Mundane Suburban Neighborhood Shots With Partially Cropped Cars
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Sometimes it just turns out that way...
-- The Mamas and Papas
[That was the title, no? It's been a long time...]
My camera is still in the repair shop, this is one of the last few I snapped before the fault really became too difficult to ignore. This is a local track that ferries this small, almost shuttle type train, through the smaller local stations within Storkow and the surrounding countryside. It really is beautiful here. The title is such that I was reminded of living in the more rural area of Dublin back in Ireland, each Monday morning it was depressing after such a great weekend, to rejoin the tribes of 9 to 5ers catching the train back to the city.
I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you!
Only after taking this snap did I notice the small security camera.
If anyone was watching, they must have wondered why I was taking pictures of vents in a wall.
Now that I look at the picture, I'm asking myself the same question.
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God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
(Psalm 53:2)
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
(Lamentations 3:25)
Last week I was spoilt with vibrant sunrises. This one was down at Christchurch Quay and the need for new grad filters has become apparent. I've been relying on bracketed shots but this doesn't really work when various things such as swans, paddle boarders and rowers are drifting past. This is the predawn/blue hour but it erupted into gorgeous colour and mist.
Today is a very dull rainy Monday with the highlight being binge watching Life, all about peoples trials and tribulations in a Manchester block of flats packed full of Elbow music and Alison Steadman! I thoroughly recommend. A new job might be better through!
Have a good week everyone x
"We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful."
Carlos Castaneda
I often find myself reframing my thoughts when facing a task, especially one as mundane as housework. Instead of filling the sink with warm sudsy water and thinking "I HAVE to do the dishes"...I change the thought to be "I am thankful I have dishes to wash." It works in all sorts of situations in life. Try it. You might be surprised that you are more thankful for your life than you knew!
My thanks to a former student who shared that thought with me. Teachers learn more from their students than perhaps the students learn from their teachers.
How can ye escape the damnation of hell?
(Matthew 23:33)
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
(1st Timothy 1:15)
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?
(Hebrews 2:3)
Tree in situ. Its amazing what you find even in the most mundane places, like a carpark. I took my mother to an appointment and whilst she was in I walked around the carpark with my camera and found all manner of interesting things to photograph.
For this week's #Macromonday Challenge, #Unusual Patterns, I decided to see what I could find around the house. This is what I love the most about Macro Mondays! The chance to think outside the box. Here, the netting from a laundry hamper becomes a rolling landscape under the macro lens. ***For the moderators, I promise this shot was taken 6/21/20. In my excitement trying out my new Father's Day gift, I forgot to reset the date/time, so the EXIF data is incorrect.***