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Photo captured at a cattle ranch near the Lost Coast via Mattole Road. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.
"One final paragraph of advice: Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast.... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it's still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and expore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this: you will outlive the bastards!"
~ taken from "The Earth Speaks" by Edward Abbey
To all of my flickr friends and family,
Thank you! Although this year has had it ups and downs... and most of the events that have occurred this year will eventually be forgotten..... this one thing I can say for sure..... each of you have inspired me and have a special place in my heart. Thank you for blessing my 2006...... Best wishes for the New Year!!!
See you in 2007!!!!! Huge hugs and southern smiles! :)
Lindsay
Photo captured on northbound U.S. Highway 97 in the census-designated place of Macdoel. Siskiyou County. "State of Jefferson." Late February 2013.
Photo 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 looking towards Trinidad captured from the Vista Point on U.S. Highway 101 in McKinleyville. Humboldt County. Late January 2013.
365 is really kicking my butt, I get behind and getting caught up is a pain. I think it's just the time of year, so many things to do so little time to do them in.
Photo of Mount Shasta captured from the Shasta Valley Vista Point on Interstate 5. North of Yreka in Siskiyou County. Early January 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.
To see the original post: Do You Love Life?
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 on Mattole Road miles southwest of the city of Ferndale. On the way to the Lost Coast. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.
Photo captured near the Grass Lake Summit via U.S. Highway 97. Siskiyou County. "State of Jefferson." On the first day of January 2013.
Photo captured along the beach at Dry Lagoon. Humboldt Lagoons State Park. Humboldt County. Early May 2013.
Photo captured from Samoa Beach in the census-designated place of Samoa. Humboldt County. Early October 2013.
I was one of thousands of amateur photogs snapping self portraits in the reflection of Cloud Gate, but I was the only one with an eight-week old baby strapped to my chest!
My husband and I arrived at Millennium Park just as the Chicago Marathon was concluding. You can imagine the crowds of runners, runners' families, and tourists that crowded the already popular park.
Photo captured near the town of Point Arena and near the Point Arena Lighthouse Station. Mendocino County. Late March 2013.
Photo looking towards Trinidad captured via the HDR method of photography from the Vista Point on U.S. Highway 101 in McKinleyville. Humboldt County. Late January 2013.
Another day,
Dull like a rounded pencil point.
Sequestered to a foggy existence.
Today.
What is wrong with me?
Maybe nothing. Maybe,
Something is just going on,
With no name…
Yet.
Maybe it just Is,
The bottom of a cycle
Winter instead of Spring.
So that we can remember
To appreciate,
The times when it is so easy,
We just reach out our hand
And catch whatever the Universe wants to express.
And then we do it,
On behalf of the Universe.
But today, hibernating.
Hanging out in a funk
But I show up still
Do my routine
Make peace with my state
Let it run its course.
And take comfort in knowing
It will End. It All Will End.
To see the original post: kneverkneverland.com/2013/03/27/peace-in-the-storm/
Photo captured in 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.
Self Portrait.
The world is a dark place. We often feel surrounded by darkness. Enveloping us, swallowing us alive.
But there are sparks of light in every creation. Find them. Reveal them.
Revel in them.
The light will follow....
Photo captured at the Vista Point at Junctions California 92 and 35 in San Mateo County. Early 2013.
Photo captured on California Highway 161, with a hint of Majestic Mount Shasta, at the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge in Siskiyou County. Far Northern California. Late February 2013.
Photo captured via HDR technique of photography at the site of where the Little Sur River drains into the Pacific Ocean on the El Sur Ranch property in Big Sur. Monterey County. Late January 2013.