• leaves,  quotes,  snow,  trees,  winter scenes

    Journey to Wholeness

    November 25, 2023

    Sacred wisdom is deep in our nature. The journey to wholeness is about awakening to this wisdom deep within and seeking it everywhere, in every culture and every religion.

    John Philip Newell

    The snow finally let up about 11:00 this morning. My guess is 6-8 inches of snow with a fine layer of ice beneath the powdery snow. Restless by noon I took the Number 2 bus to campus then walked over to Mugs. This snowfall has been beautiful, a winter wonderland that excited this photographer’s shutter finger. I like how snow can hide something or highlight it. I pretty much had the coffee shop to myself as many students are still on break and the snow kept many people home. Therefore my baristas, Emma and James, spoiled me. I had my Old Town Mocha and one of their November Specials, a bowl of butternut squash soup. It hit the spot.

    I really like Newell’s quote above. He touches on four things that have become important in my journey of life. They are sacred, wisdom, nature and awakening. I say that because I’m awakening to some knowing deep within me that every human being, creature, plant, all of creation is sacred. I am also wakening to the idea that maybe we are all made from the same speck of stardust of our creator. Anyway, here are a few images from this afternoon’s journey to wholeness and some damn good butternut squash soup on this rather frigid Saturday.

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  • quotes,  shadows

    What I look for…

    November 19, 2022

    “What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. … In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists the fossils, botanists the flowers, artists the colouring, sportmen the cover for the game. Though we may all look at the same things, it does not all follow that we should see them.”

    John Lubbock

    A few years ago I worked for a landscaper. One morning as we pulled up to this home we were going to work on, Ed was immediately able to point out to me where they were going to have drainage problems when it rained. Wow! We saw with such different eyes. As a photographer I’ve learned that when I move my tripod and camera 20 feet in any direction my photographer’s eye will see that scene differently.

    And, what I understand as reality is not as it appears to someone else. Probably my greatest growth has been to try and see as others do, accepting that they have a different reality and not try to change how they see. So maybe I need to be more open to what I look for. Maybe I’ll see a snow covered yellow fire hydrant. Hope you had a wonderful Saturday!

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  • Art/Design,  Cityscapes/Urban,  winter scenes

    The Cone Head Fire Hydrant

    January 11, 2016
    Conehead Fire Hydrant
    Conehead Fire Hydrant
    Snow Shadows
    Blue Snow Shadows

    It is unusual for us along the Colorado Front Range to have snow on the ground for this long. Due tot he frigid temperatures there has been snow since Thanksgiving. This last snowfall of 6-8 inches was a wet one so it was a beautiful snowfall. Snow on top of snow.

    I do have a request. I’d like to ask for input from all who care to comment on an addition to my website. At the top you will find a new tab called “prints”. This will link to my Fine Art America site where people can purchase some of my images as prints on several mediums and a ton of other products. I would appreciate any feed back on what you think or any errors you may find. Thanks.

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  • Cityscapes/Urban

    It’s Red

    February 22, 2011
    The Red Hydrant

    Hobbs or Foster would probably sniff this fire hydrant, maybe leave their mark. I do not sniff it, or leave my mark but I do get down on one knee (the dogs view) and aim my lens at it. It also gets me wonder how many people walk by this hydrant and never notice it. I mean it’s on the sidewalk where someone texting on their phone would trip over it. And, it’s red. So often it’s the simple things we miss in life.

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  • Cityscapes/Urban

    First Base

    June 17, 2010

    I took a walk this afternoon around the neighborhood near my hotel in Rockville, New York. Sometimes I just need to get out and see the world I’m in. A few blocks into my walk I came across this empty baseball complex. I haven’t been on a diamond for many years so it felt kinda cool to step out there. I remember the days when I played the sport and enjoyed it. I was not the best but that did not matter, I went out there and tried. Anyway I found a few other interesting subjects in my viewfinder.

    I found fire hydrants everywhere, blue ones with white tops. They were eye-catching to me. I wonder what people thought as I circled a couple of them, squatted down for a low angle but  I swear I never lifted my leg. 🙂

    I thought this was interesting. See them a lot and especially  the farther east I go. Every culture has their statues symbolizing their faith or a hero or a memory.

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  • Cityscapes/Urban

    Yes, this telephone pole…

    October 23, 2009
    Leaning Telephone Pole

    ..  does lean to the left? Who noticed it?

    I was a visitor to this neighborhood when I saw this scene and the first thing I noticed was the lean of the pole. Heavy telephone lines pull on the pole unceasingly. However, I wonder, if you live near this telephone pole or drive by every day to work, would you  notice it leans? All of us can admit we daily over look the common everyday scenes. Just a question.

    This also reminds me of a tendency I have to tilt my horizons. Not sure why I do it but a fellow photographer picked up on that a few years back. I still struggle with it every once in a while. I have the grid patterns turned on in my view finder to help.  Following the same question as in yesterday’s post, do you think therapy would help?

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  • Cityscapes/Urban

    The Fire Hydrant

    March 14, 2009
    The Fire Hydrant

    Photographers will over time acquire a photographers eye to see the normal everyday things with a different lens. I believe that has happened in my life. In this image a simple fire hydrant will be overlooked by many people as they pass by. Yet for me the colors and the shadows all make for an interesting image. Wonder how many dogs will be attracted to the colors and shadows or attracted because of the scent?

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