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A composite of my own photographs from the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California.
Created for the TMI “Those Amazing Animals” Challenge, Water Breathers.
Never mind what people think… for if you do, you’ll stay in one place… Never mind if they don’t understand as long as you do… Never cease to go outside of your safety net…
It can get lonely and they're times when failure is as good as success…
TIO…
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I was hoping she would stay put because I wanted to take a photo of her at a distance. Normally she would follow me so the chance I took paid off and I got my photo!
Today is Nona Hendryx's birthday.
Nona Hendryx was born October 9, 1944 in Trenton, New Jersey and is a vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, author, and actress.
Nona was one of the members of Patti Labelle and the Blue Belles which later went on to become the trio Labelle. Nona was the main writer of most of the Labelle songs starting with their second album Moonshadow. I have pretty much all of her solo releases and I currently keep her Skindiver CD in my player in the bedroom all the time.
It is said that four tracks for an upcoming Labelle album to be released in 2008 have been recorded. So it seems as though Sarah, Nona, and Patti will be re-united, at least on CD.
I realized years after Labelle broke up that it was Nona's lyrics that attracted to me to the group and kept me sane through out my last years in high school. Her lyrics still give me a lot to think about even today. What a thrill it was to actually meet her so many times. Big thanks to Patti for letting me meet her that fateful day, and for letting me "steal" the Skindiver CD from her. :-)
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... now's the time. What are you waiting for?
A little spring mixed in with late fall is never a bad thing.
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Shizandra knows that if she stares at me long enough there's a good chance I'll get the laser light out and play with her. She can reason this out in her mind. She's very smart.
By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one. - Julia Cameron
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Before I took this, Shizandra was laying in front of the door. It was a bit difficult to see her with the light behind her, but thought I'd try to get a photo anyway. Then she got up and came towards me and I snapped this. I did some edits on it and I think it turned out ok.
Starting small doesn’t mean thinking small. No matter how small of a step. Take it. - Marie Forleo
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25 Top landmarks in the world for 2018
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It's what making changes is all about. For me anyway. So far taking chances is turning out to be a wonderful change for me. I am learning that change really can be freeing!
"Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?" -Frank Scully
It doesn’t matter where you start. Only that you begin. - Robin Sharma
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12 Top things to do in Japan's Okinawa
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Child, I know you dream of flowers, but first you must plant the seeds. - Beau Taplin
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He that will not sail till he have a full fair Wind, will lose many a Voyage. - Thomas Fuller
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10 Must see attractions in Phuket for your first visit
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The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men. - George Eliot
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Travel Packing Tips from Your Fellow Travellers
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I was up in Louisville this weekend for a formal, and got to wander around downtown for a while.
This window caught my eye. At first glance, it was nothing more than catchy graffiti as I snapped this picture, but those words started weighing on my brain. Take a chance. It had an impact. These past few weeks have been rather confusing, especially since I've been faced with some tough decisions. Most of the decisions involve either continuing on as I always have, or doing something new and unpredictable. I'm a creature of habit, so I usually just stick with the familiar, but this window sparked a new decision making plan inside of me. I'm going to start taking chances.
Window shopping and testing out the lens while I took the cure in Oak Park. Truth be told, I am a terrible shopper. I never go to malls. I like the smaller personal shops with character. But then I try not to be commonplace and I do not fit in everywhere. I cannot follow schedules or rules (ok, sometimes for work:) and am trying harder than ever to find the authentic me. And I have an insatiable need to find magical things or places. Life is about taking chances and you have to know when to break the conventions and rules to live it the way you want to. Holly Golightly.
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. - Richard Branson
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Cassia Phuket Pet-Friendly Hotel with Full Facilities
Original photo credit: Jon Pauling
Want to know a secret?
I don't chop off dead proteins because I'm frustrated with my current 'do. I don't cut it on a whim. I can't always bear the weight on my shoulders, and I think most of it comes from my hair. I see all the stress, sadness and negative thinking in my life as each individual strand, and sometimes, they deserve to fall. Start new. And so, I snip away.
"Why?"
Because I can.
Because I have a reason.
Because I save a Jefferson.
And even if it does look horrible, here's another secret:
Hair grows back.
I'm weird. Whatever.
Havana, Cuba - A Cuban boy prepares to dive from the Malecon into the sea during sunset. El Malecón is the avenue that runs along the seawall at the northern shore of Havana, from Habana Vieja to the Almendares River. A common pastime for young males is to swim or dive around the nearby rocks. During strong storms, waves can be seen crashing over the seawall onto the street. In the background is the Vedado skyline.
...and meaningless, unless you enter the individual’s world by finding out at least one thing that is meaningful to his or her life and exchange at least one genuine feeling. Tuning in to others is a circular flow: you send yourself out toward people; you receive them as they respond to you.
~ Deepak Chopra
Happy weekend, friends. Peace. xo
You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page. - Jodi Picoult
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For he who leaps into the void owes no explanation to those who watch. - Jean-Luc Godard
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De traditionele najaarskermis op het Malieveld is weer begonnen. Vandaag de eerste dag geopend voor het publiek, maar er was nog niet veel animo. Overal werd nog proefgedraaid en de helft van de attracties waren nog niet open.
Better on black, press L
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. - Alan Watts
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25 Romantic Thailand Resorts for Honeymooners & Couples
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My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. - Charles Dickens
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Coin Flipped, Wonder Found, Temples on Thai Baht Coins
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Never map it out. Just get into it. Jump in, like going swimming. - Margaret Atwood
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12 Top things to do in Japan’s Okinawa
Original photo credit: Oliver Sjöström
As far as I am concerned I wish to be out on the high seas. I wish to take my chances with wind, and wave, and star. - Robert G. Ingersoll
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Song:
Bright light city gonna set my soul
Gonna set my soul on fire
Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn,
So get those stakes up higher
~~ Viva Las Vegas, words & music by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
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Question:
Is it riskier to put $5 into a slot machine, knowing that, however much you hope, you have already lost it? Or to give $5 to the guy on the street who claims his child needs a meal, knowing that he might, instead, use your money for liquor or drugs?
My Answer (after much thought): Option 1 is a sure thing... you lose $5 to the rich guys who own the casino. Option 2 is uncertain... you might lose $5 to a bad cause. Or, you might feed a child for a day. You will never know.
I vote for taking a chance on an anonymous good deed.
(by the way, like everything in Las Vegas, this looks best big)
Well, I didn't but if I did I could easily have been hit by a golf ball as a group of four golfers were just teeing off! However, on many occasions, when I have been playing, people walking by just keep going believing that they have the right f way ... but they don't!!
They just take a chance!!
Our Daily Challenge ~ Take a Chance ...
Stay Safe and Healthy Everyone!
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French postcard by Cinémagazine-Edition (CE), Paris, no. 816. Photo: Paramount. Publicity still for Take a Chance (Monte Brice, Laurence Schwab, 1933).
American singer and actress Lillian Roth was a Broadway star and Hollywood actress. Among the films she made with Paramount were The Love Parade (1929) with Maurice Chevalier, The Vagabond King (1930), Cecil B. DeMille's Madam Satan (1930), and the Marx Brothers second film, Animal Crackers (1930). She rebelled against the pressure of her domineering stage mother and reacted to the death of her fiancé by becoming an alcoholic. Her life story was told in the popular biopic I'll Cry Tomorrow (Daniel Mann, 1955) starring Susan Hayward.
Source: Wikipedia. See for more vintage postcards of Hollywood stars our sets Vintage B&W Hollywood and Hollywood Colour Postcards.
Havana, Cuba - An adolescent Cuban male leaps from the rocks along El Malecon into the sea. El Malecón is the avenue that runs along the seawall at the northern shore of Havana, from Habana Vieja to the Almendares River. The condition of the buildings along the Malecón can vary from modern high-rise hotels to crumbling and potentially dangerous buildings. During strong storms, waves can be seen crashing over the seawall onto the street.
'Take a chance' Forresters beach NSW
Loved every minute of standing up on a big rock watching the waves crash beneath me as I watched the sky unfold into an amazing display of colour
The distance between your dreams and reality is called action. - Author Unknown
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But to make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action. - Virginia Woolf
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Popular attractions in Ko Samui for your first visit
Original photo credit: Tom und Nicki Löschner