Flying Airplanes

Flying Airplanes

Let's hope that this ride didn't really go that fast.  Although, that would be a sight to see.

Keep that Positive Energy Flowing, okay?

Reach For The Sky

I do believe this is the last of the corn fields.  Are you gonna miss them?  I think I actually will.  But, I'm pretty excited for the upcoming pics from the festival, so I think I will get over it pretty quick.

We must always have old memories and young hopes. - Houssaye

Ooh.  I really like the quote for tonight.  And, I guess I should because I'm the one that picked it.  Sometimes I am fearful that I am too much of a serious thinker.  That maybe I forget to have fun.  And then I have a great laugh and forget to be serious.  It seems that the trick should be finding that balance between seriousness and lightheartedness (is that even a word?).  For me, I think that it comes down to spending more time, and ultimately energy, on the things that inspire me.  And sometimes that is as simple as listening to a good song (even as I'm typing I'm listening to Kings and Queens by 30 Seconds to Mars).  And spending less time worrying about cleaning that toilet.  Something I do not enjoy doing.  Just do it, be done with it, spending less time thinking about it and wasting energy on it.  Then move onto the good things that you enjoy.
 
I'm telling you that negative energy is such a drag.  Literally.  Sometimes it's like you can physically feel it in the room dragging you down and taking away all your desire to accomplish anything.  So, let's keep that positive energy flowing, shall we?

Symmetry is my friend

Coming down the Row

Easy is the path to wisdom for those not blinded by themselves - from Star Wars The Clone Wars

One of the things I enjoyed looking at in the corn field was the symmetry.  I guess I never really realized how much I look at the world in shapes - that is until I started getting serious about photography.  I wonder, had I never started to explore this interest of mine, would I have ever figured it out.  Would that part of my brain found some other way to become known to me?

Light bulb moment . . . I had to take a drawing class once.  It was one of the single worst experiences of my life.  For you see, I absolutely can not, in any way shape or form, draw.  It was torture for me and for the teacher.  But, I had to take it because for some reason that I do not understand, drawing is a part of the required curriculum for a photography degree.  After that experience, I came to the very tough decision that I may have to pursue this love without a degree, because there were many more drawing classes I would have to endure.

Anyway, the one area that I actually had fun at, and didn't do too bad at, was when we learned how to draw perspective.  Now that I could really get used to.  And for those of you that do not know what that means.  Basically you take your object and draw it using a grid of sorts.  And that just made sense to me.

So, here I am on a Friday night with my family heading into a corn maze.  I'm not sure what everyone else had on their minds, but me, I was too busy looking at the symmetry of the rows of corn and the shapes that were created by the bits of corn plant that crossed those empty spaces between each row.  And of course, that meant I just had to photograph it.

Cornfield

Cornfield at Dusk

This weekend, my family and I attended a Pumpkin and Chili Festival.  And of course that means lots of photo opportunities.  So, for the next few days I will be sharing the photos from that event.

I hope you enjoy them.

To share my thoughts...or not?

Boo




This is my new favorite picture.  I'm trying to decide if I should go into the reasons for that.  Or, if I should just let the picture speak for itself. 
I think I will leave you with a quote and let you decide what you think about this picture.

. . . people rarely succeed at anything unless they have fun doing it. - Dale Carnegie



Rolling In
























Wow, what a storm we had the other day.  I quickly snapped a few pictures of some of the aftermath and thought you wouldn't mind if I shared them.  I know this is a little different from my norm. 

Just check out all that debris on the road and sidewalk.  And all that water flowing in the drain!  I've lived in this area for almost 15 years and have never experienced a storm like this one.

Oh, and since I almost forgot, the picture from yesterday was not a part of this storm.  It was actually taken several months ago early in the morning as the sun was rising for the day.  No storm.

Is It a Storm a Brewing?

Silver Lining

So, what do you see?  Is this a storm brewing?  Or is this that one moment, just a single breath away from the sun escaping from behind the clouds?

I know that this may not be a fair question given the timing.  For those of you that do not live where I do, you will not have just experienced one of the most amazing, spectacular, brilliant storms to hit our area.  Wow, what a show.  It was scary, and chilling and absolutely invigorating to watch.  And, I can say that because we had minimal damage.  (Although, I don't think my husband will agree with that after he spent the better part of two days cleaning up all the fallen leaves from the three whole trees in our backyard.)

Let me get back on topic.  I wonder, if I may, what do you see when you look at this photo?  Do you see the storm or do you see the beginning of something beautiful to come.  I will give you a hint about what is actually going on here, I did not take this yesterday before that storm.

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~ Chinese Proverb