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An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is colorblind.”
~ Albert Schweitzer
I'm so thankful for all of your examples in finding those green lights in life! (even the bokeh kind!!) You are all so sweet and some of the nicest people in the world!
...Well, that's what this shot was intended to be!
Having checked the forecast on Friday night for a Saturday morning sunrise, I diverted from my original Dartmoor shoot plan, as Dorset was set for a foggy start.
Having set off at 4am and arriving at Corfe Castle for 5.45, my hopes of a glorious silhouetted casle ruin, emblazened with sunbeams bursting through the fog were somewhat quashed, when I was met with an inpenetrable wall of clag.
Nevertheless, I ascended the climb to the west of the castle and was slightly reassured by the prence of several other equally optimistic photographers. One of them even got his camera out of his bag in anticipation!
Those of us that bothered to hang around in the freezing conditions until well over two hours past sunrise, learned the lesson the hard way, that there is a fine line between optimism and delusion. Also the weather gods don't always share the same plans as us snappers.
To cut a long story short, I tried to make the best of the time waiting around for the light show by interrogating some of the locals about alternate shoot locations.
I was directed towards the abandoned village of Tyneham and East / West Lulworth. After a bit of whizzing around in several misty lanes, and finding Tyneham closed due to military firing, I instead ended up at these old woods next to 'Blue Pool'.
So, not quite Corfe Castle in the mist, but at least I can finally tick off a misty woodland shot.
Before I took this photo, he told me : "My family and I travelled many miles to get here, But I just got a new job last month. So I feel that my journey is just beginning"
As in countless years past, a pair of Canada Geese begin work on their new nest at Hubbard Pond, near my home. Sadly, this may be the last year to witness this inspiring event.
On their home located in one of Ann Arbor's premier residential neighborhoods and without a Comprehensive Environmental Impact Report, public review/input, or apparent alternative site consideration, and in return for 185 VIP parking spaces on their Athletic Campus, the Regents of the University of Michigan are about to approve the relocation and the construction of a huge, high activity, high-traffic generating, smelly and noisy, brightly-lit 24/7, dusty, heavy industrial type facility.
Unfortunately, these handsome creatures have no effective way to argue their case. Even if they could get a hearing, parading their delightful goslings, plus indignant hissing, squawking and honking will never work. Instead, they need human help... your help.
To learn more about the proposed project and how you can give Mother Nature a human voice, you are invited to visit:
glacierhighlands.org/wp/?p=335
UPDATE: In a 12 March 2016 letter, the President of the University of Michigan indicates the proposed heavy industrial project for this site has been "paused". Plus, all applications for various construction permits are suspended and no construction contracts have been awarded.
While this turn of events appears positive, all it takes is will and a whim to re-activate the project. Until the final determination is STOP, the possibility of this easily preventable man-made disaster remains. Again, Mother Nature needs your voice. Now is the time to stand-up and sound-off !
UPDATE: 18 March 2016 - UM President apologizes...
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2016/03/u-m_presid...
How you can help...
www.change.org/p/boycott-university-of-michigan-s-bus-yar...
Stay thirsty, my friend...
The leaves have fallen, but not the trees. They stand their ground firmly, refusing to surrender to the tides of time (Canon EOS 700D).
EXPLORE: March 27, 2009
These Lilac buds are optimistic that warmer weather is just around the corner. After several days of blizzard like conditons we are all ready for some Spring time. Last night it got down to ten above zero. My first photo with the Nikon 105VR lens. In fact this is my first macro posted on Flickr. If it does not have wings, does not quack or honk or is a critter with four legs and teeth, I feel totally out of my element. Your support is deeply appreciated.
Bruce Nauman - The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths - 1967 - HDR
seen and photographed at "Centre for International Light Art" (Unna)
www.britannica.com writes about BruceNauman and this neon art:
The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths (1967) sets those words in a spiral made of neon, revealing the wistful and subtle irony often encountered in his work, as the text’s optimism and sense of cultural continuity is undermined by the implications of the florid neon.
Nauman was awarded a Golden Lion at the 48th Venice Biennale (1999) and became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2000.
My friend and fellow flickrista, Linda Plaisted (aka Linda's Many Muses) has had her artwork nominated for Daily Candy's Sweetest Things of 2008 in Washington DC's "Best Nest" (home decor) category.
I'd really appreciate it if you could help Linda out by giving her your vote. She's an amazing artist, fully deserving of the recognition. But don't take my word for it, go on over to Daily Candy and see for yourself.
Voting is open until January 16th. Thanks, everyone!!
Another good one: “If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.”
Mollie is looking brighter and happier but still in the Paediatric Neurological ward at the LGI, in Leeds. The staff there have been wonderful, first saving her life and then nursing her back to health. We don't know the extent or results of our Granddaughter's injuries but are just glad she is still with us. This is another shot from my visit to Staithes for dawn on the day she was, later, rushed into hospital.
How Do You Think
If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't!
If you'd like to win, but you think you can't,
It's almost certain you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost;
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in the state of mind!
If you think you're outclassed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself
Before you'll ever win the prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the person who thinks he can!
~Author Unknown
HBW my dear flickrmates!
Optimism was running high on this day. We knew NECR train 608 landed with an old school pair of NECR blue and gold GP38s. No Borg orange or Rail America stripes to be seen as far as the eye could see. So after chasing the Mass Central up to Ware we headed back to Palmer for an anticipated 1100 southbound 608 departure. And then we waited. And waited. And waited some more. Finally, at 1500 it was decided the current crew pull the train past the diamond and tie it down. And thus the day ended with a whimper instead of a bang. 608 is seen here crawling through the south end of the yard.
How fine it would be to have the optimism, strength and will of a weed.😎
As far as this pretty, flowering weed is concerned, there is just enough morning sun and dew to make a "garden plot" out of the bit of dirt in the crack where a wall abuts the asphalt sidewalk.
Location: A stretch of asphalt sidewalk abutting the wall of a building, near the village center, Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Dan's Weed World.
Yesterday, our lawn was covered in snow and frozen solid. Then, last night in a big wind-storm and heavy rains, the temperature shot up to thirteen-point-something (uhh, that's like 55 degrees F.). And these guys appeared. Too bad, because already, by mid-afternoon, the temperature is just above freezing and tonight it'll be minus seven (about twenty F).
It'll be a few more weeks yet before the snowdrops get their flowers pollinated.
You can sit in the shadows and go nowhere or you can take the path and find the light.
(an original quote by me. I think)
Walking the dog at Astbury Mere. A rushed, handheld shot as a Chinese couple were coming up behind me.
A grass spider, sow bug and salt grass continue after a controlled burn at the San Louis National Wildlife Refuge.
Just because I liked the ribbon writing.
Oh fancy that, it got into Explore! I thought it didn't like me any more, it's been so long... ;-)
As I keep noting, the only thing that is familiar this year is the rhythm of nature which seems unaffected.
Crocus have come and gone, daffodils followed the crocus and are still everywhere. The daffodils are now overlapped by tulips.
So much of the current news is disturbing - from health fears to toxic politics - but we still have nature's dependable cycle to provide beauty and optimism. If only we could do more to protect this fragile resource for the future.
Another shot of Badlands in South Dakota.
Clouds were changing their shapes into different forms every few minutes and the wind was playing with my hat constantly:)
The views were breathtaking and I could spend there the whole day...
Thanks a lot for your views, comments and favs :-)
Again i had issues with choosing the color picture or the black and white one..For now i only used the color one in groups although I couldn't resist to upload the other one as well!! Hope you guys like it tho!