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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Precious Memories

I made this photograph when I was at a hotel swimming pool.  A mother and her little baby son had just had a fun time in the water.  They got out and while she was keeping him warm they fell asleep.  It is one of my most treasured photographs.

God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.

J.M. Barrie, Courage, 1922  

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