Imaginary Ordinary

This will be the last of my pelican photographs for a while.  I'll put up more of these at a later time.  I used Photoshop to give this a painterly look.

As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space in which they are insecure.
Susan Sontag 

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How We Roll

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

Alan Watts 

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Freedom

I went to Bodega Bay in California and was fortunate enough to come upon this sight.  My husband grew up around there and said he'd never seen such a large flock of pelicans.  There were so many floating together in the water.  Being a photographer, this was a very exciting find.  The day was perfect and the water was calm.  In the next few days I'll be posting more of these.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery. 

Wayne Dyer

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Falling Kids

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This is one of my Photoshop projects that I've had on my mind for many years. Finally, I did it with many, many, many cutouts. These are photographs taken in planes, backyards, on lakes and parking lots.

Fall down seven times, get up eight

Japanese Proverb