The Best Day

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Just to show everyone that I haven't been slacking, I'm posting 10 photographs today. These are part of a day spent in Laguna Beach with my family.  I have a Photoshop piece in the mix also.  

Every now and then,
when the world sits just right,

a gentle breath of heaven

fills my soul with delight...

Hazelmarie ‘Mattie’ Elliott, A Breath of Heaven

Love's Proof

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Wow, I had the greatest photo shoot with Leone Ray, a beautiful little boy with the most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen!  Since then I've pretty much been on vacation, so I'll post as many pictures as days I've missed.  Some days are meant for making pictures, and some days are made for posting them!  Here we go!

“Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul shining through them”

Owen Meredith quotes (Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton. British diplomat, viceroy of India and poet, 1831-1891

Of All The Gin Joints In All The World

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This will probably be the last of my deserted desert photos for a while.  I believe the building was deserted but I really couldn't tell for sure.

In good times, people want to advertise; in bad times, they have to. ”Bruce Barton quotes (American Congressman, 1886-1967

Goin' Nowhere

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This was another part of my desert adventure. Given the surroundings, I thought that maybe,  just maybe someone might actually be squatting there. If so, they would be dying of heat exhaustion, as it was around 107 degrees.  Yep, it was a hot one. Thank God for air conditioning in the car!

"I want to play trailer trash; I swear to God." 

Joan Van Ark

Come On Up To The House

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I took a drive last weekend to El Mirage dry lakebed and saw so many abandoned homes and businesses. It was eerie and looked like the people who had occupied the town had just gotten up and left.  Now, the house (?????) I've photographed here was interesting to say the least.  I'm not even sure if it's even a house.  If anyone has any ideas please let me know.  Why would someone build something like this?  Why are there wires going through the windows?  Why are there 2 floors?  Why is there the possibility of electricity?  WHAT THE HECK IS IT?  I've included 3 versions.

For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever. 

Joan D. Vinge

No Joy in Mudville

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What else is there in childhood but adventures, dreams and dirty hands.....?  Oh, and beautiful perfect faces!  

Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it.  George F. Will quotes (American editor and news commentator b.1941)

This Is Me

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I cross-processed this photo in Photoshop because of her compelling eyes.  It all just seemed to fit.

Since I had the baby I can't tolerate anything violent or sad, I saw the Matrix and I had my eyes closed through a lot of it, though I didn't need to. I would peek, and then think, oh OK, I can see that. 

Lisa Kudrow