Bethany Beach, DelawareMake sure to click on the image so you can read the flying billboard...
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
August 28, 2009
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Washington, DCIf you really want to fly, throw off the chains and get rid of the snake...
This was NOT shot in DC but rather in Quito last July when Carl and I were traveling Ecuador. I woke up this morning and told Carl I was thinking of a lady with stars around her head.... asking if this was something I had seen here in DC.
He reminded me that she was in Quito.
She's the Virgen of El Panecillo, at a height of 134.5 feet, can be seen from most parts of Quito. She stands on top of a globe and a chained snake, symbolizing her triumph over evil.
Most Madonna's are static and don't have wings.... this Virgen appears to be dancing so my advice... if you really want to fly, throw off the chains and get rid of the snake...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
August 26, 2009
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Washington, DCThe words bubbles and teddy mean something altogether different now that I'm a big girl...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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Monday, August 24, 2009
August 22, 2009
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Washington, DCEvery morning I grin like an idiot with puppy like enthusiasm hoping to make eye contact with the ladies when passing them on the street. I get my cheeriest "good morning" revved up only to be ignored, perhaps even disdained... once again.
I don't know why this is something I even think about.. I suppose it's because they are part of my daily experience and they don't even know it. Anyway, they make things interesting around here.
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
August 18, 2009
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Washington, DC "I remember when
we lived in between the stars
Wrapped in sapphire and silver
Dancing to invisible rhythms
and singing unheard songs
I see this world again
in your eyes, your spirit,
your heart
A twinkle here -
A shimmer there -
Reminders of unspeakable beauty, joy and love...."
poem composed by my star sister, a great talent and a
great beauty.. both inside and out..
Barbara Butler
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Monday, August 17, 2009
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August 15, 2009
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Washington, DCI thought things would get interesting when they passed about 15 ducks, two large wake throwing pleasure cruisers and numerous other distractions on the Potomac River....
Lady paddler and yellow lab were a good match.. They both just calmly and quietly made their way down river....
August 14, 2009
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Washington, DCIsabella l, the Queen of Spain, who in 1492 sent Christopher Columbus out to sail the ocean blue....
One of the ways I'm getting to know my new city is to google buildings I pass every day. I'm getting quite an education.
This one houses the Organization of American States. It was an idea originally conceived of by Simon Bolivar, one of the most important leaders in Latin America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.
Bolivar proposed a league of American Republics, with a common military, a mutual defense pact, and a supranational parliamentary assembly. He dreamed of unifying Latin American nations against imperial domination by external power. The dream died with the emergence of national rather than continental outlooks in the newly independent American republics.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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August 11, 2009
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Washington, DCEeeewwwww......
The Smithsonian brought the black squirrel to DC back in 1902 from Ontario. They thought the grey squirrel was going to be extinct... decimated by hunting so... they were trying to restore the local population... Scientists say the black variety now comprises 5 to 25 percent of the squirrels in some neighborhoods.
Learn something new every day...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
August 10, 2009
Washington, DC
"Duck Sneeze" the Movie
© cynthia hobgood
make sure to play the movie... it'll make more sense..
August 9, 2009
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Washington, DCAfter the descent into Hell, I thought I better throw in a little innocence!
August 8, 2009
Washington, DC
Journey to the Underworld - The Movie!
© cynthia hobgood
ok, not really... it's Saturday night after the baseball game. I'm hanging onto Carl's shirt tail with my left hand and shooting my idea of Hell with my right one.
At least "we" won!
August 7, 2009
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Sullivan's Island, SC
"Summer Breeze" The Movie
© cynthia hobgood
"That's the day I realized there was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... and I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in." Ricky Fitts (character)
excerpt from American Beauty
August 6, 2009
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Charleston, SC
I've always found barbershops to be a great place to get an image. Men of all ages will cut up and flirt. Imagine the upset I'd cause if I walked in with the big camera in a ladies salon... Maybe I'll do that tomorrow for sport.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
August 3, 2009
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Dillon, SC
South of the Border
A very long time ago...
(when I-95 disappeared somewhere in Georgia and reappeared somewhere in Florida) our family took a trip from NC to Miami.
Even as a child, I remember the accelerating onslaught of billboards advertising Pedro's South of the Border
(just over the South Carolina line). Don't quote me on this but what I remember is a fireworks/beer stand operating out of a trailer masked by a large false front (movie set style).
Today, there are 120 billboards for more than 200 miles and you can ride an elevator to the top of a 200' tall sombrero which of course, I did....
PS. (another bit of highway nostalgia)
1925 Burma Shave jingle: SHE KISSED... THE HAIRBRUSH...BY MISTAKE...SHE THOUGHT IT WAS...HER HUSBAND, JAKE .... BURMA SHAVE
From 1925 to 1963, one of the most successful advertising campaigns ever, was launched by the Burma-Vita company. Typically, six consecutive small signs would be posted along the edge of highways, spaced for sequential reading by passing motorists. The last sign was always the name of the product.
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
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July 31, 2009
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Washington, DCIranian Revolution
On June 20, 2009, Mrs. Neda Soltan was shot dead by Iranian security agents. With her innocent death, she has come to symbolize 30 years of struggle against the religious dictators in Iran.
Currently, each weekday from 7 pm - 9 pm, members of the Iranian=American Community, relatives and friends of those who have been killed by the Iranian regime gather across from the White House to express solidarity with the protesters in Iran and in support of the organized Iranian resistance....
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July 28, 2009
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Washington, DCThis is a view from our rooftop.
We have a view of the Washington Monument on the horizon.
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