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"Don't be content with being average. Average is as close to the bottom as it as to the top."
-Unknown
New Monday Photo Shoot #32: Show us a tail. It can be part of your pet, or the back of an airplane, or something more esoteric. If it's called a tail, it counts.
-Karen Funk Blocher, of the blog, Outpost Mavarin
I don't know, that might be more of a bottom then a tail, but in any case, I still find it hysterical! I had the best time that day, photographing the swans at the Palace Of Fine Arts in San Francisco. I took that photo in 2005, but it remains in a folder on my desktop, which I call, "My Favorite Days." All the photos in the file are my original photos, which left me with a strong emotion of some kind when I took them. I have serious photos, and happy photos, and like the one above, some of the photos are just plain silly. I like it when I am out with the camera, and I have no preconceived idea or notion of what I am looking for, and then suddenly a moment will present itself. That makes for a good day with the camera.
-OndineMonet
"Bottom's Up"
Palace Of Fine Arts
San Francisco, California
May 31st, 2005
Afternoon
"For business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity."
-Mark Twain
New Monday Photo Shoot #27: Show us a sign that's unusual in some way - even if you have to fake it!
-Karen Funk Blocher, of the blog, Outpost Mavarin
"It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events."
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
I have showed you all these photos before at some point, but I think they are interesting, and amusing enough to be seen again. :) The photographed the first sign here in the East Bay, many years ago. At first glance it might appear like just another sign, but if you really look at it, you see the obvious problem. I titled the photo, "No Way Out" because if you drive up the hill of that one way street, you can't legally drive back down! LOL. Hysterical! It still makes me laugh to this day!
How many times have you been given a choice as to whether you want to venture down the road to HELL?!
.99 Cents Stores, Open 8AM to 9PM, 9 Days A Week! 9 Days A Week? Where do they get the extra 2 Days? LOL.
-OndineMonet
"No Way Out"
Hayward, California
2002
"Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished."
-Michael Strassfeld
New Monday Photo Shoot #24: Nearly everyone has candles, for one purpose or another. Photograph one or more candles - real or otherwise.
-Karen Funk Blocher, of the blog, Outpost Mavarin
I love this candle, it is my favorite. Alan gave it to me... oh... about... 25 years ago or so. Long before we were dating. It was a friendship gift for Valentine's Day. It is one of those little items I call a treasure. I have a fear of fire, but I ask Alan to light some from time to time around the house, you know, to set a mood. LOL. This candle, however, sits on my desk at all times. I love just looking at it. It provides a different kind of light for me. :)
-OndineMonet
Little Kitty Candle
Berkeley, California
June 21, 2008
Morning
"Life is an endless struggle, full of frustrations and challenges, but eventually you find a hair stylist you like."
-Unknown
New Monday Photo Shoot #17: Photograph something furry or fuzzy, whether it's a textured fabric, an animal (real or otherwise), a beard, a piece of fruit, or something else. All I ask is that the photograph concentrate on whatever it is that's furry or fuzzy, and ignore other features (such as eyes and noses) as much as possible.
-Karen Funk Blocker, of the blog, Outpost Mavarin
Is it hair? Is it fuzz? Is it fur? Whatever it is on the butterfly, it's very soft when it brushes past you, and I found out quite by accident, that butterflies don't mind very much if you very gently touch their mane, if you do so with the utmost respect. :) Have you ever combed the long, well managed hair of a beautiful woman? Was she a Painted Lady? Could she be described as a Cosmopolitan woman? Was she as sweet and beautiful as this Vanessa?
;) WINK!
Note: Please click on the photo to see it in a larger version.
-OndineMonet
Vanessa cardui (American Painted Lady Butterfly)
Conservatory Of Flowers
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California
April 23, 2008
Afternoon
"Don't be content with being average. Average is as close to the bottom as it as to the top."
