Sometimes...

Sometimes we have to do things we do not want to do… sometimes the things we have to do are the right things, but it does not always feel right. It is at these times it is good to have a system of people to support you… I am lucky to have that.

Reflection

Looking at the mirror is one of the hardest things to do, seeing what is in reality you that is never easy. The trick is not to look for your own flaws, you will find them before anyone else ever will… you must look for the big things that you can change, and then look for the good within yourself.

Totem

Totem Poles are some of the most beautiful and significant pieces of art from native America. They also have special significance specifically for the family that created the totem pole… it represents them. I love the colors and detail, and the fact that they do have so much importance to the people.

Walking in Memphis

I’ve lived most of my life in the Jackson, Mississippi Metro area. Jackson is the largest city in the state of Mississippi, but it is by no means a large city. Memphis is the first large city you come to if you drive north three hours on I-55 (Same distance south lands you in New Orleans.) I had been through Memphis several times in the past, but never enough to really stop and see the sights. I liked what I saw, that is until me and my friends got stuck in a not-so-nice part of town. We went to the Zoo, The famous Peabody Hotel, and the Rendezvous for their famous BBQ. It was an amazing trip, and I really hope to go and spend more time there.

These photos were taken from the Observation deck of the Peabody Hotel.

Peabody Hotel

149 Union Avenue

Memphis, TN 38103-2638

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(901) 529-4140

Epiphany

Flamingos and Ducks… Living together in Harmony… Like Ebony and Ivory, well Perhaps Cheap Lipstick and Cheap Aftershave. Wow… An Epiphany!!!!

Guardians

Sometimes things happen that you can not control, and the next thing you know you have retreated so far within that nothing seems real. The people you once valued stare at you and you no longer feel like you belong, anywhere. It seems like its impossible, but you know that deep down you will eventually walk through your own gate back into the world that is waiting… But until then… who knows what lurks within.

(These are from the Memphis Zoo entrance to their exhibit on animals from China.)

Elephant Telephant

Elephants are very interesting animals to me. They prove that Humans are not the only creatures capable of emotion, especially in a time where people once claimed that Humans were the only species capable of emotion. They are very intelligent creatures, and never fail to capture my imagination with their size, and overall disposition. They are a wonderful species and we need to do everything we can to save them from possible extinction.

You know… there is a group of people calling to have elephants released in North America to help replace the lost Mammoth Mega Fauna. Apparently the loss of the North American Mega Fauna is still taking a toll on North America… I kinda like this Idea… Elephant herds roaming free, safe from poaching… But people would never go for it, they would find something to gripe about.

(Introduction Side Note: I was watching something on the Komodo Dragon last night. They were talking about how one of it’s island habitats once had a type of deer that was poached out by man, and this has caused strain on the Dragon. Why not introduce the American White Tailed Deer to the island… Just a hundred or so, and tell the poachers to move to the American South, that way everyone is happy.)

Weeds

Growing up in the south I have always been taught about the evils of weeds invading your garden, and how they destroy the beauty that you have worked so hard to create. I never stopped to realize that most of the plants that I was taught are weeds are the natural plants for this area, and 90% of the plants that people have in gardens are invasive introductions. Undesirable, perhaps… but not all weeds are terrible, some have their own beauty that people overlook.

Not sure what plant this is, but I know it is a weed… it had all of these little star shaped blue flowers, it was beautiful.