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John&Joey wrote:If those pictures are not enhanced, then you truly are a spectacular photographer, and I apologize for even thinking that they were. Maybe National Geographic would be interested in your interpretation of the desert.
Thanks John and Joey. "Photoshop" is the big problem these days for people like me "if" I ever decided to approach a Magazine or two. I have been actually turned down because a Magazine replied that readers would think it is a photoshoped photo... when it is not. It does not make sense, and that is OK! As long as I enjoy it and share them.
You be well, always.
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More on the papercrete homes, Tx
Well, it has finally arrived. 28 degrees this morning as I write this, I wanted cold, I got cold! It seems as the temperature has covered this Space with an even quieter blanket as a deep silence prevails this morning. Maybe the birds and everything else alive have taken cover waiting for the rays of sunshine to come trough and warm up this surface we are on.
A couple days ago, I think it was as I loose track of time here, we rode a loop which included stopping in Marathon and see my Friend Eric in charge now of the operation putting up the papercrete homes, those structures unlike any other within the Peaceful Space they are in.
We chatted a long time at the end of a work day for him, his knowledge of the Earth is intense and deep and one never leaves without gaining a richness that prevails always within the words exchanged.
It is all part of the “Ride” we are on, never being only of a physical one but very much mental taking us up always to a next level awaiting for us.
I often wonder where all this will lead us… Time will tell.
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Ara & Spirit
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We are starting to get complaints regarding your commercial website in your signature, which, since you are selling items and soliticting donations it is in direct conflict with our posting rules. We have to ask you to delete the link from your signature and profile.
I have never written with "commercialism" in mind. Cards dealt in Life as we left on the road stripped from my Life savings after my Son's passing away have been real and written and photographed about. I am not looking for sympathy, not even from the ones that have complained while we cannot even make ends meet. My wealth is within myself. I am sorry you have some of you taken and spend the effort to shut this down.
Most of you have supported us, we always appreciate it and we "thank you" from the bottom of our Heart.
Most of you also know our Journal's address and hope to continue seeing there as the Journey has only began.
You be well, always.
Ara & Spirit
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TexasTreat
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Ara & Spirit,
Thank you for sharing your world with us - with me! I came across your posts a few weeks ago and have lurked here and on your blog. Thank you for allowing me to see that life is still beautiful - by your words and your pictures! Those times ( and lately there are many) that I find myself at the bottom of a long dark well then I look up and see one of your glorious pictures of Mother Nature...I read one of your passages and it gives me hope that I too will see the sun again one day...just not today.
Thank you! Hugs to you both and High Five Paws to Spirit
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TexasTreat wrote:Ara & Spirit,
Thank you for sharing your world with us - with me! I came across your posts a few weeks ago and have lurked here and on your blog. Thank you for allowing me to see that life is still beautiful - by your words and your pictures! Those times ( and lately there are many) that I find myself at the bottom of a long dark well then I look up and see one of your glorious pictures of Mother Nature...I read one of your passages and it gives me hope that I too will see the sun again one day...just not today.
Thank you! Hugs to you both and High Five Paws to Spirit
Thank you TexasTreat... I am sure many feel as you do within this Life of ours. Unfortunately some must be so bored and blind within their walls to see it as we do. Stay in touch, our words and photos will always be out there.
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Ara & Spirit
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Come to think of it and after numerous personal emails outraged at the discontinuation of this thread, I realize that I was not asked to discontinue it, but remove my links to the Journal I keep since some members here have been taken back by it. I cannot help the Copyright Logo on my photos, it is a must as they are Legally Copyrighted. Last I checked I have made $302 these past two years from their sales... I hope that amount does not outrage the ones that complained too much.
A bite and a kite in Terlingua, Tx
For one of the rare times we had decided to stop at the Porch in Terlingua on our way to some errands, the good and the bad happened. The ugly too!!! The good is the discovery of kite flying, a smiling pass time as I discovered even if my kite is now laying in the bushes awaiting a new tail. The bad is being bit by a dog of an irresponsible owner with his four dogs out of control. I was watching them chase cars for a while, chase a motorcycle trike, watch him hit those dogs and yell at them, why didn’t I think they would also chase me while leaving? Spirit was on the wrong side, he had already send them a message earlier as they had then stayed away from him. So starts the path of calling the Sheriff and on and on. There is no Law here for rabies shots, leashes, luckily I found out that the community had made him get the shots for his dogs this past summer after such already happening incidents. Hopefully these dogs will be put away for at least 40 days soon as I will find out later on today. Maybe never show up on the Porch again.
Right now all is calm around here after a couple days of heavy winds and much rain even hail yesterday. It truly makes one appreciate the present moments…
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Ara & Spirit
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An “enchanted” evening in Terlingua, Tx
I was stunned receiving these words as part of an invitation to attend a get together this past Saturday… “I have been asked by several to invite you to a Party happening here, at my House, Saturday night, October 31st. There will be 40 International Photo-Journalists (including 5 Pulitzer Prize Winners) and several of them adore your Blog. Actually they will be here for the entire weekend and beyond, and I just get them Saturday night, but I asked if I could pepper the Party with some individuals from Terlingua and they specifically asked for you…”. I started wondering if the sender had maybe made a mistake in identity which I verified with follow up e mails. The day arrived and now went by. The experience was incredible, a “ride” unlike any other as surrounded with such that have traveled the World for many years with their fingers on the shutter, providing for National Geographic, Newsweek, Times, CBS, just to name a few. Recipients of so many Worldwide Awards, and yet loving my own doings, this little Journal that has paved our past Years with my Buddy Spirit. There is no doubt it has been a “feel good” experience surrounded also with much Music, great Food and conversations.
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Ara & Spirit
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“Day of the Dead” Celebration in Terlingua, TX
Another year has gone by, this evening in Terlingua’s Cemetery the crowd has outnumbered the Spirit’s ready for the Festivities, the Food, the Music and a Joy to join in good humor and Spirituality. It is still a new concept for me, it is slowly sinking in, a Day when sadness toward the departed is set aside to make room for instead a togetherness of the minds. It is as a rebirth every year around this time, a Celebration in Mexico that has spilled over to this near border town and others along the way. It is also an occasion to converse with everyone from this Town that has gathered and maybe not seen each other for a while. It was another “enchanted” evening with clear blue skies, just the right temperature and a Moon rising as saying “here is shedding some more light on you all”.
Slowly but surely I have deepened my affection for this Town which makes me feel welcome and even more lately assists me in being part of it, a notion that has escaped me for so many years past. Yes, this could be the Last Frontier, it is also my last line of reconnaissance to feel as being planted for these winter months ahead. What more can I ask for?
More of it in the Journal including my first Video of my favorite photos.
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Ara & Spirit
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Slicing the Silence of Time, TX
With 217,000 miles on her I figured “Old Faithful” deserves her own video! She is dirty, she is smelly at times, but she keeps on purring and swallowing the miles to no end. I think I am addicted to those “Animoto” Videos, they are right up my alley as being so simple to put together, each being so different from one another.
I actually worked these past couple days. I am not going to say “we” because Spirit besides posing for others cameras, well, he did not do a thing. The “mission” was taking landscape photos on River Road and off Marfa while also photographing bicyclists for a gentleman that is setting up upcoming Tours, complete with support vehicles and lodging accommodations. It was fun, no doubt about it, except for the fact that there was no chatting with others met on the road! It was waiting most of the time, shoot, and go on passing them all toward the next good spot. A good concept to get paid to ride, photograph, fuel and food throughout those two beautiful perfect days. It was not much, but, a Dollar is better than no Dollar I was thinking.
Enjoy “Old Faithful” up close and personal!
Be well…
Ara & Spirit
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River Rd and Marfa, TX
So it was work, riding, stopping, photograph landscape and bicyclists, get back on, pass and wait for the next opportunity where Nature and machines would blend in perfectly. I am guessing a bicycle is a machine. If the opportunity was there I would do this once a week, there is no doubt as the day itself had great weather and light, specially early morning while on our way to join the group. There was even time for Spirit and I to play on the side of the road quite often, some great couple days. He was tired by the end of it however, for the first time laying down into the nose of his car not wanting to be my copilot as he normally is, nose over the windshield with his cheeks flapping in the wind! This Dog loves to ride, he feels important when he does, as he is.
What is next? Thanksgiving near by Houston visiting my Dear Friends Carl and Colette, much cooking anticipated including the Holiday treats. I think it will be a Culinary week! All mixed with cutting up some more Pecan wood for this upcoming winter, busy is good…
Enjoy the ride…
Be well, always.
Ara & Spirit
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