Great photos and enjoyed the commentary. The moon shot was gorgeous too. I like rain photos, I even took photos inside the car wash once but love to get out and walk in the rain every now and again, but not in the car wash :)
I love rainy day photos too and have shared some at Small Reflections previously here, but today’s Sky Watch is at Sacred Ruminations. I have such trouble with ‘moon shots’ but it doesn’t keep me from trying. I’ve shared a few of those too at Sacred Ruminations previous … just because. Hugs and blessings,
I love the way you 'exploit' all possibilities, Marcia! The puddle one is excellent! And your moon! don't be so modest, yours is so clear, wonderful colors. I wouldbe proud to take that picture!
Who would have thought that a rainy day would offer so many great photo opportunities? Beautiful essay, and the moon looks way better than any I ever managed to get ahold of with my camera.
Congratulations on winning the David's "Post of the Day" award! :-)
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons! ************ "Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." **************
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************ "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome To Holland”. “Holland?!?” you say, “What do you mean “Holland”??? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned”. And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
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Beautiful photo essay, Marcia
Great photos and enjoyed the commentary. The moon shot was gorgeous too. I like rain photos, I even took photos inside the car wash once but love to get out and walk in the rain every now and again, but not in the car wash :)
Well, if you like rain as well as sun you're likely to be happy about the weather just about every day!
nice photos of the droplets of water...and the moon is beautiful! I could almost see some craters.
Happy weekend!
Good Harvest Moon colour. The wet ones are here right outside our window.
The similarity is amazing, I have a post on rain just under my skywarch and you above your moons!
Love all of them.
Love the rain series. I like looking at rain as long as it is not falling on me!
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Oh that's pretty raining time.
I love rainy day photos too and have shared some at Small Reflections previously here, but today’s Sky Watch is at Sacred Ruminations. I have such trouble with ‘moon shots’ but it doesn’t keep me from trying. I’ve shared a few of those too at Sacred Ruminations previous … just because.
Hugs and blessings,
Very honest photos and the moon just suckerpunched me. Great storyboard images.
I love the way you 'exploit' all possibilities, Marcia! The puddle one is excellent!
And your moon! don't be so modest, yours is so clear, wonderful colors. I wouldbe proud to take that picture!
Wow what beautifully atmospheric shots. Happy WW
I love those droplet shots, Marcia! They are great. I love the rain. And I love the moon. It seems to be nodding like a sunflower!
the rain shots are outrageous!!
What a beautiful 'take' on what others see as 'gray and gloomy'! I love all of them!!
l like your by line..l'm trying to stop projecting and to live more in the moment..
have you read?
the power of now and A new eart by eckart Tolle?
xx
Who would have thought that a rainy day would offer so many great photo opportunities? Beautiful essay, and the moon looks way better than any I ever managed to get ahold of with my camera.
Congratulations on winning the David's "Post of the Day" award! :-)
All these photos tell a wonderful story, but my favorite is the tractor.
I especially like the pictures of rain. Something so peaceful about rain, you know? God Bless!
Judy
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