“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.
Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.”

-Walt Whitman -The Leaves Of Grass

Chasing Pavements

I remember the first time I heard Chasing Pavements by Adele...it was before she became so popular.    I connected with the lyrics, her voice, the time, and place right away...I haven't listened to it in a long time   but this picture I took last summer reminds me of her voice, the time, the place, the lyrics...

I had to lay down in the road to get this view.  For a brief moment out of my life I took an exciting and risky chance in order to get a clearer perspective of what was mapped out in front of me.  I remember enjoying the heat of the road and the somewhat unfamiliar texture of the cement while intentionally swiping my finger across the yellow stripe...  I love how you can see the two vanishing points where the road forks left and right.  I think a road picture is a good metaphor for life.  So, there you have it!  What do you think?

  

  

Woah~ highly enhanced photo!

Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements

Even if it leads nowhere?

Or would it be a waste even if I knew my place

Should I leave it there?

Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements

Even if it leads nowhere?-  Adele

Original photo.

Bendito Dios por encontrarnos en el camino
Y de quitarme esta soledad de mi destino.-  Bendito tu luz (Mana)

Soy como el agua del río
y por el camino me dejo llevar
porque aprendí que la vida
por todo lo malo algo bueno te da
Quiero que me mires a los ojos
y que no preguntes nada mas
quiero que esta noche sueltes toda esa alegría
que ya no puedes guardar

"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it."

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

This-n-that from my Camera Roll

My camera roll on my phone is full and I just uploaded 1500 snapshots to my computer. Here are some of my favorites from the last 6 months.




















This is an old barn not too far from home... I added the quote by Dr. Seuss.



Pasos de Gigante: Los Bacilos

No puedo reir
no puedo llorar.
No puedo dejarte de recordar
no puedo decirte nada que tú no sepas.

Tan solo puedo quedarme como un idiota
pensando en cosas que me provoca
hacer contigo en islas perdidas.

No puedo gritar
no puedo exigir.
No puedo contarte lo que sentí,
no puedo decirte nada, tú estás tan lejos.

Y tú que no sabes nada y lo sabes todo,
que me derrites de tantos modos.
Dime pa' donde vas con mi vida...

Carito el corazón
me queda grande.
Cuando yo pienso en ti, yo siento pasos de gigante.
Carito esta canción,
es importante
porque cuando la canto yo juro que estás ahí delante
porque cuando la canto yo juro que estás ahí delante.

Se fue complicando la situación,
y no hay que olvidarse que al corazón,
le puedes decir de todo menos mentiras.

Tú ibas para allá
yo iba para acá.
Y fue tan bonito verte cruzar
al menos por un ratito por mi camino.

Carito el corazón
me queda grande.
Cuando yo pienso en ti, yo siento pasos de gigante.
Carito esta canción,
es importante
porque cuando la canto yo juro que estás ahí delante
porque cuando la canto yo juro que estás ahí delante.
Ahí delante, ahí delante, ahí delante, estás ahí delante...

Lalalalalalalaaa
Lalalalalalalaaa
Tú ibas para allá, yo iba para acá
Lalalalalalalaaa
Y fue tan bonito verte cruzar
Lalalalalalalaaa
Al menos por un ratito por mi caminooo

Carito el corazón
me queda grande.
Cuando yo pienso en ti, yo siento pasos de gigante.
Carito esta canción,
es importante
porque cuando la canto yo juro que estás ahí delante

Porque cuando la canto yo juro...
yo juro
canto yo juro
que estás ahí delante
canto yo juro...
canto yo juro
yo juro
canto yo juro
que estás ahi delante
canto yo juro
Porque cuando la canto yo juro que estás ahí delanteee

Pasos de Gigante

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

I'm super excited to be able to participate in this week's Scavenger Hunt Sunday! And my first time linking up with Kat over at Exploring with a Camera! I've been experimenting a lot this past week with the free photo sharing app/editor instagram which I love!! As I mentioned in a previous post this week I love the square format and the retro looking filters you can apply. All of my photos were taken with my ipod and edited with the free app instagram.



Reflections In Glass

I'm not necessarily an old car freak or anything but I think my dream car would be something old and gangster looking in black! Anyway, knowing that I wanted to participate in the scavenger hunt this week I had it in my head that I wanted the headlight prompt to be from an antique car. On the drive to the pool I noticed the Packard sitting in the lot of an antique shop. On the way back it was still there and we pulled over. Then, while snapping away I noticed this reflection in the glass! That's my white Pacifica with my family patiently waiting inside with wet swimming suits so that, "Mom can take another picture." And that white suv under the open flag is seen through the car and the window on the other side.

Headlights

Black and White


Seeing Double

BARE
These are our feet after playing with baking soda and vinegar on the driveway. (Wow, the girls and I need pedicures...)