Rosa seems to think that this is simply a macro of one of her peony flowers but I know better ... after all ... I'm the photographer! Just dreamin' the impossible dream :)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGzqbEeVWhs&feature=related


The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. (Aristotle)

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St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada - press L on your keyboard if you have the time :)

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To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;

Hamlet, Act III, Scene I

Will

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- Parque das Nações, Lisbon, Portugal -

I would like to be able to claim that I purposely took this photo just as the tram was intersected by one of the poles and the seagull was 'punctuating' the mast of the sailboat but it wouldn't be true. They say "luck comes to the prepared" but I'm quite sure that isn't it either. In any case, there was something about the 'geometry' of the scene that appealed to me.

Serendipity #1 ... www.flickr.com/photos/canadapt/9736696682/

See previous posting for more photos from the Parque das Nações, Lisbon, Portugal.

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- Coimbra, Portugal -

R.I.P. Dave Brubeck ... listening to "Time Out" as I write this ... strange how Brubeck's passing helped me come up with a title? I originally called it 'Framed' but I think 'Time Out - Take Five' is very fitting given my love for Brubeck's music.

Listen to this wonderful version of 'Take Five' and enjoy one of the most loved and iconic jazz songs of all time ...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3X8JGhDQn8

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