolded.
"Tomorrow, I’ll quit," Henry replied, puffing away.
Years passed, and tomorrow never came. Henry sat one last time in his favorite chair, the smoke curling around him like an old friend. His breath was labored, his voice faint.
"I mean it, Martha," he rasped, managing a weak smile. "Tomorrow, I’ll quit."
As the room fell silent, Martha held his hand. The piano keys remained untouched, carrying a bittersweet melody of promises never kept.
Cuantas cosas dejamos atrás al ir creciendo, cuantas nos encontramos a lo largo del camino, en la montaña rusa que es la vida.
Que ganamos..., que perdemos.
Lo bueno y lo malo, somos el resultado de la suma de todos los momentos de nuestra vida. Un equilibrio tan frágil como un castillo de naipes en mitad de una tormenta de arena.
Maui, Hawaii
“No alien land in all the world has any deep strong charm for me but that one (Maui), no other land could so longingly and so beseechingly haunt me, sleeping and waking, through half a lifetime, as that one has done. Other things leave me, but it abides; other things change, but it remains the same. For me the balmy airs are always blowing, its summer seas flashing in the sun; the pulsing of its surfbeat is in my ear; I can see its garlanded crags, its leaping cascades, its plumy palms drowsing by the shore, its remote summits floating like islands above the cloud wrack; I can feel the spirit of its wildland solitudes, I can hear the splash of its brooks; in my nostrils still lives the breath of flowers that perished twenty years ago.” - Mark Twain
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The three houses were owned by members of the Skolfield family who were very prominent in Brunswick in the 1800's. The following is from the Pejepscot Museum (housed in the building on the right) website. The house in the center has primarily offices of various businesses.
Master George Skolfield (1780-1866)
The patriarch of the family, George Skolfield was an expert ship builder. His primary yard was located four miles outside of Brunswick on Harpswell Sound. He oversaw the construction of sixty freighting ships in his lifetime, all of which had the reputation of being “safe, slow, and sound”. By the mid nineteenth century, Master George was one of the wealthiest men in Maine. Along with building ships, he wished to build the reputation of his sons. To that end, he purchased land on Park Row, across from the Brunswick Green. This was the area of town where the social elite lived. He built an enclave of Skolfield homes at the geographic center of Brunswick’s high society.
Sunshine, zen, and mountaintop vistas. Endless rocky ridges, melting glaciers, and refreshing streams everywhere. the odd grizzly or three, a herd of goats here and there, snafflehounds everywhere. The most blissful silence of solitude and the knowledge that you may be the only person within a 20km radius. Moments like these teach us more than a lifetime in university ever will. This is how you feel like the richest person on earth. Mountain therapy in Valhalla Provincial Park.
One year ago today, I got off a plane in Spokane, Washington and began the train nerd trip of a lifetime. We hit Spokane, Sand Point, Missoula and the BNSF Hi-Line during an action packed week fueled by coffee, country music, resilience and whiskey. To be successful requires a lot from the photographer, but also a lot from the railroad, and mother nature. One of the absolute highlights for me remains this shot, eastbound along the flathead, at Perma. The rugged mountain terrain was in full display as Montana Rail Links Day Gas rolled east along the flathead. What we didn't know then is that MRLs lease with BNSF would be terminated early, and sooner rather than later MRL would be a distant memory. Montana is still on my mind, all these months later, and I fully plan on returning to the glory of the American west in the very near future.
After a lifetime of observing the creatures that live by the sea, there is no doubt in my mind that to a certain degree at least, the health of the beachside ecosystem has Soldier Crabs as one barometer. These hard shelled, blue crabs, the size of a big marble swam about in large choreographed numbers and a prodigious diggers. If disturbed they will dig into the sand in a second or two. This was only a fraction of the number that were plying about on the sand at North Bribie Island on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.
In large numbers and if it's quiet you can actually hear them marching!
Here's the link. I have been fascinated since I was a young child.
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MESMERISING aren't they? OP-HEARTS or POP-HEARTS? LOL? Best not 'jiggle' it about!
If you and your mate master these values, your love will, in all probability, last a lifetime.
1. The couple in love is committed to always putting each other first in their relationship with each other.
2. The couple in love is committed to democracy in their relationship.
3. The couple in love is committed to ensuring their mutual happiness.
4. The couple in love values absolute trustworthiness and integrity in their relationship with each other.
5. The couple in love is committed to caring and unconditional love for each other.
6. The couple in love is committed to being mutually respectful towards each other.
7. The couple in love values their mutual sense of responsibility for each other.
A special day, but don't forget, Valentine... love not just ONE day... but 365?
Have a day filled with love, M, (*_*)
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