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The annual hot air balloon rally in Prosser has been on my bucket list for quite some time but because of bad juju I missed it the last four years in a row. I got rained out twice, had work commitments once and just last year I was too cozy under the blankets to get up at 2 am and make the 3.5 hour drive in time for sunrise. This year I made sure there were no excuses.
Prosser, Washington.
The Fortune Teller
The Chariot card - overcoming conflicts and moving forward in a positive direction. One needs to keep going on and through sheer hard work and commitment he will be victorious.
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Hair by AD - Chella
Outfit by Baistice_Casbah
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So I set up the camera outside the stables, the parents are zooming in and out feeding the new fledglings (of which seem to be down to 4 now) it’s real hard, they are so quick, so out of about 500 phots,,,,, this one
There is a moment when all becomes still and life is just solely about the two people in that moment
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You have no engagements, commitments, obligations, or duties; no special ambitions and only the smallest, least complicated of wants; you exist in a tranquil tedium, serenely beyond the reach of exasperation, “far removed from the seats of strife,” as the early explorer and botanist William Bartram put it. All that is required of you is a willingness to trudge.
There is no point in hurrying because you are not actually going anywhere. However far or long you plod, you are always in the same place: in the woods. It’s where you were yesterday, where you will be tomorrow. The woods is one boundless singularity. Every bend in the path presents a prospect indistinguishable from every other, every glimpse into the trees the same tangled mass. For all you know, your route could describe a very large, pointless circle. In a way, it would hardly matter.
-- Bill Bryson
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for now our children are being fashioned into commodities, if you don't believe me, just search the terms, "human capital"
" Don’t be afraid to fail or fall
Everyone carries a weight
We learn to walk before we crawl
So do this for all our sakes
You have what it takes
You have what it takes"
– a-ha–
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
– Confucius–
A commitment to growth is a commitment to risk, courage, faith, strength, hope, and a willingness to make mistakes, get back up and try again.
– Christine Caine–
Oh this world
Like a wounded bird
Like a sad song
Rising from the waves
But worlds collide
Just like space and time
Bend us sideways
Oh, but i have faith
Don’t be afraid to fall or fail
Learn to make better mistakes
It’s hard to look beyond the pale
But oh what a difference it makes
You have what it takes
You have what it takes
Your love is the one thing that’s never in vain
Your heart will discover its way home again
So turn your beautiful face to the rain
And see
All around, things are closing down
As if we’re leaving
As if it were too late
Now truth don’t rhyme
Yeah, and that could be a sign
So we play it safe like always
Oh, but i have faith
Don’t be afraid to fail or fall
Everyone carries a weight
We learn to walk before we crawl
So do this for all our sakes
You have what it takes
You have what it takes
Our love is the one thing that’s never in vain
Bold hearts will find their own way home again
So turn your beautiful face to the rain
With this knowing
You have what it takes
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💖 Huge, huge hugs, Light, peace and love to you all. Have a great week ahead everyone.
Best wishes and regards to each one of you. Take good care of your self as well as one another, be kind as well as thoughtful towards others.
Lori 💖
There are only two options regarding commitment.
You're either in or out.
There's no such thing as a life in-between.
{ Pat Riley }
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Will catch up on your streams later. Need to finish some work. =)
Texture by Ishkamina.
Autumn in the Jardin de Luxembourg
This is again an attempt to photograph people and daily life in Paris in a way that keep the anonymity of the person. I will post soon some examples where people are recognizable. Here I was fascinated by the light on the chairs and his way of raking the leaves
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Sometimes I get lucky. This pair did not notice me standing with my tripod. They swam up close, completely undisturbed. Their gift presentation was also a gift to me; Clark's Grebes; Aechmophorus clarkii; Santa Margarita Lake; CA; USA
Solo trip down to Bombo although I did see a couple of other Focus already togs there. There was a scheduled shoot there the day before with 16 people but I pulled out as I needed a bit more than 3 hours sleep. Getting up at 3:30am needs commitment!
The forecast was for big/ powerful seas and a rising tide plus cloud but no rain. Well there was a lot of rain and fog driving there from Sydney but it didn’t rain there. The swell was not as big as hoped but still got some nice happy snaps :-)
No filters as it was close to the first shot of the day (high ISO/low aperture but nice movement in the water
This is my last picture of the year, and the title says it all. No matter what tradition it is made in, it is the togetherness and love that counts! Please keep the love going for our children's sake in 2025. Please don't lose it; it is the most important thing in our life.
This photo was taken on my cell phone by one of my family members. I don't know who to give credit to, but BRAVO to whoever took it, you created a photo of the year. Thank you, and thank you, my family, for everything!
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe, and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️
Because several family commitments and a lot of work these last few months I could not devote much time to get out and enjoy taking pictures.
This April I begin to share with you my new photographic objectives.
I hope you enjoy it.
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We’re Always Needing Rays of Sunshine
So I’ll see you exploring the world
I’m not changing my commitments to things wondrous
I’m a storyteller in images captured
The pictures in my room are windows to my travels
Adding joy to my life and hopefully others
There are many stories to be told, especially of beautiful places
The joys of a path traveled with an old forest friend
Even memories of past trips with locations that look so much the same
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one afternoon on the North Shore of Minnesota in Temperance River State Park with a view extending to the east across the waters of Lake Superior with wave after wave rushing to a nearby shoreline. In composing this image, I chose to include some of a nearby rocky outcropping as foreground interest to lead the eye into the image with the lake waters and then more distant shoreline with mostly cloudy skies as a backdrop.
Merton as monk had discerned that efficacy in his vocation to write would depend on exercising an ability to report the singular wisdom he was continually learning in the school of his own life’s more intimate relationships with God, with human cultures, and within the opportunities offered through the persons, places, and identity-transforming events of his personal history.
His desire to write and speak truth beyond his received opinions that were inculcated in him by his education, social class, and singular religious commitments, in short, his will to find his own voice, was ascetically heroic. His intuition that a grace was given to write confessing the contours of his personal struggle to be a fully integrated and truth-speaking human being was romantic. His goal to be a witness to freedom by word and example was idealized.
-A focus on truth : Thomas Merton’s uncensored mind / Patrick W. Collins
In the words of a song written by British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber~ " Love changes everything " I was moved recently as I read of his journey through cancer and how the love of his wife had played such a vital part in his recovery.
It's time for a break from birds! Yesterday I took a break from Flickr; this should be fun, not another chore. Between recent commitments and the need to get my garden planted asap due to our brief growing season, the past few weeks have been hectic.
But beyond that, I feel like I'm going a little stale as a photographer - so it's back to basics. And in my life, basic means black and white.
The prairie lends itself well to monochrome: such a simple, yet highly graphic landscape. To do it well, some deep looking is required. Essentially, I've had to get over the need to please people by photographing the prairie the way it's usually seen: hay bales against a sunset sky, for example. I've done that, but I know... well, I know it's been done. Done to death, perhaps. Flip through any calendar that has at least one prairie image and you'll find hay bales against a sunset sky, or if not that, maybe a combine in a wheat field. Nothing wrong with that. But the prairie offers a whole lot more. There must be different ways to see it!
Over the next few days I will offer some recent and some older black and white takes on the prairie, my prairie, starting with this view of some Trembling Aspens: a thick tangle of branches at the top, thread-thin trunks below, and in between, the seeping inky blackness of nightfall. There was barely enough light to focus. I resisted the temptation to process for detail - the camera's sensor captured a whole lot more than what's visible here - and instead tried to maintain the murky quality of the subject as I saw it in the gathering dark.
Photographed at Aspen Coulee in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Commitment
GRIEF CAN TAKE CARE OF ITSELF, BUT TO GET THE FULL VALUE OF A JOY YOU
MUST HAVE SOMEBODY TO DIVID IT WITH.
mark twain (1835 - 1910 )
"Remember the fallen. Honor those who serve. Teach the next generation the value of freedom."
These are the words from Wreaths Across America's (WAA) website noted as "Our Mission". And, it is clearly observed in their commitment to the soldiers buried across the country in the many "national cemetery's" with the wreaths placed against the headstones. However, this is just one of the many ways that WAA remembers, honors, and teaches the next generation about our fallen. Please check out their website for more information about the many ways they accomplish this goal...
Additionally, the location of the photograph above is the Nashville National Cemetery in Madison, Tennessee (just north of Downtown Nashville) which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). More information about this "national cemetery" can be found here:
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Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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In the beginning of 2016 I made a solid commitment to myself to document the P&W as much as possible. When the announcement of the sale of the P&W came in August, the clock really started to tick. I have been taking pictures of the P&W since I was younger than Zachary, and it still didn't seem like I had enough. I did bring the camera to work everyday in 2016 taking advantage of every situation possible. Being on WONR based out of Worcester at 3pm, the long days of the year presented many opportunities. Once the former SD70M-2's were painted, we had them on and off, and every sunny afternoon, I made it a point to pick a spot on the Norwich branch. So here is train WONR posed, with an unlikely combo of SD70M-2 4302 and Super 7 B23-7R 2216 passing Shield Aerosol in Webster, MA on August 8, 2016. As of last week the 4302 is in the NECR paint shop being repainted into G&W orange and re-assigned to the B&P.
Palace Theatre London The Commitments Musical
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Dedicated Laysan albatross mates alternate parental duties taking turns sitting on the nest and foraging for food. Tending the nest can mean a commitment of up to two weeks or more before swapping duties and heading out to sea to feed. This Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) nest site was in the shade of a naio shrub on the sand dunes of Ka’ena Point.
This farmer stood there for hours, on the side of the highway, braving dust and pollution, to offer free food and sweets to the passing traffic.
I salute him !
My Darling...
What if....
there were only a few hours
left in our lifetime
Could we....
at least be honest enough
to express the feelings inside
To share....
inner most thoughts and dreams
without embarrassment
Tell me....
as I lay here sleepless,
what breaks your heart?
Will I....
ever stop being in love with you
as my tears fall so free
Ask me....
why after all these years
it is your heart I crave
Will you....
read between the lines
and answer without thought
For if....
tomorrow never comes,
today can last forever