Last week while watching the crashing water pour over Deadline Falls waterfall,(The top picture in the previous post) thousands of gallons a minute, it seemed to me to be unstoppable. However as I pondered, this water did not just appear. This is all a result of things that already happened. Rain and rivulets dripped and streamed down the valley, each course and drop adding to a steadily growing torrent that eventually plunged over these rocks in a great show of power.
Our lives bear remarkable similarity. It is not so much the big choices that define our lives as it is the countless small ones we make every day. These choices define who we are. Remember that the little choices that you make today will be who you are tomorrow.
Scott
October 28, 2009
October 23, 2009
October 16, 2009
The Flickring torch
I have a small gallery @ flickr. Some photos are the same but there are plenty not to be seen here!
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October 3, 2009
Seasons of Change
The war against the sunshine is in earnest today. A cold biting wind is wuthering down the mountain invading all warmth and making it difficult to bring to memory the recent days of triple digit weather. I am not an extremist. I like the temperature moderate from, say 50 to 80 degrees although 80 is getting rather warm. I cheerfully put up with the extreme temperatures knowing that the heat ripens the tomatoes and peppers, and the cold among other things, halts the ravaging insect population. The range in our climate does a great deal of good(even if I have to work at having a good perspective!) and yet, when the seasons change, my mind invariably wanders to more temperate climes... In the midst of winter's cold I dream of warm sunny Italy, or a coastal cottage... In the heat I think again of the coastal cottage(the ocean keeping the temperature from getting too extreme one way or the other), faraway mountains with their peaks covered in snow begin to appeal...
As the seasons change a contemplative mood settles over me. I think of a place, a beautiful valley, verdant, lush. Come with me to see... We crest the hill and look along the road lined with maple trees that travels down and through fields and orchards. The fields are green and the orchards are budding with delicate pink and white blossoms. Horses look up, as if startled by our presence, pricking their ears and nickering softly. The road continues and as we look forward we see the glitter of water and we see a lake to the right, a lake that shines with gold in the sun and shimmers silver in the moonlight, (it hisses gently in the rain and in the early morning, ephemeral mist rises from its surface). As we gaze across and beyond the lake, rows of grapevines grace the hills, various cultivars producing a bounty in their harvest. The road begins to curve and our attention shifts to a house. Surrounded by an amazingly green lawn with tall trees providing shade in the summer, benches and a swing invite(an apple and a book would be appropriate). The manor rises in stately elegance before us, not intimidating, but rather, alluring.
To see the estate properly it must be surveyed from a height, and the great house provides such an opportunity from its roof... Entering a oaken door through a small portico we take small spiral stairs that take us to the second floor. Barely stopping to admire a gleaming kitchen, continue up to the third floor for a glimpse of books and maps... And now we climb out on the roof! As we walk around the parapets and roof lanterns, we see the acreage spreading from the house to the surrounding hills. Behind the house a solarium is attached and a separate conservatory graces the grounds. Looking past the neatly kept acreage near the house a more utilitarian view meets our eyes. Barns, shops, stables and a dairy, a row of greenhouses and ponds stocked with fish. Toward the right the lake spreads out and a dock extends out from a small boathouse. Out in the lake a small island is seen with beehives painted the classic white.
Walking back to the stairs and going down a flight and through the kitchen area a balcony beckons. The terrace is large and has tables and chairs for summer dining. It is not summer, however, the air is balmy and there is some leftover pizza in the fridge! As we eat, we look out over to the left of the house. Beautiful gardens! Raised beds, hanging gardens, herb gardens, even a flower clock! Time treads on and we have not seen the half of the estate! The house remains to be explored! The outbuildings inspected! No time, no time! It is a dream. A fancy.
Yet onward!
Scott
As the seasons change a contemplative mood settles over me. I think of a place, a beautiful valley, verdant, lush. Come with me to see... We crest the hill and look along the road lined with maple trees that travels down and through fields and orchards. The fields are green and the orchards are budding with delicate pink and white blossoms. Horses look up, as if startled by our presence, pricking their ears and nickering softly. The road continues and as we look forward we see the glitter of water and we see a lake to the right, a lake that shines with gold in the sun and shimmers silver in the moonlight, (it hisses gently in the rain and in the early morning, ephemeral mist rises from its surface). As we gaze across and beyond the lake, rows of grapevines grace the hills, various cultivars producing a bounty in their harvest. The road begins to curve and our attention shifts to a house. Surrounded by an amazingly green lawn with tall trees providing shade in the summer, benches and a swing invite(an apple and a book would be appropriate). The manor rises in stately elegance before us, not intimidating, but rather, alluring.
To see the estate properly it must be surveyed from a height, and the great house provides such an opportunity from its roof... Entering a oaken door through a small portico we take small spiral stairs that take us to the second floor. Barely stopping to admire a gleaming kitchen, continue up to the third floor for a glimpse of books and maps... And now we climb out on the roof! As we walk around the parapets and roof lanterns, we see the acreage spreading from the house to the surrounding hills. Behind the house a solarium is attached and a separate conservatory graces the grounds. Looking past the neatly kept acreage near the house a more utilitarian view meets our eyes. Barns, shops, stables and a dairy, a row of greenhouses and ponds stocked with fish. Toward the right the lake spreads out and a dock extends out from a small boathouse. Out in the lake a small island is seen with beehives painted the classic white.
Walking back to the stairs and going down a flight and through the kitchen area a balcony beckons. The terrace is large and has tables and chairs for summer dining. It is not summer, however, the air is balmy and there is some leftover pizza in the fridge! As we eat, we look out over to the left of the house. Beautiful gardens! Raised beds, hanging gardens, herb gardens, even a flower clock! Time treads on and we have not seen the half of the estate! The house remains to be explored! The outbuildings inspected! No time, no time! It is a dream. A fancy.
Yet onward!
Scott
September 12, 2009
A tribute to summer
The days of summer are drawing to a close, and in spite of the temperature still being rather hot there is something in the air that foretells of the coming autumn.
There is much to be said about the wonderful things of summer, however I shall showcase some favorite pictures of this '09 season so I will not have to say much...
I'll post a few and then perhaps I will post few more later on...
June 11, 2009
Going back
As we travel the earth seeking photographic opportunity there are at times opened before us advantageous circumstances and we rejoice!(although sometimes it happens when we do not have our cameras with us!). Later remembrance of the wealth draws us back to the area to seek for more, yet arriving we find it uninspiring. The treasure of light left us for another place of repose and we must start our quest once more.
24-105L@24
ISO 100
f/11.0
Location: Cape Arago
Weather: cold spring dawn
May 8, 2009
Essence of Life
Ah Time that has slipped away
never to be recovered
Ah, I long that it would stay
yet what of that discovered?
February 17, 2009
Wealth
Gold is abundantly found if you know where to look...
Too often in our search for gain, we miss the treasure all about us.
24-105L@105
ISO 100
Location: Cape Arago
Weather: sunny winter day
December 31, 2008
Time Well Spent
Opportunities for good shots happen all the time... A willingness to get them is quite another thing! I find that when I do exert myself to get the shot I am always glad I did. I believe The same can be said about many things in life. A willingness to get out of your comfort zone always seems to manage to be for the bettering of your own self and the world...
Weather: Foggy
24-105L@105
ISO 100
Location: Lost in the Fog !
October 10, 2008
The fullness
Life is given to us people with the expectation that we will do something with it. something useful? maybe. something helpful? maybe. but I put forward the thought that if we do not live in maximum of our being then perhaps we ought to...
The roar and crash of the waves as it thunders along the shore reaches my ears and as it sinks into my conscienceness I remember that my camera is outside taking a long exposure and needs to be retrieved...
Phothog
Conditions: Cold, fresh.
17-40L@17mm
ISO: 100
Location: Cape Arago
Conditions: Cold, fresh.
17-40L@17mm
ISO: 100
Location: Cape Arago
September 9, 2008
Fern Shadow
As time goes by we see clearly the past and try to understand the future...We must however be mindful of the now, the present. It is the future and the past, yet it has one vital difference... We can change it.
Sunny, Late afternoon.
24-105L@105
ISO 100
Location: the western wilds.
August 28, 2008
Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise.
Weather: overcast
70-300@300
ISO 400
Location: Shore Acres
August 13, 2008
For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies.
The beauty is, because there is love...Sunny, Scattered clouds
ISO 100
75-300@75
July 19, 2008
The Glory of the Sky
The setting sun is creating a beautiful back-lit effect on the clouds and making the trees in the foreground a strong silhouette.Where the East meets the West and the
Earth touches the heavens.
ISO 100
100mm USM Macro
Weather: Nice
June 26, 2008
The Beauty of the Earth
Have you ever thought of all the millions of flowers that bloom and fade without anyone ever seeing them? what is the purpose? is it because they are not so unobserved as we could imagine? Why does God make things beautiful, not just functional?...Columbine in the western woods
ISO 100
17-40L @40mm
Weather: Light Overcast
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