Make A Wish At The Peasant Woman Statue

Phoctober 26th... and the photos keep coming. Thank you for hosting that, Moon Topples!

The Peasant Woman statue lives in the Denver Botanic Gardens.
She is hidden on a secret path, just beyond the bamboo tunnel.

I've put a penny in her bowl for you... go ahead, make a wish!

Autumn In Denver

Phoctobering with Moon Topples!
Back to the Denver Botanic Gardens... I would live there, if they'd let me.

Viaggiatore and I have decided on a bit of excess for this post.

Let's go for a scroll...

The Picture Worth A Thousand Words

Photo by Max Whittaker/Getty Images

Gov. Sarah Palin at a rally in Reno, NV on October 21, 2008.

I don't put political perspective up on my blog, but I just can't help it this time; it's too funny and the one liners are coming to me like wildfire. I beg your indulgence just this once. Forgive me, Rel.

~On the hunt and not an elephant in sight
~Fashion DON'T, Political DO
~True colors
~Subliminal messaging
~Wardrobe budget: $150,000, Wearing the other teams logo around her neck: priceless.
~Remember to vote!
~Donkeys or jackasses?
~Does she know what's going on around her?
~A true maverick
~Under cover agent
~Ambitiously ambiguous

Okay... okay. I'll stop there.
Feel free to add your own, however, if you like.

Happy Phoctober!

Fish

Phoctobering with Moon Topples in the Denver Botanic Gardens

This is M.C. Escher's "Three Worlds".
I love this picture, it hangs on the wall above my desk. There's a story about how it got there; but that's for another day.



I would love to replicate this print in a photograph.
I am on a fall fish mission; this shot can only be taken in the fall...



It's going to be an ongoing mission, as I made some nice photos, but I have not shot M.C. Escher's fish with my camera yet.



In the meantime... I like fishing this way, it's very clean.



And no fish were injured, used, filleted, fried, grilled or otherwise skewered or ingested in the making of these photos.

Today.



Sigh of relief...



Kisses goodbye!

See you tomorrow for more Phoctobering!

Flowers

Phoctobering with Moon Topples in the Denver Botanic Gardens



Shy



Bold



Funky Berry



Fall Colors



Lovely Light

The French Patisserie In Santa Fe

I'm making up for late Phoctobering with Moon Topples.



This is a real French Patisserie in Santa Fe, owned by a bona fide French couple who moved to the southwest and kept their crepe recipes. It's worth the trip to taste those!



Join in, post photos and tell him you are participating, and then go see the photos that everyone else shared.



Happy Phoctober!

Fall Fashion In Santa Fe

Finally participating in Moon Topples Phoctober! Visit his page, please, and see who else has played along.

Angels and Seasons

These are some photos (for Phoctober) of some incredible sculptures in the mostly unlikely place.... they guard the front of an antique store in Denver and watch over the city as it rushes by. On the left of the entrance are the four angels of the Crucifixion of Christ, on the right are the four Seasons. Behind them, guarding the door, are a recreation Donatello's Marzocco Lions (1492).

These sculptures are exquisitely done, and are a favorite of mine to enjoy. Their detail is nearly perfect (I've yet to find a flaw and I've examined very closely many times). They are fluid where there is movement in the concept and solid where foundation is necessary to complete it. They are made of sparkling white marble with whispering traces of grey. They are iridescent in the sun and glow warmly when the light fades. They are stunning by moonlight. Entrancing muses... I sincerely hope that you enjoy.

These pictures are basic, I have some detailed artistic shots that I may post before the end of Phoctober.

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Winter

Yesterday

Yesterday... all the weather seemed so far away
Now it looks as though it's here to stay
Oh sunny days... were yesterday...


It was 80 degrees and sunny yesterday. Perfect autumn weather... this morning when I woke up... there was a big, bright surprise that will be measured in inches:










Wouldn't you know it? Snow in Phoctober. First snow of the season... make a wish!

Paris in April in Phoctober

Phoctobering with Moon Topples again...

Paris in April... a photo I took and then photoshopped so that it would look old/antiqued with the color painted on, like they did a million years ago, when photographers first decided to add a little color to life. I LOVE this shot... or maybe it's just the memory of that time in Paris, in April, with a very dear friend.

This is a photo that I told MT that I would post soon, one that is similar to a shot he posted recently. This also was taken in Paris in April... in Montmartre.

And some of the others from that trip...

This jaunty little chap came to join us for lunch at a sidewalk cafe one afternoon. We tossed him a large crumb and he picked it up, hopped over to another table near us where his lady friend was waiting at the base, and gave it to her before he came back for another crumb for himself. He was rewarded handsomely for his efforts. Quite a delightful little fellow!

A carousel in the sunset... Notre Dame in the background. We rode several carousels all over Paris, I love them!

Notre Dame... from the back (near the carousel)

Looking into the courtyard of the Louvre

Cupid's secret... he lives inside the Louvre! (This makes perfect sense to me)

Ahhh... the sunset in Paris...

A visit to Versailles... this is the view from King Louis bedroom

Fountain statues behind Versailles... does he weep for the queen who no longer walks in the gardens?

Detail of Ledo Basin behind the palace at Versailles

I think that no matter how many people visit a place (or live there) and post photos and experiences about it... we all see it in different ways, see different things, so it's wonderful to share the wide, wide spectrum of life and the world we live in.

Rel at Under the Microscope has just come back from a tour of Europe and he has some really wonderful photos of Paris and other lovely places.... definitely worth a look!