magnolia
by ErinM

Comment:
That's quite bizarre. One gets the feeling the tree is robbing substance from the building, and dripping it to the ground as tears of snow.

Trainspotting
by Retroesque

Comment:
Poor child! To go through life with a wedge of jade embedded in her skull! Do the other children laugh at her? Isn't there something medical science can do? ;-)

...
by trevytrev

Comment:
What ARE those people doing? Jejeje™

Turn
by trevytrev

Comment:
Whatta bizarre perspective. I was seeing antique-glass overhead light fixture at first glance...

- - - -
by krnodil

Comment:
I agree on the signs. Cool tones on this image...

I N S T I T U T I O N
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
The University of Fireplug? Notice how much it looks like a tiny little R2D2?

Our local "Bridge to Nowhere"
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Perhaps in the wettest season the perimeter of the swamp becomes too soggy for easy trudging?

Whatever... Good luck with your campaign to be Woodie of all the Russias. Cool shot, too.

The Bell Tolls for Thee
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Outstanding. Entire quote as follows, if you care:

No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.

— John Donne, Meditation XVII

Back in the day (this was a long time ago) they of course had no telephones, no telegraphs, no form of instant communication. So when something of moment happened, like a death of someone of stature in the community, they would toll the bell of the church or the abbey, and the people would come and gather and hear the news. So if I were a wealthy man, say, I'd send my manservant out to ask for whom the bell tolled; and it's me that John Donne is addressing in this meditation.

Sorry if this is TMI, but it's a favorite meditation of mine :-)

Message edited by author 2009-01-15 02:27:33.

sailing
by cgino

Comment:
Haha, how painterly!

to the beach
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
Son-of-a-beach, that's nice... It amazes me how differently we use the lens, actually. I'm wondering if the single glass/plastic lenses are just naturally more "dreamy" than the double-glass ones like my 3G...