“Color!
What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams.”
- Paul Gauguin

May the New Year bring you joy, peace, and fulfillment. Here's to many wonderful photo shoots and making beautiful memories in 2024! Happy new year to all my Flickr family.

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"I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits,
unless I spend four hours a day at least –
and it is commonly more than that –
sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements".
—Henry David Thoreau

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Sunset is the opening music of the night.
~Mehmet Murat ildan

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How many insects can you see?
I saw none when I shot this.
It always amazes me when I see the scene enlarged on my computer.
This was taken at the local lagoon where I usually search out shorebirds and not insects.

Best viewed in large

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“Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them – a mother’s approval, a father’s nod – are covered by moments of their own accomplishments.

It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.” —Mitch Albom

Real People Series - candid street portraits
All photos my own taken with Canon 6D
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