Abba's Art

Tag: Photography

  • Flowers and Fire . . . Smiles and Spirits

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    Fred D
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    Fireweed is named for its ability to rapidly colonize areas burned by fire. The poppy is a symbol of remembrance, and hope for a peaceful future. Wandering the woods today my thoughts drifted into a muddled ambivalence. Past fires have regretfully scorched areas of my life … yet . . . I’m forever grateful having…

  • Waters

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    Fred D
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    Calm/Swift . . . Clear/Muddy . . . Turbulent/Tranquil . . . water is a metaphor of life. Such were where my thoughts drifted on today’s wilderness wander pondering the day when, with those gone before me, I will forever contentedly wander beside the river of “pure . . . clear as crystal “ waters.…

  • 1,000 Words

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    Fred D
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    Let the pictures speak them

  • Single Moms

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    Fred D
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    A couple of single moms with their kids have taken up residence here along with their kids in exchange for shrub pruning and weed control . . . a Win-Win situation 😊

  • Prince William Sound

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    Fred D
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    Three days of rainy weather tends to dampen one’s spirits. Three days of rainy weather aboard a friend’s boat, rocked to sleep each night on gentle waves, encircled by the magnificent wonders of Prince William Sound’s lifts one’s spirits. Top it off with a stringer of sockeye salmon, and  . . . Life is Good!…

  • Sunshine, Rapids, Shoulders

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    Fred D
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    The photograph was taken the on a wilderness-wander the other day portraying the ambivalence of life’s journey . . . there will always be sunshine above, and tumultuous rapids below. The picture depicts sunshine’s Hope. A recent totally unexpected, upsetting event threatened capsizing in discouragement’s rapids, but Grace kept me upright.  A quote came to…

  • Trumpeter Swans

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    Fred D
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    Homo sapiens or Cygnus buccinator, no matter the species newborns are universally considered cute and adorable . . . even I was cute once back when dinosaurs roamed the earth 😊. This afternoon I was blessed paddling my canoe around Fish Lake photographing Mr. & Mrs. Trumpeter and their three new signets. Keep Looking Up…

  • An Afternoon in Nature

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    Fred D
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    Spent part of the afternoon canoeing Fish Lake visiting a family with a new set of triplets; watching a guy in tuxedo attire putting on a display trying to impress an equally well-dressed gal; and, back on shore, listening to a mother calling her kids from a high-rise . . . ??? In Jungle Book…

  • Glory!

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    Fred D
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    This picture was why I stood, transfixed in total awe, out on our deck at 1 AM this morning . . . the majestic Land of the Midnight Sun. I M Blessed . . . May U B 2                                  …

  • Wilderness Chronicles

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    Fred D
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    A spruce hen and her chick perched safely above me . . . fresh imprints revealing a predator/prey pursuit . . . last fall’s bull moose antler scrapes . . . each a page in Mother Nature’s cycle of life that graced today’s wilderness wanderings. “For every creature of the forest is mine, and the…