Chopsticks made from bamboo-
Too poor to afford silverware.
Tender bamboo shoots for food-
Too poor to afford meat.

Why were people of old so integrated with their surroundings?
Because the objects that they used, the food that they ate, and
the activities that they engaged in were straight from their surroundings.
They used sticks made from bamboo as eating implements.
They used vines to make baskets. They used gourds as vessels.
For food, they grew plants, domesticated animals, and caught fish and game.
Their social structure was was built around the cycles of the sun, moon, and stars…
The closer we can be to the earth and to nature, the more integrated with life we shall be.

A few hours later I receive an email from Flickr notifying me that my Bamboo photo was chosen for the Huntington Library’s Photo of the Day.

I love my life :)

Huntington Gardens, November 28, 2010

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I have full moon fever

Moondance Rose
Huntington Gardens
August 21. 2011

]]> http://www.withmyowntwohands.com/2011/08/23/moondance-rose/feed/ 0 http://www.withmyowntwohands.com/2011/07/05/unphotographable-sun-rays-moon-beams/ http://www.withmyowntwohands.com/2011/07/05/unphotographable-sun-rays-moon-beams/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:32:21 +0000 Dee http://www.withmyowntwohands.com/?p=2361 A small group of friends gathered on the 4th, sandwiched between the high desert and the high clouds. The sun cut through with its golden rays and accentuated our natural glow of love and energy. Everything was covered in magical godlike dusk, and I could not move out of it to capture it. I myself was captured, along with the blades of grass, the rose petals, the light between the trees, the shine in our eyes, the highlights in our hair, the warmth of our faces, the laughter echoing out into the sky… And when after the darkness finally covered us and when the sky exploded with stars, … the Moon smiled upon us as tiny universes taunted us with their cannons.

Patches

Oreo

Patches likes white wine

Gabby’s Party

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We missed seeing you Beth!

A beautiful glowing sunset in Burbank during West Coast Will Call. It was wonderful seeing everyone again and meeting new people.

Products and people… how to see differently?
Shoot it, age it, post it!
Enjoy!

*Thanks to AV for post production ideas