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“What we have to remember we can still do anything. We can change our minds. We can start over. - Marina Keegan I will not say that life (or my life) is perfect, it’s not. And it’s much more sometimes than social media can show (or I would want to share) but then I walk into the Strand & pick up a book by a young girl Marina Keegan (1989-2012), and all of the sudden life doesn’t feel as hard & problems do not feel unsolvable. ❤️
She stands in shadow. The camera shifts slightly in unison with her and results in a very faint ICM (intentional camera movement) effect. Warmth permeates the scene in contrast to the shadowy atmosphere. Details emerge - just enough to give context to locale. She is framed within a frame by bold geometry - both real and painted by light.
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some chapters are sad.
some happy, and
some exciting. But if you
never turn a page...
you will never know
what the next chapter holds
This image has been chosen as a cover photo for the group ~ Traveling Around the World ~ 😊😊😊 Honored & Thankful 😊😊😊
I’m mesmerized by nature’s & men’s creations ! I really love Brooklyn Bridge but crossing it also meets my daily goal of 10000 steps !!! So it’s a great experience for both body & soul 💛
It’s not age that limits deep connection, it’s the walls we build. A young heart remains open, curious, and willing to leap. That’s how childhood bonds are formed, and how adult ones can be, too.
Pamela Cox
The bonds we create with others are significant, but the most important connection we can establish is within ourselves. Sometimes, we need to let go of the dreams we formed as children or young adults and start anew, using the experience and foundation we’ve built while growing up. When I refer to growing up, I specifically mean our forties. I believe that in our forties, we truly discover what we love; before that, it's mostly a process of research and information gathering.
P.S. I didn't exactly choose or want the direction where life took me… but if that's what I've got, I'm gonna ROCK it!
Day 61 …….365 BW ICM project edited in Snapseed
RICOH GR III
18 mm (GR LENS 18.3mm F2.8)
16.0 MP • 4001 x 4000 • 1.7 MB
1/10 sec
f/16
JPG
ISO 6400
"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."
| Stockholm | Sweden |
If we can leave any place knowing & appreciating it a bit more than when started time spent traveled was not wasted 💙 When some people tried to discuss politics (people from other countries also) my reply was always ‘I don’t discuss politics on vacation’
The glories strung like beads on my smallest sights and hearings—on the walk in the street, and the passage over the river;
The current rushing so swiftly, and swimming with me far away;
The others that are to follow me, the ties between me and them;
The certainty of others—the life, love, sight, hearing, of others. Walt Whitman
Both Walt Whitman’s poem and this place amaze me. I’m not a summer person, and I can get moody during the season, but when I’m here at sunset, it feels as if time stops. I experience so much emotion that some people say is impossible to feel after 40. It fills me with love—most importantly, a love for love & life! The sunset and the bokeh lights of the NYC skyline from Brooklyn are simply enchanting. I merge with Walt Whitman, time, and this part of Brooklyn & NYC. ❤️
"Home is not where you have to go but where you want to go; nor is it a place where you are sullently admitted, but rather where you are welcomed - by the people, the walls, the tiles on the floor, the followers beside the door, the play of life, the very grass." - Scott Russell Sanders
sunset 11.4.15
“It’s sad that there’s nothing we as human beings can do to freeze a beautiful moment. It’s sad how many beautiful moments have come and gone.” Melissa Broder (From Sunday New York Times)... Sometimes I search for something new, and my life feels empty without it. Other times I walk into the old moment & realize that my life feels a little empty without that inspiration. People say you have to let go of the past to move forward, but maybe that past inspired & moved you to where you are today. Can you really let it go without losing a part of yourself?
health, happiness, love ... & ... yet all these are essentials most people can’t live without ♥️
My body aches & can’t even look at the food. Hope it’s not the flu. But on the bright side using this uncomfortable home leisure time to catch up on my reading ♥️♥️ Dislike being sick
I'm not trying to be creative with the bridge, and well aware of how often this place is being photographed. Just love walking home from Manhattan to Brooklyn. Can definitely say this is my fav place in the world.
What food is the best to celebrate 23 year anniversary?!!!? Grew up in Italian neighborhood & first (non-Russian) food we tried here... it can only be PIZZA 🍕 💛💛 What of my grandma never had relatives here? What if I only saw NYC on TV? Of course we can live our lives without certain places, people & things that we grow to love but our lives just wouldn’t be the same. My life wouldn’t be the same without this place. I would be fine but it just wouldn’t be the same.
This is Grosvenor Bridge over the River Thames, London. Battersea Power Station is just out of view on the right.
I managed to get a few images before my battery died, I had forgotten to take a spare. Fortunately I had my iPhone with me.
Lensbaby Sweet 22
Link to my 2025 100 x album: www.flickr.com/photos/28992287@N03/albums/72177720322918811/
BDCC monthly challenge - Early spring flowers
An in camera double exposure of purple tulips against my purple @blackvelvetstyling backdrop.
More tulips...blame my husband, he bought them for me so what am I to do? ;)
Lensbaby Sweet 22 with macro filters. I wasn't too sure about the sweet 22 at first but it's fast becoming one of my favourite lenses, especially with macro filters.
EDIT: I just realised I've messed up with the numbering of my 100 x images so have changed this to number 51 instead of 28 which I'd doubled up with. I didn't want to have to go through all the images changing the numbers!
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sometimes I can come across as opinionated person but one thing I’ve learned over the years is not to judge especially the ones I love. Being judgmental of the one you love is not to love at all.
“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.”
I’m the result of where I came from… We have it in our DNA to swallow everything up & stay… And I’ve stayed so many times in my life. What if… what if two years later.. what if you just wait another month… but what I really learned in the past year that is the stupidest mentality to have. If you work your a… off for two years and things are stagnant what will happen in five? But I’ve learned it is very easy to leave when nothing holds you where you are anymore.
Day. 103 ….…….365 BW ICM project edited in Snapseed
RICOH GR III
18 mm (GR LENS 18.3mm F2.8)
16.0 MP • 4001 x 4000 • 1.7 MB
1/10 sec
f/16
JPG
ISO 6400