Not all who wander are lost... J.R.R. Tolkien

Texture ~ Midas Touch by Skeletal Mess (Shadowhouse Creations)

Better on Black

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iPhone and some apps!

Place marker for Sara's Garden

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when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~ Anais Nin

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Texture ~ Texture 146 by Lenabem-Anna

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"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to a new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same." — Flavia

Kara, a young woman of 27, was laid to rest today. I met her when she was twelve and spent several years working and playing with her in a young women's church organization as her leader. We went to girls camp together and that's where she really left a mark on my heart. Her courageous spirit will be missed.

This is a shot of my favorite tree (I've photographed it several times now) and tonight I dedicate it to Kara's memory! Rest softly sweet Kara...

Textures ~ Kim Klassen

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In April of 2009, I bought my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi. In June of that year we vacationed in California (the east side of the Sierra-Highway 395) and we visited Bodie State Historic Park.

"Bodie State Historic Park is a genuine California gold-mining ghost town. Visitors can walk down the deserted streets of a town that once had a population of nearly 10,000 people. The town is named for Waterman S. Body (William Bodey), who had discovered small amounts of gold in hills north of Mono Lake. In 1875, a mine cave-in revealed pay dirt, which led to purchase of the mine by the Standard Company in 1877. People flocked to Bodie and transformed it from a town of a few dozen to a boomtown.
Only a small part of the town survives, preserved in a state of "arrested decay." Interiors remain as they were left and stocked with goods. Designated as a National Historic Site and a State Historic Park in 1962, the remains of Bodie are being preserved in a state of "arrested decay". Today this once thriving mining camp is visited by tourists, howling winds and an occasional ghost." ~ California State Parks

While in Bodie, I took a bunch of pictures all in "P" mode as I still didn't know a thing about the camera. This is one of them. Bossbob50 challenged me to rework this image. (The original is below.)

You, my flickr friends, have inspired me and taught me over the last year and a half...I am so grateful for you. I hope to continue on my journey, obsession, addiction or what ever it is that drives me, to take "pictures" through the coming years. Thank you!

Textures ~ Skeletal Mess (Shadowhouse Creations) and Delany Dean

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