I know the quote is long but it is from someone I admire.

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you as the storms their energy, while cares drop off like Autumn leaves.-John Muir

 HPIM0620  HPIM0647  HPIM0592 Yosemite

Here is some of the things that caught my eye.

 FallLeaf
 FallFence
 TreeGrove
 RainDrops1

Have a Wonderful evening!  :o)

 Great Blue Heron 

It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times,

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."  Langston Hughes

(This bird is an injured bird that was being held in a cage at a local nature center)

Rocky-know what this is? (or anyone else!)

 Injured bird 

Thanks for looking!

And the poet said, Speak to us of Beauty.

And he answered:  IMG_0474 

Where shall you see beauty, and how shall you find her

unless she herself be your way and guide?  IMG_0477 

And how shall you speak of her except

she be the weaver of your speech?  IMG_0478 

Be not afraid for Beauty is of the Tree of Life.

Who grows and changes before us, is born and thus dies.

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I am newly born as a ***  IMG_0769 copy.jpg ***  
In the arms of the darkest plant
between the piercing thorns
Now..sleeping so silently…

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Dreaming for a warm embrace.
With the desire for a softest touch..
And dew drops on pale eye brows
guarded by knife like thorns!!”

                                            by rohithnair

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"If three people call you an ass, get a bridle."

--Pat

Hi

I haven't posted any photos here for a long time but now I'm back with some pictures from a short trip to Sri Lanka:

 Kandy botanic garden Kandy_garden_1x

 Pinnawala - the elephant orphanage: bathing time  Pinnawala_3x, Pinnawala_4x

 A 2000 year old buddhist cave temple in Dambulla

 Monsoon time Sri_Lanka_4x

 Sri Lankan landscape Sri_Lanka_3x

 Traditional dancers in Kandy Sri_Lanka_6x

I work in Manhattan on 35^th St and 7^th Avenue and the photos that follow are from my lunchtime one hour walks.  Howie, my buddy of twenty years is usually walking with us.  The photos are snap shots but I have tried to make them as creative as possible. 

Life is short, Chester has only 30 days with me, so Chester and I are living on the edge, expanding the boundaries, getting to talk to all the pretty girls on the street.

 Chester joins the Army

 Chester and Gregory the hop on hop off man 

 Chester and the soap lady in Bryant Park

 Chester has been naughty 

A slideshow, let me know if you can see this, if you can't the photos are on my dashboard.

 Chester Visits Macys and Bryant Park 

I was hoping to catch some great fall colors, but I was too busy the 2 weekends when the fall colors were at their peak, so I didn't get any nice color shots.  Here are some shots, I finally got to mess with a bit. No elk shots this time, just buffalo.

 Pawing
 BigBoy
 PeekABooBuffalo
 BuffaloCalfHead

Thanks for looking!  Have a great Afternoon!  :o)

 IMG_0793A HE'S MAKING A LIST AND CHECKING IT TWICE.

 I JUST HOPE I'M ON HIS LIST

Please excuse "Have You Seen This Latest Picture of My Grandson" but I just couldn't help myself.

Just a snapshot

To Pooped to Pop OR

To Pooped to finish his popcorn.

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Been sifting through yet MORE of my shots from the best part of autumn, geez, you hardly need to take photos in the slow months with all the backlog.

First up are some Christmassey holly shots: one and two.

I also need opinions on some slightly weirder shots! I think this is the remains of some flower, it looks kind of like a spider - I did two shots: one head on, and one with more perspective.

Thanks for looking as always!

I am absolutely loving my new camera. The hard part now is picking which shots to post, I like them all! Here is my son enjoying an autumn stroll through the leaves, and I cannot decide which I like best.

Fall1

Fall2

And just because I love his curiosity, "put them back on?"