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i saw SiCKO 2day and enjoyed it.
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DO SOMETHING to help bring justice to the world. in some ways cuba is a humane country in terms of health care. they have health care for everyone and it's free. this photo is day 34 of the 365 day challenge
title: opal moonstone scan
medium: face scan, self portrait 2008
intended presentation context: for web and print showing
Photo captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens from the Woodley Island Marina on Humboldt's waterfront. City of Eureka. Humboldt County. Late October 2013.
As former president Teddy Roosevelt puts it...behold it is the "Eighth Wonder of the World." The water originates from underground springs above and at the falls. Even during the dry summer months and at 129 feet in height, the water provides an almost constant flow rate of 100 million U.S. gallons / day. Photo of Burney Falls captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens and ND-8 filter at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park. Shasta County. Mid November 2013.
Photo off the Santa Lucia Mountain Range and a glimpse of the windy dirt-road known as the Old Coast Road, captured from the Old Coast Road in Big Sur. Monterey County. Late March 2013.
I saw you gather all your hopes
With all your dreams
I waved just like a shooting star
That once had waved to me
I am a lover in mid air
I think about it i don't care
Into the fire of despair
Just like a train that goes nowhere
But you can rain on me
Yeah you can rain, rain on me
Cyndi Lauper
I've always loved the rain. Everything about it. The smell, the feel, the sense of oneness with nature as she renews herself. We had just come home from my cousin's graduation when the rain came. I started setting up my tripod. My aunt and uncle just quietly went inside without a word. They knew to let me be. I let the rain soak into my skin as the dog watched from the garage.
Old. Probably my favorite self portrait.
Getting ready to leave work on a cold frigid Minnesota day.
10 JAN 2022. Temp outside was about 0 degrees F (-17 C)
Photo captured at the beach on the ocean side of Freshwater Lagoon. Humboldt Lagoons State Park. Humboldt County. Mid July 2013.
My sister-in-law asked that I take pictures of her cat. I have taken many pictures of her tabby (Ollie) as he is friendly and curious, but Hopper (pictured here) is fairly shy and gets nervous when something is pointed in his direction. So getting shots of him, can be a challenge! However, of the two cats, Hopper is more affectionate, smart, athletic, yet moody and temperamental!
Photo of Big Lagoon captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens while looking east, and captured on the Big Lagoon Bridge on U.S. Highway 101, the Redwood Highway, in the census-designated place of Big Lagoon. Humboldt County. Mid October 2013.
Photo captured via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm f/4.5 lens from Samoa Beach in the census-designated place of Samoa. Humboldt County. Early November 2013.
Photo of the Rocky Creek Bridge and Highway 1, the Cabrillo Highway, captured in Big Sur. Monterey County. Late January 2013.
Photo of Luffenholtz Beach, looking toward Trinidad and Trinidad Head captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens and ND-8 Filter, and in the census-designated place of Westhaven-Moonstone via Scenic Drive, County Road 4M310 at post-mile marker 0.71. Humboldt County. Late November 2013.
Photo captured at the Vista Point at Junctions California 92 and 35 in San Mateo County. Early January 2013.
Photo captured near the town of Point Arena and near the Point Arena Lighthouse Station. Mendocino County. Late March 2013.
Before. After
Anticipation. Fulfillment.
Excited. Inspired.
This is a very special BAM for me taken on the train up to Frankfurt last Sunday and then again on the way home. It's amazing how encouraging, exhilerating, how reassuring it can be to connect with like-minded people. When creativity flows from one individual to another, the skies not the limit, think instead the sun, moon and stars. I love these meetings that occur between kindred spirits. The love that floods your soul filling you with a renewed outlook on your art. Your photography. Your writing. Your life. The feeling that you have been touched by something bigger than yourself which can only make you grow in ways you can't yet percieve. Has this happened to you lately? I certainly hope so.
Photo of Luffenholtz Beach captured via Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens and in the census-designated place of Westhaven-Moonstone via Scenic Drive. Humboldt County. Mid October 2013.
Chilling at the nail salon yesterday, waiting for my turn with the amazing Chow.
**UPDATE** On 9/17, I collapsed in my apartment at 0315 in the morning. I felt an intolerable pain going up the right side of my body and was having a difficult time breathing. I was immobilized for about 5 minutes but was finally able to pull myself up off of the floor onto the edge of my bed. I considered very seriously calling EMS/ 911.. The symptoms began lessening to a small degree. I googled the symptoms... I believed that I was experiencing appendicitis. So, instead of calling the ambulance, I decided to drive myself...(Im a very stubborn old broad..)
I arrived to Saint Mark's Hospital in Murray Utah, About 5 miles from my residence. The Doctors and Nurses there did not mess around. (Total rock stars) I was admitted almost immediately and tests were began. The test that likely saved my life that night was the CT scan.. It identified a very sizeable blood clot that had gotten lodged in my lungs. This is known as a Pulmonary embolism and is no joking matter. Had this nasty thing made it to my brain: Stroke or death. Had it made it to my heart: Death. Left unchecked in my lungs: Death.
So.. in a nutshell... I am very fortunate to be alive today. A huge THANK YOU to all the staff, Nurses and Doctors at St Mark's Hospital for saving my life. :)
Photo of the Samoa Pulp Mill captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens from the Woodley Island Marina on Humboldt's waterfront. City of Eureka. Humboldt County. Late November 2013.
Photo captured via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm f/4.5 lens along Highway 1, the Shoreline Highway, before it sharply turns inland and terminates at Junction U.S. 101, the Redwood Highway, in the census-designated place of Rockport. Mendocino County. Mid November 2013.
Selfreflection on the window of a car in Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.
Sometimes, or rather very often, when I shoot a (self) reflection picture, those around me have a hard time managing their curiousity, they shuffle their feet, they pretend they're doing something meaningful or looking at something completely different, but in reality all they want to do is to come over to me and check out exactly what I am doing. This canny curiousity can not just have a negative effect on you if you are a cat, but you might end up in the picture with me, your nosiness on display for all the world to see, lol :)
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Photo of the Bixby Bridge captured from Old Coast Road in Big Sur. Monterey County. Early July 2012.
Photo of the mouth of the Klamath River captured at the Klamath River Overlook via Requa Road in Del Norte County. "State of Jefferson." Redwood National Park. Early August 2013.
I am haunted by Samantha Kelly's last words, scribbled on the wall in her bedroom where she hung herself. How can a 14 year old girl eat dinner with her family, excuse herself to go "do homework" and then quietly take her own life? I need this to make sense. I need to understand. I need answers and there aren't any. Would I feel any better if there were?
Why do I care? Why do I feel so strongly for some teenage kid I never knew? I didn't know her family. I don't even have any kids of my own. There are countless tragedies everyday from which to pick and choose. Why do these teen suicides hit me so hard?
I feel a strong need to do something. Everyone has a cause or an issue that motivates them. I want teenage suicide to be mine. I don't want another kid to suffer the way Samantha and Phoebe and Tyler and Asher and countless others did. I want to help, but I don't know where to begin.
I have a lot of young contacts here on flickr. You are all some of the most amazing, kind, caring, beautiful, and inspiring people I have ever met. I am asking you, my young friends, for help. You are on the front lines of this issue everyday. Is the issue being discussed in your schools? Is there a well publicized process for obtaining help? Like, if you are suffering depression and have suicidal thoughts, is there a person or place you can go for help without fear of judgement? How best to stop the bullying? How to get those suffering torment to see the value in their lives? When all else fails, how do we provide last ditch help and get the despondent to accept it? I want to hear your thoughts, ideas, suggestions. Together we can prevent another tragedy.
I promise I'll get back to my normal good natured self soon. I've got lots of film just waiting to be scanned and uploaded.
What happened?
You wake up
You discover your life isn't going how you wish. Too many years self pity.
Now, now is the time to change. You have a reason and a need to.
So as you work, the question remains:
Will you fade away on this as you have before?
"Oh yeah it's on now, Gonna mass destruct it. Life we gonna live it to the fullest,We accept it " Lotus Juice Self Redemption
Photo captured near the Chandler Grove within Humboldt Redwoods State Park near the census-designated place of Redcrest alongside Avenue of the Giants. Humboldt County. Mid July 2013.
"Endless Stars In Sight." Photo captured via Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens a few miles north of California City in the census-designated place of Mojave. Kern County. Antelope Valley. Mid August 2013.
#306 of the 365 day challenge. i have an awful look on my face! stiff and worried...but i had fun cloning...and it's my first attempt. i need to learn patience and shoot more slowly! those paintings i did also. if you want to clone yourself take several pics of yourself with your cam on a tripod totally still then put them into photoshoppe or gimp software and then use the lasso tool and copy and paste all of you into one shot and line them up and viola!
Photo of Luffenholtz Beach captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens and in the census-designated place of Westhaven-Moonstone via Scenic Drive, County Road 4M310. Humboldt County. Late October 2013.
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