I had been shut out for 5 nights in a row on this trip and was willing to shoot anything at this point. As I was running around to the different viewpoints on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon looking for some open sky, I rounded the corner along the drive and hit the brakes for a quickie. :) I set up one light panel quickly and snapped 3 shots then jumped back in and off I went. I used a cooler white balance than usual on this one at around 3200. :)

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Somewhere over the rainbow way up high

There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue

And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star

And wake up where the clouds are far

Behind me

Where troubles melt like lemon drops

Away above the chimney tops

That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh, why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly

Beyond the rainbow why, oh, why can't I?

(lyrics from "Over the rainbow")

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I'm like a bird, I only fly away

I don't know where my soul is

I don't know where my home is

And baby, all I need for you to know is

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is

I don't know where my home is

All I need for you to know is-

Your faith in me brings me to tears

Even after all these years end

And it pains me so much to tell that you don't know me that well

And though my love is rare

Though my love is true

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Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion, too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace...

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1. Post one pic on your flickr stream with this theme in mind. All creative decisions are yours. You can post more if you like, no ones gonna shoot you *grins*.

2. Nominate at least 3 other of your friends to post a pic with this theme. Tag them on the pic if you like.

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♪ Kansas - Closet Chronicles (Live) ♪

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So no one knew, not even him, the problems he would find

On the day he journeyed deep into his mind

I close my eyes, I go far away

Away from the battlefield

In my dreams, well

Here I will enjoy it

Where innocence plays with all the laughing children

The kind who are crying right now

A taste of freedom from the pain

Of everything here I see

Life is sweet but I took it all for granted

And now I don't know if I could ever tell you

Just what we permit, we allow

Allow me to forget the life, I've made my own

I've held this nation in my hand and yet it's not my home

Oh, allow me just one answer and one reason why

Why this refugee of the family of man must die?

Tell me why....

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Merci beaucoup à tous pour votre gentil commentaire et vos favoris très appréciés - bien cordialement ! au plaisir !

Thank you very much to all for your kind comment and your very appreciated favorites - well cordially - au plaisir -

Herzlichen Dank an alle für Ihren freundlichen Kommentar und Ihre beliebten Favoriten - herzlich! zum Vergnügen !

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Into the distance a ribbon of black

Stretched to the point of no turning back

A flight of fancy on a windswept field

Standing alone my senses reeled

A fatal attraction holding me fast how

Can I escape this irresistible grasp?

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies

Tongue tied and twisted Just an earth bound misfit I

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings

Unheeded warnings I thought I thought of everything

No navigator to guide my way home

Unladened, empty and turned to stone

A soul in tension that's learning to fly

Condition grounded but determined to try

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies

Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

ONE HELLO (Randy Crawford) Cover by Julia Duncan

If you're not afraid

Of what love brings

Then endings are beginnings

Of beautiful things

It's a chance you'll take

It's a chance you'll win

If someone's gonna find you

First you gotta let them in

'Cause love begins with one hello

The hardest part is over

Now it's easy letting go

One hello is how it starts

You might win it all or lose your heart

If you're not afraid

Of what you feel

Then try and keep it simple

Or try and keep it real

And if being real means

Means you'll someday will say goodbye

Remember my friend

Goodbyes not the end

It's a circle you know

And it starts with one hello

Love begins with one hello

The hardest part is over

Now it's easy letting go

One hello is how it starts

Remember my friend

Goodbyes not the end

It's a circle you know

And it starts with one hello

It starts with one hello...

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"I'm Coming Out"

I'm coming out

I'm coming

I'm coming out

I'm coming out

I'm coming out

I'm coming out

I want the world to know

Got to let it show

I'm coming out

I want the world to know

I got to let it show

There's a new me coming out

And I just had to live

And I wanna give

I'm completely positive

I think this time around

I am gonna do it

Like you never knew it

Ooh, I'll make it through

The time has come for me

To break out of this shell

I have to shout

That I am coming out

I'm coming out

I want the world to know

I got to let it show

I'm coming

I'm (coming out) coming

(I want the world to know)

(I got to let it show)

I've got to show the world

All that I wanna be

And all my abillities

There's so much more to me

Somehow, I have to make them

Just understand

I got it well in hand

And, oh, how I've planned

I'm spreadin' love

There is no need to fear

And I just feel so good

Everytime I hear

I'm coming out

Coming

(I want the world to know)

(I got to let it show)

I'm coming out

I want the world to know

I got to let it show

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I'm coming out

I want the world to know

Got to let it show....

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"Sometimes I close my eyes

And dream I'm somewhere else

Anywhere away from here

Anywhere away from here

Anywhere away from here

We sold our souls and

We lost control with

More doubt than hope

Glass half empty

And discontented

From growing old

Through all the failed attempts at trying to belong

I overthink the obvious when I'm alone

But when the lights go up

I don't think I told you

I don't think I told you

That I feel out of place

So pull me underground

Don't know if you notice

Sometimes I close my eyes

And dream of somewhere else

Anywhere away from here

Anywhere away from here

Anywhere away from here

Oh, when I close my eyes

Oh, when I close my eyes

I wish I could disappear

When the lights go up

I don't think I told you

I don't think I told you

That I feel out of place

Pull me underground

Don't know if you notice

Sometimes I close my eyes

And dream of somewhere else

Anywhere away from here

Anywhere away from here

Anywhere away from here"

"smile on saturday"

"song title"

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Sometimes the only payoff for having any faith

Is when it’s tested again and again every day

I’m still comparing your past to my future

It might be your wound, but they’re my sutures

Cause we could be immortals, immortals

Just not for long, for long

And live with me forever now, pull the blackout curtains down

Just not for long, for long

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You only stay with me in the morning

You only hold me when I sleep

I was meant to tread the water

But now I've gotten in too deep

For every piece of me that wants you

Another piece backs away

Cause you give me something

That makes me scared alright

This could be nothing

But I'm willing to give it a try

Please give me something

Cause someday I might know my heart

You only waited up for hours

Just to spend a little time alone with me

And I can say I've never bought you flowers

I can't work out what they mean

I never thought that I'd love someone

That was someone else's dream

As you give me something

That makes me scared alright

This could be nothing

But I'm willing to give it a try

Please give me something

Cause someday I might call you from my heart

But it might be a second too late

And the words that I could never say

Are gonna come out anyway

Know my heart, know my heart, know my heart

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Sun suffocate the atmosphere

But I'm safe with you far away from you

Another fire through another open door

It's what I'm living for

Breath of mine be all that you need

It's not much from a broken nothing

Wear another truth on your turned-up sleeve

This is everything I dream

Uh uh yeah he-hell no

I am wild eyed and waiting

Uh uh yeah he-hell

I am wild eyed and wandering

Fortunately I have enough of you

You say it's not where we are

It's not what we choose

Looking out from all that you have built

With red skies I will drift

Uh uh yeah hell no

I am wild eyed and waiting

Uh uh yeah hell no

I am wild eyed and wandering

Uh uh what are your dreams?

Uh uh what are your dreams?

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Back and forth, I sway with the wind

Resolution slips away again

Right through my fingers, back into my heart

Where it's out of reach and it's in the dark

Sometimes I think I'm blind

Or I may be just paralyzed

Because the plot thickens every day

And the pieces of my puzzle keep crumbling away

But I know there's a picture beneath

Indecision clouds my vision

No one listens

Because I'm somewhere in between

My love and my agony

You see, I'm somewhere in between

My life is falling to pieces

Somebody put me together

Layin' face down on the ground

My fingers in my ears to block the sound

My eyes shutting tight to avoid the sight

Anticipating the end, losing the will to fight

Droplets of "yes" and "no" in an ocean of "maybe"

From the bottom, it looks like a steep incline

From the top, another downhill slope of mine

But I know, the equilibrium's there

Indecision clouds my vision

No one listens

Because I'm somewhere in between

My love and my agony

You see, I'm somewhere in between

My life is falling to pieces

Somebody put me together

Back and forth, I sway with the wind

Resolution slips away again

Right through my fingers, back into my heart

Where it's out of reach and it's in the dark

Sometimes I think I'm blind

Or I may be just paralyzed

Because the plot thickens every day

And the pieces of my puzzle keep crumbling away

But I know, there's a picture beneath

Indecision clouds my vision

No one listens

Because I'm somewhere in between

My love, my agony

You see, I'm somewhere in between

My life is falling to pieces

Somebody put me together

Between my love and my agony

You see, I'm somewhere in between

My life is falling to pieces

Somebody put me together

[song- Falling to Pieces by Faith No More, off the 1980 album " the Real Thing"]

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What A Wonderful World _Eva Cassidy

I see trees of green, red roses too

I see them bloom for me and you

And I think to myself what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white

The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night

And I think to myself what a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky

Also on the faces of people going by

I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do

They're only saying I love you

Songwriters: Robert Thiele / George Douglas / George David Weiss

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Here comes the sun, doo da doo doo

Here comes the sun, and I say

It's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter

Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun, doo da doo doo

Here comes the sun, and I say

It's all right

Little darling, the smile's returning to the faces

Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting

Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear

Here comes the sun, doo da doo doo

Here comes the sun, and I say

It's all right

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