Sunday, February 28, 2010

Sport

SnoCross

"Winter is not a season,
it’s an occupation."
~Sinclair Lewis


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Shadow Shot Sunday #93

Moose on the Loose

Every creature is better alive than dead,
men and moose and pine trees,
and he who understands it aright
will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
~Henry David Thoreau


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Optical

Opera Glasses

Don't call the world dirty
because you forgot to clean your glasses.
~Aaron Hill


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Today's Flowers #82

Pussy Willow

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked,
while the bamboo or willow survives
by bending with the wind.
~Bruce Lee


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Gold

Golden China Tree

As every thread of gold is valuable,
so is every moment of time.
~John Mason


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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Daily


Dark-eyed Junco

During the winter restocking the bird feeders in a daily task.


"Feeding is a very important ritual for me.
I don't trust people who don't like to eat."
~Gina Gershon


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Friday, February 26, 2010

Skywatch Friday - Season 4 Episode 33

Skaneateles Lake

"He only earns his freedom and his life
Who takes them every day by storm."
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


This photo was taken before a winter storm stomped into Central New York dropping 18.4 inches of snow. Woke up and fired up the snow blower.


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Self-Portrait 2010


Cayuga College Trail

"Ah! Wabbit twacks!"
~Elmer Fudd


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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Sky


Skaneateles Lake

"It doesn't matter what people say about me,
I weather the storm."
~Terrell Owens


More interpretations of Sky at Thursday Challenge

Thematic Photographic 90 - The grass is always greener

Peony Bud

"And the day came
when the risk it took to remain tightly closed in a bud
was more painful than the risk it took to bloom."
~Anais Nin


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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Sepia Scenes #72


Doorway

"Every doorway, every intersection has a story."
~Katherine Dunn


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Wordless Wednesday - Feb. 24th

Swinging Snow

"My motto was always to keep swinging."
~Hank Aaron


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Watery Wednesday #76


Frozen Pond

"Society is like a large piece of frozen water;
and skating well is the great art of social life."
~Letitia Landon


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Outdoor Wednesday #59


Sparrow & Woodpecker

"A forest bird never wants a cage."
~Henrik Ibsen


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Eye



"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
~Matthew 19:24


More interpretations of Eye at Lens Day

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Photographer in Red Shirt


Red Shirt

"The most difficult thing for me is a portrait.
You have to try and put your camera
between the skin of a person and his shirt."
~Henri Cartier-Bresson


More interpretations of Red at Ruby Tuesday

Circle


Clan Circle

"Ours is a circle of friendships united by ideals."
~Juliette G. Low


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Monday, February 22, 2010

Blue Jay


Blue Jay Near Feeder

"It's a great time to be a Blue Jay."
~Lyle Overbay


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Impatient


Impatiens

"He who is not impatient is not in love"
~Itlaian Proverb


More interpretations of Impatient at Moody Monday

Mellow Yellow Monday #57

Daffodils

"Fair daffodils,
we weep to see
You haste away so soon:
As yet the early-rising sun
Has not attained his noon."
~Robert Herrick


More interpretations of Monday #57 at MellowYellowBadge

Mourning Doves

Pair at the Feeder

"May your love soar on the wings of a dove in flight"
~Debbie Crabtree


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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Shadow Shot Sunday #92

Snowbird

"...for the caged bird
sings of freedom."
~Maya Angelou


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Box


Candy Box

"Life's a box of chocolates, Forrest.
You never know what you're gonna get."
~Mrs. Gump


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Today's Flowers #81


Paperwhite
Gift from our Neighbor

"The greatest gift is a portion of thyself."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Fallen

Fallen Winter Leaves

"Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love."
~Alfred Sisley


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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Backyard

Winter Seating

"I feel a responsibility to my backyard.
I want it to be taken care of and protected."
~Annie Leibovitz


More interpretations of Backyard at Unique’s Photo Challenge

Cuddly

Lonesome

"I don't have any particular burning desire
to go back to being cuddly."
~Hugh Grant


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Friday, February 19, 2010

Nature

Moss

"This is farewell. I shall wait beneath the moss"
~Hideki Tojo


More interpretations of Nature at Photo Friday

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Thematic Photographic 89 - At rest


Megan

"One thing they never tell you about child raising
is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat,
you are expected to know your child's name
and how old he or she is."
~Erma Bombeck


More interpretations of At Rest at Thematic Photographic

Old Equipment

Old “88”

"All I need is a big surfboard and a piano."
~Dennis Wilson


More interpretations of Old Equipment at Thursday Challenge

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Wordless Wednesday - Feb. 17th


Cardinal

"God gives every bird its food,
but He does not throw it into its nest."
~J.G. Holland


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Watery Wednesday #75 (2/17/10)


Ash Wednesday

"Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish.
Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit."
~H. G. Wells


More photos for "Watery Wednesday" at Watery Wednesday #75

Outdoor Wednesday #58

Hoopes Park

"Blue Sky, sunshine, what a day to take a walk in the park."
~Spanky and Our Gang


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Weather


Snow in South Carolina

"Seems it never rains in southern..."
~Albert Hammond


More interpretations of Weather at Lens Day

Sepia Scenes #71


Seward

"I bear a charmed life."
~William Shakespeare


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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Foreign – Native


"Did you ever see a llama,
kiss a llama,
on the llama,"
~ Burton Earny


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