Since creating this blog in March 2011 I have, now and again, shared some of Yogi's beautiful photography in certain posts. (A few examples are here, here and here if you haven't been reading long.) I haven't done it in a while, though, and so I thought...I will!
(No kidding.)
This is one of my most favourite photos (if not the very favourite) that Yogi has ever taken. In 2007 we went to the Australian Alps for a long weekend of snow fun, and at one point Yogi pulled over by the side of a winding road, casually snapped away, and this was the result.
I mean...THIS.
It's just so haunting, eerie, still and freakin' ethereal. (Image totally untouched, by the by.)
Naturally, it's one of the photos that hangs on our gallery wall (all the photos on it are Yogi's but for the ones he's in and a few old family snaps) and five years later this gorgeous photos still leaves me transfixed and in awe.
[Sidebar: In other news, my brother didn't end up coming a few weeks ago like he was supposed to (sniff!) because his (then-)almost-in-the-bag
UK sponsorship -- for which he would have had to officially apply from
Australia, hence why he was coming -- fell through at the eleventh
hour due to a last minute business contract pull-out from one company that my brother's company (i.e. the investment bank he worked for) was going to be affiliated with. So, nothing to do with my brother, obvs, but it just sucks that it was so close and he was stuffed around like that. I guess everything happens for a reason, platitudinous as though that may sound. One of the good things is that he'll now return to Australia at the end of the year which: awesomesauce!]
Ooooh, I like!!! I seriously need to work on printing out more of my photos for display. I mean, I print them out to put in albums, but it's not the same!
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We were the same until we resolutely decided we would have a gallery wall in the new apartment SO HELP US GOD. Hahah. It's a great feeling printing out fave photos, framing them and arranging them on a wall. xx
Deleteit is awesome! totally spooky yet serene.
ReplyDeletexo dana
thewonderforest.com
Thank you, thank you! Yes, I agree wholeheartedly on the "spooky yet serene", spot on. xo
DeleteYes you're right, it is very beautiful. I love photos that I can escape in. Looking forward to your trip yet?
ReplyDeleteThaaaank youuuu! I escape in this photo, too. And yes, starting to really look fwd to the trip...eeeeep! :-) xx
Deleteoh how fun to have a gallery wall. and it's true, it is definitely hauntingly beautiful!
ReplyDeletexo TJ
Thanks, TJ! And yes, gallery walls are the shizz! xo
Deleteabsolutely gorgeous. xo!
ReplyDeleteThanks heaps! xo
DeleteThat is an amazing picture - to be that talented. Sigh...
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rooth! One of the annoying things about my boy is that he is beyond humble, so when I start waxing rhapsodic about his photos he's all, "Nah..." and I'm like, "Er, are you blind?! LOOK at that!! If I were that talented a photographer I'd be showing off till kingdom come!" Okay, maybe not...but you catch my drift. :-)
DeleteHello, you don't know me, but I read Dooce and saw your comment on the recent post where the girl Superkittn said she was choosing a day to commit suicide. This upset me very much and I read your post that you had emailed her but received nothing in return. Have you still not? I emailed Heather and asked her if she had contacted her or if she could put an update about her on her website if she knew anything more. Nothing in return from her and nothing on her recent posts even mentioning it. I haven't been able to stop thinking about this poor woman, obviously reaching out. If you know anything at all could you share it with me? If so I will give you my email.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading this,
Jaxx
Hi Jaxx. No, I'm afraid she has yet to respond all these days later, which is most disheartening. I saw her comment maybe an hour or so after she posted it, and I pretty much immediately sent her the email via the community mail, but alas...I really, really hope she's just laying low and away from the internet, and that she hasn't actually gone through with the unthinkable, God forbid. :-( Thanks for enquiring, I'll let you know if I hear anything moving forward.
DeleteThank You PT! I'm so thankful that you and a couple of other posters said something to her. I kept waiting for Heather to respond, but, and I'm sorry to say this, it seems she is too caught up in her own suffering to reach out. Maybe I wrong her and she posted something to Superkittn privately, but somehow I doubt it. Who better to do it, as she has been at that point herself many times? I'm thinking that's why this poster said it there, hoping for someone who would understand. Can you imagine how awful you would feel if no one responded? Thanks again for you doing so. I don't have an account at Dooce or I would have said something.
ReplyDeleteNow it is too late to respond but I can't get her out of my mind. I don't think she was joking, do you? If I could convince myself it was just someone having a bad day and letting off a little morbid humor I could let it go. But something about its brevity made me think she really meant it. I really hate that Heather doesn't post about it. If someone said that on my blog I would have posted about it so that lots and lots of people could send out reassurance and hope to Superkittn.
I still didn't hear from Heather, but that's not unusual. I have emailed her few times over the years, (not something serious like this) and I never hear anything. No blame there, she probably gets lots and has no time to answer everybody. But this is different. I think I'm going to come right out and ask her to post something so people can reach out to Superkittn. Do you think that is too forward? Or none of my business?
Again, thanks so much for responding. I don't think I'm a crazy old quack, but something about this woman has really touched me.
Jaxx
Tulsa, OK
Yeah, you're right, smthg about the brevity of her comment didn't seem like she was joking. I'm not sure whether it's too forward to ask Dooce to post about Superkittn, I really couldn't say. She would've probably seen the comment and it's likely she's tried contacting her herself via the Dooce Community messages function and/or she might have access to Superkittn's personal email seeing as she's the administrator of the forum. And no need to thank me, it was the least I could do. I really hope she's okay. :-(
DeleteOh, I meant to ask how you sent her the email via community. Is that an email addy you could give me or can it only be done on Dooce? If I could contact her directly I would leave Heather alone and write encouragement to her myself. I know that people don't like to put email addy's on the internet to get spammed but can we figure out a way to get them to each other? I could set up a throwaway box.
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There's a messages function on DoCo where you can "email" any and all community members. If you sign up for an account you'd be able to email Superkittn directly.
DeleteThat is a hauntingly beautiful photograph!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I never tire of looking at Yogi's photography. :-)
DeleteOh, thanks so much. I'll do that directly. Read some of your lovely blog. Love, love your apt. You should be a decorator and your singing is wonderful too. And Yogi's pic. Much enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteWhy, thank you, on all counts! And I'm not sure I should be a decorator, I feel like decorating this apartment was a fluke of sorts (heh), but thanks all the same.
DeleteThis is a really beautiful photograph. It's so haunting, like a scary forest where all sorts of mythical things live. I love the silhouettes of the trees. (I'm sorry your brother didn't end up coming this time, but it's good that you'll get to see him at the end of the year!)
ReplyDeleteThank you, dear! Love your description. And thanks re. my bro...you're right, I'll see him soon enough, we're already past the halfway mark with 2012. :-)
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