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  • architecture,  Art/Design,  quotes,  shadows

    Shadows at the Mailbox

    January 20, 2017
    Shadows at the mailbox

    Photography is not about cameras, gadgets and gizmos. Photography is about photographers. A camera didn’t make a great picture any more than a typewriter wrote a great novel.

    Peter Adams
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  • architecture,  Cityscapes/Urban,  Documentary/Street

    More Shadows

    January 16, 2017

    More Shadows
    More Shadows

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  • Anne Lamott,  architecture,  Church,  quotes

    Being Changed

    January 11, 2017
    Arches
    Arches

    “Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can’t imagine.”

    Anne Lamott
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  • architecture,  Barn,  clouds,  landscape,  mountains

    It’s Gone

    November 17, 2016

    The Barn
    The Barn

    Loss is a part of life. We experience loss through declining health, jobs, marriages, and children who move off to school.  There is a sadness within as I look at this image taken back in June of 2006. I made visits to this older barn and it’s open view of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. It is is gone now and a large executive housing complex is going up. 🙁

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  • architecture,  Cityscapes/Urban,  quotes

    Shadows and Blue Sky

    September 21, 2016

    Shadows on an adobe building
    Shadows on an adobe building

    Climb the mountain…so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.- David McCullough

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  • architecture,  window

    The Kitchen Table

    September 20, 2016

    The Kitchen Table
    The Kitchen Table

    “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” ― Terry Pratchett

    My sister and brother-in-law left Saturday afternoon for their trip to Europe. I am now officially on sabbatical. Hope they have an Awesome time! And, there is no envy on my part. 🙂

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  • architecture,  Cityscapes/Urban

    A Window

    August 17, 2016
    A Window
    A Window

    The hardest thing in photography is to create a simple image. – Anne Geddes

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  • architecture,  window

    The Window

    June 3, 2016

    Just a Window
    The Window

    “Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn’t matter. The intent does. Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.” Seth Godin,

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