Lily Adams, I'm glad that you and your folks are ok.
Chava, I love that picture of your friend with a pen in his nose. It looks like he is enjoying himself.
Lily Adams, I'm glad that you and your folks are ok.
Chava, I love that picture of your friend with a pen in his nose. It looks like he is enjoying himself.
Optima dies ... prima fugit
you've been to Yosemite?! i just love that place!Originally Posted by bluevictim
You should try it sometime. Unlike climbing in an indoor gym, upper body strength is not an issue at all until the higher grades. It's very fun, especially at Yosemite. In fact, feel free to PM me, if you want, the next time you go to Yosemite and if I'm still around I'd be happy to "show you the ropes". I haven't tried El Cap yet.
Here's a picture of me climbing a route called Crescent Arch on Daff Dome, which is in Tuolumne Meadows (also a part of Yosemite National Park):
Pitiful creatur of darkness,
What kind of world have you known?
God give me courage to guide me,
You are not alone.
It's impossible not to!Just a few pages back in this thread there are a bunch of pictures from Yosemite. If you have some pictures from there that you'd like to share, I for one would love to see them, and I think a lot of others here would, too.
Optima dies ... prima fugit
i know we have some, just got to find them and find out how to put them on here...
Pitiful creatur of darkness,
What kind of world have you known?
God give me courage to guide me,
You are not alone.
If your pictures are prints, you'll need access to a scanner to convert them to .jpg files. Here is a thread about how to post .jpg files.
Optima dies ... prima fugit
Here's yet another flower picture...I seem to be taking a lot of those lately but they're such cooperative and beautiful subjects I can't seem to help myself.
What strikes me about this picture is that when you look at the individual petals you can see so many imperfections, discolorations and bruises, the petals seem so vulnerable and delicate, yet there it stood in the beginning of November in North Dakota, not a hospitable time or place for delicate flowers. And inspite of those imperfections, the over all impression is one of beauty, it's the kind of thing that makes you think deep thoughts.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
idril thats such a beautiful flower!
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
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Idril, that's a very beautiful picture, made richer with your reflective comments.
Optima dies ... prima fugit
Idril, the photo is stunning -- you have quite a talent for capturing flowers!
Also, I wanted to say to Lily that her pictures are awesome and I am sincerely glad that the fires have ended and life is getting back to normal. What a scare!
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
I think we are all in agreement with that.
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
I took a million pictures while in California of late, so here is just a few to share (my faves):
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The beach scenes are from an area called Coronado, and the walkway was taken at the San Diego Animal Park/Sanctuary.
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
Kiz paws, those are gorgeous photos. You've got a talent for framing them well. I especially like the beach pics. Gives me a sense of being on the shore.
Idril, I love that photograph of the flower, and I agree with you that the best part about it is the way it shows the imperfections without detracting from the beauty of the flower. Little imperfections like that are something I often admire in nature, but find it's very hard to capture well on film. Beautifully done.
"In rime sparse il suono/ di quei sospiri ond' io nudriva 'l core/ in sul mio primo giovenile errore"~ Francesco Petrarca
"Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can."~ Jane Austen
Thank you!
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
As soon as Idril found out that I'm back I noted a request for more pictures... And who am I to say no? Here goes:
A (massive) stainless steel visent bull in Avesta, Sweden.
A tiny frog resting in my hand.
Glass art, on display in Varberg, Sweden, this summer.
Freshly cracked flintstones (the flint is inside) in Varberg, Sweden, 2007.
A razor sharp piece of flint from the stones in the previous picture.
/Claes
Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
Fantastic, Claes! My favorite would be the tiny frog.
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
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