it’s a jungle out there

242/365

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! ~ Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz, 1939

after the storm

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The sound of ‘gentle stillness’ after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God. ~ Jim Elliot

ready for picking

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Shot this during an after-monsoon-storm walk w/Kat.  She doesn’t have a lot of patience for ISO or exposure compensation. It is what it is given dusky lighting and a five year old who had places to go.

crown of thorns

239/365

kitchen mischief

238/365

Children make you want to start life over.  ~ Muhammad Ali

shining moment

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Barrel Cactus blossom, Sonoran Desert

reaching out

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Here we go round the prickly pear / At five o’clock in the morning. ~ T.S. Eliot

blooming desert

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Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

contradiction

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That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy. ~ Freda Adler

peeping moon

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For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us.  ~ Richard H. Baker