Thunderclouds....

Thunder clouds over Bishop California

"We can never have enough of nature.  We must be refreshed by the sight of 

inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic features, the sea-coast with it's wrecks,

 the wilderness with its living and its decaying trees, 

the thunder-cloud and the rain."

Henry David Thoreau

Oops!  This is my first Sunday Stills post...and I didn't realize the plan was
to post two of the past challenges...

My first was clouds...
and now my next is from my archives...for blue...

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Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'...

Keep them doggies movin'...

Rawhide!!!

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For those of you who shoot with a Nikon DSLR...

I have a brand new Sigma Electronic Flash EF-610 DG Super

that I'd like to sell...

This was part of my Christmas gift, but I already have an electronic flash so 

I don't need this one...

It sells on Amazon.com for $255...

I'd like to sell mine for $150...

Please shoot me an email if you think you might be interested...

Happy Halloween!!!

Have a Ghoulish Halloween!!!

It was a Black and White world back then...

This is part of the "stamp" mine in Bodie State Historical Park, California...

If you're ever in this neck of the woods...this is a must see!!!

But don't count on getting back there in the winter...as soon as 

the snow sticks and stays, the road becomes relatively impassable...

You can still visit, but you'd better have some cross country skis or a well 

gassed snowmobile!!!  

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Ghost Town Galivanting!

"G"

ABC Wednesday

Gee whilikers!!!  Do you suppose there are Ghosts in the Gable???

Gawking tourists Gaze into the windows looking for the Ghosts of days past here 

in the Ghost town known as Bodie.  The next time you want to Getaway and Galivant 

to someplace fascinating...Go to Bodie!!!

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A Window into the Past...

Bodie State Park Stamp Mine, Bodie CA

"Until you know that life is interesting - and find it so -

you haven't found your soul."

Geoffrey Fisher

Skywatch Friday....

I've been digging into my archives for this one!!!

I don't think I've posted this one...it's another Bodie shot...

But how can you beat the sky and clouds in Bodie???

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Reflections of a Photo Nut!!!

"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face."

William M. Thackeray

Unless of course, his (or her) face is covered with a camera!!!

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A Glimpse into the Past...

Breakfast anyone???

I just need to dust and straighten up a bit...then come on in and set a spell!!!

Blue Skies, Smilin' at Me...

"Blue skies smilin' at me,

Nothin' but blue skies do I see.

Bluebirds singin' a song,

Nothin' but bluebirds all day long."

Willie Nelson

Skywatch Friday

Remnants in Black and White

The Weekend in Black and White...

"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."

Napoleon Bonaparte

Bodie's glory days are over...

may it's history live on...

If you're planning to visit Bodie, anytime soon, you might want to head to Bridgeport 

around July 16...

and support Bodie by attending the Bodie Benefit Concert!!!

Please visit the Weekend in Black and White to see more wonderful black and white photography!

Snapshot? Or photograph???

"Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates

 the snapshot from the photograph."

Matt Hardy

What's your vote???

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It's a Bodie Sky....Skywatch Friday

More magnificent skies over Bodie, California State Historical Park....

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It's a Very simple "V" day...

No...it's not "V" day in the traditional sense...

It's simply a Voyage into yesteryear...

with the clouds painting an incredible sky...

Very nice to have you Visit today!!!

Come back tomorrow for a peak into some changes at the 

Chief and Chieftess' Chateau

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Window Reflections

I think I'm developing a window fetish...
here, here, here, here, here, here, and here!!!
And probably more that I missed!!!

To see more cool photos of reflections...click here!!!

The Ubiquitous "U"!!!

What could be more Ubiquitous and Uplifting than this gorgeous sky behind the
charming chapel in Bodie, California???

This is the first church in Bodie, it is Methodist, and it is still in quite good shape for a 

ghost town church.  The last time I was here, a Forest Ranger told me that 

there used to be a tapestry of the ten commandments on the wall behind the altar...

he also said that someone stole it...

Given that Bodie was quite the disreputable town, full of thieves, murderers and the like...

it certainly lends credence to the little girl's entry in her diary, 

when told she was moving to Bodie, 

that said:

"Good bye God...I'm going to Bodie!"

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$1500 an ounce???

"Oh accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!"

Virgil

Part of the Stamp Mill in Bodie, CA...

As near as I can figure, gold is about $1500 an ounce these days...

Perhaps the State of California could climb up out of the economic hole

we're in if we just started mining here again!!!

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It's all in the details...

Bodie simply speaks to me in Black and White!

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Friendly Reflections...

"A stranger is just a friend I haven't met yet."

Will Rogers

We've had the good fortune to meet five new wonderful friends...from Peru!!!

Thanks to the Rotary International Group Study Exchange, TheChief's Rotary group has

had a whirlwind few days meeting and enjoying the company of five delightful new friends.

 Joanne, a fellow Rotarian, and also a new friend in Mammoth, is taking Carmen's picture in 

Bodie State Historical Park.   

A lovely day to reflect on for years to come...

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Update!!!  


Here's the whole GSE Peruvian Team and their Rotarian host families...

Self Reflection in Black and White...

"Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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