H is for Happy!!!

Hsi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights, California


He's the epitome of Happy!!!

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I'm taking a break from my regular Mammoth posts...

I hope you enjoy these shots I chose from my archives!

My Dream World...

Gift shop at the Mission in San Juan Capistrano, California

Those who know me...

know I wear a lot of turquoise...

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I'm taking a break from my regular Mammoth posts...

I hope you enjoy these shots I chose from my archives!

Pastel Loveliness...

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,

we must carry it with us or we find it not."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I'm taking a break from my regular Mammoth posts...

I hope you enjoy these shots I chose from my archives!

Timeless...

Hsi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights, California

"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

Then the victory is yours.  It cannot be taken from you,

not by angels, or by demons, heaven or hell."

Buddha

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I'm taking a break from my regular Mammoth posts...

I hope you enjoy these shots I chose from my archives!

It's a Crystal Clear Moment...

"Life isn't a matter of milestones but of moments."
Rose F. Kennedy

Peek-a-Boo Moon...

"Aim for the moon.  If you miss, you may hit a star."
W. Clement Stone




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Comparatively Speaking...

A little comparison...

This year...

Last year...

The shots aren't at the exact same spot, but they're close...

Curious Furry Feline...

"F"

ABC Wednesday!!!

My Fabulous Furry Friend has a streak of curiosity that outdoes 

any Feline of my Furry Familiy history!!!

She's a Female Feline who's Finicky, Funny, Flirty, and just plain Fun!!!

Just ask Kelly...

she'll tell you ...

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Who Knew???

Owen's Gorge, Eastern Sierras, California

Who knew the real diversity of our world here in the Eastern Sierras??

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Crystal Clearness...

"In the attitude of silence

the soul finds the path in a clearer light,

and what is elusive and deceptive

resolves itself into a crystal clearness.

Our life is a long and arduous quest after the Truth."

Mahatma Gandhi

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Mirror Image...

Crowley Lake, California

"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror."
Kalil Gibran

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Silver Linings...

Devil's Postpile, Inyo National Forest, California

Remember those incredible winds this last November 30th?

(I know it was the 30th because they were blowing the day our Addison was born!)

Well...probably the worst hit area for winds (outside of the Pasadena/Temple City area)

was the area surrounding Red's Meadow and the Devil's Postpile in 

the Inyo National Forest.  That's right...just up the road from Mammoth...

According to KIBS radio and the National Park Service website,

the Inyo National Forest, Devils Postpile National Monument, and 

Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort pulled together to begin clearing the area 

of downed trees and debris during December and January

due to the unprecedented lack of snow this season.

Their goal is to open as much of the recreational area as possible this summer. 

Because of our lack of snow, they've gotten a jump start on this objective...

Guess it's true...there's always a silver lining!!!

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Ecstasy in the Sky...

"An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words;

it feels like music, 

and one cannot tell about music so that another person

can get the feeling of it."

Mark Twain

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A New Kind of Snow Plow...

I don't think she'll clear the road or driveway, 

but she's awesome on the back patio!!!

A Mixer for Everyman...(and Everywoman!)

"E"
For ABC Wednesday!!!

Our Valentine's night started out at...none other...

than the Chamber Mixer at the Tap!!!

It was quite a crowd...

I think we were all waiting to see what Everyone Else 

was doing (or not doing) for Valentine's Day!!!

The question for the day was...

if a bar serves only wine and beer...is it a bar?

Or a Tavern?

What's your take???

This is My World...

"In wilderness is the preservation of the world."

Henry David Thoreau

Our World Tuesday...

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A Branch in the Light...

"I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches

and foliage that reached up toward the light.

But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself."

Edward Steichen

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In Celebration...

"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge

and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you,

you will suddenly know everything there is to be known."

Winnie the Pooh

(A.A.Milne!)

Celebrating 100 posts of Louis La Vache's Sunday Bridges at
San Francisco Bay Daily Photo blog!!!

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(You're right...this ain't Mammoth!!!) 

The Japanese Garden in Huntington Library Gardens

Mystery in Black and White...

"A tree is an incomprehensible mystery."

Jim Woodring

While browsing through the participants of Skywatch Friday, I 

discovered a fabulous photo by Nature Footstep Photography

and it occurred to me to play with some of my tree photos...

I was particularly interested in darkening the sky to black...

with the branches in high contrast...

What do you think???

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Do be sure to check out Nature Footstep Photography!!!

A Solitary Moment...

 

"If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities."

Maya Angelou

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Visions of Tranquility...

"Quiet is peace.  Tranquility.  Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life.

Silence is pushing the off button.  Shutting it down.  All of it.  Amir"

Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

Moon Dance...

"Blue moon...

Now I'm no longer alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own..."

Have you ever danced in the moonlight???  

With songs of Sinatra or Ella humming in your mind???

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The Forecast is Snow...

Vista of Crowley Lake from the lake's dam

"The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it

and wrong too often for us to rely on it.:

Patrick Young

The forecast for Tuesday here in Mammoth is snow...

Any bets???

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A New Opening...

"I held a moment in my hand,

brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour.

I dripped it carelessly, Ah!  I didn't know, 

I held an opportunity."

Hazel Lee

In a Week's Time...

Sooo....remember last week's mirror reflections??? 

Same lake...one week later...

Completely iced over!!!

It's been cold...but still no snow!

We had our Rotary fundraiser dinner tonight...

and our SoPas Rotary friend's helped the Mammoth Rotary Economy significantly!!!

Thanks for joining us Tom, Tim, Kristen, and Sylvia!!!

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Archive in Black and White...

OK...We've got friends from So Pas Rotary up here this weekend and I totally forgot to 

post something!!!  So, again,  I'm dipping into my archive photos that I'm still in the process of

organizing!!!

I took this on a walking tour of Pasadena City Hall with 

Ann Erdman...the Public Information Officer of Pasadena and a group of

San Gabriel Valley bloggers...

It's quite an imposing building isn't it? 

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Hush!!!

"When the sparrow sings its final refrain,

the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man."

Don Williams, Jr.

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A Lofty Mountain top...

"Doubly happy, however, is the man whom lofty mountain tops

are within reach, for the lights that shine there

illumine all that lies below."

John Muir




On the way back from Yosemite Valley, very near Lake Tenaya...

Best Friends...

"Love is when two people (animals?) know everything about each other and are still friends."

Unkown

The first day of the month is Theme Day in City Daily Photo...

Today's theme is Animals!!!

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"C" is for Cats, too!!!  Click here for more participants in ABC Wednesday!