Tag: ocean
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2015 Summer Wonders #32: Swims With Turtles
It’s Day 1 of “Underwater Week” on Old Road Apples’ SUMMER WONDERS. Enjoy!
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2015 Summer Wonder #28: Incoming!
Even more than all the pretty girls at the beach photos, summer photos of young people–or any people, to be honest–having fun are my favorite summer wonders: jumping off stuff, splashing stuff, throwing stuff–it’s all about the stuff, right?
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2015 Summer Wonder #25: Back To The Beach
It rained ALL DAY here today–over 2″ of steady downpour from around 3 am to late afternoon, with occasional relapses into the evening. I sat around like a lump and wrote, read your blogs, deleted a lot of old email, and had Campbell’s Condensed Cream of Tomato Soup and a corn meal muffin for supper. …
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2015 Summer Wonders #23: Tandem Surfing
This video is burning up Facebook–it’s a summer wonder if I’ve ever seen one.
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2015 Summer Wonders #20: Die Yuppie Scum
This is the one my wife has been waiting for, after more than a few instructive jabs about the preponderance of bathing-suited ladies amongst the summer wonders. A little equity where it’s due, eh? Funny how the photos turn up–indeed, this series was originally called “found summer photos” but I liked “summer wonders” better. I…
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2015 Summer Wonder #19: Thanks, But No
I love the ocean, but not at from that altitude, and certainly not that close to the edge. But oh, to be young and brave and wildly foolish. I miss that. I’m glad I survived it, and I like the approximated wisdom that replaced reckless impulse, but I do miss it. A little. Okay, maybe…
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Saturday Night Originals: OBX
I’m no photographer, and I’m envious of those who have “the eye,” and the skills to go with it, to create beautiful and interesting photographic images. I spend too much time looking at photography here, on Flickr, or wherever else I might find it, and I’m thankful for all of you who regularly share your…
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2015 Summer Wonders #18 Need Some Beach, STAT!
Brrrr. Another chilly morning in Westsylvania. We need some summer in here. Stat. What the hell does “stat” mean, anyway? I know it means “fast” but where does the term come from, beside cheesy medical dramas? Anyone? Okay, then I’ll tell you because I wondered, for years, but didn’t wonder enough to ask someone or…
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