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This is good. Really good. Cynics (you know who you are) — Read and Heed.

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All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism, for the record, it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.

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I was quite a bitch in college, by all accounts.  At least, that was many people’s impression of me.  Not so much in high school, and not so much after, largely due to the birth of my son- but for those four years, I was pretty mean.  I was FUNNY, and I wasn’t usually unkind to my people, but in general?  I was quick to take offense.  I was fast with a cutting comment. I’d wager my good friends spent a fair amount of time saying to outsiders…

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There is a special time of day where the light is so luscious, so perfect, so golden and it sometimes takes my breath away. These wildflowers help to form a frame of sorts and, looking beyond these purple beauties, the late day sun has taken hold of the greenery. Bathed in subtle sunlight, the leaves seem to almost shimmer.

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Cee has presented us with a different sort of Fun Foto Challenge this week, one where we’re to use the elements from a selected photo (shown HERE). Those elements, one or more of our choosing, include:

  • Rain / Water
  • Reflection
  • Industrial
  • Lines & Shapes
  • Rule of Thirds
  • Signs
  • Colors:  Red, Gray, Green
  • Containers or Trash Cans
  • Window

Certainly this image contains windows, some crudely constructed, and there are several containers – the hollowed out mobile unit in the foreground being a rather large one at that! – and, of course, the requisite trash can. We certainly have a variety of lines and shapes in the scene and, stretching my imagination a bit, I am easily able to pick out the gray and the green while the bus could be described as an orange-ish or fiery red!

This challenge also dovetails nicely with the photo I submitted for Cee’s B&W photo challenge that I called Dilapidation. It’s the black and white shot I took from the same perspective and it is difficult for me to decide which photograph I like best. (Your preference?)

Cee: We love your challenges and the opportunity to ‘strut our stuff’ as well as providing us with ready-made connections to other bloggers and photo enthusiasts. I’m constantly blown away by the talent, creativity and imagination of so many new friends!