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i don't know what i'm doing here
scraping the bottom of the barrel
why must i ride this puppy
to it's dire conclusion.
to cater to the perverse aids
to my destruction…
where did that come from
what law says that the higher the
expectations,
the deeper the humiliating fall.
i seem to be tripping on my beard even.
i seem to glory in distances
where i am the sucker
who can't penetrate his own mind
but goes around spouting
worn out truisms.
goes around pretending
pretending pretending pretending
but look at these beautiful trees i was allowed to converse with. these are beings with 3,000 plus years of watching as the world turns.
i didn't take this picture, but i did pay for it.
i did take this one… i kinda like the way the man seems to be lazily reaching out to hold her hand. and the guy gazing out at the ocean.
many more pictures coming. an album called california, the beautiful country.
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pam,grateful to you for always commenting. i'm resizing the pictures from my trip right now and will post the album real soon. sometimes i wonder about posting pictures. i mean, who cares. then i think of how i and my insatiable eyes enjoy photographs. then i say to myself… share them.awww, thanks for your kind statement. agne? the fire god…
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"i don't know what i'm doing here"A question I've asked myself many a time. Love the pictures. Can't wait to see your album. Would have been nice if my ex had liked to hold hands.
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Agneta! Swedish name. It is in the middle of the night here now, but I will read moore later. I like what I read her!!:happy:
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Hi there!I really liked your poem! It touched me!I look forward to your album and will be back here!!
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please feel welcome anytime. :happy:
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thanks dancer… i needed that. 🙂
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I'm glad you post photos of your travels, Scott. It's a really nice way to share the beauty of the world with those of us who don't or can't travel.It helps us to remember our own insignificance, right when we need it.
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My sister's actually traveling through the California/Oregon area. I want to go but i've never seen either. Although for the record the VA area is beautiful too, though much different and they're trying to build over every square inch of forest. Thanks for the tree picture…nice poem too.
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Easter weekend, 1986. Jumped in, just to say I had.:D
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:up::smile:
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now anybody with hungry eyes can see what i saw on my recent trip. just the best of hundreds of photos.http://my.opera.com/I_ArtMan/albums/show.dml?id=830111
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i can tell by your smile that you have faced the frigid pacific yourself. 🙂
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thanks akamu. no doubt she will regale you with photos when next you meet. the coasts, atlantic and pacific, are very different, that's for sure. i think the pacific is more beautiful but it sure is cold. 🙂
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i have to add, that even though i swim like a fish, those riptides in malibu coves almost killed me two years ago. i had to swim for all i was worth not to be swept against the gnarly rocks. a cautionary tale.
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That had to be scary.Glad you made it. MyOpera wouldn't be the same without you.:smile:
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i just shudder at how well you understand me, meli :heart:
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I see the world through your eyes meli,and I love it!Originally posted by I_ArtMan:
I just see them seat by the bench and he puts his hand around her shoulder and kisses her forhead…a great poem meli,Originally posted by meli:
you are here to give love and beauty into our lives, you are a giver and you never stop …:love:
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good for you…. very brave.
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dancer…. yes i was really scared.a friend on the shore was watching and she said. "i didn't see anything wrong."
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Originally posted by I_ArtMan:
:heart:miles are just a number,I wish i was there when you were taking the picture and i was going to hold your hand meli,and I am saying this in the most loving friendly way… I feel the longing in the shot….. :heart:
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Hi..I love those pics..And the words so touchable..Honestly i want to see a fairy tale here.:DBut i found this and it is a lovely story..and i'll check your photo's album..:D
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yes. you know. my meli… 😎 and soul to soul online is better than nothing; miles erased.i love your understanding. you have a great gift. :happy:
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Wow! Is that tree a real one??? I mean in the first picture?
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yes, amazing isn't it? the history of the sequoia is so interesting. they have survived only because of their height and tough bark. forest fires have burned around them for thousands of years. all the giants are scarred but they survived.
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what an interesting juxtaposition allan. and i agree basically. why is there this reverence for age… for time served. still not math at all, just how thick is the bark?
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Maybe there's only one basic difference – a time well spent or a time badly spent? Now, we can each put our preferred values into the words well and badly.
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or you could say how useful is the truth of voltaire compared to Montaigne… each hold their own. but you can't agree with both.
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3000 years. 30 years. What is really the difference? And I am not talking about math.
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They are really huge… Unbelievable…
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Originally posted by ricewood:
or the truth is in the eye of the beholder?in the past I did a post on "truth and honesty". The way we see and approach things is telling of how we see things in our own mind,not always the truth but for sure our honest way… 🙂
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meli, :heart: i will find that post…. it should be intersing.i also wrote an essay on honesty. i value honesty at the top of the list of useful virtues. it's not hard. just don't have any secrets.allan, that reminds me of one of my favorite persian sayings. "guard against bad impressions." and in this day and age they certainly are readily available. i may be jaded about this, but horror movies? nothing against any one for seeking out those scary movies… but i steer clear of them. my nightmares are all pretty mermaids.
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olga, you might be amazed. i heard this at the park. they have little films looping…. one said that a medium sized sequoia weight was equal to two jumbo jets. 🙂 and the tallest measures 379 feet. just imaging 12 three story houses piled on top of each other.
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meli,I do not tag my posts and it might be a challenge,however I am confident it is somewhere there…I still believe to this day there is a difference btwn honesty and truth… I remember often those thoughts before I judge ,our honesty not always represents the truth,the truth can be something accepted by the whole and it might be far from our honesty… I hope you get me 🙂
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let me ponder that one for awhile. 🙂
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Holy Moly, those trees ! :faint: :eyes:
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yep, and those are just pictures… standing amidst them is a whole different impression. :happy:
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yep, edaniela, that shows you the scale. i couldn't even photograph a whole tree, top to bottom. the camera is not big enough. 😆 thanks for the comment on the poem. that makes me happy. :happy:
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The beautiful poem and beautiful trees. People are by these trees so… small
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"i seem to be tripping on my beard even."I love that line. The World Tree.
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ed, glad you liked that. :happy:
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thank you very much. i appreciate the comment. :happy:
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I liked the poem, the picture is gorgeous!
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you are very welcome, Scott 🙂
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I have alwasy wanted to see those trees, i think they would be great conversationalists with such stories to tell! Not unlike yourself. 🙂 I like your poem. I can feel it, even though I do not have a beard to trip over 😉
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😆 thank heaven. you would look a little strange with a beard. glad you could feel the impromptu poem. :happy:it's a little down, but i go with the flow. i don't really consider myself a poet, though i am very literary and love good poetry. my poems are always a catharsis. that's not really poetry. it's therapy. 😎
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its.wonderful.thing.:-)
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where-biggg.fir.?:-)
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yes. it is very wonderful :happy:
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california. u.s.a.google sequoia and you will find more. very interesting. for example: two jumbo jets has the same weight as an average sequoia tree.http://www.nps.gov/seki/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm?eid=174189&root_aId=127#e_174189
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of course to be there is different. that impression on the whole being instead of just the eyes in my head. the true meaning of the word 'awesome'. i stood there and just looked with my mouth open. the camera wasn't big enough….
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that tree won't fit in any camera. unless you could go five mile away. 🙂
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may be more biggg-camera.2.-get-it.ha.ha.ha.:-)
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hmm.better.2.see.:-)
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hmm.ha.ha.ha.:-)
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This winter forest view is fabulous. I love it. :up: :up: :up:
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gud:)
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it is a very beautiful scene. even better being there. :happy:
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happy.new.year.2010.:):)
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Happy New Year 2010. :up: 🙂
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yes, a happy new year is what we all wish for everyone. :happy:
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gud.:):)
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