Our lives seem to be filled with shining hardware. You know -- drawer pulls, door knobs, levers of all types. With luck, they will last a few dozen years or so before they are replaced and discarded. Then, there are those that have survived almost a century... maybe more. Rusted, craggy, scabbed, prickly, but ready to perform. Staid and trustworthy to generation after generation.There's nothing pretty about those rough-hewn relics. Or is there?
--steve buser
Lagniappe -- ( a little something extra)
Grab that motorcycle by the handle grips and leave the bounds of earth. Mother Earth. Cut the strings. It may be only for a second or two, but you are flying into a place where only clouds and eagles live.
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Your photo and words reminded me of my grandmother who once told me that she always wondered who the old woman was when she accidentally "caught" a glimpse of herself in the mirror.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture. It demonstrates there is beauty in everything, all we have to do is look for it. Have a great New Year.
ReplyDeleteYes, there is beauty and dignity in something that old. A rugged beauty that bright and shinny can't hold a light too.
ReplyDeleteHaPpY nEw YeAr!!! Wishing you life's best this 2008!
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i heart manila
Like the texture and line contrasts in this photograph.
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