“In the hope of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.” Albert Schweitzer
Cannot really add to that quote. It encapsulates the spirit of what I want my blog to say.
Quote found at http://www.gardendigest.com/flowers.htm
Bliss for me is a Florida morning, palm trees, Spanish moss on the oaks, calm water, couple of birds flying by, and many more serenading the day.
This is one of many small parks in Central Florida where you can spend a solitary morning, snapping pics, breathing air, and enjoying life. As I have said before, the best part of taking photos is being there.
“A seed hidden in an apple is an orchard invisible.” – Welsh Proverb
Quote found at http://www.quotegarden.com/trees.html
Memory Mall – UCF – March 2015Well, here is my feeble attempt at a street photo, this is the memory mall which is only really hopping on football game days. It’s tailgate central. We have a rather big campus so it doesn’t look that crowded – for being the 2nd largest university in the country.
My challenge is to train myself to see interesting stuff in the man-made world. Any advice would be appreciated.
Now looking in the other direction —-
I previously posted this picture, however, this is what I picture home to be. I can spend hours/days just hanging out here.
In case you are wondering this is part of the wordpress Blogging U. course photography 101 – check it out.
“To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.” William Blake
Leavenworth’s Tickseed is Florida’s state wildflower – in fact the entire species – Coreopsis. You can find it all over Central Florida.
Quote found at http://quotio.com/on/Wildflower
“For us there is only trying. The rest is not our business” – T.S. Elliot
This is one of the largest alligators I’ve seen in years. For perspective I usually take pictures with my zoom at 300mm – I had to drop back to 190MM to get the entire gator in it. Guessing 12 feet long. Yikes!
Off to day 2 of bird photography workshop. Hopefully we will be a little drier today. maybe even see the sun.
“We are all connected; to each other biologically. To the earth chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.” Neil deGrasse Tyson
Interesting fact about these birds – the females are brown and white. Haven’t captured one yet – still looking – they are a year round resident at the park so lots of time to find. And did I mention this fellow was noisy,
Heading for the park today and tomorrow for a weekend bird photography seminar – woo hoo.
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/12855.Neil_deGrasse_Tyson
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” Maya Angelou
Quote found at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/bird.html
“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception” – Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley was an English writer who was probably best known for his novel “Brave New World”. Although the above quote probably comes from Doors of Perception a non-fiction book about psychedelic drugs. I still find it quite insightful.
Odd parallel – he died the same day as C.S. Lewis.
Quote found at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/unknown.html
Picture This by Frank 