I LOVE THIS. IT IS SO LIKE A POEM,
ALONE AND ALL BY ITSELF; IT NEEDS NO OTHER FLOWERS,
IT IS ITS OWN BREATH AND LIGHT,
IT STANDS IN THE SUNLIGHT
LOVING THE QUICK GLANCES
AND THE LONGER LOOKS OF ADMIRATION.
A SIMPLE FLOWER, A SIMPLE LIFE,
BEAUTY FOR AWHILE, LIKE LIFE,
TRANSIENT, BUT THE MEMORIES LINGER
IN SOMEONE'S MIND
SO, YOU SEE, YOUR PHOTO IS ONE OF INSPIRATION.
PHOTO BY bibbi.nelson
Flower
Törringelund-Skåne-Sweden
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
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CONGRATULATIONS FOR A PHOTO THAT REMINDS ME OF MY YOUTH, SO WILD AND CRAZY, SO WELL REMEMBERED AS I BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH THE REALITY OF LIFE BEYOND THE MIDWEST..........YOUR PHOTOS ARE LIKE A TRIP BACK INTO TIME. YOUR MOTIF OR MOSAIC FOR THIS SET IS ONE EXCELLENT PIECE OF ART.
CHECK OUT ALL OF ZIGZAGLENS PHOTOS............
CHECK OUT ALL OF ZIGZAGLENS PHOTOS............
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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AND NOW, SOME OF THE IMAGES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM MY MEMORY AND PLACED IN THE GALLERY OF YOUTHFUL ROMANCE, THE KIND OF ROMANCE THAT'S NEVER FORGOTTEN. IT IS, AS I HAVE SAID SO MANY TIMES BEFORE IN REFERENCE TO ROMANCE, "TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN A WOODS..." IT IS MY FAVORITE ROBERT FROST POEM.
WINTER WONDERLAND OF LONG AGO 1966
There's a poem about trees and there are poems about winter; there's poetry about whose woods they were and answers about strange thoughts on the darkest day of the year, but this photo says it all. If only Frost could have seen this scene. Robert Frost. How do I know he hasn't seen this, the way the snow fell on the evergreen, the path where a neighbor passed by and then passed away in late afternoon. The wonder of the winter then, the way the winters since have been, those footprints long ago, melted and forgotten by most everyone but his son. It was a winter of long ago, one nobody recalls, like most winters. Winters are never remembered the way the springs are. The footprints are best lost in the winter snows. Did he know there would be no more springs in store for him?
Posted 6 months ago in my Flickr Photostream.
Posted 6 months ago in my Flickr Photostream.
THE GREATEST AMERICAN MAGAZINE EVER PUBLISHED
THIS MAGAZINE, THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, WAS LIKE FINDING GOLD WHENEVER I CAME ACROSS ONE. BACK IN THE 40S, WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL'S EARLIEST GRADES, I RECALL TAKING ONE FROM A BUNDLE THAT WAS BOUND FOR A PAPER DRIVE AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WAS THRILLED AS I VIEWED THE PHOTOS AND DID MY BEST TO PRONOUNCE ALL OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL WORDS. BEFORE THE DAY WAS OVER, I WAS CALLED TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE. WHILE SITTING OUTSIDE HIS OFFICE I WONDERED WHAT I HAD DONE WRONG. I FOUND OUT WHEN HE CALLED ME INTO HIS OFFICE AND CALLED ME A THIEF. "YOU TOOK SOMETHING THAT DID NOT BELONG TO YOU," HE STATED.
THAT HAPPENED IN 1949; I WAS IN THE SECOND GRADE. I WAS DEVESTATED. I WAS A THIEF. THE PRINCIPAL TAUGHT ME A LESSON. ACTUALLY, HE TAUGHT ME TWO LESSONS. I LEARNED A VERY VALUABLE LESSON ABOUT RULES AND REGULATIONS, AN IMPORTANT LESSON, BUT THE LESSON THAT HAS REMAINED WITH ME DURING THE LAST SIXTY YEARS IS THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO HAVE NO INTEREST IN EDUCATING THE YOUNGER GENERATION; THEIR INTEREST IS RECEIVING A BIG PAYCHECK AND WEILDING AS MUCH POWER AS POSSIBLE. PEOPLE LIKE THAT PRINCIPAL DID NOT GIVE ONE RAT'S ASS ABOUT A YOUNG STUDENT OR THE EDUCATION OF THAT STUDENT. THE PRINCIPAL WAS, BY HIS MANNER AND ACCUSATION, INTERESTED ONLY IN FEELING GOOD ABOUT THWARTING A THEFT THAT MIGHT HAVE CUT THE SALES OF THE PAPER DRIVE BY ONE TENTH OF A CENT. HE WAS PROUD THAT HE HAD PERFORMED A CIVIC DUTY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CURIOSITY OF A YOUNG BOY JUST EAGER TO BEGIN LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD AND ALL OF LIFE'S ACTIVITIES.
YES, HE SERVED A GREAT PURPOSE IN MY LIFE. HE REMINDS ME OF SO MANY PEOPLE I HAVE MET DURING MY LIFETIME, PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE MADE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MANY PEOPLE, OR A NATION, BUT INSTEAD CHOSE TO BOLSTER HIS OWN EGO AND IMPORTANCE BY HIGHLIGHTING MY LACK OF CHARACTER AND FLAWS. THESE PEOPLE, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE MULTIPLIED GREATLY SINCE 1947.
THAT HAPPENED IN 1949; I WAS IN THE SECOND GRADE. I WAS DEVESTATED. I WAS A THIEF. THE PRINCIPAL TAUGHT ME A LESSON. ACTUALLY, HE TAUGHT ME TWO LESSONS. I LEARNED A VERY VALUABLE LESSON ABOUT RULES AND REGULATIONS, AN IMPORTANT LESSON, BUT THE LESSON THAT HAS REMAINED WITH ME DURING THE LAST SIXTY YEARS IS THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO HAVE NO INTEREST IN EDUCATING THE YOUNGER GENERATION; THEIR INTEREST IS RECEIVING A BIG PAYCHECK AND WEILDING AS MUCH POWER AS POSSIBLE. PEOPLE LIKE THAT PRINCIPAL DID NOT GIVE ONE RAT'S ASS ABOUT A YOUNG STUDENT OR THE EDUCATION OF THAT STUDENT. THE PRINCIPAL WAS, BY HIS MANNER AND ACCUSATION, INTERESTED ONLY IN FEELING GOOD ABOUT THWARTING A THEFT THAT MIGHT HAVE CUT THE SALES OF THE PAPER DRIVE BY ONE TENTH OF A CENT. HE WAS PROUD THAT HE HAD PERFORMED A CIVIC DUTY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CURIOSITY OF A YOUNG BOY JUST EAGER TO BEGIN LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD AND ALL OF LIFE'S ACTIVITIES.
YES, HE SERVED A GREAT PURPOSE IN MY LIFE. HE REMINDS ME OF SO MANY PEOPLE I HAVE MET DURING MY LIFETIME, PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE MADE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MANY PEOPLE, OR A NATION, BUT INSTEAD CHOSE TO BOLSTER HIS OWN EGO AND IMPORTANCE BY HIGHLIGHTING MY LACK OF CHARACTER AND FLAWS. THESE PEOPLE, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE MULTIPLIED GREATLY SINCE 1947.
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