Nature and Landscape Photography, Photographic Journal of Biblical and Poetic Expressions
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Friday, August 28, 2015
Mount's Curve at Bow River
The drive on Bow Valley Parkway mountain scenery was surreal. I was in awe at every turn. This is at a overlook of Mount's Curve at Bow River. Mount Temple is the majesty peak in the top photo.
Sulphur Mountain Banff Canada
We stayed in the town of Banff which is located in the World's first National Park located in the Canadian Rockies. Driving on 1A you can see Sulphur Mountain, we were headed to Lake Louise.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Harbor Beach Lighthouse
Harbor Beach
The exact name of the park is "Judge James Lincoln Memorial Park". The family must have made a significant contribution of funds to have this park developed. It is a very nice place for families to picnic and enjoy the beach. I like walking the boardwalk and watching the seagulls and boats sail by. It rained the first day I visited and a tornado touched down in another small town in close proximity. We could see the cloud funnel forming from the distance. We knew we were in for a severe storm. The winds were so strong that trees and branches were falling across the roads. We drove in the opposite direction of the tornado warnings and still faced a savage rain beating against the windows. Weather changes very quickly and without warning.
Blowing in the Wind
I love red barns against a endless cloudy horizon. It was a very windy day and the tall grass blowing in the wind framed this picture. I can look at this image and still feel the wind challenging me standing in the grass with my hair and unsteady hands 'blowing in the wind."
Blowing in the Wind
By Bob Dylan 1962
How many roads must a man walk down
Before they call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind.
How many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head
and pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind.
Monday, August 17, 2015
August Rush Crescent Beach
A morning walk on the beach and the wild flowers are gorgeous. From 7:30 to 8:00 am there is a drastic shift in the light and cloud formation. It was 75F and the coolest time during daylight.
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Glacier National Park Montana Gallery III
Glacier National Park Montana Gallery I
I have discovered after visiting several parks and mountain ranges two things: I have a love for the mountains and I cannot get enough of their majesty splendor. I also may or may not get acute mountain sickness above tree level. By that I mean, when I reach the top of the mountain peaks and there are no trees but rocks and I am at cloud level or above the clouds, I get AMS which kicks in at 10,000 ft above sea level. At 10,000 feet, a person only has the effective use of 14% oxygen, only two-thirds that of sea level. Besides needing to breath deeper, I start feeling lightheaded and fear sets in. I read that a person is at higher risk for acute mountain sickness if you live at or near sea level and travel to a high altitude. Since I have been living in Florida most of my adult life, I now pay the price with AMS. Living in Florida is not all what it is cracked up to be in my opinion!
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Cloudy Day Waterton Lakes
House of Clouds
By Elizabeth Barrett BrowningI would build a cloudy House
For my thoughts to live in;
When for earth too fancy-loose
And too low for Heaven!
Hush! I talk my dream aloud---
I build it bright to see,---
I build it on the moonlit cloud,
To which I looked with thee.
Cloud-walls of the morning's grey,
Faced with amber column,---
Crowned with crimson cupola
From a sunset solemn!
May mists, for the casements, fetch,
Pale and glimmering;
With a sunbeam hid in each,
And a smell of spring.
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