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Photography 101: Bliss

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I had to think about this one– bliss can take many forms. I have so many sunrise and sunset pictures. I love all of them, love that I can see so many beautiful skies. In the end though, I decided to post this selfie of me sitting by the pool this summer. Just relaxing for a bit, wherever I am = bliss.

Blissful afternoon
Blissful afternoon

Summer evening

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I spent a little time outside this evening, enjoying the blanket of humidity and the song of the cicadas. I live in a suburban area close to Houston, very near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. The temperature now, at 9 pm, is 83 degrees and the humidity is 81%. I live on the third floor, and caught the sun setting behind the magnolia trees.

sunset behind trees

A couple of hours earlier, I enjoyed the sight and scent of the giant crepe myrtles, another reason I love living upstairs.

tops of crepe myrtles

But this little guy got the better of me, before I got the better of him.

blood sucking villain
blood sucking villain

So I didn’t stay out long – it’s easy to work up a sweat just sitting around swatting mosquitoes.

“People who claim they don’t let little things bother them have never slept in a room with a single mosquito.”

attributed to several people, but actually an African proverb.

What do you like to do on a summer evening?

 

A poem by Hafiz

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Where Dolphins Dance

Again the work starts

as soon as you open your eyes in the morning.

Hopefully you got some good rest last night.

why go into the city or the fields

without first kissing the Friend 

who always stands at your door?

It takes only a second.

Habits are human nature –

why not create some that will mint gold?

Your arms are violin bows always moving.

I have become very conscious upon

whom we all play.

thus my eyes have filled with warm

soft oceans of divine music

where jeweled dolphins dance

then leap into this world.

              –Hafiz