I endured the first week of school!!!  You have to know that I not only had to train a new class, but I have had recess duty all week and the temp in the afternoon has been in the 80's.  The kids are cranky by 2:00 and everything you touch leaves a wet spot because of the humidity.  Now that I have said this - here are some pictures that I would say show endurance.
15 ton bridge
15 ton sepia
Cicada skin
Country Road 1
Old Wagon color
Sepia wagon

You have been so good about giving me suggestions and I have tried some of them.  Please let me know what you think.  Lidljo

I'm entering these as a theme post. Sandstone cliffs enduring the elements of nature. These beautiful sandstone cliffs are part of the Torrey Pines Reserve in La Jolla California. I used my polarizer due to the bright sun. I was hoping to keep from washing out the sky... so so results.
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Thanks for looking and have a good night! Feel free to say what you really think!

I thought about re-posting my story Fuji-San for this challenge, but I decided that I have many photos that might depict endurance that I have not shared. I have seen things in the middle east that require endurance, or just endure. If you lived where air conditioning was only for the rich, and temperatures reach above 100 degrees F. daily, could you work as a blacksmith or a baker? There is a 400 yr. old mesquite tree that lives in the middle of the desert, and no one knows where it gets its water. There is a 700 yr. old fort being excavated and rebuilt. Another structure, this one 1200 yrs old was discovered near by. What do American sailors do to endure 6 months floating in the middle of the Arabian Gulf? BBQ! With some outdoor activities to work up that appetite!

Endurance, it’s all relative. These photos are just a glimpse into the Bronx. It’s a vibrant, alive place with many special souls.  The people not only endure, they live the viva loca.

1. Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance

2. Bronx Subway Station
                            3. Under the El where is Popeye Doyle
                                       
4. Close St Tire Repair note the satellite dish
                                                    5. Jam in de Bronx

6. Always Open

You can not tell by this picture of Flight but this is a buzzard that Wim and I scared away from his meal.

In Story, Indiana we found a garden where they had antique machinery mixed in with the plants.  I was thinking that these old machines show endurance even though they are no longer being used the way they were created to be used.
Story Garden 6
Story Garden 2
Story Garden 1

Some alternate views of the old log cabin that was abandoned.
Sepia
BW version

The Hummingbird Migration has begun at our place!  I had looked at the dates on last years photos, when we had hundreds come through, and the photos started on 9/05/05.  So with eager anticipation, we hung more feeders today (five total) and by evening we started to be rewarded with around 20 or so coming in to feed at once.  When you get that many coming in, they are fearless.... so they get to meet the Hand, and in a few days, hopefully will be lighting on the finger to drink!  

Sunset Drink
Crowding In
Meet the Hand
Dive Bombers
Goodnight All

I am going to enter this in the Endurance Category... my dear husband Chuck has such endurance to patiently entice these beautiful little guys into learning to sit on his finger to drink.
We will soon see if this years birds are as quick learners as last years were!  Last Years Drinkers   Enjoy!

  I am always amazed by the power of Nature, like the last blossoms of summer or the determination to grow.

TOP FUELER DOWN

One of the joys or curses (depending on the day and the circumstances) of living on the west coast of British Columbia is the BC Ferry System.  

Long waits, bad food and general crowding can make the trips miserable.  But...the right weather, a nice sunset and seeing through the frustrations can be your lifesaver.

I will miss you but have a nice trip!!1 2

I saw this lady walking down the street the other day and I couldn't help but think that even in our old age we persist...we endure.  We all travel a road towards our destination...our destiny...our "Home".  And we are still capable of great things no matter at what age we find ourselves...
The Long Walk Home

I've endured one more summer and all mother nature has had to offer.

One last summer sunset

Some people know the story and some don't.  In the early part of summer my husband decided to take up scuba diving.  As a safety precaution his doctor decided to order a nuclear stress test.  At the time we didn't know the severity of the test but later the scuba diving actually saved his life.  The test revealed a blockage and a heart cath was performed.  During the heart cath we discovered my husband (age 38) had a heart attack three years ago.  He had one artery blocked at 90% and a stent was put in it.  Another artery was 40%.  After resting for several weeks the doctor gave him the okay to scuba dive again.  So here are the pictures.

It was a nice,  calm day in the Gulf of Mexico off of the Alabama Coast.  Waves were at a minimum and the temps were not too hot.  As we left the dock the first thing I saw was crew boatdocking to one of the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.  We continue our voyage out into the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.  After we went out approx 30 miles we reached  clear blue water.  It was so clear that you could see the jelly fish in the water.  

Time to put the Diver's Flag out to warn all boaters that there is diver (s) below.  After getting all of the gear on my husband is ready to go.  In the water he makes sure the  Dive computer is working before swimming off.  Looks like everything is going smoothly.  Off for a great dive and  swimming toward the buoy which he will go down.
Giving me the signal that everything is okay.

Since I want to improve my sports shots, I went over to Frankin to shoot their 2006 Frankin Classic.  They held  5K, 10K, and a kid's 1K.  I'll be posting some photos as I work on them over the next few days.  Let me know what you think.  I'm not sure how I feel about the photos.  Like I said, I'm trying to improve.

saw this while sitting on the curb

10K racers nearing the finish

bursting from the starting line

yes, a man dressed as a hot dog ran the entire 5K that way (and beat several people!)

I think you have to have a lot of endurance to run like this.....

The beautiful city of  Salzburg, Austria. I have been to this wonderful place twice with my sweetie. We go there and never get bored of this city ever. So much history here. In the background is the Fortress which is nearly 1300 years old. Then in the foreground of the Fortress you can see the steeples of a 1200 year old Cathedral. Mozart was also born here. In the direct foreground of this photo is the Palace Gardens where Julie Andrews and the children of the Sound of Music danced and sang Doe-a-Deer. We will be heading back to this Beautiful city yet again in December, but this time we are bringing my daughter as a present for her 18th Birthday. Looking forward to bring back many pictures.    

Do you ever wonder what the live stock think about while sitting in their county fair cages?

I think it takes great endurance for them to sit and watch us watch them, all day, all week.

Are you looking at me? Still?

This is for Jimmy Neutron. It looks like an ancient and very durable bugger. Bug Does anyone know what this may be?

Remember the 60's?  If not then you were there!  The themes of the time were "love" and "peace"...but dispite the mantra, love and peace kind of devolved into what's going on today.  The problem is that the "love" and "peace" that we preached then was an idealistic love and peace...and very little practiced.  

Here are some enduring truths...
Beauty begets beauty...
Friendship begets friendship...
Caring begets caring....
and Love begets love...

But none of these things will happen if we don't practice them...if we don't sacrifice...if we don't serve...if we aren't willing to be second best in order to raise up a brother or sister....

 
Flourish

PS...I struggle with this too...I always seem to let "me" get in the way.

...Through the more recent years, I've had opportunity to go on some more elaborate vacations than when I was younger. My message today is "...go...do it..take the time to get away..to see more than your office....there is no antidote for regret..." And when you get back, show us your pictures.

M.P.B. (jazzmanofpa)

taken at night, on the run, in the rainphiladelphia school