Nature Pics
We spent the day at a nearby park. It's about 85F today and sunny! The wind is crazy, though. But it was just lovely!
Anyway, we celebrated my friend's birthday with brownies at our picnic lunch. Then she had to leave, and my other friend and I hiked through the wildflower woods and on to the ponds where the American Toads are mating. I picked up a big red-eared slider turtle for all of the kids to inspect and hold. (It was surprisingly calm. ) Katie caught a toad that everyone got to look at. I can't believe how warm it is outside!
(And Katie has quite the sunburn. I thought I avoided it this time, but I am realizing that I did not. Apparently, I only wiped a streak of sunscreen on my calves, and they now have the dumbest looking burn ever. One ghost-white strip surrounded by lobster red. And they HURT!)
Anyway, here are pics:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... 37ef57a1b0
Anyway, we celebrated my friend's birthday with brownies at our picnic lunch. Then she had to leave, and my other friend and I hiked through the wildflower woods and on to the ponds where the American Toads are mating. I picked up a big red-eared slider turtle for all of the kids to inspect and hold. (It was surprisingly calm. ) Katie caught a toad that everyone got to look at. I can't believe how warm it is outside!
(And Katie has quite the sunburn. I thought I avoided it this time, but I am realizing that I did not. Apparently, I only wiped a streak of sunscreen on my calves, and they now have the dumbest looking burn ever. One ghost-white strip surrounded by lobster red. And they HURT!)
Anyway, here are pics:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... 37ef57a1b0
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Awe-inspiring Iceland volcano photos. It's worth looking at all 35.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/0 ... okull.html
(via Making Light, like so much else that is awesome)
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/0 ... okull.html
(via Making Light, like so much else that is awesome)
“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
Dawn breaks over a sea of purple blooms
Stunning pictures capture majestic beauty of England's famous lavender fields
Stunning pictures capture majestic beauty of England's famous lavender fields
It took photographer Antony Spencer more than three years to get such a perfect shot.
'You have a window of just ten days each year when the lavender is at its best before it's harvested so it's a matter of getting up early and getting down to the field before sunrise,' he said.
'The light was absolutely phenomenal and made the lavender look beautiful.
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Surreally 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.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
Beautiful shot.
I am glad this article points out that photographs like this don't just happen. It takes a lot of planning, scouting, studying weather forecast, and understanding the equipment to produce something that stunning.
Which is why my iPhone shots... are not.
I am glad this article points out that photographs like this don't just happen. It takes a lot of planning, scouting, studying weather forecast, and understanding the equipment to produce something that stunning.
Which is why my iPhone shots... are not.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
One of my goals is to some day photograph the lavender fields in France. That way you all can ooh & aah over them.
Here's some butterflies I've captured of late- can't remember how to post photos so here's the link:
http://doublekphotography.blogspot.com/ ... erbys.html
Here's some butterflies I've captured of late- can't remember how to post photos so here's the link:
http://doublekphotography.blogspot.com/ ... erbys.html
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The way you compose those is just delightful—filled with grace.
“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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I don't know. It would go really well with those photographs.
“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
The story that goes with this would be that the adult pair of sandhills appeared in our "backyard" only a handful of days after TTBK moved here. (The adults have red on their hoods) The next year they showed up on one of our "monthiversaries" with a baby in tow. This year she has a mate too. It's been wonderful to see "our" birds grow.
We spent the morning at nearby Glen Helen.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... 7c45ed69ec
(All photos here.)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... 7c45ed69ec
(All photos here.)
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