Just Regular Hobbitsesnear Queenstown, New Zealand

Many thought they were snooty, distant or just plain rude. But they were none of those. They were just regular hobbitses doing their hobbity life on the shore of lake.
Look Up in WonderSiena, Italy

OK, picture any one of a hundred movies where young-girl-meets-new-city. 
(Or substitute young girl for boy, woman, man, you.) 
He/she/you hits the streets for the first time, after dreaming of this moment for years and absolutely years!

You/she/he look up, burst into a brilliant smile and spins, giggling, round and round - watching the tall buildings whirl and spin like a merry-go-round. 
You do this because it's fun. 
You do this because your kid inside is over-the-moon thrilled and astounded and jump-up-and-down ecstatic to at long last be standing in a place you have dreamed of your. entire. life. 

This is a still shot from that movie.
It Takes More Than GritSan Gimignano, Italy

True grit. 
Who thought that one up? 
Isn't that the stuff that gets into your shoe - the gunk they make all kinds of suds for so you can wash it off - the misplaced bit that lands in your salad at a high end restaurant and chips your tooth?
Why would having true of that be a good thing?
Perhaps some deep strength, a gallon (or more) of faith, a boatload of wisdom and discernment... and hey, focus is good - so's determination. Good words abound concerning the ability to withstand stuff. 
Grit, not so much. 
She always thought one's choice of words was interesting... and rather more important than most people realized.
That Light In Your Eyes Arches National Monument, Utah
I would know you anywhere.
It's not what you wear, or do or say...
It's the light in your eyes that I cannot forget. 
Through all times and in every way... I would know you.
Always.
That Burst of InsightArches National Park, Utah
She loved brilliant bursts of insight where the deeply personal and expansively universal intersected. 
It was so primal... and eternal.
And made you feel both small and super important all at the same time because someone thought this moment was something you should have.
Look UpFlorence, Italy
Our world is what we make it out to be.
It's all about perspective.

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Moss On Stone
I can't condone
Moss on stone
It's just a bone 
I have to pick with you.



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Front Detail, Notre Dame - Paris
I know perfectly well that there is tremendous meaning to someone in all the details you see in the sculpture and bas relief on the front of the Notre Dame. In fact if we were alive when it was first finished - we might even walk up and recognize someone we know. But alas, I cannot now remember them. Sadly. All I can do is admire the beauty and marvel at the workmanship of artists with such unique vision, patience and passion.



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The Explorers
At the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA there are these marvelous stone carvings.. of explorers.



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Just Regular Hobbitses

near Queenstown, New Zealand

Many thought they were snooty, distant or just plain rude. But they were none of those. They were just regular hobbitses doing their hobbity life on the shore of lake.
Just Regular Hobbitsesnear Queenstown, New Zealand

Many thought they were snooty, distant or just plain rude. But they were none of those. They were just regular hobbitses doing their hobbity life on the shore of lake.

Just Regular Hobbitses

near Queenstown, New Zealand

Many thought they were snooty, distant or just plain rude. But they were none of those. They were just regular hobbitses doing their hobbity life on the shore of lake.
See photo in original gallery.