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Tonight marks the night that Illinois (and many other locales) closes all of its bars and restaurants for at least 2 weeks to try to avoid the spread of COVID-19. I assume this is unprecedented.
I have found myself thinking over the last couple of years, living in Chicago in a pretty good economy, "Given the number of empty storefronts now, things are going to look terrible the next time a recession hits." Right now nobody can predict how fast we'll come out of this and whether the economy will get back on track quickly at that time, but the restaurant industry is going to have a tough slog for the foreseeable future.
"everything is so keen when you come down from solitude, I notice all Seattle with every step I take . . ."
-Kerouac, Desolation Angels
What's out there up further? It's like walking the path full of uncertainties in life and yet you can't do anything about it, but to confront it.
These stark shots are taken at the border of State of Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
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taxi to Desolation:
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You lie, silent there before me
Your tears, they mean nothing to me
The wind howling at the window
The love you never gave
I give to you
Really don't deserve it
But now, there's nothing you can do
So sleep, in your only memory
Of me, my dearest mother
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes
Goodbye
It was always you that I despised
I don't feel enough for you to cry, oh well
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
So insignificant, sleeping dormant deep inside of me
Are you hiding away, lost, under the sewers?
Maybe flying high, in the clouds?
Perhaps you're happy without me
So many seeds have been sown in the field
And who could have sprout up so blessedly
If I had died, I would have never felt sad at all
You will not hear me say 'I'm sorry'
Where is the light, wonder if it's weeping somewhere?
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes
Goodbye
It was always you that I despised
I don't feel enough for you to cry, oh well
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes
Goodbye
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes
Goodbye
It was always you that I despised
I don't feel enough for you to cry, oh well
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Remnants of trees that were killed as an invasive species are still standing towering above the native flora along Stump Pass Beach's beautiful shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico. Along the mile stretch of beach, seashells and shark teeth wash up, swimmers frolick in the waves and anglers fish the surf. White snowy egrets, least terns, and magnificent frigatebirds are found along the coastline.
The park and its beach are situated at the southwest corner of Charlotte County in southwestern Florida. It is located at the south end of Manasota Key, accessible from off I-75 at exit 191. Don't park your vehicle in the parking lot at the park if you want to take sunset pictures--the parking lot closes at sunset and you may end up being fined!
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Lion cubs are born blind and don’t begin to open their eyes until around three to four days old. Their eyes are a blue-grey colour at first and begin to change to an orangey brown by the age of two to three months. Lion’s eyes are quite large with round pupils that are three times as big as a human’s. A second eyelid, called a nictitating membrane, helps to clean and protect the eye. Lions can’t move their eyes from side to side very well, so have to move their whole head when they want to look in different directions. At night, a reflective coating on the back of the eye helps to reflect moonlight. This makes a lion’s eyesight eight times better than that of a human. They also have a white patch of fur below their eyes which helps to reflect even more light back into the eye.
Info source: lionalert.org/page/Lets_look_at_lions
In a few moments of time: vapors, coughing, gasping for breath. Mortal agony! They stagger, trying to clear their lungs, clutching their chest with their hands. Lungs burning like fire: moaning, groaning, the doomed, the dying. Oh, the panic, the screams, the terror! Falling to their knees, they give a final cough, making one last attempt to get up from their knees. Face down they fall, still as death. Tears run down my face, as I realize the magnitude of our sins! I tremble and shake as these words run through my mind: Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand!
Don’t you know that desolation upon desolation has been decreed? Nuclear warfare! Chemical warfare! Biological warfare! Look into the Holy Book, take heed.
Just as it was starting to feel like spring, winter made a very sudden, very cold reappearance. A nice day for a walk on the moors. Assuming you like gale force winds, stinging hail and scattered blizzards. I managed to get this in a brief moment of sunlight between the snow clouds.
The place is desolate.
I'll let the oracle speak:
"At midnight all the agents
And the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
Then they bring them to the factory
Where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men who go
Check to see that nobody is escaping
To Desolation Row."
- Bob Dylan, "Desolation Row, Verse 8" (1965).
Desolation Sound is a deep-water sound at the northern end of the Salish Sea and of the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, Canada.
- Camera: half plate w/ 4x5 adapters
- Lens: Schneider 150mm 5.6
- Negative: Arista EDU Ultra VC RC Paper
- Exposition at ISO 6
- Developer: Caffenol C-M
HDR I took in my region at sunset today, one of the first days of the season where it was sunny at sunset and there was snow... which fell last year! :)