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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Happy Easter!!!





Do you know the origins of the Easter Bunny???

The Easter Bunny actually started in pagan tradition...
worshipping the rabbit as a symbol of the goddess Eostre...
she was the goddess of fertility and springtime.
An interesting twist to this is that the hare was popular in medieval church art...
the belief at this time was that the hare was a hermaphrodite and 
could reproduce without losing it's virginity, 
which led to an association with the Virgin Mary.
Additionally, there is a loose association to the Holy Trinity
in that often you'll find a three hares motif, 
which represents the interlocking triangle of the Trinity.
In England, this motif is often in a prominent place adding to 
the significance of the hare...  


The Easter Egg....
was also a symbolic representation of fertility and birth...
it is thought that the decoration of Easter Eggs comes from
boiling eggs with flowers, which changes the color...
The Eastern Orthodox church traditionally colors 
Easter Eggs bright red, in recognition of the blood 
sacrificed by Jesus the Christ.
For some, green was used to symbolize new foliage 
following the end of Winter...and the birth of Spring...
Eggs were also forbidden to Catholics during Lent, 
which is why there is an abundance of eggs at Easter.


German immigrants brought the tradition of the egg-laying bunny to the US
in the 18th Century.
In this tradition, only good children received colored eggs in the baskets~~~

Were you a good boy or girl this Easter???

Now...as to the more important tradition of Easter....
the chocolate Easter Egg....
As far as I'm concerned that tradition 
begins and ends with Mary See's
chocolate Easter egg!!!


Happy Easter!!!



 sources:   
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Bunny
http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/origin-of-the-easter-bunny-faq.htm


Saturday, March 30, 2013

A Black and White Moment...






"The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take,
just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box."
Henri Cartier Bresson


Spring buds are showing up!!!


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Friday, March 29, 2013

Blue Skies...Smilin' at Me!!!





Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see..."
Irving Berlin


Back up at the Bridgeport Twin Lakes...


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Thursday, March 28, 2013

My Goal in Life...




"My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am."
Author Unknown




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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

A Little Diversion...





"For man, as for flower and beast and bird, 
the supreme triumph is to be most vividly,
most perfectly alive."
D.H.Lawrence


I thought we'd take a quick little trip back to the Galapagos to show you
this cool male Frigate Bird!!!  
Doesn't he just command attention???


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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Watercolors....in Our Little Corner of the World...





"Color, which, like music, is a matter of vibrations,
reaches what is most general and therefore most indefinable in nature:
its inner power."
Paul Gauguin


TheChief, Kelly and I drove up to Twin Lakes outside of Bridgeport on Sunday...

While Kelly frolicked in the water chasing the pinecones TheChief tossed for her...

...I was entranced by the colors of the lake...



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Monday, March 25, 2013

A Study in Color...




























 "Earth laughs in flowers"
Ralph Waldo Emerson



Some of the same shots as yesterday's series in black and white...
with color variations and different crops....
with a few additional shots too....

Which one is your favorite here???


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Lori at Studio Waterstone is discontinuing her i heart macro site 
as of next week...


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Sunday, March 24, 2013

A Study in Black and White...



































"Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity."
John Ruskin

Which one is your favorite???



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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Guess Who Came to Dinner?!!!



The Mammoth Lakes Original Book Club
welcomes Petrea Burchard...author of Camelot & Vine!!!


Carolyn, Edyth, Jodi, Peggy, Joanne, Pat, Petrea, Debby
(Oh!  And I can't forget Kelly!!!)

I'm sure many of you know Petrea Burchard from Pasadena Daily Photo...
Did you know she's a published author???

Well...it was my turn to host the book club this month and choose the book...
And it just so happens that Petrea's book came out just in time!!!
(Well...if truth be told...I did trade dates a couple of times to get the timing just right!!!)

Sooo...yep!!!
Petrea agreed to come up and join our book club evening...
answering questions and just plain having fun!!!
(Ohh...did I mention there was wine involved???)


If you want a fun read...
check it out!!!



Just click on the book cover!!!


(and did I mention...Kate Wong...did the fabulous cover design!!!)

Friday, March 22, 2013

Mono Lake....According to Mark Twain...





"There are only two seasons in the region about Mono Lake-
and these are, 
the breaking up of one winter and the beginning of the next.
Mark Twain


We're in the breaking up of winter!!!  
Yay!!!


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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Water Logged...




You can keep the water out of the dog, 
but you can't keep the dog out of the water!!!
Kelly





"NO!!!  I don't wanna get in the car!!!
I'm going to hide under the car instead!!!





"Darn it mom!!!  
How come you get to get out of the car more often than I do???"



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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Two Friends...






"Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things."
Author Unknown




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Water World



Ein Stuck Himmel




Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Ice Caves...







"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience
is a form of exploration."
Ansel Adams



When we got back from our vacation in November...
we'd had a fair amount of snow...
wet snow...
which hung onto the roof and caused numerous leaks inside...
we had to have the snow and ice removed from the roof as it wasn't sloughing off...
it all landed right in front of the stairs to the back yard...
the chunks stuck together and formed these cool caves...
that have just gotten even cooler with the snow melt!!!


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