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Just taking in the sunset after arriving in Santa Barbara. I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day..
I know, I know....I can't help myself. Everytime we go to Yosemite, I have to stop here, even though I have seen it so many times, shot it so many times, and posted it many times.... I just have to do it all again. Everytime we emerge from the tunnel and I catch sight of it, my breath catches and I say "My God..."
Perhaps one of these days, I will get a shot of it covered in snow. At least the clouds help to make this shot different from my last post of this magnificent view.
of blue sky....haven't seen it for a few days..
Took a little 4 hour drive into the heart of the central valley and just had to stop at the reservoir when I saw those clouds. Was nice to not have a very unusual winter-type storm pounding down on me for the drive.
This time the hike back to Mirror Lake was worth it....later in the year it will be completely dried up.
Loved exploring the streets of Barcelona, but you know me...I really love to get out and shoot nature, so this was a real treat for me, and I decided that this would be my first post on my return. I only have @ 300 more shots to go thru...lol
Taken on our trip to Montserrat and its remote Benedictine monastery which dates from 1025, although it was largely destroyed in the 1800's. Still it was a great day trip, too bad we were on a tour and didn't have more time to spend here.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montserrat_(mountain)
Loved being there, but it is so good to be home...will do my best catching up with everyone soon.
The first dry crossing of the Grand Canal was a pontoon bridge built in 1181 by Nicolò Barattieri. It was called the Ponte della Moneta, presumably because of the mint that stood near its eastern entrance.
The development and importance of the Rialto market on the eastern bank increased traffic on the floating bridge. So it was replaced in 1255 by a wooden bridge. This structure had two inclined ramps meeting at a movable central section, that could be raised to allow the passage of tall ships. The connection with the market eventually led to a change of name for the bridge. During the first half of the 15th century two rows of shops were built along the sides of the bridge. The rents brought an income to the State Treasury, which helped maintain the bridge.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z04S7hYaAu0
I'm like a bird, I only fly away
I don't know where my soul is, I don't know where my home is
(and baby all I need for you to know is)
I'm like a bird, I only fly away
I don't know where my soul is , I don't know where my home is
All I need for you to know is!~~~~Nelly Furtado
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I know, I probably should not have used bracketed shots...but it does give the photo a sense of motion, and the captain would not stop the ferry for me..damn it...lol
A shot from last weekend...it seemed like winter didn't want to give up it's hold on us, but thankfully it has been more spring-like this week.
Once By The Pacific
The shattered water made a misty din.
Great waves looked over others coming in,
And thought of doing something to the shore
That water never did to land before.
The clouds were low and hairy in the skies,
Like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes.
You could not tell, and yet it looked as if
The shore was lucky in being backed by cliff,
The cliff in being backed by continent;
It looked as if a night of dark intent
Was coming, and not only a night, an age.
Someone had better be prepared for rage.
There would be more than ocean-water broken
Before God's last Put out the Light was spoken.
by Robert Frost
This is part of the Across The Ocean collab project Janey and I are doing, this time we decided to work together to form a piece of writing that combines parts and layers of each other. We sent lines back and forth until we were happy with how it flowed and then Janey kindly typed it out on her beautiful typewriter and took a photo of it, which we then each edited seperately. I am really happy with the way it turned out and I hope that we can do more of these very soon.
Check out Janey's edit.
The distance from here to there. From there to here.
What is is made of? The substances and traces of other humans?
The empty places and too full faces?
Sometimes it feels too far to where you are.
And sometimes I feel you are too close.
I trace the lines on a map, fingerlengths that keep us apart.
Heartbeats that keep us together. This distance I feel is palpable.
Through the darkness I can still see your face. Your silhouette.
And when I wake I reach for you, I beg for you.
But in my reach, my extended arm, my eager fingertips, the smoke subsides and there is nothing there.
We learn to live with longing. It etches rivers deep within us that bring us no comfort.
It is the emptiness within our hearts.
Sometimes I think it'd be better to not know how it feels to be together because then it wouldnt ache so much when we are apart.
But I know that this distance is only fleeting, time is fleeting.
And time is unkind but it is a constant and I am constantly aware that you are there and I am here. And time does not take that away, it grants me the moments to recall, the memory to react and feel.
Life and time and miles are between us, but had we been without we never would have known what it meant to feel.
To feel through distance, time, and even in the darkest of moments we feel through life.
So I know that every experience is stretching me deep inside, I am growing. I am starting to let go of the pain that has held me back.
I am starting to realise that I have control over the way I see things. I have control over the way I feel things.
I have control, not only control in these fragile hands but control with my soul, my life, my pain, and my joy.
My heart is beating and it is keeping me accountable, reminding me that I am but flesh and bones but these bones are only the cage around my longing soul.
And distance is nothing if I am free.
-Written by Janey and I
"If ever there is a tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. i'll always be with you." - A.A Milne
Part Three of the Across The Ocean collab series with Janey. For this one we took the above quote from Winnie the Pooh and took a shot and wrote about our own ideas from it. I honestly do enjoy doing these with Janey a lot, its interesting seeing how someone you admire works. And I believe it encourages us both to grow. Make sure you go and check out Janey's version too!!
I am standing here again, and I can feel the wind beckoning. Adventure is calling to me and soon I will go. Soon I will leave and you wont be beside me anymore. And I wont pretend that it's easy. I find safety by your side. As much as I yearn to go there is a part of me that doesnt want to say goodbye. It would be so much easier to stay. But I know that you will be beside me every step of the way. And although I cant feel your hand in mine I know that I just need to reach out and you will be reaching out too. If I look into my heart I know that I am never truly alone, for every kindness - every remnant of love I have ever been given is locked inside, protected by my ribcage. And that warmth and light will keep me going when it's too dark to see. I have to be strong now, to be grown. You have helped me to believe in myself. I can do this. I know I can. For no matter where I am I will always have you, and you will always have me.
This is the second photo with the lovely Janey for our Across The Ocean collab series. Janey is really talented and it is lovely working with her, so go and say g'day and check out her version.
What do you do when the world tells you you are not good enough? When the billboards shout about perfect skin, perfect figures and perfect smiles. When the tv is full of shows about making people pretty. When magazines airbrush their fake models to sell false promises. What do you do when you know you dont fit in? When societys hunger for fame drives the sane crazy. What do you do when the movies tell you a man will come and save you but you've been alone for so long you've stopped counting the months. When you see couples together and you feel an emptiness inside. What do you do when they tell you to buy these heels and this designer bag when you've avoided them at all cost? You stand up. You stand up and muster every bit of courage I know you have inside. You tell them that you arent buying it. You arent buying their false beliefs about beauty. You arent going to let them put you down. You have fought to believe in yourself and you wont lose all the work. You know that you are beautiful, for there is always beauty in imperfection. There is soul in your eyes. And when you smile it comes from the heart. You are a child of the universe, so stand up and make a difference.
This is number 6 in the Across The Ocean collab project with Janey. We took a photo each from our adventures (mine is the plane window and hers is the railroad tracks) and layered them and then wrote about change.
See her version here.
For so long I just stood still. I wanted to be unseen, I just wanted to survive. I stood on the edge of the smallest step and it seemed like such a long way down. I'd been hurt and I was alone and I was afraid. I did what I'd always done and I got what I'd always gotten. Until one day I decided to try something different. To change something. To try something new. And then slowly, day by day and week by week I started to face my fears. I grew and I learnt and I started to heal. It wasnt easy and sometimes it got harder or I lost my way, so I let myself cry but I never gave up. I never gave in. The steps started getting bigger. The lessons started getting harder, and the rewards grew too. I started to embrace change. I learnt that even when I am alone I am still with myself. I can be a light in the darkness. And everytime that familiar feeling wells up in my gut - of feeling stuck and lost and not knowing where to go (I call this my 'crossroads feeling') I know that change is coming. I know that there's a cliff up ahead that will be bigger and scarier than I have ever faced and I know that I will face it. I will have to jump. But the great thing is that I dont fear it anymore. I am not afraid of it because I know that if I fall I will pick myself up again. I can get through the darkness. And if there is even a chance that I might fly then I have to take it. That's what life is all about. For so long I wished that there was something tangible I could hold on to to signify the changes I have made within. The growth I have experienced from the places I have seen and the adventures I have been on. But you told me that you could see it in my face, you could sense it in my aura. The changes I felt within. And that brought more joy to me than you will ever know.
This is part four of the Across The Ocean collab series I am doing with Janey. This photo is about a blank page and how we start off in life. The possibilities are limitless. And so as we grow and learn our blank pages change. Things get added. Lessons get learnt. We open our eyes. And thats what we tried to put across on our papers - growth and our lives and who we are. Mine isnt quite finished but neither am I, so I think that is quite appropriate.
Make sure you go and check out what Janey did with her page.
There is so much more than meets the eye. So many things that lay underneath this skin. Inside I am full of bones and blood but there is more than that. More than cells and ligaments, more than organs and tendons. From the moment I was born I have been gathering information, I have been learning. I hope I never stop learning. There are things that I hold dear, things I have been through, people I love. I keep moments locked inside, fragments of the lives I have led. There are songs and movies and words and smells and textures and sights. So many stills from the film that is known as my life. It's funny how we think we know someone but really we never do. All we can know is what they let us see. There are valleys and mountains deep inside - oceans that you have never swum and skies that you never knew existed. We are universes, each marching to our own drum. We are solar systems and planets and black holes. We were blank pages but now we are ripped and torn and stuck back together and blue and yellow and orange and shiny and burnt and dark and light and immense. We are immense. And I think the thing we forget is that we can do so much good. We can change the world and we can shape the pages that we create.
i am taking a break from black and white to send you this letter full of glorious northwest fall color. i took this a couple weeks ago on a photo drive east along highway 2. this photo pretty well sums up the glory of that day. we had fabulous sunshine, crisp air, crystal clear water and fantastic color. i wanted to dive into that water, but i probably don't have to tell you that it is hella cold! i settled for photographing it.
i miss seeing your work here on flickr although i am glad that your break is serving you well and helping you to recharge your creative energies. i am excited for the day when i will wake up to see something that you have created.
more and more the one thing i find myself wishing for was that we could someday meet in person and go out into the world together to capture its beauty. i want to stand in the same place as you and see it through my eyes and then see it through yours. i know that it would be different and yet the same because that's what we are - different, yet somehow the same.
i fear that this letter is disjointed - but the heart is rarely coherent, is it?
i know that you understand...
xo,
-c
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