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Forget ‘Manic Monday’, Think ‘Magic’ (In Memory Of ONJ & My Earliest Loves) - IMRAN™
Yes, it was another Manic Monday as The Bangles sang. But as the hot day came to an end — after being cooled by typical Florida summer thunderstorms — a Magic Monday emerged. The misty quiet mood of the impending sunset also marked the sad end of an era.
The beautiful, talented, brave cancer warrior, movie star, and singer Olivia Newton-John passed away. She sang some of the top pop songs of the 70s and 80s, including one that has deep sentimental value to me.
Her song Magic was released as a single on May 23, 1980, on my 18th birthday. It includes the lyrics, “You have to believe we are magic, Nothin' can stand in our way.”
My first-ever (teenage) crush (S.A) and I were on the phone, and had just said “I Love You” to each other for the first time, and this song started playing on the radio in Karachi, Pakistan. It was the first time saying those words for both of us, and she started crying with emotion.
Of course it was a puppy crush — and we were very young. Later, we carried on with our lives in different cities, provinces, and eventually different countries and continents. But the song has always been a source of pure joy, in addition to the beautiful memories.
Over the years I experienced far deeper loves. Each of those most powerful later loves in my life had a song or two associated with them. But those are stories for other days. Tonight, it’s all about Magic.
I am grateful for all the love I have received and expressed since the first time I said “I Love You” with this song. Thank you, Olivia Newton-John. Rest In Peace.
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PS What songs have most sentimental and/or romantic value in your life?
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Don't remember where I took this picture, but I think it was in Europe a long time ago. If I built this building I would have put the statue of the Thinker where I put it in this image. But they didn't and I did. That's what I do - correct reality.
Mike and I are starting a new tradition this year: Christmas without the tree.
I'm so relieved. Because every year, the tree has been the source of this huge internal struggle for me.
On one hand... in what I like to think is a nod to my long-ago Druid ancestors... I pretty much worship trees. (You may have noticed this elsewhere in my stream. Ahem. It's a powerful force.) So... to bring one in, and adorn it with lights and ornamentation, and spend many hours admiring it... living with it as a member of the family... well, it feels kind of right.
On the other hand... there is no escaping the fact that the trees we bring inside each year are dead. And worse - we killed them ourselves, with our own hands, and have the sap-stained clothes and gloves to attest to our act of, let's face it, murder.
It's always bugged me, but the final straw was Mike's comment on our watering system. We have this great set-up where... every time the tree takes a drink... we hear this musical glug-glug-gurgle. Our tradition has always been to raise our glasses in response, and drink (or eat, or make the motions thereof) in the tree's direction, and say something like, "Here's to you, tree!"
So... yeah. We've lived with this charade for years. And it was only in the past few weeks that we agreed the glug-glugging was, in fact, sinister. Equivalent, we decided, to the flopping and gasping a fish does out of water.
We have agreed (thank goodness) not to inflict that slow-death suffering on another good, honest tree this year. And I am so relieved.
Yes, I know there's the option of the "living tree," but that has its own problems. Kind of like bringing home a big Tyee salmon and watching it swim in a bowl for a few weeks. Conifers just weren't made to live indoors. Or die indoors. So I'll do my seasonal worshipping outdoors this year - in the trees' own living room, which is as it should be.
When I looked at this photo, I wasn't sure whether I thought he looked like he was talking on a cell phone or not...everyone seems to have one now!!!
He looked deep in thought so I went with "the thinker."
White-Faced Monkey-Costa Rica
I cannot help butI think this is a first time mom. The whole entire time I was there I never saw her sit on this egg, she just kept preening and then looking at it and preening and looking at it. I have concern for the egg since I never saw her sit on it.
Think how much warmer that welcome would be if someone pushed that button and lit up the sign.
A rare foray from my office into town during daylight hours, but my eye is seriously tuned into the grim and the bleak.
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Photos by Steve McKinnis of stevemckinnis.com
I think this will be the final shot from a string of photos captured in late November. I was on the road that day and stumbled upon this abandoned homestead. Looking back, I should have been more careful while wandering around, as it was hunting season in the Midwest. Luckily, no stray rounds that day.
When you hear this chorus
Do you miss the way the world was spinning for us?
Do you hurt the way that I do
After all the time you leave me broken
This song is every word I've left unspoken
When you hear this I'm hoping that you'll think of us.
Mayday Parade--"If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?"
YEAH DUH.
i'm a hipster.
composition slightly inspired by Steven Sites just because i'm centered and in his back yard. lawl.
Wake up, Maggie I think I got something to say to you
It's late September and I really should be back at school
I know I keep you amused, but I feel I'm being used
Oh, Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more
You led me away from home
Just to save you from being alone
You stole my heart, and that's what really hurts - Rod Stewart
Magpies have always given me problems. If the light wasn't perfect I could count on getting no details from this bird. Today was overcast and gray but when this bird just landed on this mullein a stone's throw away I knew I had a golden opportunity. I had time for a short burst and not even a chance to zoom out before the bird was gone. It was like Maggie was having some compassion late this September before leaving.
Location: Somewhere in Far East =)
Camera:Nikon D700
Exposure:0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture:f/4.0
Focal Length:50 mm
ISO Speed:250
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Flash:No Flash
EXPLORED: Mar 3, 2009 #159
This little one keeps me on my toes more than any other. Quinn is starting to look more and more like a girl and more and more like a little person EVERY DAY!! It amazes me!
I think this is a ring-necked duck (M) but I am not sure. I need "Birdfessionals" to verify it, but for now I call it a ring-necked duck.
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Think pink with July's winning theme... Dolly Plastic World by Pumpkin Wiskee!
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Just a few of the colourful flowers in the garden this Summer, I think my favourite has to be the Honeysuckle, (Belgica variety), but I love them all really.
am trying a new technique to photo my little friends... will need to perfect, but looks like it has some promise.
This is the waterfall that is so tiny in my Green Lakes photo. I think it is on the South Sister Mountain. Oregon.
These bluetiful containers are near a gasworks outside Eastbourne in East Sussex - at least I think that's what they contain!
I think all of Blakeley's Olympic hopefuls deserve a gold medal for making today's hike so enjoyable!
Have a blessing-filled Sunday, everyone!!!
Copyright © Phil Dodd 2016, All Rights Reserved. This nice chap we happened upon while on our trip around the Digbeth area of Birmingham, he said he owned a local taxi company. He wasn't sure about having his portrait taken, but after I showed him the shot on the back of the camera, he relaxed a little.....
Thanks for looking and / or commenting,
Best regards,
Phil.