You're never too young to begin photography
as evidenced by this young girl
(dressed in her Cinderella dress and colorful pink hat)
who appeared to be quite competent with her cell phone camera, taking photos of the California poppies.
I saw the scene and reacted quickly but was able to get just one shot of this winsome scene. I thought it lent itself well to editing it in an impressionistic style.

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The essential joy of being with horses
is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements
of grace, beauty, spirit and freedom.
~Sharon Ralls Lemon

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Nighttime on The City of New Orleans
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness
Rolling down to the sea
And all the towns and people seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
The conductor sings his song again
The passengers will please refrain
This train's got the disappearing railroad blues.

Good night, America, how are you?
Don't you know me I'm your native son
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

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“She is a rare soul,
she has this infectious energy
that makes you want to run next to her,
she belonged to no one but herself
& to anyone that was yet to understand themselves, found the missing pieces in her presence.”
― Nikki Rowe

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Simon & Garfunkel
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I'm sittin' in the railway station
Got a ticket to my destination
On a tour of one-night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one-man band
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home where my thought's escapin'
Home where my music's playin'
Home where my love lies waitin'
Silently for me

Every day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And every stranger's face I see
Reminds me that I long to be
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound

Tonight I'll sing my songs again
I'll play the game and pretend
But all my words come back to me
In shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness in harmony
I need someone to comfort me
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound

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