Nightscape of Orion over Donabate Beach.

The smallest things in this world delight me. Working with and teaching young children for much of my life taught me patience and an appreciation for finding beauty in the most unexpected places. Knowing how to slow down and really look at the world that surrounds us is beneficial for one's mind, body and spirit. May we all learn the lessons that children already seem to know.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing... it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well ~ Voltaire

For Ian (Psychedelic Surfer), who wrote me a wonderful testimonial...thank you my friend :-)

Saying "thank you", doesn't cost much

Taken at: Where our journey begins

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Revisiting a shot from 2006

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"Appreciate again and again, freshly and naively,

the basic goods of life, with awe,

pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy,

however stale these experiences may have become to others."

- Abraham Maslow

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11-21-2020

My word of the day. Enjoy yours.

Play Projects

I've always enjoyed studying the gills of mushrooms. The purpose of mushroom gills, also known as lamellae, is to produce and then release spores. When the spores drop to the ground, often they are carried away by the wind.

The link below shares the various ways mushroom gills are attached to the stems. Knowledge is power, folks! :)

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Voightlander 35mm f2.5 Colour Scopar VMII (adapted) @ f2.8

Sun on a window sill

We went to downtown Seattle for the Gallery Walk. But first, Wilbur had to make a stop for artistic appreciation.

University of York campus gardens

A kind of cozy magic that makes the wait and appreciation for Christmas so special: warm lights, sweet scents, and little scenes that spark childhood wonder. It’s the season where even the smallest details feel like promises of joy to come.

So I missed Ginger Cat Appreciation Day (yesterday) but every day is Ginger Cat Appreciation Day around here.

The River Foss at Hungate, York

...for the beloved community:

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Take only Photos, Steal only Time, Leave only Footprints

Museum Gardens, York

the York Civic Trust historic building. york-associates.co.uk/

Homestead Park, Clifton, York.

At the end of 2020, the MRL unveiled two locomotives that were wrapped in two special schemes to show appreciation to both veterans and essential workers. The MRL 4404 was wrapped to thank Essential Workers such as the railroaders that keep America's freight moving as well as all others working through this pandemic. The MRL 4407 was wrapped to thank those that have served, and includes decals from each branch of the US Military as well as one commemorating the USS Montana, a Virginia class submarine for the US Navy that has been under construction since 2015 and is slated to be delivered in early 2021. Both are paired up on an LM sailing past Columbus on a gorgeous winter day.

Leica M adaptor L; Unnecessary ISO 3200 (from earlier shot!)

Narrow alleyway on Bishophill, York

Some more flowers left in my kitchen. how sweet.

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5/10/ 20 Comic Strip

Authors; Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott

Best Wishes to all Mothers & All First Responders.

and many thanks to the newspaper media in their struggles to provide us with newsprint and the comic strip artists who provide us with insight and entertainment.

Museum Gardens, York

Freyr

St Mary’s Abbey Gardens, York