Nature Pics
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Pictures from our trip to Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierras.
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Don't you think you got a little too close to that bear?
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That bear actually got a little close to us!
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"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Those are so beautiful, Voronwë. I've never been to Yosemite, but I hope I can find a way someday.
Until then, I have pictures like yours! Thank you.
Until then, I have pictures like yours! Thank you.
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Those are great! And your partner's shirt is wicked pissa. Makes me wanna go for a run, and then grab a beah at the local bah.Voronwë the Faithful wrote:Pictures from our trip to Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierras.
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Beautiful!
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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wow.
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A fossil hike at New Brighton Beach and a quick side trip to the butterfly grove in Natural Arch Beach.
A fossil warming the cockles of my heart:
A whale rib fossil:
Various bivalves:
Wave at the camera:
The 39 steps:
Mine!
Monarchs:
A fossil warming the cockles of my heart:
A whale rib fossil:
Various bivalves:
Wave at the camera:
The 39 steps:
Mine!
Monarchs:
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus
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The picture of the fossils is fascinating.
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Very neat pictures!
Griffy, that is very pretty, too.
Griffy, that is very pretty, too.
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Can anyone tell me what kind of flower this is?
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No, but it's very lovely!
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My son has been living in Italy for almost 2 years now so I thought I would share some of his pics:
This is in Sicily at a place called Ragusa the old city of Ragusa from the Middle Ages.
This castle is where the monk in LadyHawk (the movie) lived and is just south of L'Aquila in Italy:
Sunset over Ragusa La Mer
This is in Sicily at a place called Ragusa the old city of Ragusa from the Middle Ages.
This castle is where the monk in LadyHawk (the movie) lived and is just south of L'Aquila in Italy:
Sunset over Ragusa La Mer
1. " . . . (we are ) too engrossed in thinking of everything as a preparation or training or making one fit -- for what? At any minute it is what we are and are doing, not what we plan to be and do that counts."
J.R.R. Tolkien in his 6 October 1940 letter to his son Michael Tolkien.
2. We have many ways using technology to be in touch, yet the larger question is are we really connected or are we simply more in touch? There is a difference.
J.R.R. Tolkien in his 6 October 1940 letter to his son Michael Tolkien.
2. We have many ways using technology to be in touch, yet the larger question is are we really connected or are we simply more in touch? There is a difference.
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One more, a favorite. Old Ragusa
1. " . . . (we are ) too engrossed in thinking of everything as a preparation or training or making one fit -- for what? At any minute it is what we are and are doing, not what we plan to be and do that counts."
J.R.R. Tolkien in his 6 October 1940 letter to his son Michael Tolkien.
2. We have many ways using technology to be in touch, yet the larger question is are we really connected or are we simply more in touch? There is a difference.
J.R.R. Tolkien in his 6 October 1940 letter to his son Michael Tolkien.
2. We have many ways using technology to be in touch, yet the larger question is are we really connected or are we simply more in touch? There is a difference.
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Oh, how beautiful. Thank you for sharing them, AJ! (And it's lovely to see you here!)
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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WOW. That's one beautiful place.
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