Contrast

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Life is about contrasts.  We went up to the Philadelphia Zoo this weekend to practice shooting, hang out with friends and see the baby Orangutan.  Contrast was the theme of the day.  We started off in layers and end up in t-shirts;  as you walked, the sun warmed up your face but a cool breeze caressed your back; trees that were in bud at the beginning of the day were in bloom by the end.  Isn’t life about appreciating the contrasts that we experience;  savoring them for the delight that they bring?  Yellowstone is a study in contrasts;  out challenge will be capturing and conveying them in both words and images.  I’m better with images than words-but the goal of this trip is to hone my skills with both.

Karen

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Take at look at some of the “water features” from our last trip.  How many different types are there?  How would you figure out what they are called?  And do you ever just sit back and wonder at the craziness of the things that Mother Nature comes up with?

Be sure and turn your audio up–and listen to the amazing sounds!

The adventure begins…

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After much ado–we finally got our contracts today.  We will both be working as “front desk agents”.  Tim gets the Snow Lodge & I get the Old Faithful Inn.

I would have to admit that there is some trepidation.  This will be like going back to college; living in a dorm with bathrooms at the end of the hall;  eating in a cafeteria.  There is little doubt, however, that the environment will be wonderful.  I will be able to walk out the door of the hotel during a break and watch old Faithful erupt–and see the buffalo grazing in the geyser fields.  (The background image on this blog was taken from the parking lot of the Old Faithful Inn).  Here’s the google map of the old faithful area

Over the next few weeks we will have to decide how to “deacquisition” ourselves–what’s the minimum we can get by with  (I think the baseline will probably involve cameras, computers and knitting).  There is no TV reception in the park but the dorms promise wireless Internet.  It will indeed be a lifestyle change–a refocus.  I can’t help but wonder which of these changes will hold over when we return.

Karen