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Monday, February 23, 2009

Zen Monday: #37



Zen Monday is the day you experience the photo and give us your thoughts rather than me telling you what the photo's about.
There's no right or wrong. If the photo evokes something in you, that's all it is.

As each new Zen photo is posted, a label is added to last week's to identify it (if I know what it is).

Guest photographer: John Sandel
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36 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2009 at 12:12 AM

    It is the halo you deserve, St. Petrea.

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  2. Laurie AlleeFebruary 23, 2009 at 12:41 AM

    Damn it, the Queen thought, Raleigh's cloak was still at the cleaners...

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  3. VandaFebruary 23, 2009 at 12:47 AM

    ...and then Alice jumped through the magic mirror, down the rabbit whole, trying to catch the white hobbit.

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  4. VandaFebruary 23, 2009 at 12:50 AM

    "Curse this global warming, all the waters is gone!" - Cried out The Lady of The Lake, leaning on a rusty old sword trying to get out of the mud.

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  5. VandaFebruary 23, 2009 at 12:54 AM

    "It definitely looks like a portal to another dimension. I wonder if we are getting invaded by Daleks again" - wondered The Doctor's trusty companion #352.

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  6. magicpolaroidFebruary 23, 2009 at 1:36 AM

    great picture!! ciao, Luis

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  7. InekeFebruary 23, 2009 at 4:24 AM

    a kid getting away from all the grown ups and stepping in to its own magical world

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  8. CheltenhamdailyphotoFebruary 23, 2009 at 4:40 AM

    Litte Pettie wondered if she could jump the whole darned thing without getting into trouble with mom again over dirty dungarees.


    I'm assuming that's you there, but you look about 8! Marvellous. Lucky you...

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  9. CheltenhamdailyphotoFebruary 23, 2009 at 4:41 AM

    Little Pettie, not litte. Darn.

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  10. cieldequimperFebruary 23, 2009 at 4:41 AM

    Where are the tadpoles?

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  11. VirginiaFebruary 23, 2009 at 8:56 AM

    It looks like you are looking down on the earth from....? Je ne sais pas!

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2009 at 9:31 AM

    when you change your attitude, you change your world.

    looks like your world is going to be full of blue sky.

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  13. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2009 at 9:50 AM

    ginab: when she was 8, she had a lot more hair.

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  14. Susan CFebruary 23, 2009 at 10:09 AM

    Somewhere under the rainbow

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  15. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2009 at 10:36 AM

    Looking at Paul Bunyan's footprint after the rain.

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  16. UnknownFebruary 23, 2009 at 11:14 AM

    Very clever and cool! Love the colours too!

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  17. UnknownFebruary 23, 2009 at 11:46 AM

    My first thought was, ``Dang, Boz can sure handle a camera...'' Then I saw John's byline. Oh well.

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  18. marleyFebruary 23, 2009 at 12:24 PM

    Well, as always I'll lower the tone! -

    "Ahhh, thats a relief..."

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  19. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2009 at 1:34 PM

    How come you don't have cowlicks? With a cut like that I'd look like newly sprouted rye grass.

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  20. ChristieFebruary 23, 2009 at 3:52 PM

    I think I shall name it, "Glimmer-glass" in honor of Anne of Green Gables...

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  21. postieFebruary 23, 2009 at 3:58 PM

    If you lean a bit more you can see through this hole and see China

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  22. USelaineFebruary 23, 2009 at 4:15 PM

    Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies...

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  23. MargaretFebruary 23, 2009 at 4:50 PM

    Looks like a big puddle.

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  24. KimFebruary 23, 2009 at 5:24 PM

    He was thinking of the swirl of hair on the crown of her head, the slope of her neck, how lovely she was. Stirred to his core he quickly snapped the shot and gave in to temptation. He came close so that he could smell her soft skin, feel her warmth, and then . . .
    he pushed her gently, playfully forward with a SPLASH where the water main was broken in their yard!

    Lovely contemplative portrait of the artist.

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  25. pasadenapioFebruary 23, 2009 at 7:34 PM

    Don't jump!!!

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  26. West Coast Grrlie BlatherFebruary 23, 2009 at 7:39 PM

    Who is that kid? That's not a kid, that's Petrea! Ah, young at heart.

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  27. KatieFebruary 23, 2009 at 7:47 PM

    As serene as this photo is (and such wonderful colors!), I do wonder if you're actually smiling, or cracking up, or talking to John as he takes this photo. I guess we'll never know!

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  28. John SandelFebruary 23, 2009 at 8:13 PM

    It was more cursory than that; I knew the puddle would make a cool backdrop, so I just said "Hang on," & held the camera over P's head. Snap!

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  29. Kris McCrackenFebruary 23, 2009 at 9:11 PM

    “Yes Virginia Woolf had a river, but a lady must work with what she has got!”

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  30. TashFebruary 23, 2009 at 9:21 PM

    DON'T JUMP, it way to shallow.

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  31. Ms MFebruary 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM

    She stepped into the aura of a blue sky morning...

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  32. Petrea BurchardFebruary 23, 2009 at 9:50 PM

    He just said, "STOP!" and I stopped. I loved the picture so much I posted it. It seemed very zen to me.

    What strikes me about it is viewpoint, or POV. I look little because of the POV. John is tall. I'd look big if this photo were taken by a small person.

    It seems odd to me that that's how he sees me all the time.

    Literary, musical and historical references today (not to mention religious)! What a crowd. Then there's Marley! (hee hee) Thank you all so much.

    And thank you, John, for the photo. I love this one.

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  33. John SandelFebruary 23, 2009 at 9:59 PM

    "I'd look big if this photo were taken by a small person." I married a smart person.

    ('welcome, sweetie.)

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  34. Cafe PasadenaFebruary 23, 2009 at 10:57 PM

    P, what impresses me most about this pix is how you somehow got world famous photographer Sandel to take your picture!!

    Yes, indeedy, you ought to be in pictures.

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  35. MichaelFebruary 24, 2009 at 8:26 PM

    It's an earnest reader, pondering the dilemma of how to keep up with more than one book at a time. :) I agree with the comment you made at the West Coast GB blog about reading more than one book at once; I just don't know how to kick the habit of multi-task reading. I have my:

    -bedtime reading
    -research reading for work (educational research / professional development for teachers)
    -young adult reading (to be able to talk about YA books with my students)
    -other seemingly random interests (soccer, animals, California history, gardening)

    I don't know how to read everything I want to read without being a promiscuous reader.

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  36. Petrea BurchardFebruary 24, 2009 at 8:54 PM

    Michael, at WCGB I neglected to mention the magazines I'm reading in the bathroom and the breakfast nook. They're not "Glamour" or "Oprah." They're "Archaeology," "Smithsonian," "The Writer," "Writer's Digest," etc.

    I sympathize, earnest reader. I can never read enough.

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I appreciate your comment. You are a nice person—smart and good looking, too.