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You're Still Beautiful

Similarity 2-Sharing the Space

If you are a Trekkie and a big fan of Seven of Nine you must be familiar with her famous self description, "I'm Borg, I'm unique." We do not have to be a borg to be a unique individual. We are all unique in our own way.

I was ready to go out for my morning on Saturday morning when I felt a needle-sharp pain on the softest part on the back of left knee. The pain went away as fast as it came. It was almost I didn't experience it but I knew it happenned. My irrational mind convinced me it was nothing, but I knew better than that. I changed into my cargo pants, transferred my ID, health insurance card,T Pass in one pocket and bills, dropped the phone in another pocket and a camera in another roomy pocket. A few years ago I would've ignored the pain, but like most of us, I've learned to listen to my instinct and I am still learning.

It was pretty windy at Castle Island, but the warm sun and cloudless sky made it worthwhile.

The Flakes

Fourty-six or fourty-seven years ago if I ever came accross these trees, I would've had spent the rest of my afternoon peeling off every single layer of these amazing and delicate flakies and missed all the beauty in it. But when were in awe even at a beetle crawling on a leaf.

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Thursday Challenge-Something different.

One of my favorite shots I took last summer. Water trapped in spider web.

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Moody Monday 

I was struck by the beauty of the wild mushrooms grew on the birch tree when Ginny and I walked along Charles last September. From different angle the tree looked plain without the mushrooms, but they made a striking couple.

Frozen Charles

I haven't seriously run for almost three months. All I've been doing was run three miles one day, four miles the next day and when I tried to extend the mileage the inner part of my right knee sent a signal to my brain to slow down. As usual like most old fart runners like me tend to ignore the message we get, but of course old fart runners like me have learned one or two lessons from life. I listened to the pain. So, I slowed down, and finished the next two or three miles by walking.

But walking is not like running. There is no joy when I pass the next lamp post I usually use to self-motivate me when I run. I take walking for granted. Like breathing. Imagine if we have to go through some complicated process just to breath. Or the air is rationed at certain hours. Imagine that.

 

 

 

 

Anyho, when Ginny said she couldn't join me for our Saturday walk, I decided to go for a walk a long Charles River. I was glad I did. The temperature soared up to mid 40's. Charles was still frozen, but it was magniicent. I walked all the way to Harvard Square. I stopped and had a cup of hot chocolat at the square.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The end of the fence bent backward or forward depend on which angle you are looking at that I thought it has  a ninety degree shape.

 

 

 

 

   

A three-bench conference on Charles

for a person like me who was born and grew up in Malaysia when I said cold it had nothing to do with the temperature but I referred to food or drink, getting used to 10 or 15 degree in the winter was never part of my plan. But 17 years later I have a lovely walk in the winter.

Geese

Once in a while we have WTF moment. In my case it is not once but perhaps multiple times in a while. I was crossing the parking lot at South Bay Mall when I heard the sound of geese in the sky above my head. As I looked up my hand reached to my camera. Without moving my eyes from their perfect V formation I clicked the On button and brought up the camera to my eye level. I knew right away the battery was sitting pretty at the charger at home.

I knew if I moved my eyes  from them even one second, I would've missed the grace and the beuty of these amazing birds. I quickly counted them when they were still in  V formation . 17 all of them. And I guess this is the part when people say things happen with reasons and all that crap.

When the leader goose gracefully fell back from the front, the  goose from the way back moved forward and took up the pilot position. It was an amazing experience to watch them in action. I didn't know where they were heading to, but I think by the time they reached their destination, every one of the geese had an opportunity to lead the pack. I almost forgot that I was standing in the middle parking lot (not that I was parking my car since I have none) in an ass freezing temperature.

I found a few articles that offered very insightul points about them geese : a leadership, teamwork, loyalty, intelligence. Tammay Vora  wrote an excellent piece about lesson from geese.

Purple My World

To brighten up a gray and cold sky out there and to boost our creativity.

Day Five of 2010-Adaptable

In the past during the winter months when the temperature dipped to 30 degree and lower you wouldn't find me out there taking a walk.

It took me many years to realize that I missed a lot of small wonders and not to mention invisible beauty the nature presents in a form of gray sky, bared trees, white -turned-into dirty snow.

Winter is still not my favorite season, but I've learned to tolerate the bulky winter coat, wool hat, scarf and gloves. I wonder if Inuit ever complain if they were in tropical countries?