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"....two roads diverged in a wood, and i
took the one less traveled by, and that
has made all the difference." -robert frost, The Road Not Taken
autumn in West Duwamish Greenbelt , seattle
Upon seeing the announcement of Union Pacific's new paint scheme, I couldn't help but wonder why we have gotten away from simplicity in design. Everything now has to be shields, logos, slogans, writing, flags- when some of the most iconic schemes were always the most simple. Here are 2 UP Pushers far away from home in Ferrum, Virginia. The wings will be replaced by a horrendously large and out of place shield, and the new design is WAY too busy for my taste. I wish railroads would go back to simple classy designs on their locomotives. Less is more, and I wish the folks at UP would have gotten the memo.
“It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Our life is made up of failures & success or stagnation or less success. When fail or stagnant moments take over we forget about the success. We beat ourselves up with thoughts. But if our brain remembers bad so well why does it abandon good. If one succeeded in something 20 ... 30 ... or even 50 years ago does it mean it never happened? Does Colosseum stop being Colosseum if it is just standing there empty without any spectacles ? There was never another “Howl” for Allen Ginsberg or “On the Road” for Jack Kerouac or even “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” & “Song of Myself” for Walt Whitman. We can’t rewind those moments & first euphoria of their success but we can love them.
No more no less
eaten away our days
for a hunger to reign
longing for carefree ways
battered by stormy words
the cruelty of which remains
from embittered souls
where spite never refrains
isn't life a pain, sometimes
our precious space and placement
that feels like home, for a time
until burgled by vitrolic intrusion and defacement
necessitates the sowing of boundaries
no longer fertilising a crop of outlandish vocabulary
closed to the ostentation of ineffable beings
their self-seeking bilge of vile preambulatory
they lead the way in singular arrogant quotation
free from depth, shallow by sly name
their midst be a dumping ground for ungraciousness;
a ruth outcrop crossed by their own disrespectful shame
it's becoming a world away
endured once, but no longer commensurate
for a verbal spillage once is a stain forever
upon the word of Earth such obloquy does supersaturate
our space, no more no less
free to respire without cause to choke
upon the stench of others wasteful tirades
our phoenix-Oak protects from all that the fox may provoke.
by anglia24
11h40: 09/03/2008
©2008anglia24
You and I
filled the earth
and it overflowed
with lives not lived
just wind in grass
and through leaves
dead but not fallen
we shiver and shake
and loosen our grip
our youth slipping silently
away
© justin haynes.
Less than 2 weeks of sunlight left, before polar night sets in. Tromsøya island is home to close to 40000 people.
Here's a Vertorama that I captured near Plettenberg Bay, shortly before sunset in July 2018.
Have a lekker weekend everyone. :)
One less morning living in St-John so one less chance to capture the rising sun in the Fundy Bay. This morning there was that tick layer of clouds that blocked all sun ray....better luck next time.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. --Robert Frost.
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We were on Lake Oloiden ,Kenya ,when we saw this flock of Lesser Flamingoes ( Phoenicopterus minor ). As our boat drew nearer a sudden panic seemed to possess them ,as they raced across the water & took off !
As this year is ending, I've been feeling rather empty recently, losing motivation, the tic-tac in my head sounding louder and louder.
I would say that I'm rather a nice person, but paradoxically, at the same time it's not always easy to approach me. I know sometimes it's hard to have access to the whole of me, because my whole being is afraid to get attached. Because in the end I guess I'm afraid of rejection.
In the past few weeks, some lil challenges, awareness and conversations in the "real world", made me realize how challenging it is for most people to really connect with others.
We fragment, we censor ourselves, we demean ourselves, we're not the same person everywhere because it's not easy. Because we're afraid.
We stay on the surface because it's dizzying to be real or vulnerable. Because we rather be judged for what we're not instead of what we are. Like it gives us a way out or something.
And yet. I try to remind myself that 100% times I've been whole, I've survived and I've even grown up.
Anyway. I put this random (meaningless?) thoughts here to remind myself, and maybe to remind you if you ever need.
May peace be upon all of you.
I had shot these earlier, at the beginning of November, when they were still ripe after a warm October. They're fading away now but no less pretty....
In this photograph, I wanted to explore the power of minimalism and the impact of selective focus. Through the deliberate omission of further details, I wanted the portrait to invite viewers to engage actively with the image and to fill the gaps with their own interpretations and emotions.
Sydney CBD
July, 2023
1. you do not have a tripod -- yea, dumb me, I didn't have one with me.
2. you have not had food for 12 hours -- yea, dumb me, again, I was so hungry my hands were shaking like crazy.
3. you do not have proper winter clothes on -- yea, dumb me, yet again. Hungry, frozen to half-death and delusional, I must have acted like a drunk fool.
I was dumb, please do not repeat my mistakes. :)
it wasn't a pretty sight, trust me
Fenway Park is a baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts, less than one mile from Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the ballpark of Major League Baseball's (MLB) Boston Red Sox. While the stadium was built in 1912, it was substantially rebuilt in 1934, and underwent major renovations and modifications in the 21st century. It is the oldest active ballpark in MLB. Because of its age and constrained location in Boston's dense Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood, the park has many quirky features, including "The Triangle", Pesky's Pole, and the Green Monster in left field. It is the fifth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, and one of nine that cannot accommodate at least 40,000 spectators.
Fenway has hosted the World Series 11 times, with the Red Sox winning six of them and the Boston Braves winning one. Besides baseball games, it has also been the site of many other sporting and cultural events including professional football games for the Boston Redskins, Boston Yanks, and the Boston Patriots; concerts; soccer and hockey games (such as the 2010 NHL Winter Classic); and political and religious campaigns.
On March 7, 2012 (Fenway's centennial year), the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is a landmark at the end of the Boston Irish heritage trail. Former pitcher Bill Lee has called Fenway Park "a shrine". It is a pending Boston Landmark, which will regulate any further changes to the park. The ballpark is considered to be one of the most well-known sports venues in the world and a symbol of Boston.
In 1911, while the Red Sox were still playing on Huntington Avenue Grounds, owner John I. Taylor purchased the land bordered by Brookline Avenue, Jersey Street, Van Ness Street and Lansdowne Street and developed it into a larger baseball stadium known as Fenway Park. Taylor claimed the name Fenway Park came from its location in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, which was partially created late in the nineteenth century by filling in marshland or "fens", to create the Back Bay Fens urban park. However, given that Taylor's family also owned the Fenway Realty Company, the promotional value of the naming at the time has been cited as well.
Like many classic ballparks, Fenway Park was constructed on an asymmetrical block, with consequent asymmetry in its field dimensions. The park was designed by architect James E. McLaughlin, and the General Contractor was the Charles Logue Building Company.
The first game was played April 20, 1912, with mayor John F. Fitzgerald throwing out the first pitch and Boston defeating the New York Highlanders, 7–6 in 11 innings. Newspaper coverage of the opening was overshadowed by continuing coverage of the Titanic sinking five days earlier.
In June 1919, a rally supporting Irish Independence turned out nearly 50,000 supporters to see the President of the Irish Republic, Éamon de Valera, and was allegedly the largest crowd ever in the ballpark.
The park's address was originally 24 Jersey Street. In 1977, the section of Jersey Street nearest the park was renamed Yawkey Way in honor of longtime Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, and the park's address was 4 Yawkey Way until 2018, when the street's name was reverted to Jersey Street in light of current Red Sox ownership distancing itself from Mr. Yawkey due to his history of racism (the Red Sox were the last team in Major League Baseball to integrate). The address is now 4 Jersey Street.