Wed 20 Jul 2005

a purple-painted sky
(sunset at the lake behind our apartment)
Markie saved this photo from languishing, forgotten, in a deep and seldom-visited corner of our computer’s CPU.
For some reason, I wasn’t particularly excited about this shot when I took it, but simply saved it with all the other photos that I took on that particular day.
When Markie came across this pic while he was looking for images to use as his headers, he told me he thought it was quite nice.
I took another look at it and realized that, yes, it was quite nice. The soft purple tinge even reminded me somewhat of a Monet painting.
Sometimes it takes someone with a different point of view to show us the value of something we might have otherwise taken for granted.
Sometimes someone else’s fresh perspective helps us see things in a different light.
And sometimes we need to see things from a different angle to be able to make better choices, or a wiser course of action.
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As you’re reading this, the hubby and I are in San Francisco, taking in the sights of the Golden Gate Bride, the cable cars, and the Metreon. (This post has been uploaded earlier, thanks to WordPress’s fantastic Advanced Publishing capabilities.)
Yup, we’re on vacation in one of the most historic and beautiful cities in the United States! How fabulous is that?
And yes, we’re also taking this chance to see our U.S. adventure from a different point of view.
Posted under Photography

July 21st, 2005 at 2:18 am
It is a lovely picture! Good thing it didn’t meet the recycle bin. Yes, fresh eyes do help!
July 23rd, 2005 at 2:50 pm
As usual I love your photos
Enjoy your SF getaways day petite!
I’ve never been there but this is where my ex bf grew up,he told me many things about this city and even showed me some photograghs of Golden Gate Bridge!Unforgettable & georgeous! looking fwd to see more of Golden Gate Bridge photos from your own perspective though:)
July 24th, 2005 at 11:11 am
WHOA! The Gods must be painting!
Just unwinding here because it’s weekend. Will be busy again tomorrow. Keep blogging!
July 25th, 2005 at 12:11 am
It was great the first time I saw it. Even greater as the days go by. Your trip to the Bay Area will indeed afford you to take in more beautiful pics. This time, keep them and post them as well for us to vicariously travel with you and mark.
Enjoy! Arent you going to Alcatraz? Sunset pic of it in sillohouette is great, I think.
July 25th, 2005 at 7:39 am
i left my heart in san fran been there 3 times (sus day athens london then direct na pero layoo kaayo) each time i see it on diff angles
just like your pic you and markie see it at diff perspective
July 30th, 2005 at 12:58 pm
Hi, Toni, CheH, Teacher Sol, Junnie, and schatzli!
I’m back!
How have you guys been?
I must apologize for the late answer to your comments. Mark and I actually got back from SFO last Saturday, but I had a bit of jet lag/vacation hangover, so I’ve just been sleeping a lot and at strange hours during the past week. Hehe!
Thank you for your kind comments about the photo! I’ll be posting our SFO pics in the next few days. We weren’t able to do a lot of picture-taking this trip though - I think we got too busy enjoying the sights, walking up and down those countless hills, and EATING!
Catch you all later!