Quote:"I find your lack of faith disturbing."
(Darth Vader)
Height:6'1"
Religion:Jedi
About Me:Crafting faeries (and other flying things) all my life. Designing/building my own wings from scratch and living my childhood dreams one meter (or a thousand) up.
Originally from the Bay Area, I now live in Rough & Ready, California.
Music:Loreena McKinnett my fave overall. Love lots of others too. "Imagine" has always been my favorite song. "What a Wonderful World" (Louis!) my favorite song of hope. My favorite album: "Moodfood" by Moodswings. Upon hearing this album, it immediately knocked all my top "10s" into #8 spots.
Movies:"Star Wars" and "The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao" immediately come to mind... Lots of others too. Always loved the Sinbad movies featuring Ray Harryhausen's special effects while I was growing up.
Books:David Eddings: "The Belgariad" and "The Mallorium." Love this guys subtle (and realistic) plugs on religion/politics too.
My favorite spiritual book was by two of my absolute favorite people: Bill Moyers interviewing Joseph Campbell in "The Power of Myth."
Likes:Light, Flight. Lately, drawing Celtic wings for my færies.
Dislikes:Selfish-righteous, insecure people who lack the courage to comprehend Nature and portray it honestly. Religious zealots. Sheeple. People who lack the guts to think outside of their narrow mindset and for themselves, instead forcing their leaders' garbage on others.
Hobbies:Photoshop, photography, astronomy☄, geology, history, anthropology (both), linguistics, sewing kites, and gardening all fall in here, but making kids feel treasured beats all of the above.
Vices:Pretending it's too cold / hot outside to go for my bike ride, i.e., Lazy. (Bad Tommy!)
Virtues:Freethought. Critical thinking, because honesty is the only true reality.
Heroes:Superman. Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Paine. Bill Moyers. Eddie Lama. Sarah McLachlan.
Imagine you're in a big hardware store, looking for wood. You think you've found the beams you want and lean over to inspect them. Suddenly, right from out of a dark cleft in front of you, a kitten pops out, tail up, mewling, obviously wanting to play! Your surprise turns into a smile, and you fetch a clerk to help you. "Where did this little one come from?" you ask her. She smiles, saying that ferral cats live outside, though one had kittens inside, and that the kittens are obviously quite friendly. "Would you like to keep it?" she asks, and knowing that you've been thinking of getting a kitty recently, your heart quickly says "yes."
So this is "Cali." The Calico. She's actually my neighbor Teri's kitten, though we're like family (I get to see her all the time). Obviously I couldn't resist photographing her, eh? ;^)
Oh and btw, that "heart" pattern on her side? That's no Photoshop trick. It's entirely natural.
Out watering the lawn today, I noticed a Tree Frog hippity-hoppiting away. I then remembered a photo I saw one of you put up here, and the rest is history... (One photo goes to Lesley's site, one to the new image. ;^)
The faery Cassandra dost bring us love and light, whereas the faery Celena dost be a goddess of Luna. I do be so glad to see these two finally join us, and have come up with these two images of them... though I do not know of which to favour! (Perchance thouest might say?)
We just had a big annual dance performance at our Center for the Arts here, from which I captured many nice photos. Here are some dancers at rest or in action... (click pic to view)