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After spending the entire day hunting fall colors around Big Bear Lake I noticed that the only trees that looked to be at peak were the non-indiginous ones that were purchased and planted. I found this tree along the main drive and it looked to me to be confused and yet glorious in all it's shades of color which were highlighted by the piercing blue of the sky behind. I sat and stared then after a while I felt at peace and understood. Humanity has entered a time of profound change and we are all pushed by necessity and pulled by opportunity.
The push is a growing systems crisis, evident in the breakdown of financial institutions, climate change, resource depletion, unsustainable populations, and more.
The pull is the opportunity to rise to a new level of human maturity, partnership, and freedom. The combined push and pull at a global scale make this truly a time of profound turning and transformation for humanity. These powerful trends are all represented here in this one tree.
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Deer Lake yesterday, on a break between the rain.
I have over 1,600 photos in my "To Post" folder. Which means, if I didn't shoot any more, I could still post every day for four years, four months, two weeks, and two days without breaking a sweat :)
But that's not going to happen - photography is just too much fun. The archives will have to be patient....
For those of you who have watched Virgin River, this is the pier that Jack and Mel had a romantic dinner on...
Just another lovely place in the beautiful Hardanger district.
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The black turnstone is slowly getting its Summer plumage. I noticed among other things that the white patch they have in their face is getting much prominent. I have been able recently to photograph them in "mutation" but I have not had a chance to process these pictures yet... I am way behind in my processing and posting... but will try to dig a picture with the Summer markings before the end of Summer or perhaps I should say before the beginning of Summer, which ever comes first :)
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I’ve previously posted photos of enormous tadpoles with fierce, human-like faces. These bizarre creatures continue enlarging for three years, hibernating during the winter. Eventually they slowly transform into the sweetest, most beautiful frogs you could imagine.
This photo captures a rare moment, halfway through the metamorphosis. While the head and legs are clearly those of a frog, the body still tapers into its long tadpole tail. The changeling is navigating an underwater bed of string algae, remaining submerged and breathing through its skin.
Once becoming fully developed, the young frog will breathe through its lungs and be truly amphibious, climbing up on plant leaves to bask in the sun.
The wind is constantly blowing at the dunes. Each day, the footprints on the dunes are smoothed away. Each day, the dunes are reshaped. It is dusty, but beautiful. 20230618SossusvleiDune.jpg
Today he/she traveled to the top of the enclosure, so it will probably be in JHook tomorrow and then the magical transformation begins...
I just hope his/her wings are as perfect as this cute little gummy worm...
It arrived from Florida in a box of Tropical Milkweed that I ordered, on May 22nd.... it ate and enjoyed my fresh Swamp Milkweed.... and now the next journey begins...
Multiple exposure based on this piece by Yin XiuZhen from the Chinese Material Art exhibition in Chicago.
More about this incredible artist here:
www.pacegallery.com/artists/yin-xiuzhen/
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"Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain."
Henry David Thoreau
While taking an early morning walk today, I spied this leaf at my feet. I promised I'd return and the leaf waited for me. Bliss!
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This lovely creature was flitting around the garden at St. Benedict's Painted Church in Kona, Hawaii. It landed long enough for me to capture this image. The link below shares information about that incredible place. "We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."
Maya Angelou
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Throwing off the clothes of day
Complications fall away
All I am is laid to waste
Transformation takes my place
And just you keep it coming
A feeling I ain't never felt before
And the way my heart is drumming
Well caution just goes flying
Right out the door
And ain't this really something
We're walking but our feet
Don't touch the floor
Anymore
"Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It's a journey of discovery - there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair."
Quote - Rick Warren
"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." -Maya Angelou
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“L'amour ne sert jamais à transformer les autres. Il n'est que l'instrument de notre propre transformation.”
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As I come towards the end of my third year in Thailand I have been looking back on my time here and thinking about how much my life has changed. I am more active, sociable, full of energy and generally feel brighter than I have in many years. Every day I enjoy warm sunshine, have a world full of colour, interesting sounds, incredible tastes and smells and experiences that constantly ensure that I live my life on the edge of my comfort zone. I am surrounded by lots of amazing people and have formed some firm friendships that I hope will last me a lifetime. In spite of the global pandemic and all the tragedy and life disruption we have all had to endure I am very thankful for my time here and can honestly say that this experience has taken years off me.
The leap of faith that we took in 2018 certainly paid off! I think these comparative shots from 2017 and 2021 say a thousand words.
Time for a lengthy break from Flickr now as we take our summer holidays but we'll be back for year 4 in August!
We live in a state of constant change, we are transforming learning and evolving sometimes for the better and sometimes not.
This is a little bit of creative work from me for Friday, wishing everyone a lovely peaceful happy weekend.
From a distance, it looked like a barn. On closer inspection, the old barn became an old farmhouse. Transformation.
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