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“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.”
~ Marahel Morgan
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An apt name for an around the British Isles adventure by paddles. Having journeyed down from Wick Persistence at anchor just inside the North Pier. No berthing at the pontoons for these hardy sailors.
We have had some storms and rain recently resulting in flooding in our parks. The sand bars are fortunately not eroding much.
Taken the other weekend on a walk... turned into a bit of a trek, however, good fun and nice to be out in the snow!
There is something poetic watching water flow through sandstone, making its mark through relentless patience, persistence, and perseverance. The actions of erosion, abrasion, vortexing, downcutting, and transportation of sediment come together to generate breathtaking beauty. Much like life...patience, persistence, and perseverance create magnificence.
In some of the darkest moments of my life, when there were no answers for my questions, for some reason, I just kept straining to see over the horizon for a glimmer of hope. I could have lost faith, I could have given up, I could have fallen into a deep depression, but for some reason, my eyes were fixed in the distance, where I knew hope waited, even though I couldn't see it. I still see that in this photograph. And I know that, just over that hill, hope awaits.
Found in Explore on December 17, 2019.
There are rooms I'll be the last to enter – what a curious feeling that is. In a house completely hidden from sight, up a staircase so rotten it's barely standing, to a bedroom caving in on itself. Here on a mouldy mattress lie two pillows, settled exactly as they were left the last time someone laid here. Given unspoken weight and grand persistence, the half-life of human memory reaching closure. We all want to be remembered, but I find myself wondering why I've always wanted it more than most. From the earliest moment I pointed a camera at something, and decided to take it home with me, I've been aware of just how rare that is. If you've ever sifted through a stack of prints in a thrift store, you've been in touch with the notion of separation. Everything is gone but the memory itself, no way to connect with its creator. Like the opposite of dementia patient, who has life without memory, those photos have memory without life. If I manage to make mine linger together, I've lived up to my greatest hopes.
August 24, 2022
Queens County, Nova Scotia
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Rounding the curves south of Koringberg on 17 June 2002 with 15F no 2916. The last in a series of very decent runpasts in constantly changing misty conditions courtesy of a Dave Rodgers chartered tour train.
Western Cape, South Africa
For my one thousandth post, I offer this artistic rendering of the windswept Jeffrey Pine on Sentinel Dome that Ansel Adams made famous when it was still alive. By 1981, it was on its last legs, its needles gone, its bark beginning to flake off--but it still had character. I was fortunate to see it against a very dramatic sky at sunset.
Compare this tree with normal Jeffrey pines.
For other images of this picturesque Yosemite icon, visit my sentineldome tag. The color version Yosemite's Aged Lookout has been one of my most popular photos. Thanks for stopping by, and happy Thanksgiving!
A mural, in an alley just off Ave. du Parc, Montreal. I guess the melting watch is a reference to `the persistence of memory` by Dali?
Anger, he smiles in shiny metallic armor.
~ J. Hendrix
All I am surrounded by is fear ... and dead men.
~ Darth Vader
You know, Sometimes I amaze even myself.
~ Han Solo
Window Display at Best of Times. West 7th Street, St. Paul Minnesota.
‘Get up the wall son’ I can hear the Robin say ( expletives deleted ).
I hope you have enjoyed this interlude in the coronavirus pandemic. We all need a distraction. This one is somewhat less destructive than those that thousands have opted for.
So watch this space, I don’t know what my next fixation will be.......that is the attraction of anticipation. David H.
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It seems that no matter how far I run, he's never far behind...
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Window light only. In the morning before breakfast.
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Peak District National Park in August. This was one of those moments where the reward came only after patience and quiet persistence. Reaching this viewpoint meant walking slowly as the light changed minute by minute, waiting for the sun to drop just enough to set the valley on fire. The heather in the foreground was alive with colour, the rocks anchoring the scene while the landscape unfolded endlessly below. The struggle was resisting the urge to rush the shot, trusting that the light would align, and it did. That calm golden glow was the payoff, a reminder that nature always works on its own schedule and rewards those willing to slow down and observe.
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Shot this guy at Black Lane on the CSX St. Louis Line Sub near Caseyville, IL.. Waited for over half an hour for this thing to finally move, and the waiting sure paid off.
I decided I didn't really like the idea I had to "start over fresh" on a new account, so I'll continue using this account for now. It was kind of a spur of the moment idea to start over fresh, anyway.
"Persistence Pays Off"
10/8/2019
This was the only sunset where the skies decided to cooperate during my trip to Acadia National Park last week. I took this after sunset and there was no color until several minutes after the sun had officially set. A lot of people had left thinking the sky wasn't going to be pretty, but I know better when I see high clouds like this that it's worth sticking around for a little bit.
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As goofy as Mr. Personality is, he never gives up. Points for persistence & ambition. Unfortunately, I got distracted by a raptor flyover & didn't see what happened. The log was empty when I next looked.
Mississippi Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni)
Yellow-bellied Slider x Red-eared Slider intergrade (Trachemys scripta scripta x Trachemys scripta elegans)
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Persistence pays off! I stood under some trees for my entire lunch hour today, trying to get a leaf in mid-fall. It took probably a hundred shots to get this one
Actually taken at Radnor Lake, but I have lots of other shots to share this Saturday so I wanted to go ahead and post this one now!
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