For Finky

For Finky
Originally uploaded by KnowWonNose.

For Finiky. Wish you well with your surgery and hope for a full and fast recovery. Miss your nature photos.

Blossomed Soul

Blossomed Soul
Originally uploaded by Finiky.

Marcel Proust

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon
Originally uploaded by Finiky.

Neil Young | Harvest Moon

But there’s a full moon risin’
Let’s go dancin’ in the light
We know where the music’s playin’
Let’s go out and feel the night.

Because I’m still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I’m still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

Leave A Trail

Leave A Trail
Originally uploaded by Finiky.

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Shoot The Moon

Shoot The Moon
Originally uploaded by Finiky.

September 11, 2001

September 11, 2001
Originally uploaded by Finiky.

This is the Washington Post, Dated September 12, 2001.

Like many I will still smell, see in my minds eye, feel September 11, 2001. It's been said before, it was a beautiful day. Clear blue skies, a small hint of fall in the air, no humidity. About as perfect as weather can be in Washington DC.

I learned of the hit to the World Trade Center(s) after arriving at work. I was shocked, stunned, confused, and like so many wondering what (in a larger sense) was going on. Later, the Pentagon was hit and we were told to evacuate. I did get a chance to call my Mother back before leaving, as she had left me a voicemail. Just by chance I was able to get through as most land line and cell phone circuits were busy.

I told her I would call her when I got home. What I have never told anyone, until now, was that I was not sure I would make it home.

Some of us left the building, 1 block from the US Capitol, to go home with co-worker who lived nearby.

That was between 10:10 and 10:30 AM that day. I later got home to Virginia at 2:30. The ride home on the metro was uneventful, except for the complete silence, except for the announcements of stations and the door opening/closing warnings.

Still imprinted: the darkness of the metro station at the Pentagon as it was shut down, but the subway train passed through that station, for several weeks you could smell the acrid smoke in the subway tunnel, from where the jet slammed into the side of the Pentagon.

For months, at night, usually around 11pm or so, you could hear the Combat Air Patrol Jets flying over. My heart would race and eventually I would relax. It still happens from time to time.

On the one year anniversary, on the way home from work, was a woman, dressed very smartly, sitting with a friend. Upon closer look, her face had been nearly burnt off and partially reconstructed. She had been at the service marking the anniversary. She was a survivor. It would be another year or so, again on the metro, at one of the stops most military workers exit -- a man in his BDU's (battle dress uniform) with obvious scarring on his arms and about his neck and face, was about the exit. Another passenger recognized his name. Aren't you the one that saved lives at the Pentagon?.. the answer yes. The male passenger jumped up and shook his hand and said Thank you and God Bless you. I tell these little stories as these are some of my personal memories of September 11, 2001. I was not as impacted personally as so many others were, many lost their lovers, husbands, wives, sisters, brothers, and children.

I am honored to live among survivors and heroes from that day.

Tangible

Tangible
Originally uploaded by Finiky.

wishing everyone a blue sky kind of day.

Hours Go By Like Minutes

Hours Go By Like Minutes
Originally uploaded by Finiky.

Eagles | Wasted Time

"The autumn leaves have got you thinking
About the first time that you fell"

Clarity

Clarity
Originally uploaded by Finiky.

Into The Mystic

Into The Mystic
Originally uploaded by Finiky.

Van Morrison | Into The Mystic

Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic

Katrina Auction Flickr

auction button 90*345
Originally uploaded by puttytat.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/katrina_auction/discuss/80609/ <-- mine
http://www.flickr.com/groups/katrina_auction/ <--main area for auction

Hi All,

On the Flickr site where I post my photos, some of us are auctioning our photos to raise money for hurricane relief. The money goes to the Red Cross --

I submitted a photo for bidding as well, more importantly if you of a way to spread the word We would appreciate your help.

If folks not in Flickr want to bid they would have to create an account, no different than if they were posting to somewhere else.