Peggy lost her son two weeks ago -- he had struggled to find work after being let go do to the recession and he struggled with life as well. I cannot imagine losing a child, even a grown one. If a photo can be a poem this one is dedicated to Peggy and her son.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these broken wings and learn to fly

All your life

You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Black bird singing in the dead of night

Take these sunken eyes and learn to see

all your life

you were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly

Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly

Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these broken wings and learn to fly

All your life

You were only waiting for this moment to be free,

You were only waiting for this moment to be free,

You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Paul McCartney

Julia: Eva, do you want to go swimming?

Eva: Oh yes. I'm totally excited about swimming.

Julia: And how about a dock jump?

Eva: More dock jumping sound great to me.

Julia: Alright then. Lets go do this!

Eva: Sure thing.

Julia: Uh, Eva, You're not doing anything.

Eva: Nope. Not true.

Julia: It totally is true. I'm asking you to go swimming with me, and you're just sitting there looking at Dad with a super weird expression on your face.

Eva: See? You were wrong. I am doing something.

Julia: Staring at Dad with a really weird expression on your face is doing something?

Eva: Darn tootin' it is. And when I'm done that, I'll be more than happy to dock jump, swim and smell for water fowl with you.

Julia: Um, I don't plan on smelling the surface of the lake for birds with you.

Eva: And you also didn't plan on staring at Dave for no apparent reason. Yet here we are. So, ten more seconds of staring and we can get back to the water!

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Eva is an odd little dog. And this is just one example of that. She literally did stop playing on the dock and in the water with Julia to sit on the dock and stare at me. Maybe she was mugging for a photo, or maybe she was just being odd. Either way this staring intermission lasted much longer than any of us humans expected. And yes, she still swims with a long lead on as the bird smelling thing can push her into a scent trance making her completely forget to swim back to shore when called.

Say When by The Fray (Epic song of the day.)

So this one is from the other day, but there was fog this morning so I say it still counts...I hate homework and I hate mondays with a burning passion and speaking of it, I've got to go do some, at least half...because the rest I can do at school =P

Explore! (Position #10! and Front Page!) Thank you guys so much for my first explore, this was the perfect way to wake up! =D

[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]

In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.

Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.

There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.

The abbey of San Clemente a Casauria in Abruzzo is the first place where I came to face the utter stupidity of the Italian administration.

I have no clue what they are trying to achieve by doing things that way, but they are certainly not helping their flagging economy! Allowing tourists to take (and publish on Flickr or on social media) good photos is the first step towards enticing more tourists to come and visit, but they seem not to have grasped that concept...

'science confronts art'

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very very rarely is anything in life totally black or white. its when diff minds get together , lol minds that have no right being in contact, that life gets interesting.

i always luv talking to you :-)

this really did remind me of a quote. a prof i had years ago had it printed in plain white block letters on black paper (yeah thats where i first saw that) and hung it on her office wall. i always luved it ....

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

howard thurman

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The El Nino in store this winter so far has packed a punch as far as wet weather in St. George. On the week of January 4-8 a series of storms rolled through southern Utah. The storms had enough juice to dump much needed rain and snow. Snow was even reported in the areas surrounding St. George. Besides filling the reservoirs and giving the mountains a good snow pack, the wet weather has provided some great opportunities for photography.

Unfortunately, as the exciting weather was happening I was unable to go do any photography because of work. However, I managed to get out to Snow Canyon State Park after the storms left the region. After a nice rainstorm, the potholes located at the Petrified Dunes at Snow Canyon usually fill up with water. In that instance, a rare opportunity happens in which one can photograph water in the desert.

On this particular morning when I captured this image the morning low was 27 degrees. Also, the winds at Snow Canyon are usually a little blustery, which makes it feel even colder. It was so cold on the morning I captured this image that the water in the potholes froze solid! By the time I was done with photography that morning my hands were so cold and numb!

I'm hoping the El Nino this winter brings much more needed moisture to southern Utah. In a selfish way, I'm also hoping the moisture will give the wildflowers a boost this spring as they bloom.

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i started my favorite season with a goal to pick up my camera every day of spring. this lasted a little over a week. failing at my own ridiculous expectations of myself is always a bit depressing, but i'm moving on with a new goal to try very hard to make space for some much needed creativity, which is therapeutic and balancing for me. it's a very challenging time at work...and what feels like the biggest crossroads in my life. i can't really handle any more pressures, like telling myself i need to take a picture every day, but at the same time, when i tell myself i need to take a picture every day, i pay more attention to my surroundings and i end up capturing moments that i would have passed by otherwise...and i love that.

so, i will try to take a picture on most days. for the love of spring, and new beginnings. for the emerging colors, my dogwood tree, and my never-ending love of conor, who will model in all the best patches of light.

i wish i had more time to connect here. life is...ugh, not the greatest at the moment...not because of anything bad, just because i need to figure out some things that are not easy to figure out. i'm talking about work. it's all about work. ugh :-/

it's funny. someone connected to me at work sent out this newsletter with all the latest whatevers, and at the end there was this motivational picture that said : "Please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren't afraid? And then go do it." My very first immediate thought was : I would sell my business. (not the intended reaction - haha)

So, that's where I'm at these days. I definitely need to take some pictures of flowers :))

P.S. this is my acupuncturist’s space. i love the light in this room!

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Press "L" NOW! Its so much better :)...now go do it! :)

I know these last two uploads look similar, but I just love the way they both turned out!

I met up with Raveena again today to get a couple shots in before the sun went down and I think it was worth every mosquito bite! She did great again today and I found a sweet new location that we will be hitting up again as soon as the mosquitos are gone! I am really starting to enjoy doing portraits, but there is still a lot I have to learn! Many more shots from this weekend to come! Finally had some time to end a few pictures!

5D Mark II

85L

Natural Light

© 2011 Raj Sandhu

"If we all take actions in our daily life, we can make our world a better place. " =]

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Public Motor Vehicles are not permitted in this area.. =D

only Bicycles and hikers are allowed to go =)

I basically struggled just to enjoy this view.. everyday =]

Exif data

CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II

Exposure1/4000 sec

Aperturef/1.8

Focal Length85 mm

ISO Speed100

This was the last sunrise from our roadtrip, I would never forgive myself if I missed it. But Steve and I nearly didn't go that morning. We woke up at 5am and it was pouring down with rain! So we snoozed for a little (I fell asleep), but steve woke me up 10 minutes later around 5.10 and told me it stopped raining and if I still wanna go do the sunrise and I was like...mmm nooo, but then I heard a calling from far far away, something telling me to open my eyes and go. So I did. After we arrived we had about 15-20 minutes before the rain started again and didn't stop for the rest of the day!! So lucky! After this sunrise we drove for 11 hours back to Sydney! lol

Happy New Year Guys, I will see you all in 2012!

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Thanks all

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

Howard Thurman

Philadelphia 2008

I was processing this photo when these words came through on my headphones while listening to a techno - electronica mix...

There will come a time in your life where you will ask yourself a series of questions:

Find your strength in the sound and make your transition.

Timely indeed!

Richie Hawtin live @ Timewarp - underground resistance - transition

the sun shines bright, but the shade keeps you safe.

it's an unusual time for me to upload...

i think i'm done with my series...short...but it was fun. i was planning on this to be my last in the series, but what i had in mind did not really go. do you see this pose? i'm looking up. i was supposedly gonna have some objects floating, but decided not to.

i haven't been to this place in a long time. it was taken in the same area as this. i was surprised to see how much it has grown. the plants on the right side of this picture are actually growing on a fence, it's been a while since their last trimming. it's actually really really nice back there :)

ohh yeahh, and you can kinda see my light stand on the top left corner of the picture...i needed some light from above haha :)

shine on me

strobist info: sb-900 shot through umbrella camera left sb-600 shot behind me bare

...a sunflower seen on my walk along Oak Bay Avenue yesterday!

the sun is shining again in Victoria, and I am off to work and then the beach!

Fridays are for fun!! go do it now!! :~)

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Strange Little Girl - The Stranglers

Tori Amos version

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7SeqE1yBbg

Photo taken at Goblin's Knob, Frogmore

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One day you see a strange little girl look at you

One day you see a strange little girl feeling blue

She'd run to the town one day

Leaving home and the country fair

Just beware

When you're there

Strange little girl

She didn't know how to live in a town that was rough

It didn't take long before she knew she had enough

Walking home in her wrapped up world

She survived, but she's feeling old

And she found all things cold

Strange little girl, where are you going?

Strange little girl, where are you going?

Do you know where you could be going?

Walking home in her wrapped up world

She survived, but she's feeling old

'Cause she found all things cold

Strange little girl, where are you going?

Strange little girl, where are you going?

Do you know where you could be going?

Strange little girl, where are you going?

Strange little girl, where are you going?

Do you know where you could be going?

sooc

It's hard to focus when you are holding an umbrella with one hand desperately trying not to get your camera wet. But heres the best focus on a raindrop/bokeh rain on the other branches I could get. Its strange to rain this much in summer, and this weather pattern has been affecting all of the east coast (you may have seen on the news about the flooding in Queensland -luckily we arent very close to that but the weather has flowed down none the less). It looks set to clear properly tomorrow they tell me. Heres hoping!

I'm gonna wait til a bit later to go do my 365.

It was a little warm today, but it was too nice of a day to not go do anything.

This photo pisses me off.

I had an idea in my head. I bought the dress, hauled my friend on a hike down the road to the field, climbed a fence, scratched the crud out of my feet and legs getting across the hay stubble, and then? THEN I go and screw the shot up.

Not a single one was properly focused. I think it's a combination of much too shallow DoF and dust in my Canon. 80+ shots were utter trash.

I'm frustrated by this is an understatement.

Which means that I'm going to go do it all over again tomorrow, because dammit, I refuse to accept this as my proof of concept.

(Also, I saw what my friend took with his camera, and let's just say I look like a blooming newb with this as my "good" shot. Not fair! *stomp stomp*)

Driving down a small country road we both saw an old rickety sign for a stone church which was not visible from the road and so Anita did a U-turn (she's getting really good at that!) and we went back to find a small one track gravel path leading off into the fields. At one point we had to stop and open a gate to go through but what a treat when we finally rolled up to this church. Being of an inquisitive and adventurous spirit Anita tried the door and found it to be unlocked and in we went!

So beautiful on the inside and part of it had been sectioned off for a school at one point. The pews are not facing the pulpit but sitting on the sides of it with a center aisle leading to it. You can see a corner of a desk that was used in the school room that looks like 3 pupils at a time would have used it. Here's is what I found out about this place:

Old Stone Church, also known as Green Spring Church and Stone Church, is a historic Lutheran church located at White Hall, Frederick County, Virginia. It was built about 1820, and rebuilt in 1838 after a fire. It is a one-story, gable-roofed, cut stone church. Also on the property is a contributing cemetery with many headstones dating from the early to mid-19th century and two stone gate pillars. It is the second oldest stone church surviving in Frederick County.

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit there and explored the cemetery and grounds also. There was such a sense of peace and serenity in that place! It is located at the most northern and western part of the state and right after that we were in West Virginia.

And now we are off adventuring again and I think in a northerly direction..... but that is Always subject to change! LOL Have a great Sunday everyone and if you get the chance, go do some adventuring but don't forget the cameras! :D

I've stared at this for way too long... I've always loved this story though.

aghh I just want to go do Christmas things right now

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3TE10M-0151 // 3ТЭ10М-0151 (Calea Ferată din Moldova, CFM)

(PL)

Lokomotywa 3TE10M-0151 (człon A) jedzie niespiesznie luzem do przygranicznej stacji Mohylów Podolski na Ukrainie w celu podjęcia stamtąd składu pociągu nr 47 w relacji Moskwa - Kiszyniów, żeby poprowadzić go do stacji Ocnița, gdzie po raz kolejny nastąpi zmiana lokomotywy.

Miejsce wykonania:

Mołdawia, szlak Gîrbova - Naslavcea.

(ENG)

3TE10M-0151 (unit A) is leisurely traveling light to the border station Mohyliv-Podilskyi in Ukraine to pick up train No. 47 on the Moscow - Chișinău route, which it will haul to Ocnița station, where another locomotive change will occur.

Location:

Moldova, route Gîrbova - Naslavcea.

Date: 02.05.2018

Code: _DSC2835

Sanderling (Calidris alba).

Silent roar

This bull, despite assuming a roaring pose, made no sound. He appeared in the clearing with a doe in the afternoon. It looked as if, on the one hand, instinct was forcing him to roar, but on the other, experience and knowledge advised not to reveal his location, especially to "animal lovers" who might gladly shoot him. Later I learned from one of the locals that apparently these deer are like that. In the strict reserve, where hunting is prohibited, they roar around the clock, outside of it only after sunset. I have not verified this personally, but this bull actually started roaring loudly only just after sunset.

Niemy ryk

Ten byk, pomimo że przyjął pozę jak do ryczenia nie wydawał z siebie żadnego dźwięku. Pojawił się na polanie razem z łanią po południu. Wyglądało to tak jakby, z jednej strony instynkt zmuszał go do ryczenia, ale z drugiej doświadczenie i wiedza zalecały aby nie zdradzać swojego położenia, szczególnie "miłośnikom zwierząt", którzy mogliby go chętnie odstrzelić. Później dowiedziałem się od jednego z miejscowych, że ponoć te jelenie takie właśnie są. Na terenie ścisłego rezerwatu, gdzie polowania są zabronione, ryczą przez całą dobę, poza nim tylko po zachodzie słońca. Nie zweryfikowałem tego osobiście, ale ten byk zaczął ryczeć głośno faktycznie dopiero tuż po zachodzie słońca.

She's almost stuck to my leg at times while we're out walking.

I think, "Where's Pips gone?", turn around and she's always right there.

While neither of the girlz get put on leashes, her big sister is the one who likes to sneak off a bit.. I really never have to keep an eye on Pips as she never leaves me..

Down around the billabong though, it's become our second backyard, we're there so often, and full of wonderful things as she wanders and sniffs, searches the bullrushes for those pesky water dragons and holds them at bay in the bottle brush tree, then comes back to walk in front of me while I'm settling in for the dragonfly shots - gah !

I tell her to go do something and off she goes.

Then, "Oh, not too far, where are you now, Pip?", and back she comes at the rate of knots, and well, I try for one of those running shots of her again..

Still not great at moving captures, but I did get a surprise with this one.

Reminds me of a rampaging lion.. sort of ..

Crazy Bangs girl (left): how is it going? does it look nice now?

Kika: beautiful! I just need to trim the other side to make it even..

CBg : my head feels lighter now..

damn.

it sure is hard to follow through with a thought when your internet connection doesn't seem to want to stay connected for more than 9 seconds at a time

....

(sorry, i am feeling yappy and there really is no point to this description)

anyway, a few weeks ago i posted this thought and since then random people have either vanished from my life or shown back up out of the blue.

i value the "ships" i make with everyone, whether they be acquaintance-ships, friend-ships, work-ships, lust-ships, romance-ships, and so on....

they are all relationships in one way or another.

i spend most of my days working 12+ hours a day with children with autism.

most of the kids i work with do not speak, as well as being low functioning and are limited in their ability to use sign language or picture exchange in order to communicate.i work one on one with the kids and then go do some form of exercise and then come home and do some paper work and then process some photos and keel over.

i'm in that catch 22 cycle of working too much and not having time to meet people mixed with not liking people i meet so i spend more time doing work.

when i do make that connection ( whether it be friend or romantic ) i embrace it for all that it is worth. when a connection is made, a connection is made

...

and you cannot deny it.

i met someone a couple of years ago that rocked my world. i still haven't figured out if it was in a good way or a bad way, but the "ship" was there and my world had been rocked. that person is no longer in my life like they were.friends have come and friends have gone.there are people out there that i owe apologies too and there are people out there that in my heart i believe i am owed an apology from.

all i know is i am a good person with a good heart and i deserve something good in my life.

i am not necessarily speaking of a relationship just to make that clear.

simply put, i am looking for that "ship" where i can be myself and not be judged because of things i say or things i do.

Things to remember:

Allow myself to only be treated well by the people I choose to have friendships and relationships with. If they do not, I need to find the courage to move on without them.

That is all.Carry on.

The history of Santo Cristo de Burgos. Currently located in one of the main chapel of Cathedral of Burgos. According to tradition, was worshiped by the early Christians in Jerusalem and Syria. For fear of falling into the hands of the infidels, he was thrown into the sea. It picked up a merchant from Burgos and transferred to their city Burgos.

Apparently there are more than 200 replicas of the crucifix as an image or sculpture. They are distributed throughout the world. This crucifix is made of cowhide leather and human hair and nails (which apparently continue to grow and require trimming). The arms and legs are articulated.

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Historia Santo Cristo de Burgos. Obecnie znajduje się w jednej z głównych kaplic katedry Burgos. Według tradycji, był czczony przez pierwszych chrześcijan w Jerozolimie lub Syrii. W obawie przed dostaniem się w ręce niewiernych, został wrzucony do morza. Wyłowił go kupiec z Burgos i przeniósł go do swojego miasta.

Podobno istnieje ponad 200 replik tego Krucyfiksu w formie obrazu lub rzeźby. Rozmieszczone są na całym świecie. Ten Krucyfiks jest wykonany z bydlęcej skóry oraz ludzkich włosów i paznokci (które podobno ciągle rosną i wymagają przycinania). Ręce i nogi są łączone przegubowo.

I have to listen to this song over and over and over and over:

It's out with the old

And in with the new

Good-bye clouds of gray

Hello skies of blue

A dip in the pool

A trip to the spa

Endless days in my chaise

The whole world according to moi

Excuse me?

Thank you.

Iced tea imported from England

Lifeguards imported from Spain

Towels imported from Turkey

And turkey imported from Maine

Both-

We're gonna relax and renew

Ashley-

You... go... do.

This is dawn in mid August in the northern hemisphere. Yes, not January - high summer.

The intrepid team of Richard, John, Rob and me were the only ones brave/foolish/mad (delete as..) to get up before 5am during the WFC Flickr camping trip to go do dawn.

John swore blind that Richard and I ran straight back to bed after seeing the dark grey light turn to light grey light shortly after 6am.. But we didn't - we were working the other end of the beach so as not to get in each others shots (which is a total lie - we were on our way back to bed, got to the bottom of the steps, turned round and noticed the sky clear a bit...!)

This was gonna be black and white but I quite like the muted colours, so stuck with that instead!

Take that Duvet Huggers!!

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See where this picture was taken. [?]

Highest position: 2 on Sunday, August 24, 2008

"To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else.

To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another.

To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natural consequences.

To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.

To let go is not to try to change or blame another, it's to make the most of myself.

To let go is not to care for, but to care about.

To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.

To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.

To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their destinies.

To let go is not to be protective, it's to permit another to face reality.

To let go is not to deny, but to accept.

To let go is not to nag, scold or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.

To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.

To let go is not to criticize or regulate anybody, but to try to become what I dream I can be.

To let go is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.

[author unknown]

Visdiefjes - Common Tern

photo taken from the ferry Stavoren-Enkhuizen on the lake IJsselmeer/The Netherlands

July 2011

Josep y Maria son vecinos. Se podría decir que viven vidas arquetípicas, si es que eso no estuviese vacío de contenido.

Los dos trabajan de día, viven algunas noches y huyen de la realidad siempre que pueden. Cada uno a su forma. Él escucha ópera a todo trapo y música de Canadá. Ella a los Planetas. Últimamente también a Mishima y a Édith Piaf. A él le gusta salir al balcón a leer y ella lo hace para inventar vidas a los peatones. También a fumar. O a combinar ambas cosas. Rara vez coinciden, pero cuando lo hacen mantienen conversaciones de lo más entretenidas. El último libro que ha leído Josep es Estancos del Chiado y ella esta con Rayuela. De Cortazar. Él la ha escuchado llorar algunas veces y ella le ha escuchado reír a carcajada limpia. Él se apena cuando la oye llorar y ella se alegra cuando le escucha reír. Nunca se ha dado el caso contrario. Él llora en silencio y ella ríe sin estridencias. No son vasos comunicantes pero se equilibran de forma científicamente indemostrable. Maria se sabe las preposiciones y ve toda película francesa que puede. Él es capaz de acabar un Sudoku en menos de una hora, y lo más sorprendente es que los hace con cariño.

Viven en un séptimo. Algo de cielo tiene esa planta. Séptimo primera M. Espinosa Comas. J. Wagensberg Pàmies, cielo segunda. El séptimo tercera lo ocupan Mario y Natalia, ellos pero no comparten tabiques con nadie. Lo suyo es una porción de cielo un tanto más privada. Las fronteras con Maria y Josep son paredes maestras. Firmes y sólidas. Va acorde con sus caracteres. No sabemos demasiado de ellos, más que qué tienen un perro y que no dejan que se les amontonen las cartas en el buzón.

En el ascensor, Maria y Josep se saludan de forma cordial y se sonríen. Juegan a no conocerse si comparten escasos metros cuadrados con algún vecino y si no comparten viaje, hablan de cualquier cosa. La pregunta que se hacen al encontrarse es siempre la misma.

- I tu, ¿com estàs?

Al principio no se conocían demasiado, pero no se acababan de caer bien. Ahora se conocen un poco más y se caen mejor. Acostumbran a dar cenas en casa a las que acuden los amigos. La familia rara vez pasa. Ella cocina realmente bien y es una anfitriona atenta. Él tiene una tele grande. Y un telescopio que no ha utilizado nunca. Cocina tirando a mal, pero siempre tiene bebida fresca.

Maria hace poco que fue a la peluquería. Tiene los ojos negros y ahora el pelo corto, pero no tanto como para descubrir las orejas. Desarma con la mirada y porqué sabe escuchar. El no se peina y tampoco se le ven las orejas. Es un poco más vehemente en sus formas y al principio no acostumbra a caer bien. Ambos comparten algunas formas de actuar. Desaparecen en ocasiones por unos días. Sin mas motivo que el ‘porqué me da la gana’. En ocasiones necesitan huir. A él, su vida, vista como un todo, le gusta bastante. Pero hace pequeños cambios para no ahogarse. ‘Melancólico y optimista’ apunto en las notas de final de curso su profesora de sexto de EGB. Ella es un poco más crítica y contenida. Con ella más que con los demás. Cree que las dudas le hacen ser mejor persona. Trilingüe y bastante realista, le asustan las responsabilidades. Se frustra con algunas nimiedades y cree en las casualidades. En sus notas de octavo había una nota. ‘Será lo que quiera ser’.

Maria y Josep no saben muy bien hacia donde ir o tirar. Hace mucho que esperan pero no saben a ciencia cierta qué. Niegan y afirman con dudas y sufren de ciertos bloqueos y cargas emocionales, pero ¿quien no? En realidad, lo que les pasa a ambos es que sufren de cierto mal muy común. Sufren de ceguera.

¿Es qué no lo ven?

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From an idea I had a few weeks ago. The weather finally got nice enough to go do it.

I wanted to do something with my tablet this week and thought this was appropriate.

It's that time of year in New England and the foliage is really starting to pop toward the south finally so I headed to the olf Boston and Albany, an old stalwart that never fails to deliver. I had see that auto rack train Q264 was late and that Q022 was behind him so I knew if I picked the right spot I should be able to get two trains in short succession. So I headed to a favorite spot near the Palmer / Warren town line to scope it out. I was going to go do the classic broadside with the old stone arches but when I saw the perfect morning light and brilliant colors I figured it was worth shooting one of the trains like this.

As it turned out Q022 ran around Q264 at CP92 in Wilbraham which made them the first to show. Here is the Syracuse to Worcester hot shot intermodal piercing the shadows as they come out over the Quabog River at about MP 75.5 on CSXT's Boston Subdivision.

It was only a bit more than 10 minutes before the second train showed up so I relocated for the classic shot that shows ancient bridge dating from the line's construction in 1839 as the Western Railroad that when completed in 1842 formed the longest and most expensive railroad constructed in the United States up to that point.

The three predecessors merged to form the Boston and Albany Railroad in 1870. Thirty years later the B&A was leased by the New York Central Railroad and the line would pass successively to the Penn Central in 1968, Conrail in 1976 and CSXT in 1999. To this day it remains as the preeminent freight route and the only Class 1 trunk line still serving New England...truly a testament to the forethought of those who laid out and built the line over 180 years ago.

Check back soon for a view of train number two here!

Warren, Massachusetts

Friday October 15, 2021

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17.03.2024 | Otmuchów Sarnowice

Happenings in a dirt field in the Palouse. I love being an audience to light. I also like attempting photography that is more like painting... I also like eating dinner, which is what I think I'll go do now.

I left you in the morning,

And in the morning glow,

You walked a way beside me

To make me sad to go.

Do you know me in the gloaming,

Gaunt and dusty gray with roaming?

Are you dumb because you know me not,

Or dumb because you know?

All for me And not a question

For the faded flowers gay

That could take me from beside you

For the ages of a day?

They are yours, and be the measure

Of their worth for you to treasure,

The measure of the little while

That I've been long away.

Robert Frost

With Whoever You Want To

Do You See What I See?

Hunters & Collectors

I spy your humble home

I see the tea towels fly

In a blinding flash

I see the years go by

Memories twisted around

Somebodies finger

Behind me now

Oh but I still remember

Do you see what I see?

Do you see what I see?

Do you see what I see?

Do you see what I see?

We go north to the ocean

We drove so far

But last years light is shining hotter than the sun

Looking for someone

In a city that I know

But I wasn't round for long

I had somewhere else to go

Do you see what I see?

Do you see what I see?

Do you see what I see?

Do you see what I see?

I see the safest place around

In that city down below

My hands are empty now

And I waving as I go

You were gone for a little while

It was a fine fine line

Between first and second thoughts

We left them all behind

Now we barely faulter

Now the long drive has begun

North to the ocean

Hotter than the sun

Do you see what I see?

Do you see what I see?

Do you see what I see?

The amazing flowers found at the Christchurch Botanic Garden, Hagley Park, New Zealand Earlier this year. Only 24 photos to go!! Do you think I will get to the 100X??

Wax Begonia (Begonia semperflorens)?

This is a figure I've had done for a while but I just didn't have time to upload it. But first I have to say my inspiration for this figure is Catanas incredible art (tagged) if you don't already follow her be sure to go do that but any way Greg is a sidekick to Speedcat an OC by Catanas. This fig is pretty self explanatory i started with a regular cat and painted it all up and yes i know the sun and the semi circle are supposed to be connected but that photo of Greg came out after i'd finished the fig ill probably get round to fixing later. other then that theirs nothing really to say about this fig apart from go follow Catanas. I hope to get back too uploading more often cause i really miss doing that I've got some parts that should be coming in soon soon so expect some figs up soon then later (i hope) oh and I'm also trying to work out a better format for my photos, I'd be happy to here some suggestions. If you made it this far thank you and please comment if you fave.

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This the another shot that we got from the shoot, I really like it a lot, I've showed some people it already and get some of the same feedback overall. Def looking to get some more on it, criticism is always welcome! I gotta go do mass amounts of pointless homework, sigh.

Strobist:

AB800 cam left shot through softbox

Lurk;

Twitter!

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Tumblr!

Formspring me!

becca beccaaa ((((:

im suppose to be doing a series with dejenee and rebecca XD

just like literal meaning random themes

i think they missed the deadline haha

but this one was a journey to no where (:

ahhh

i got my second roll of film developed

i was dissapointed once again D:

i dont really like any of them!!!!

oh well haha

well im going to go do something

toodaluuuuu

hey callling all cool kids who shoot film

join

ya dig?!

cool kids ask to blog photos (:

Astley Green Colliery Museum, Astley

Just in the nick of time… managed to keep one of my New Year’s resolutions going – do at least one photoshoot per month and I certainly left this until the last day and the eleventh hour!

Was hoping for some fast moving, stormy looking clouds for a long exposure. It started to rain the moment I arrived and no chance of looking up at the headgear for that. Luckily the rain stopped and I got a few frames before the museum closed.

as soon as they said, "let's do engagement photos in portsmouth", i saw this shot. i remembered this door, and knew we MUST go do some photos in front of it. and the fact that they turned out like i saw them in my mind...is utterly thrilling.

I worked on 11 poems by Halina Poświatowska this year, which gave birth to 11 photographic series titled as follows:

1/ "Serce może być tylko ciepłem w końcach palców"

(Eng. The Heart May Only Be a Warmth In the Fingertips)

2/ "Liryka nabrzmiewa w brunatnych gałęziach"

(Eng. Lyricism Swells Up In the Brown Branches)

3/ "Patrzę na dzień już umarły"

(Eng. I Am Looking Out On the Already Dead Day)

4/ "Pachnąca szczurem i pleśnią wypełza wiosna"

(Eng. Smelling of Rat And Mildew Slithers Out Spring)

5/ "Pieszcząc gałązkę bzu"

(Eng. Caressing a Twig of Lilac)

6/ "Nie umiem być tylko drzewem"

(Eng. I Do Not Know How To Be Just a Tree)

7/ "I przybili go do drzewa ludzie"

(Eng. And the People Nailed Him To the Wood)

8/ "Mojej samotności chleb powszedni"

(Eng. The Daily Bread of My Solitude)

9/ "Litość jest wątłym kwiatem"

(Eng. Mercy Is a Feeble Flower)

10/ "W agonii róż przeglądałam usta"

(Eng. I Examined My Mouth In the Agony Of Roses)

11/ "Sen perłowy moich napięstków

("A Pearly Dream For My Wrists")

I'm sure I've bored you all enough with my shots from London for now so I'm going to post a few more in a few weeks, so for today's photo here's a shot from this mornings visit to Paignton Beach.

I nearly missed this, my alarm went off at 5:30 and I looked outside, saw clear sky and rolled back into bed. Thankfully, the dog needed to go do his morning business so I ended up getting up and going out anyway.

Paignton is only up the road so it didn't take me too long to get there and on the way, I could see the high cloud turning a gorgeous pink. I knew I'd made the right decision once I arrived at the beach and was greeted with a nice choppy sea, and some gorgeous clouds in the sky.

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My current Kitty. He has been with me for almost a year now and is just over 2 years old. He first showed up early last summer (2019). He would hang out in the backyard with my cat Fred who actually let him come around without fighting, they would sleep by each other in the yard and became friends. I could not even open the back door without him running off. There is a neighbor cat, female named Ivy, that always comes over to say hi. Well we would be out back in the evenings and she would come over and he would follow her but always stay back and hide in the shadows, hence his name. We would give her some food at times and after we had gone inside he would sneak over and eat. He was still not full grown and we realised that he had nowhere to live so I started feeding him. I had to go inside at first for him to eat. Finally around November he would let me stay outside as long as iI was 10 feet away. It turned cold and we put a large box up on a table by the back door that let him get out the wind and snow for the next 2 months. I still had to stand out in the cold with him while he ate with no contact. I had been moving closer as he ate and finally on New Years Eve he let me pet his head 3 times. That was all it took, from then on he had to be petted. He finally came inside about a week later, I had set his bowl just inside the door, had to leave the door open at first. he gradually felt more safe and actually would sleep for a bit inside in the warmth for a bit but still stayed outside most of the time. When he was inside he would stay by the back door the whole time. He got braver each day but still took like 2 months for him to come down the hall to my bedroom.

Took him to the vet, got his shots, got neutered and chipped. We bonded during this time and he calmed down and wasn't so scared of everything. Now he has turned into the gentlest, biggest play baby love kitty. I've had cats that had to be in the same room most of the time with me before, thats how they are. But he has to be within arms length of me at all times, my daughter says that if I walked off a cliff he would follow.

He still spends a lot of time outside, more than any other cat I've had and I worry when he's gone for more than a few hours like a parent, lol. Ivy comes by a couple times a day to say hi and collect him for what ever they go do.

By the way, Fred died in February this year, I had to have him put to sleep, was the hardest thing, holding him as he passed. But Shadow has been a blessing and I love him so much and he loves me so I look forward to our time together, thanks for letting me ramble.

P.S. - Anyone who has had a black cat knows how hard it is to get a good photo of them, you lose the features and such, they close their eyes and you can't see their face, lol.