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Thoughts

Reassurance

One photographic subject I never tire of capturing is the sky. It’s quite an amazing subject. No other in nature changes colors and shapes like the sky. The fantastic hues of its sunrises and sunsets, the cloud movements, especially before a storm, the amazing variety of its makeup, all make for wonderful photographic moments. (And I mean moments, because it can change very quickly sometimes.)

Reassurance

Take this photo, for example. It was taken just a few minutes after the photo shown below. This one makes the viewer think a storm is just breaking up to reveal better skies, but the weather was fantastic. It just so happened that by using a 100mm lens and getting closer to the clouds, I was able to get a different atmospheric mood. Skies are quite amazing that way. Have a look at this next photo, and you’ll get a fairer picture of what the weather was like that evening.

The majestic ones

Photos taken in North Bethesda, MD.

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Funny videos

Here’s the classic “Who’s on first?” routine from Abbot and Costello. Must-see comedy — still funny after all these years. It’s interesting to see how they distilled bits and pieces from their earlier routines into this.

Graham Chapman was part of that seminal group of British comedians known for “The Monty Python”, and other wonderful pieces of comedy. He died in 1989. Here is a segment from his funeral service. (Yes, it’s funny.)

Richard Pryor, on kids telling lies.

Have a look at how authorities respond to perceived terrorist threats in Australia. Not much different from the US, really.

Weird Al Yankovic’s “eBay” song, mashed up with a user-made video:

Here’s Bill Cosby on dentists (absolutely hilarious):

… and on natural childbirth:

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Thoughts

Abundance

I’ve liked these flowers ever since I was a child. Even though their fragrance isn’t pleasing, I’ve always thought they more than made up for that with their beauty: their soft, velvety petals and their saturated colors. Ligia bought me a few last week because she knew how much I liked them. Here’s one of them. Look how charged with pollen they are!

Abundance

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Walking at dusk

Sometimes, Ligia manages to pry me away from the computer long enough to take a walk around the neighborhood. Of course, I take my camera along. This is one of the photos I took this past Thursday, during one of our dusk walks. We live in North Bethesda, MD.

Grosvenor dusk

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Contrail

I was out walking with Ligia at dusk, and thought this opportunity too good to pass. A jet was leaving a perfect contrail behind it, right above our heads. Taken in North Bethesda, MD.

Contrail

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