Once a year during the holiday season, we turn more into a photo rather than word blog, with the objective being nothing more than the pure pleasure of beholding striking images that tell a story, tickle our funnybone, raise a goosebump or a question, shake our grasp or deepen our take on reality, or otherwise address our endless curiosity about the world beyond our own skin.
So, without further ado or yapping from here, let us proceed to the pictures!
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Above: Peaches and Dan by Larry Rose. (In case you were wondering, “Peaches” is the one on the left…)
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Mask text on a bridge in Bavaria: “We stick together. We keep distance.” Indeed we do, as we proceed on toward 2021, hoping for hope, charity and justice to guide us all.
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Jean-Paul Sartre famously proclaimed that “Hell is other people,” but if we have learned anything from this star-crossed year, it is how very wrong he was.
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If you’re up for more photo browsing during this holiday season hiatus, the previous seven of these annual collections can be found here.
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Deep appreciation to the photographers! Unless otherwise stated, some rights reserved under Creative Commons licensing.
Elizabeth Haslam, whose photos (except for library books) grace the rotating banner top of homepage. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lizhaslam/
Library books on rotating homepage and Peaches and Dan by Larry Rose, Redlands, California, all rights reserved, contact: larry@rosefoto.com
Wave on dock by Magdalena Roeseler, Switzerland https://www.flickr.com/photos/magdalenaroeseler/
Praying mantis by Rosie Kerr https://unsplash.com/@rosiekerr
Rock tunnel by Kiwi Thompson https://unsplash.com/@kiwithompson
Sandal gap by Manuel Schinner, Bavaria, Germany https://unsplash.com/@ciopress
Cat feeding by Brett Davies, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka https://www.flickr.com/photos/photosightfaces/
Hanging the moon by Valery Sysoev, Spain https://unsplash.com/@valerysysoev
Lunar moth Johan J. Ingles-Le Nobel, Holmbury St. Mary, UK http://www.flickr.com/photos/jingleslenobel/
Field and tree by Skoeber https://www.flickr.com/people/asphericlens/
Web by Thomas Bishop https://unsplash.com/@tbishop2
Study in red by Jay Sk https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaysk/
Sea otters by Ingrid Taylar, San Francisco, California https://www.flickr.com/photos/taylar/
Covid saint by Torsten Reimer, London, UK https://www.flickr.com/photos/torstenreimer/
Great set of . . . everything.
Thanks much, Jim, glad you enjoyed. Happy New Year!
My fully grown and soon-to-be-married daughter was with us for a week over Christmas. As a baby I marveled at the holding her tiny feet in my hands and often wondered if life could ever be more precious than those times. She departed this morning to be with her fiancé and his family before the two of them return to Michigan next week. As I watched her drive away I thought back on those baby feet. I also felt how precious life is with this lovely adult daughter in my life. Then I came in the house and opened this blog, saw the photo of the adult hands holding the baby’s feet and took a very deep breath. All of this only a few weeks following my 70th birthday! Thank you my friend.
If I recall my Jung correctly, I believe he called events such as that “synchronicity,” Jay! Lovely how any given song, foto, poem, whatever, meets up with something we ourselves had been dwelling on. Blind coincidence? Dance of the gods? Does it even matter? (I don’t think so!) Cheers to the New Year, ol’ Bud!
A refreshing view of the world. Well done on your selections and approach.