Merry Christmas kind folks…

When the dust settles, an interesting article about Charles Dickens visiting New York and elsewhere in the U.S.   Charles Dickens in U.S.

Deer Me……

“There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.” Charles Dickens

“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud

“I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it’s such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.” Ellen DeGeneres

This deer had been grazing, moving along oblivious to me in these surroundings. Suddenly the deer sensed my presence. A good minute passed with the deer frozen in this stance. I took my photos. Finally, the head raised and the deer bolted off over the rise behind. A form of snap & release from a distance perhaps.

Life & The Pulse: A Time of Low Light

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities