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1. Hang many sheets of paper to your wall.
2, For one week write down your random thoughts on the wall.
I chose to do this for one month.
Scientifically, there are claims that negative ions that are abundant in waterfalls somehow increase serotonin levels, which ultimately helps our mood. The mental health aspect comes from the relaxation-tendencies we’d tend to have from the simple act of watching the motion and sound of moving water.
www.world-of-waterfalls.com/why-are-waterfalls-important/
The Social Worker in me will continue to promote the importance and value of actively engaging in self-care and those activities which promote good mental health.
(Sharing The Knowledge & Random Thought 3.17.23}
"Everyday... we have the choice to go forward or go back... to go up or down... it's our choice..."
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It feels good to update after a busy weekend!
I'm going to visit everyone today, I promise!
I had a super busy weekend at the barn and with friends!
Alan and I celebrated 7 months together yesterday!
So on the 28th we're celebrating by going to Champion Ship punk rock club to see a show.
We're going to see:
An Early Ending
Texas in July
La Marks
Remember Tomorrow
The Rise Inside
and Facing the Giants
And on April 26th we're going to Croc Rock Cafe to see:
The Maine
Hit The Lights
A Rocket to the Moon
Family Force 5
and 3Oh!3
Annnndddd, on the 27th of April we might go to Croc Rock again to see:
A Skylit Drive
Dance Gavin Dance
In Fear and Faith
and Lower Definition
I'm SO excited!
8,000 views!!! Woo-hoo! Thank you guys!
SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER HERE!
Project Hands -- Picture One!
The top 150 words used by Barack Obama and John McCain in the Presidential debate hosted by Tom Brokaw on October 7, 2008 from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
These words are sorted alphabetically, so you can compare side-by-side.
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View Full word frequency list.
View word chart of Obama and McCain's first debate.
View word chart of Obama and McCain's second debate.
"... contentment is absolute - if you're not afraid to lose everything you have & enjoying the full life in a peaceful way... "
A wide angle shot of Umar Hayat Mehal, Chiniot.
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I eventually took these down as we were afraid they would start a fire next to the hot incandescent bulbs. (Yes, my parents still use incandescent in some areas of the house. I secretly swapped out the incandescents for CFLs at my parents house, but in some areas like the dining room, they prefer the warm color from energy-burners).
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these stained glass things are called Makit & Bakit. They are made by putting plastic pellets inside a metal frame on top of a cookie sheet with aluminum foil; and then putting them into the oven to bake and melt the plastic pellets into the translucent colorful stained glass of Christmas and holiday ornaments.
Find out where you can and cannot buy them online at my blog post: www.spudart.org/blog/where-find-stained-glass-makit-bakit...
Flickr rates this image as my #1 most interesting photo of 2012. What do I think about flickr giving it that ranking? Find out at my blog post: Ten most interesting photos of 2012
Fantastic fog, interacting with classic architecture, wonderful framing device with the beautiful blooming trees, excellent gray tonality. This photo has a lot of nice things happening. Makes sense that it would pull in at #3 for 2012. I personally would rather this be my number one photo. It's better than the previous two. Get my insight into the ten most interesting photos of 2012.
There is nothing more rare or more beautiful than a woman being unapologetically herself: comfortable in her perfect imperfection. This is the true essence of a beautiful woman {Random Thought 7.28.23}
Sacramento downtown Mural Walk Meet Up
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This photo illustrates a blog post about what type of tattoo i would get. Read more about it at www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/4867_0_3_0_C/
Like a man torn between a life he lives and the one he wants, there are planets out there that orbit two stars. Such a planet experiences gravitational pull from both stars and ends up yo-yoing between them without a stable orbit. Bouncing thus for millennia, there comes a moment in time when the rogue planet is disowned by both stars and is literally ejected into interstellar space where it spends the rest of its time traveling through numbing darkness. Where there was the uncertainty of two stars before, now the only certainty for the orphan planet becomes the endless journey in the dark matter of infinite space.
Like a planet torn between two stellar gravitas, there are nomad men out here who chase impossible dreams. Such a vagabond yo-yos between what he has and what he wants and lives a life of rootless uncertainty. But then, there comes a time when the dream-chaser tames or outruns most of his dreams and his binary worlds collide with thunderous explosion. Like his cosmic metaphor, he too is ejected from the comfort of the familiar into realms unknown. Relegated to a Sunless world of infinite darkness, he is numbed by the ethereal chill where dazed senses do not court dreams anymore. He realizes that taming and conquering dreams comes with a non-negotiable ticket for a lonely journey though the mighty darkness of one’s solitude. The dreamer dreams no more, but the price for daring to dream once stays on the tab for ever.
PS: Deborah, words can tame thoughts. Thanks for the title!
PS, again: Pinky, words or thoughts cannot tame the burn.
It has been said often the bond between a mother and her daughter(s) is one of a kind. I had an amazing relationship with my mom. I know my relationship with my mom was on a different level than the relationship she had with my sister or even my brothers. Nevertheless, a mom’s relationship is as with any other relationship full of ups and downs, complications and hiccups.
Daughters often look to their moms for inspiration, encouragement and motivation. We turn to them when things are not going as planned and many times to be our guiding light when things seem so dark, full of doom and despair.
My mother gave us unconditional love and support. She was my biggest ally and the most supportive person in my corner when I set my mind to accomplish a goal, even when she didn’t understand why that goal was so important to me.
I share this picture of my sister and I with our mom because when my dad got sick and it became too much for my nephew and I to take care of both him and her I had to call on my sister to come back to Cali to help me. Without any hesitation, all she said to me was “when do you want me to get there”.
This is our first Mother’s Day without you physically here with us. It hurts not to have you here with me, but I know you are truly in a better place. No more bad days full of pain and suffering. I know you are surrounded by so many who have gone before you that love you as much as I love you. I know they welcomed you with open arms and are making up for lost time with you, especially the boys 2 + 2 as I refer to them now. Like the Allstate commercial “You are in good hands".
Happy Mother’s Day. I am sad, but I am happy. My pain of missing you did not take me completely out. Today I made sure I celebrated you, a great mom in a very special way that allowed me to appreciate you even more.
Photo taken 2016- Davis Family Reunion. Sunday Morning at church – Austin, Texas
{Random Thought 5.8.22}
Once you said two
will be one again.
Then we entered the fourth
degree of inner turbulence,
where nine held a ten
ready to become a two
in the form of two ones
placed not casually side by side.
Every time I
thoughtlessly look at
my watch
two dots separate four standing ones,
doubled number of angels
turned into matches around
a single shy shell
resounding like a bronze bell.
So one becomes now two,
two is an eleven again,
hiding the tenth reason
to let ignite a fifth burning season.
(♪♫♪♫♪♫)
This is the first photo in a series of photos featuring Chicago's Olympic bid posters placed around the Loop this week. So far I have at least eight photos in this series. I will be posting one photo here every day, so stay tuned.
The logo designed for the Chicago bid featured here in this poster has some nice symbolism. The skyline seen in the olympic flame represents how Chicago rose out of the ashes of a fire. The blue and green in the handle are supposed represent the lake and green parks. That is one thing that people around the world should remember about chicago--our fantastic unencumbered lakeshore. It was a great part of Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago in 1909. in Personally, I think the green really represents how sustainable chicago is). (for a longer anaylsis of the logo visit my blog post, Design critique of the Chicago 2016 Olympics logo)
In the background of this photograph is Chase Tower (formerly called Bank One Plaza and First National Plaza) It's the ninth tallest building in Chicago, the tallest building inside the Chicago 'L' Loop elevated tracks, and the twenty-ninth tallest in the United States.
High-resolution print of this photograph available at: www.deviantart.com/print/740666
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About the posters:
Chicago is making a bid to host the Olympics in 2016. Billboards and posters went up in the Loop area of downtown Chicago the weekend before the U.S. Olympic Committee came to visit Chicago to evaluate Chicago's venues and plans for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The posters say, "Stir the Soul."
"Stir the Soul" probably comes from the famous Daniel Burnham quote, "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence."
-Daniel Burnham, 1910
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Thanks to my twin brother, Erik, for instant messaging his idea with me that I shoot these posters.
It was such a nice day today in chicago, I walked over to the beach during lunch and wrote "yay for spring" in the sand. I like how part of the water wave comes in the upper right of the photo. Especially how it's got a sparkle to it.
What would you have written in the sand? Read more at www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5362_0_3_0_C/
The top 250 words used by Barack Obama (left, in blue) and John McCain (right, in red) in the Presidential debate hosted by Jim Lehrer on September 26, 2008 from the Ford Center at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.
These words are sorted alphabetically, so you can compare side-by-side.
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Outside of the extremely overdone processing, this image would normally portray a fairly realistic portrait of my shop in the season. Two or three trucks at the dock on an average weekend (used to be for about half the year) usually meant were in season and kicking ass on events. To me, this capture from this year was a rarity.
This season, I can count on one hand the amount of times our loading dock had this much activity. Hard to pin in on anyone thing in particular......corporate cutbacks, over sensitive non profit groups, scared consumers, Madoff and his other selfish bastards......too many factors to name just one.
An average Friday or Saturday evening for me used to mean focusing a light or 2 just before doors, slamming lighting console buttons to the music on a cool event, popping between parties on the island just to check in with my clients and crew, and having WAY too much fun at it all! The fact that I am home this evening on a Friday night in season not only has me feeling like a fish out of water (and realizing that I need to work on my social life a bit!), but has me just a bit concerned about where all this is going and how difficult its going to be to ride out the storm. I am positive, absolutely positive, that things are going to get better. What is it going to take to get there? A better sky is up ahead, but how far up ahead. Its just so damn difficult to see it clearly now.
There has got to be a silver lining in one of those damn clouds. Let me know if you see it!
In the meantime, enjoy the colors. I know its a bit over down and looks like Walt Disney thru up all over it, but hey, I got a bit carried away :)
Enjoy the weekend folks!
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Read about how this station is an architectural cloud at www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5783_0_3_0_C/
I find inspiration in this quote by Dan Millman. “Life comes at us in waves. We can’t predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf”.
I am learning to surf. Some days the waves are stronger and more fierce than other days, but I am still putting into practice what I have learned works for me. Photography works well for me. {Random Thought 2.15.23}
Ack! they are attacking the Tribune Tower!
10,000 Pink Flamingos Flock to Downtown Chicago, for more about this visit my blog post at:
www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/3986_0_3_0_C/
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when i look how beautiful this planter looks it inspires me to take up gardening. so far all I have done is continue to dream. perhaps my time will come once I get my backyard landscaped. Looking forward to my upcoming summer project. {Random Thoughts 12.17.21}
Chicago City Hall colored red and green for Christmas. I really like the reflections in the floor. Read more about how City Hall is like a movie set at www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5303_0_3_0_C/.
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If you'd like to use this image or any of my other Christmas photos in your Christmas card, contact me.
With flavor to tradition, apothecary.
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can you lay your life down so a stranger can live
can you take what you need, but take less than you give
could you close every day without the glory and fame
could you hold your head high when no one knows your name
that's how legends are made - at least that's what they say
we say goodbye - but never let go
we live we die - cuz you can't save every soul
gotta take every chance to
show that you're the kinda of man who
will never look back - never look down
and never let go
can you lose everything you ever had planned
can you sit down again and play another hand
could you risk everything for the chance of being alone
under pressure find the grace - or would you come undone
that's how legends are made - at least that's what they say
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 0.6
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Even on my darkest days, and lately it seems they seem to be more abundant, I remind myself to look up so that I think of those whom I have lossed. I remember something about them and it always put a smile on my face. Even if I am a little bit sad that all of them are together enjoying each other and I am not there to partake in the fun. It is then that I feel the warmth of the sun and I know that is their way of telling me they love me and miss me too. And just like that I begin to feel better. I feel a lil bit closer to them and I am able to return to the present and continue on. Whew! nobody told me that missing my mom, dad and both brothers would be this rough on all levels. Grieving is not for the weak!
{Random Thought 2.21.25}