Kaleidoscope #594

by D.M. SessousApril 5, 2019March 31, 2019

But until a person can say deeply and honestly, “I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday,” that person cannot say, “I choose otherwise.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Below is the original photo used to create this image. While taking a walk around Floyd, VA, my parents and I came across a farmers’ market and this fantastic flower box. It was Mom’s favorite, so Mom, these flower-box kaleidoscopes are for you! No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

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Kaleidoscope #593

by D.M. SessousApril 4, 2019March 31, 2019

A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

Below is the original photo used to create this image. My front yard is only good for growing two things, mushrooms and moss… At least it’s green! No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Kaleidoscope #592

by D.M. SessousApril 3, 2019March 31, 2019

Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Below is the original photo used to create this image. I found this lovely and unusual flower in a small garden near my parking deck in downtown Richmond, VA. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

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Kaleidoscope #591

by D.M. SessousApril 2, 2019March 31, 2019

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
― Nelson Mandela

Below is the original photo used to create this image. A lovely summer sky, taken in a parking lot after shopping. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

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Kaleidoscope #590

by D.M. SessousApril 1, 2019March 31, 2019

Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.
― Gayle Forman, If I Stay

Below is the original photo used to create this image. Found a great moss and lichen bespeckled brick wall on an afternoon walk near Forest Hill Park, in Richmond, VA. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Kaleidoscope #589

by D.M. SessousMarch 31, 2019March 5, 2019

A good friend loves you when the condition is better, a best friend holds your hand when you’re in gutter.
― Debasish Mridha

Below is the original photo used to create this image. The alley behind my building is a treasure trove of interesting images, including this oil-slick rainbow. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Kaleidoscope #588

by D.M. SessousMarch 30, 2019March 5, 2019

An overturned tricycle in the gutter of an abandoned neighborhood can stand for everything.
― Stephen King

Below is the original photo used to create this image. The alley behind my building is a treasure trove of of interesting images, if you like drains and gutters… No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Kaleidoscope #587

by D.M. SessousMarch 29, 2019March 5, 2019

I felt that the decrepit state of these once magnificent buildings, with their broken gutters, walls blackened by rainwater, crumbling plaster revealing the coarse masonry beneath it, windows boarded up or clad with corrugated iron, precisely reflected my own state of mind…
― W.G. Sebald, Austerlitz

Below is the original photo used to create this image. At a rest area on a trip to visit my parents, I found this filmy puddle and couldn’t help taking a quick pic… No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Kaleidoscope #586

by D.M. SessousMarch 28, 2019March 5, 2019

And the Top spoke no more of his old love; for that dies away when the beloved objects has lain for five years in a roof gutter and got wet through; yes, one does not know her again when one meets her in the dust box.
― Hans Christian Andersen, The Top And The Ball

Below is the original photo used to create this image. I found this ditch on a sunrise walk around my neighborhood. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.