Key to another world

Did you ever just want to be in another world? As I was driving home tonight, I kept thinking about this. I stepped from my car and could feel my keys in my raincoat. What if one of them could take me to another place? I slowly started forming this idea in my head. I took a close up photo of one of the keys, a big gold one I use at school. Then I started thinking about places I love to be. The forest immediately jumped into my mind. Steve's old tree from yesterday had been resonating inside me, making me wish trees really could communicate. I used some photoshop magic to insert my golden key into a keyhole within a tree in a dark ancient forest, one I would love to be in. Adding an artistic filter also helped to add some of the dreamlike and lonesome qualities I was feeling.

I want to find this tree, turn the key, and be whisked away.

Here is the picture without the filter so you can see the key more clearly:

Live life

...so that it fills you up and lifts you to the sky...

...so that it makes you stop and take in the simple complexities all around you...

...so that your words and actions make others stop and think...

...so that each day you can rest knowing that you have done what really mattered....

Filtering fun on a day of clouds

Here is my ceiling fan...

Here is my ceiling fan on crack. Any questions?

Gotta love what fun filters can bring.

(enlarge for full effect!)

Eagle hunting and more NYC

Well, I've hiked, tracked down a covered bridge, been to NYC...what could I do today? How about bald eagle hunting? :) In a recent conversation, I heard of a place where there are 2 nesting eagle pairs, each with 1 baby eagle. I set out in search of the place, excited. As I pulled my car over and began walking down an abandoned road, I suddenly heard a strange noise that I had never encountered before. Slowly, silently, I continued down the pathway. The sound was up in the trees somewhere ( a later google search revealed that I was actually hearing the eagles! How cool!) I didn't end up seeing them, but took this picture revealing their habit.

Back to NYC...I really tried to capture some candid normal people/activity shots and here is what I came up with:

Chess players around 115st

Bin of extreme rubber balls (a kid threw one in just as I was taking the shot!)

Curly haired boy with mom crossing the street

College student takes a break from studying

Orange boots and shadows

Continued post from Thursday

***Please go down and see my Thursday post before reading this***
Yesterday was a wonderful day of sights, sunlight, laughter, and companionship. The post for the day (found below) shows a Greco-Roman statue at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that I just was intrigued by. The main subject of the statue seemed to be in a state of despair. I really related to the statue. I was amazed by the tension in the statue's legs, feet, and back (all evident from my photos). I was fascinated by the sculptured contours of the statue's spine. So perfect, so beautiful, and yet so sad, the human body perpetually trapped in rigidity and sinuous struggle.

That's why yesterday was so great for me. I felt the tension disappear for once and felt free. I felt happy and content and somehow amazed at how much I have actually been given in life and at how much beauty surrounds me. I hope you liked the statue. More photos to follow today's actual post which I will do later on:)

In the nick of time!

Just back from a great day at NYC...will explain this series tomorrow:) Thanks Steve and Trish!

A day early

Since I will be in NYC tomorrow (looking forward to it Steve and Trish!) and will probably have some good pics to post, I decided to do Leslie's assignment a day early. I hate to miss an assignment! At first I was unsure about bridges...it's not that I don't like them, I just don't usually see a lot of them. Determined as ever, I went online and looked at the NYS covered bridge society website. Salisbury Center is only about 26 miles west of where I am and I'd never heard of it or been through there, so I took a short journey and found a pleasantly beautiful park complete with a rushing stream and a covered bridge from the 1870's. I've added a sepia and antiquing filter to a few of these as you can tell. The rest are unaltered. Hope you enjoy!