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It may have been exactly 30 years ago today. The day I officially became a Quitter. Or... no. Not a Quitter. Because you have to engage with something before you can quit it. It was roughly 30 years ago today that I officially became a Non-engager.
The catalyst was sports day - the day in elementary school that's given over to athletic competition. I'd always hated competitiveness. But I'd made my peace with sports days because... as much as I hated competing... it wasn't so bad when I won.
I won a fair bit in those days. Mostly because it was a very small school, so there really wasn't much in the way of competition. There were seven girls in my grade, and a slightly larger number in my age group. So coming in first or second... at least in the running and jumping events... wasn't all that difficult.
But sports day 77 was different. It happened after my birthday. Which meant I would have to compete in a group that included one girl I knew I couldn't beat at anything.
So I just withdrew. Refused to participate at all. It was my right, and I chose to assert it. I sat alone in a classroom all day while the rest of the kids and families did their thing. And I could not have been happier.
Ever since, I've gone out of my way to avoid occasions of stress, competition, confrontation, etc. Which means I've refused to participate in a whole lotta stuff. And that's okay.
I'd rather do nothing than do a mediocre job of something. And that's why I haven't been shooting lately, or posting anything to Flickr.
I just haven't had the drive. All kinds of images have floated through my head, and part of me has said to itself "I'd like to shoot that." But the rest of me has not come rushing out to make it happen.
And then there's my old friend happenstance. Every time I walk by my friendly neighbourhood eagle's nest without my camera there's high drama - parents feeding chicks, seagull parts flying around, crows attacking and being repelled - and I just stand there watching in awe. But any time I go there with my camera... zip. Nada. Zero action. I stood there for ages the last time I tried, and finally had to just give up and rest my neck and move on.
So the camera and I have not been spending time together lately. As has happened before, my shooting dick is limp. Even my brand new birthday-gift Lensbaby isn't getting it up for me. I've had it for almost two weeks and haven't even tried it yet.
For whatever reasons, this is just not my time to shoot. It'll all come back to me one day, I'm sure. For now, I'm just reliving sports day 77... sitting in the metaphorical classroom, letting everyone else have fun while I withdraw and do my best to disappear.
When I was hanging around at the Salt pier Bonaire, it was so funny to observe this much bigger fish (Haemulon parra) trying to hide behind the little one (Haemulon carbonarium), he stayed at the back of the little one over 10 minutes......silly coward :-)
If you look carefully in front of the fin you'll see a 'crest of a semi circular wave' In the middle of it is a darker streak - it's a dolphin that I just missed before it dived.
The 2nd lot of photos from my very special Birthday present yesterday. A boat trip out around the 7 îles to the nature reserves birds and more.
Thank you for your favourites. :O)
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It was a cold rainy day, so I took my niece & nephew to
Fredrick Meijer Gardens. They keep it 80+ degrees in the
butterfly area.
Lisa's feet looking like she is passed out on the floor. she was actually just sticking them out from her chair but the photo looks different.
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Our resident woodchucks here at Distant Hill Gardens are out of hibernation. In New Hampshire, seven mammals sleep away the winter to some extent. Bats, woodchucks, chipmunks and jumping mice go into a deep sleep, or hibernation. Bears, raccoons and striped skunks sleep during the cold months, but not as deeply as the true hibernators. Sometimes they snooze only during the coldest, snowiest parts of the winter.
Of all our hibernators, Woodchucks are masters of winter sleep. By late September, when air temperatures drop into the 40s, they go into hibernation. The woodchuck's weight will drop by about half over the winter. Its heart rate plummets from 105 beats per minute to just 4, and body temperature drops from 104 degrees F to about 38.
In the fourth inning of yesterday's Giants/Marlins game in San Francisco, Miami's Adeiny Hechavarria tries unsuccessfully to steal second base and is tagged by Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford.
Day 7. of 365
Today or yesterday I should say (coz I neve had time to upload) I had a fab bath.... along with a strobe and my d40 =p. I quite like doing the self portraits, its fun and creative which is defo me. I've decided to ditch the 365 of my life and just concentrate on the self portraits.
Gorgeous faded petals, it almost looks like the rain washed the colour out.
Zenit-B with Fuji Reala 100
First, cut out the neckband, cutting very closely. Otherwise your neck hole will be too big. Then on *only* the front of the T-shirt, cut a v-shaped neck. (Look at the picture). I did more than just cut off the sleeves. You can see the gap of an inch or two more has been cut away. Try it on and decide how wide or thin you want your vest's shoulders to be. Measure from the neck hole along the shoulder seam, making sure the distance is the same on both shoulders.
Testing out the route for the White Knuckle 300. Download the PDF with the route here: bit.ly/1fNqT3x
Nothing like lying flat out on the wet beach sand with the excuse of taking a photo is there! Yes I'm back at homebase after my housesitting stint and found this in my past travel files.
A bright morning at Moonta Bay on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. Although this aspect shows the rocks near the jetty that stretches out into the sea, there are long quiet areas of white sandy beach on either side for exploring too.
I really appreciate all who visit to view, comment and/or fave my nature offerings from various parts of Australia. Thank you!
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during Moody Sibiu Tour
My wishes for your magic weekend will continue...
"L" goes WELL
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