December 9, 2016

Moving Images 2016

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Supermoon

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Escaped chimp Chaca does not wish to go back.

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The most baby Giraffe.

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Oscar the Grouch's great-grandfather aka Manding Tribe costume for a circumcision ritual.

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Foggy night in San Francisco's Land's End, 1953

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A big leap of faith.

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Raccoons in Central Park

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Billy the Kid playing croquet.

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The shark's fate: Swim or drown.

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Hillary supporters after losing to Trump

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Woman weeps at Trump Victory Tour Rally.

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"Oh, a storm is threat'ning
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away"

Posted by gerardvanderleun at December 9, 2016 12:08 PM
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People shedding tears over political elections is pathetic.

Those raccoons look like the empty suet cage outside my office window last night. There's a fat blueberry suet in it right now so it should be Party Central tonight. I can hardly wait. Gets exiting out here in the hinters after the sun goes down. Most people think this stuff is boring, but it's life sized and won't fit on a 4" handheld screen and we wouldn't have it any other way.

Posted by: ghostsniper at December 9, 2016 2:42 PM

Yep, ghostsniper, our kitchen window is better than tv.

Posted by: Jewel at December 9, 2016 3:15 PM

Brethren and Sistern, please Google, Gerard Van
der Leun's photographs, and click on the Flikr collection of his 6000+ photos.
The pictures, frozen moments in time, are there for our thawing back to life.

Posted by: Howard Nelson at December 9, 2016 7:33 PM

Thawing the photo of dog, man and moon:

Man looks lovingly at dog,
Dog muses at the moon,
Moon reflects the unseen Sun
In silent grace, thru shades of
Black and White.

Posted by: Howard Nelson at December 10, 2016 6:35 AM