Oh, What A Night

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!

“‘It is now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to the world. 

William Shakespeare

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Graveyard Girl

I have a sneaky suspicion that I'll be seeing a lot of Lady GaGa's at my door this Halloween.

"They can't scare me if I scare them first."

Lady GaGa

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Hanging On Too Long

Pumpkin patches and little boys.  Is there anything better?

A pumpkin in the hand is worth two on the bush(or vine)

Anonymous

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Keeper

I think she picked the right one but it's almost bigger than she is!

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. Kahlil Gibran

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Silhouettes

Here's a Photoshop piece for the week.  I thought it might fit the Halloween theme somewhat.  

I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life. And I say, I have to live a life in order to tell a life. I would prefer to tell it because telling you're always in control, you're like God. 

Spalding Gray

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Rollin'

I looked over and there was a perfect sea of orange.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. 

Henry David Thoreau

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Sun King

I don't know what else to say except that when I look at a sunflower I want to smile.  I also remember all the sunflower seeds I ate as a child.

Follow the yellow brick road. 

E. Y. Harburg

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The Danger Zone

This one is guarding the crops from little goblins and birds that are hungry.  I guess he's not THAT scary!

People protect what they love. 

Jacques Yves Cousteau

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I Just Want To See Your Face

There's nothing like seeing a field of sunflowers to make you think "Halloween".  I wonder if there's a maze in there!

"The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy"

Thomas Bulfinch

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Over The Hills And Far Away

It's the Halloween season and the beginning of all my favorite holidays of the year!  

Good seasons start with good beginnings. 

Sparky Anderson

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Caught Up in the Rapture

Talk about having a "field day", this little one was ready, willing, and able!  

Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing. 

Wayne Dyer

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Isn't Life Strange

There were so many of these.  I thought they were so interesting, and, well......... INTERESTING!

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking. 

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Unnatural Habitat

So far, these are the only photographs I've made of cows.  I thought this one's face was very interesting.

Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.

Thomas de Quincey  

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Nearer My God to Thee

This church is across the street from the UCLA campus.  I thought the spires on their steeple were beautiful.  The textures were smooth and reminded me of when I used to go to the creek in Colorado and play with the sandstone in the river.

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. 

C. S. Lewis

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In My Younger Days

Most of the women I know just LOVE their high heeled shoes. Many become obsessive shopping for the next great pair!

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead. 

Christopher Morley

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The Song Remembers When

These are photographs of the Villa Carlotta in Hollywood on Franklin Ave.  The Villa Carlotta apartment building was originally built as the staff quarters for those working at the Chateau Elysée, which is now the Scientology Celebrity Center.   The Villa Carlotta is privately owned and has not been renovated. It is a Hollywood historical landmark and is now used for apartment living.

A society that has made "nostalgia" a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today. 

Christopher Lasch

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