“There’s no limit to how much you’ll know depending on how far beyond Zebra you go!”
— Dr. Suess
Zebras hold a certain weird fascination for me. The stripes are hypnotic and each zebra’s markings are so different…like the fingerprints of humans.
~ Patty
“I have always been a romantic, one of those people who believes that a woman in pink circus tights contains all the secrets of the universe.”
— Tom Robbins
I don’t normally photograph nature, because as I’ve said before, I detest the colour green. However, this dark shade doesn’t offend me greatly — hence, the photograph of the beautiful pink camellia. The center photograph is a piece by a very talented street artist named Nico. I’ve run across several of his owls in the innercity neighborhoods of Newtown and Surry Hills. This is one of my favorites because of the color pink! The last photograph was the pink terrace house I featured in another post and since I seem to have a penchant for photographing house numbers, here’s the lucky number six.
~ Patty
“Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling, and they’re falling like they’re falling in love with the ground.”
― Andrea Gibson
I will never be a landscape photographer. I detest the color GREEN. (Now…you see my problem). But, having said that, I can’t seem to resist a beautiful autumn leaf either still clinging to the tree or lying there sadly on the ground. I always walk looking down–you should try it sometime. You’ll be amazed at the beauty that is at your feet.
When I’m out photographing, I’m always seeing things as I would through the lens of my camera. I do a quick scan to make sure I’m not overlooking something, something that others might have overlooked and passed on by. Then I look at what might be quietly hiding there along the pathway. Sometimes I am rewarded with a little hidden gem.
I took all, but one, of the photographs in Newtown, an innercity neighborhood of Sydney back in the autumn here in Australia. It’s funny–even after having lived here for 20+ years, I still can’t think of the seasons being reversed. June-July-August are, and will forever be, SUMMER in my mind, even though I am shivering cold. The beautiful red leaf was one I ran across in Peillon, a mountain village 20 miles north of Nice, France. I am lucky to have lovely Niçoise friends that I can go visit because Nice is one of my fave places in France…after Paris, of course!
~ Patty
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