Photo captured via Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens from Samoa Beach in the census-designated place of Samoa. Humboldt County. Early October 2013.

I don't love you as if you were a rose of

salt, topaz,

or arrow of carnations that propagate

fire:

I love you as one lives certain obscure

things,

secrets,t, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that doesn't

bloom but carries

the light of those flowers. hidden,

within itself,

and thanks to your love the tight aroma

that arose

from the earth lives dimly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or

when, or from where,

I love you directly without problems or

pride:

I love you like this because I don't

know any other way to love,

except in the form in which I am not

nor are you,

so close that your hand upon my chest

is mine,

so close that your eyes close with my

dreams.

- Pablo Neruda

Photo captured at a cattle ranch alongside Old Samoa Road. City of Arcata. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.

Photo of Big Lagoon looking west (where the Pacific Ocean and lagoon are separated by a thin strip of land at the water horizon, and where the is on the other side of the water horizon) captured via Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens on the Big Lagoon Bridge on U.S. Highway 101, the Redwood Highway, in the census-designated place of Big Lagoon. Humboldt County. Late October 2013.

Photo captured at a cattle ranch alongside Old Samoa Road. City of Arcata. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.

#188 of the 365day challenge

Photo of Indian Tom Lake captured off Highway 161 near the Oregon State Line near Dorris in Far Northern California. Siskiyou County. Late February 2013.

Photo captured near Sierra Pacific Industries along the Mad River Slough and near the Mad River Slough Bridge off of Highway 255. Arcata. Humboldt County. Late August 2013.

Photo captured near the Modoc National Forest on Highway 139 in Modoc County. "State of Jefferson." Late February 2013.

loving the xmas decorations at the grocery store. #228 of the 365day challenge.

Strobist info: Subject is facing a mirror. 1 bare strobe is pointing away from mirror directly in front of subject. 1 strobe strobe (shot through white umbrella, set at 1/8) is 90 degrees to the left of subject. Cleaned up wall-clutter in mirror with PS.

Photo of the King Range captured along the Lost Coast via Mattole Road. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.

This barn was built in the 1920s and in 1988, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service purchased this property which was formally known as the McBride Ranch. On behalf of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, this purchase allowed the present day refuge to triple in size and to establish the Salmon Creek Unit. The Refuge, since acquiring this additional property, has worked to restore was was mainly once pastureland to an eclectic mosaic of habitats for the fish and wildlife of the Humboldt Bay. Photo captured at the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge near the town of Loleta. Humboldt County. Early March 2013.

Photo of the rugged Santa Lucia Mountains captured alongside the El Sur Ranch on the Old Coast Road in Big Sur. Monterey County. Mid April 2013.

how could i resist a sign that says NORDIC? being the kringen that i am!?

Photo of a cattle ranch captured via Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens alongside Old Samoa Road in the city of Arcata. Humboldt County. Late September 2013.

right after a matrix energetics seminar intro! jaZZed and spaRked.

Photo captured in Big Sur at Garrapata State Park. Monterey County. Late February 2013.

at the zoo today i decided to make the glass reflection be part of the shot. "go with it" i thought. it seems he is looking right into my lens.

Photo captured at the Vista Point at Junctions California 92 and 35 in San Mateo County. Early 2013.

Photo captured along the beach at Ma-Le'L Dunes in the census-designated place of Manila. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.

Photo captured during sunset at the Vista Point near the Berry Summit along California Highway 299 via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm f/4.5 lens about 10 miles west of the census designated place of Willow Creek. Humboldt County. Mid November 2013.

Photo captured at a cattle ranch on California Highway 255 in the city of Arcata. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.

Photo of Mount Lassen captured at Lake Manzanita via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens. Lassen Volcanic National Park. Lassen National Forest. Shasta County. Mid November 2013.

moi, post hair cut, pre color change!!!

Photo captured at a cattle ranch along the Lost Coast via Mattole Road. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.

Sometimes the strangest things happen with me, when I look through the lens. Today was such a day. I'm happy now.

Photo of the rugged Mendocino Coast captured from a turnout on Highway 1, the Shoreline Highway, near the unincorporated community of Westport. Mendocino County. Late March 2013.

one eyed monster

Photo of Big Lagoon captured via Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens, looking east, 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 Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens, looking west towards the Pacific Ocean (which is on the other side of the thin strip of land and on the other side of the trees), captured on the Big Lagoon Bridge on U.S. Highway 101, the Redwood Highway, in the census-designated place of Big Lagoon. Humboldt County. Early October 2013.

At the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, in Seattle's Discovery Park.

A wonderful day to not only enjoy the scenery before your very eyes and soul, but also to dial the necessary parameters on your camera and forever treasure that particular moment in time. Photo of False Klamath Cove captured off U.S. Highway 101, the Redwood Highway, in the town of Klamath. Del Norte County. "State of Jefferson." Early August 2013.

Do You Love Life?

I was writing my endless scripture of troubles,

The Gospel According to Jude.

The Obscure.

The Patron Saint of Lost Causes.

But then I go running

And it is uncomfortable

And exhilarating at the same time.

I am so full of those two feelings

That my Troubles are lost

They are trying to keep up

And they will find me eventually,

But for now their absence leaves me with,

An Image:

I run to the top of a hill on a warm day.

The breeze is cool and the scene is wonderment.

If any Place should know, it is here.

Expectantly, I shout,

“Do you love life?”

As it dies across the wind,

I already know.

There is no answer.

Because, really, there is no longer any question.

Now, I feel.

It is beautiful, all of it, everything.

It has shared with me its unhidden secrets -

That just like this Place,

I am Life.

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Photo looking towards the state of Oregon and captured on California Highway 161 at the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge in Siskiyou County. Far Northern California. "State of Jefferson." Late February 2013.

Photo of Big Lagoon captured via Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens 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 unofficial vista point on Patricks Point Drive near Trinidad and Patricks Point State Park. Humboldt County. Early March 2013.

#225 of the 365day challenge

Photo captured on the Old Coast Road at the site of the El Sur Ranch in Big Sur. Monterey County. Mid April 2013.

in the seattle wind. #285 of the 365day challenge

A long day of studying only led to this moment where the sky painted the perfect array of colors and patterns--ultimately allowing one to feel at ease in an unpredictable world. Photo captured outside my apartment in the city of Arcata. Humboldt County. Late September 2013.