Wordless Wednesday
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Last Updated 11/5/07
From Erebus
Piper and the Gren: Part 8 (Epilogue)
About Me
- Moksha Gren
- Moksha Gren is the ramble-prone maestro of this symphony of ill-formed sentences and self-absorbed ranting. Despite what you may read here…he’s really a nice guy.
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21 comments:
The Great American Scottish Terrier
Great first WW, Moksha.
That is a great picture!!!!!
Superb photo! Composition is awesome and the dog is too cute for words.
Arlo looks dolefully off into the distance as a gliding gull momentarily pulls him out from his meditative moment. 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull,' he thinks to himself. 'I really must read that book someday. Moksha says it's pretty good.'
Switching his gaze away from the gull, he crosses his paws and rests his chin upon them, his heavy sigh making a few errant blades of grass dance and flutter in a short-lived frenzy. Behind him, its colors resplendent in the late morning sun, the Stars and Stripes does a similar dance -- more stately and driven by a less feckless breath.
A sudden gust snaps the strained edge of the brave pennant; Arlo raises his head and perks his ears. Walking toward him comes Moksha (finally!) and the rest of his small family. Arlo picks himself up and trots over to greet and be greeted. He forgets whatever it was that made him ponder for a while, and he never even thought to wonder why the flag behind him was fluttering at half-mast.
A kindness, that.
Moksha knows. He lets his gaze absorb the unfurled banner. On the walk home, his grip on Moonshot's hand is a little tighter and his gaze down at Norah a little more frequent.
Arlo is hungry and hopes it's getting near lunch. Oh, right! That's what he was thinking about.
Thats a neat photo!!! Well done
Hope you can join us at the blogging scavenger hunt over at Amys Random Thoughts that started yesterday..We have over 80 people playing with some neat prizes!!!! Hope you will join us!
Wow Simon, good story. I feel cheap just saying that is a great picture. So, here goes my hand at writing.
With the flag at half mast, Arlo stares off into the distance wondering what went wrong. Maybe, just maybe he could have sniffed that flower a little longer.
wonderful picture!!
Tremendous photo and amazing tale to go with it! You have talent in writing. D :)
that's one patriotic dog...or maybe the cameraman? very nice one!
I think this is one of the better photos I've taken...so I hope I'm not setting the bar too high for my entry into the wonderful world of Wordless Wednesday. We'll see. I figure I've got a better chance since Mark talked me into buying my shiny new Nikon D40. And if this shot is any indication, I think I'll be happy with it. Thanks, Mark.
Simon - Well put. If I thought I could expect my pictures to coax such fine writing from you every time...I'd be reaching for my camera even more than I already do. Thanks for contributing such a cool addition to my post.
Laying on my belly last weekend in my in-laws' yard, I opted to crop the top of the flag pole out of the shot for composition's sake. I'm glad you were still able to pick up that the flag was at half-mast.
Jet - Thanks. Same feel as what Simon said...but far more succinct (go figure ;)
Caroline, Missy, Amy, Teqdirb92, FelineFrisky, and JennyR - Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the complements. Although I can't really take credit for the writing kudos, Frisky.
Great picture!
I'm probably going to sound completely ignorant, but why IS the flag at half mast? Becuase of the shootings in Virginia?
Mouse, I was kind of wondering the same thing. The flag across the street is not 1/2 mast anymore. Might be someone local.
You shot that with you shiny new D40? Sweet!
Nice piece of writing, Simon.
Mouse and Jet - It was for the Virgina victims. As of Saturday (when the shot was taken) most flags were still at half mast.
Mark - I'm still getting used to having to look through the eye piece again. But I guess that kinda makes me feel more like a "real" photographer. Overall, I'm really enjoying the camera. Thanks again for taking the time to discuss all the details with me.
I posted some more of its results over on Norah's page this morning...in case you're interested. April's photos are chronologically organized...can your photographic eye spot when I switched from the old camera to the new?
Grrr... Do I need to remind you AGAIN that it is "our" shiny, new Nikon D40, forgetful husband? Especially since you will make me carry it ("because I have the purse") when we go on vacation? I can't harangue you any more about this now. Judging by the hideous noises coming from the directions of Norah's bottom, I have yet another soupy diaper to change. *sigh*
You're really on the ball to have seen the potential for a great picture here. I love it.
Nice picture. Thanks for your visit to my blog today. Nice to here from a fellow Missourian.
Norah's page is muy adorable.
What made the white balance shift so badly on the pictures of her sitting/crawling in the grass (in April's grouping)?
Is that with the camera set to do everything (including white balance) automatically? The one of her in the carseat (the main pic on the Norah page) looks great all the way across the board, so I'm curious.
When the flags first went to half-mast here in Hawaii several weeks ago, I thought it was for Don Ho, and that seemed a little silly. At some point I realized they were probably for the shooting victims. I'm not positive that they weren't originally for Don, though.
Nice picture.
I also have a D40, although not all of my Wordless Wednesday pictures have been taken with it.
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