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As former president Teddy Roosevelt puts it...behold it is the "Eighth Wonder of the World." The water originates from underground springs above and at the falls. Even during the dry summer months and at 129 feet in height, the water provides an almost constant flow rate of 100 million U.S. gallons / day. Photo of Burney Falls captured via ND-8 filter from McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park in Shasta County. Northern California. Late March 2013.
Photo of the Eel River captured from Avenue of the Giants at post-mile marker 18.59 in the census-designated place of Weott. Humboldt County. Mid July 2013.
Photo captured during sunset at the Vista Point near the Berry Summit along California Highway 299 via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm f/4.5 lens about 10 miles west of the census designated place of Willow Creek. Humboldt County. Mid November 2013.
Every human experience is unique. We all have trials and tribulations, hopes and dreams. What's interesting about this fact is that it puts into perspective how everyone is just like us in the sense that we all undergo a complexity of emotions and experiences. Reflect on that today and let's be compassionate to our fellow human BEings. #InspireDaily - bit.ly/InspireWithWords
As former president Teddy Roosevelt puts it...behold it is the "Eighth Wonder of the World." The water originates from underground springs above and at the falls. Even during the dry summer months and at 129 feet in height, the water provides an almost constant flow rate of 100 million U.S. gallons / day. Photo of Burney Falls captured from McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park in Shasta County. Northern California. Late March 2013.
This is yours truly reflected in the sculpture "Cloud Gate" in Chicago's Millenium Park.
Behind me are are the buildings that line Michigan Avenue. If you look at the large view, you can see better how the mirrored surface of the sculpture subtly distorts everything as well as how streaks of dried rain line the reflective surface. ("Subtly distorted" might actually be a good byline for me, now that I think of it.)
As usual, I don't like having my picture taken, but "The Bean" (as Cloud Gate is popularly known) is one of my favorite places.
(Thought this might be a good way to say thanks to everyone out there in Flickr-land for your support, feedback, and kind words about my photos: my photostream just passed 100,000 total views today. Thanks again, everyone! Ain't Flickr grand?)
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Third photo from the "still-life" series. Gritty, dark, and dirty selfie, — that's the way I wanted it in those dark Covid times, being in self-isolation.
Me and my shots of webs...but I do find them a bit cathartic somehow. They serve as a good indicator for how I think and feel right now..they have a sense of being tangled and wrapped up yet easy to break through and always have the ability to be seen through even when one is tangled up inside or viewing from behind them. Today I also enjoyed some beautiful morning light that allowed for me to capture many multi-faceted bokeh orbs of varying hues and degrees of light...
So I use this opportunity to express how I think and feel, have thought and felt and more importantly how I want to think and feel...It is a bit of a release I suppose. My need to give and receive love has so been tainted by my actual ability of it...Wanting to be loved and adored for more than just what I am perceived as or from the many titles I hold from a life of matrimony and motherhood. Those true signs and deep feelings of love have been so absent for so long that I don't know if I'd recognize it now if it slapped me in the face. But I feel it looming..from a far off distance but not so far away that it is unobtainable...My desire to give it feeds the desire to get it..and my ability to show it fuels its...I am still guarded by past hurts, lost love..and years of my love being neglected...only to be noticed when I have far surpassed the feelings of it...So my sense to seek it elsewhere is only second to the knowing that I will get it...so long as I let it...to open my heart completely...to speak the words freely..to allow it to come back to me..to absorb it in instead of reflecting it back out..to truly know what loving is...only achievable if you are willing and ready to accept it...
Selfreflection in Amsterdam. Taken with a Sony HX200V. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
This month I am celebrating my 7th Flickr Birthday...I would have never thought that this thing would be so much fun and have such an influence on my life when I opened my account in 2006. I want to thank all of you lovely people for making it such a great experience, and of course also a big thank you to the Interwebs for offering such interesting ways to share part of our lives with the rest of the world...on to the next 7 years :)
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We learn from reflecting on experience
week # 1 - 52 in 2017 reflection
sometimes I try to learn new skills with Danbo. He is very patient
Photo captured via Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens, looking east, captured on the Big Lagoon Bridge on U.S. Highway 101, the Redwood Highway, in the census-designated place of Big Lagoon. Humboldt County. Early September 2013.
Photo captured from Trinidad State Beach in the city of Trinidad via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm f4.5 lens. Humboldt County. Late October 2013.
Photo captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens from the Woodley Island Marina on Humboldt's waterfront. City of Eureka. Humboldt County. Early November 2013.
Photo captured at post-mile marker 82.85 in the unincorporated community of Rockport; near the site where Highway 1, the Shoreline Highway, turns inland and away from the Lost Coast and rugged King Range, and more or less 25 miles before terminating at U.S. Highway 101, the Redwood Highway. Mendocino County. Late March 2013.
When you are bound for so long you forget that there is any other option than to submit to the darkness created by others.
I’m having my day
My place in the sun
I’ll grow to resemble
The man I’ve become
There’ll be time for reflection
When I reach that plateau
When the war has been won
No farther to go
And I fear that it isn’t enough
I’m making a fortune
I swore to enjoy
These things I promised myself
When I was a boy
When I was a boy
And things moved too slow
And universes revolved around
Things I didn’t know
When I was a boy
And I made mistakes
I was humiliated
Til I knew my place
And I fear that it isn’t enough
Ignorance hurts
Injustice inflames
I remember the feelings
But forgotten their names
When I was a boy
I saw through their lies
I swore I wouldn’t become
The thing I despised
But events over take you
While you set your sights
On bigger game
On greater heights
God bless amnesia
And the things I’ve suppressed
I can reframe the image
I can discard the rest
A history of holes
Where the pieces that won’t fit
With the story you told yourself
And your place in it
And I fear that it isn’t enough
So put on a brave face
Straighten that tie
And speak like you mean it
Give truth to the lie
And I fear that it isn’t enough
David Sylvian
For FGR and Show Me Your Balls!
I've been a fan of the f* bomb all week and I completely expect to get banned or bounced from a group for dropping it. I don't care, I'm trying to get in the spirit of things! I happen to have a huge trucker's mouth, and curb it most of the time: every now and then I like to remind myself that it's there and that there's more to just "being in the spirit" than simply playing along (this is something that extends past things like FGR, and is meant to be about struggling with all the hard things people hide around this time of year.)
All the tension is leaking out of the cracks in the spaces around us. I want others to know that it's ok to say fuck it, and be whatever.
The orchids are blooming and this makes my insides want to bloom as well.
Photo of the rugged Santa Lucia Mountains captured alongside the El Sur Ranch on the Old Coast Road in Big Sur. Monterey County. Mid April 2013.
Photo captured at a cattle ranch alongside Old Samoa Road. City of Arcata. Humboldt County. Late August 2013.
Rising like a prism in the heart of the nation’s capital, the Conrad Hotel in Washington, D.C. is a sleek testament to contemporary luxury and thoughtful design. Captured here on a crisp winter day, the glass façade reflects its surroundings—and itself—with hypnotic symmetry. Located on New York Avenue NW near CityCenterDC, this modernist masterpiece by Herzog & de Meuron brings a European architectural sensibility to the American skyline. The mirror-like surfaces blur the lines between structure and sky, creating a visual paradox that draws the eye and rewards it with layers of abstraction. In the foreground, a Capital Bikeshare station anchors the scene in everyday D.C. life, while the juxtaposition of old and new buildings tells a story of a city forever evolving. Whether admired for its engineering, aesthetics, or as a sanctuary for travelers, the Conrad is more than a hotel—it’s a reflective experience, both literally and metaphorically.
Unedited mobile phone cam shot of Me, Myself&I, reflected in a puddle. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
Another wicked puddle reflection of myself, shot by myself, the same day as this one...I'm just so excited about getting this done without any help that I might even post one more tomorrow, I hope you won't get too bored with these S@m-Selfie pictures :))
Almost weekend!
A true Sacramento Valley sunset as seen from the very Jewels of Northern California. Demanding reds simply provide a crush to ignite quite the lasting impression to allow one to effortlessly take it all in and reflect upon the [wonderful] day constructed by you. Photo of the sunset captured over the Sacramento River and from the Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding. Shasta County. Early August 2013.