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NZ 1st post.

This country is amazing. Enjoy!!


Flying over the Southern Alps from Sydney to Christchurch.

Driving up towards Arthurs Pass.
The Cave Stream Scenic Reservation.
Ice melt flowing down the Western side of the Southern Alps with an aqueduct over the road.
Friendly cat in Hokitika.

Piedras Blancas Beach, CA

Piedras Blancas. There is a section of beach where elephant seals congregate to mate, feed, lounge, etc. Early in the year you can go and see the pups. These pups are a few months old and many of their mothers have already left to eat. When the pups get hungry enough they will venture to the ocean and learn to swim and catch fish in the shallows. Then, as per their instincts, they will swim off and continue the cycles of life.

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Children.

"Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), 'The Little Prince', 1943

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Sunset over the ocean! Definitely something everyone should experience in their lifetime. The Channel Islands create a beautiful scape along the horizon. This is another one from my first session at Brooks. The sun is an amazing thing. A sunset where the sun sets solely beyond the horizon is nice, but when there is something else to reflect and distort the light its beauty multiplies. Clouds, water, distant mountains, faces of friends, wet beaches, life.

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So I'm a bit behind...
Here are a two I took last night.



People.
I will always remember people.
The intrinsic value of each human being regardless.
We each reflect something so great: compassion, inspiration, encouragement, joy, sadness, empathy, hope, love.
The experience of one person affecting another in a positive way.
I can remember so many moments with friends, family, strangers, when I was affected, encouraged, inspired.
I implore each of you to take a moment for the people in your life, to affect.
Happy Valentines, tomorrow.

"Be the change you want to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandi

Sailing with Tom

On August 22 I got to go sailing with a friend of a friend, Tom, out on the Ventura Harbor. I can't remember ever being on a real sail boat before this, so again a first. I think if August were to have a theme it would be: Never Before. I have been able to do things I have never done and see places I have never been! It has been truly amazing! Here are some pics from sailing...




"Continual failure is a road to success - if you have the strength to go on." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whew!

It has been a while since my last post. I finished another class at Brooks. It feels so good to be on break, even it if is only for a week. I have been very busy exploring and adventuring across the western US, mainly California, Utah, and Arizona. Over the next several days I'll be updating the blog and sharing the adventures with you all. I hope you enjoy!

Here are a few from the sunset here in Ventura at the end of July: