Poignant

Sunrise, sunset, swiftly flow the days*

Jeff

My wife and I are classified as “senior citizens,” but in spite of that title we still like to hike. We do have our aches and pains so several years ago we decided to hike in as many places on our bucket list that our knees, hips and other joints would allow.

Last summer we chose to hike along parts of the northern California coast. It was such a beautiful trip along route 1. Nearly every turn provided a post card-like scene. We stopped many times to take pictures.

The Timber Cove Inn located in Jenner, CA is one of the nicest places to stay in the area. The two pictures below show a scene from the rear of the inn. One was a sunset and the other a sunrise of approximately the same area. It was beautiful indeed!

Timber Cove Sunset, Jenner, CA

Timber Cove Sunrise, Jenner, CA

* Title of this post from the song, Sunrise, Sunset – Fiddler on the Roof

The teacher is a monkey; really!

Jeff

The Internet has made it possible for a wide audience to see things they never before imagined. With this mass communication media comes a few caveats and one of them is “don’t believe everything you see or read.” Keeping this in mind, however, it does seem like this little monkey is determined to teach humans his best method for crushing leaves. I think you will find this cute, interesting and perhaps a bit poignant as well.

This human learns a new and valuable life skill.”

“A monkey signals a human to hold out his hand so it can provide some dry leaves. Through the fence, the monkey proceeds to help close the human’s hand so he can successfully crush leaves.”

Trunks of love

Jeff

Those readers who follow my blog, know that I am a student of and have an interest in photography. At one time I worked as a professional photographer, but now I enjoy it as an enthusiastic hobbyist.

My interest has led me to follow a number of photographers via the Internet. I review dozens of articles each day and one of my latest reads was “Preparing for a Safari Trip to Afric.” This essay had many fine photographs and hints for those who want to embark on a photographic safari to Africa. You are certainly welcome to visit the site and read the article. If you are only interested in the photographs, you will be equally rewarded.

One such photograph that I found particularly poignant, is the baby and mother elephant below. These beautiful and noble creatures are under pressures from poachers and deserve our attention. I think they are majestic and worth protecting.

Baby and Mother Elephant

PS – If you are interested in a photo safari, read the comments as well!