Kaleidoscope #149

But there’s no such thing as a completely fresh start. Everything new arrives on the heels of something old, and every beginning comes at the cost of an ending.
–Jennifer E. Smith, The Geography of You and Me 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a gorgeous sunset taken outside of Mesa, Arizona in November, 2008 at my grandparents’ 50th anniversary party. If you look closely, you can make out saguaro cacti. A simple snap from my Kodak Share camera.

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Kaleidoscope #148

People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
–Karl Lagerfeld 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, taken from my hotel window in December, 2017 while visiting family before Christmas. No special lighting or effects, just a snap from my smart phone.

Kaleidoscope #147

 

The splendid thing, about falling apart, silently…, is that, you can start over, as many times, as you like.
–Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. All I can say, is sometimes you have to look down to see a rainbow.. I caught this oil-slick rainbow at dusk after a rain just outside my office building with no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

 

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Kaleidoscope #145

 

I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end. (Jo March),
–Louisa May Alcott, Little Women 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. This one came out of the archive. It’s a stormy Atlantic Ocean from a trip to Nags Head, North Carolina in the late 90’s. I had one of those awesome film cameras that took panoramic shots. Film negative saved to CD.

 

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Kaleidoscope #144

And suddenly you know: It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.
–Meister Eckhart 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, taken from my hotel window in December, 2017 while visiting family before Christmas. No special lighting or effects, just a snap from my smart phone.

 

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Kaleidoscope #142

 
At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done–then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.
–Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a gorgeous sunset taken outside of Mesa, Arizona in November, 2008 at my grandparents’ 50th anniversary party. If you look closely, you can make out saguaro cacti. A simple snap from my Kodak Share camera.

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Kaleidoscope #140

How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?
–Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. All I can say, is sometimes you have to look down to see a rainbow.. I caught this oil-slick rainbow at dusk after a rain just outside my office building with no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

 

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