Friday, September 30, 2011

American Goldfinch


The birds are moulting.
If only man could moult also - his mind once a year its errors,
his heart once a year its useless passions.
~ James Allen

More photos of Week 71 at Marco Friday.

Last Rose of Summer


The rose speaks of love silently,
in a language known only to the heart.
~ Author Unknown

More interpretations at Weekend Flowers.

Skywatch Friday Season 5, Episode 12

May's Point Observation Deck

Grey skies seem right,
An encore to last night.
~ Nikki Yanofsky

More photos of Season 5, Episode 12 at Skywatch Friday

Animal

Bruno

My favorite animal is steak.
~ Fran Lebowitz

More interpretations of Animal at Photo Friday.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Golden

Nodding Bur-Marigold

Where children are, there is the golden age.
~ Novalis

More interpretations of Golden at Thursday Challenge.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Tina´s Wordless Wednesday # 9 - End of Summer

Van Spoor Road

In this endless summer
Feel the sun and remember
~ Ashlee Simpson

More interpretations at Tina’s Wordless Wednesday.

Wordless Wednesday - September 28th


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Sepia

Railroad Road

Hey soul sister, I don't want to miss a single thing you do...
~ Train

More interpretations at Sepia Scenes.

More interpretations of Sepia at Unique Exposure’s Photo Challenge.

Watery Wednesday #157


Martens Tract

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew...
~ Samuel Butler

More photos for at Watery Wednesday #157.

Outdoor Wednesday #142

MacDonald Road

E-I-E-I-O

More photos at Outdoor Wednesday #142.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Turtle

Cayuga College Trail

A turtle travels only when it sticks its neck out.
~ Koren Proverb

More interpretations of #73 at Tuesday Takes.

 Selected as a Winner for Tuesday Takes #73 - September 27, 2011.
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Colored


Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp,
but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. 
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

More interpretations of #17 Colored at PicStory.

Red Water Lily

Cayuga College Trail

The water-lily starts and slides
Upon the level in little puffs of wind,
Tho’ anchor’d to the bottom.
~ Tennyson

More interpretations at Ruby Tuesday.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Affection


Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love big as the sky
~ Johnny Preston

More interpretations of Emotion at Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot.

Aster


Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair... 
~Susan Polis Shutz

More interpretations at Macro Monday.

Blue Waters

 
Cayuga Lake


Far above Cayuga's waters, with its waves of blue,
Stands our noble Alma Mater, glorious to view. 
~ Cornell University's alma mate

More interpretations for Blue Monday.

American Goldfinch


You can fly away
In the sky away
You're more lucky than me
~ Harry Belafonte
More interpretations at Mellow Yellow Monday.

Oh No! You Didn't!

Westcott Street Cultural Fair

... we may never meet again
But then it's not for me to say
~ Johnny Mathis

More photos for Photo Time: Oh No! You Didn't! at Day One.
 
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Joe Pye Weed & Bug

Crusoe Creek

Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.
~ Moroccan Proverb

More interpretations at SOOC Sunday.

Wildflower

Dew at Crusoe Creek

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.
~ Hunter S. Thompson

More interpretations at Today's Flowers #162.

Crusoe Creek


I'm up the creek
~ Cheap Trick

More interpretations at Scenic Sunday.


Fish

Bottom Feeders

No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise

~ Lewis Carroll

More interpretations of Fish at See It Sunday.

Hands


Oh it seems to me, can't back the hands of time
~ Groove Armada

More interpretations of Hands at PhotoSunday.

Selected as a Winner in the "Hands" PhotoSunday challenge
Sunday, September 25, 2011.
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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Joe Pye Weed & Bug

Crusoe Creek

Big black bugs bleed blue black blood
but baby black bugs bleed blue blood
~  A Tongue Twister

More interpretations of Beginning of Autumn at KApix.

Greater Yellowlegs

Muckrace Flats

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.
~ Yevgeny Yevtushenko

More interpretations at Camera Critters.

Yellow - from underneath

Seneca Meadows Wetland Preserve

Life is a pilgrimage.
~ Swami Sivananda

More interpretations of Yellow at PhotoHunt

More interpretations of from underneath at KApix

Yellow Wildflower


Hey I'm a wildflower
growing in the sunshine
~ JaneDear Girls

More interpretations at Marco Flowers Saturday.

Busker

Westcott Street Cultural Fair

A busker finds his niche,
and finds where he is supposed to be
and he does what he is supposed to be doing,
and the universe takes care of him.
~ Mustafa

More interpretations at Walk In New York.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Aster

Seneca Meadows Wetland Preserve

'Tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes!
~William Wordsworth

More interpretations at Weekend Flowers.

Skywatch Friday, Episode 5, Week 11

Seneca Meadows Wetland Preserve

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
~ Proverb
More photos of Season 5, Episode 11 at Skywatch Friday.

Inside

Seneca Meadows Wetland Preserve

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.
~ Josh Groban
More interpretations of Inside at Photo Friday.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Grazing In The Grass - The Friends of Distinction

Song: Grazing In The Grass
Artist: The Friends of Distinction

It sure is mellow grazin' in the grass
(Grazin' in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it)



 What a trip just watchin' as the world goes past
(Grazin' in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it)


There are so many good things to see
While grazin' in the grass
(Grazin' in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it)
Flowers with colours for takin'




More interpretations at Thursday Theme Song.

Breakfast on the Run

Savannah -Spring Lake Road

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers? 
~Author Unknown

More interpretations at This Way #120.

Family

Owasco Lake

In time of test, family is best. 
~Burmese Proverb

More interpretations of Family at Thursday Challenge.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Tina´s Wordless Wednesday # 8 - It´s magic


More interpretations at Tina’s Wordless Wednesday.

Wordless Wednesday - September 21st


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Sepia Scenes #149

Joe Pye Weed & Bug

I ate a bug once. It was flying around me.
I was trying to get it away. It went right in my mouth.
It was so gross!
~ Hilary Duff
 
More interpretations at Sepia Scenes.

Watery Wednesday #156


Crusoe Creek

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
~ William Blake

More photos for at Watery Wednesday #156.

Outdoor Wednesday #141

Crusoe Creek

I don't want to save a creek for the creek's sake,
but what's in it for human beings.
~ Jim Fowler

More photos at Outdoor Wednesday #141.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Wetland Grass


I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
~ Walt Whitman

More interpretations at Today's Flowers #161.

Seneca Meadows Wetland Preserve


A wetland emerged where there previously was a tunraround spot in the campground.
~ Randy Westmoreland

More interpretations at Scenic Sunday.

Baked Goods

Just Desserts

Life is uncertain.  Eat dessert first.
~Ernestine Ulmer

More interpretations of Baked Goods at PhotoSunday.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Great Blue Heron

Hoopes Park
(City Park)

Everyone's looking to the urban scene for inspiration now.
~ Robin Gibb

More interpretations at Camera Critters.

Wooden

1915 17' Old Town Canoe

There is nothing that is so aesthetically pleasing
and yet so functional and versatile as the canoe. 
~ Bill Mason

 More interpretations of Wooden at PhotoHunt.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Monarch Caterpillar


'What do you mean by that?' said the Caterpillar sternly. 'Explain yourself!'
~ Alice's Adventure in Wonderland

More photos of Week 69 at Marco Friday.

Knapweed



A weed is just a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

More interpretations at Weekend Flowers.

Skywatch Friday, Season 5, Episode 10

Martens Tract

You can get it if you really want
~ Jimmy Cliff

More photos of Season 5, Episode 10 at Skywatch Friday.

Glowing

Seward House

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
~ Thomas Jefferson

More interpretations of Glowing at Photo Friday.