FALLING DOWN THE SKY

I really shouldn't even be trying moon shots with my dinky little camera, but I can never resist it. I'm amazed that the shape of the moon actually showed up in this shot "Falling Down the Sky," though not suprisingly the entire shot is a little grainy. (I'd like to think that "grainy-ness" adds to the mood. LOL!) This shot is from a batch I took last night on the way back to my rooms after dinner. When I first spied it, it was like a delicious after dinner mint.

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‘til next take, may you enjoy life in the ever changing light,

[aka: Patricia Kelly] **** If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or photos, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”) ****

RINGING IN THE NEW

"Ringing in the New" is only a couple of months old. It's just a small section of a view I see every day from the front gate of the retirement communiy I live in. The full view is very busy: parking lot, street, island in street, trees framing it all, a roadway running up toward the mountains, and so on. I've yet to get a photo of all that that works. However, I was delighted to get this of those "bells" which are on the little island in the street in front of our community. And of those interesting clouds.

Ah, the clouds. Back east it was rare I was anyplace with such clear and far distance, unocculuded, unbroken by very tall buildings. (New York city living does that. :-D) So I glory in looking at clouds and taking lots of cloud photos here. But what I saw "live" is not often caught in the resultant picture. Most of the time it probably has something to do with scale. Without another object adding a sense of scale, the majesty of the clouds often doesn't come across. In any event, I'll keep trying and experimenting. At least the photo I'm sharing today works for me, even as its title can be read to reflect the approaching New Year.

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[aka: Patricia Kelly] **** If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or photos, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”) ****

TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF

Figured "Turning Over A New Leaf" is appropriate as the New Year peeks from around the corner. And if you believe that, there's a bridge back in Brooklyn I can sell you, cheap! Which silliness is simply to admit to my love for the leaves in this particular stand of cannas. (To which anyone who may have viewed my photos here can attest.)

Right now this stand of cannas has been shorn way back. But at the right time of day, the sun still catches from behind those surviving and the few new ones unfurling. Warming flames in the chilly rubble.

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‘til next take, may you enjoy life in the ever changing light,

[aka: Patricia Kelly] **** If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or photos, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”) ****