June 1, 2005
Volume 1 - Number 112
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TODAY'S PHOTO -
table set for 8 in the atrium of a hotel.

As we walked around the 5th floor indoor balcony of the hotel where we were visiting family this weekend, I glanced down, right onto the Sunday buffet brunch that was being prepared and eaten at a couple of tables. I was immediately intrigued with many of the images, the patterns they made and the contrasts with the patterns in the rug and the lines on the floor. See FULLER VIEW.

I chose this particular image for its order, patterns, repetition, rhythm and starkness. It could be almost anything. Sam, at a fast glance, thought it was a sun dial. It also has the feeling of a clock, for me, or perhaps a watch with all of its precision parts.

For the writers among you, who is expected at this table? What is being celebrated? And, I notice, there is a wider opening at the front of the table. Who or what will be coming in there?

As I was writing today's issue I read an email that it is my Scottish friend Maria's birthday. Maria is one of our avid supporters who sends in comments from time to time. Friday our younger son turns 40 and his wife becomes 40 on Monday. I am therefore dedicating "Table for 8" to them and to all June birthdays and celebrations. Have fun.

READER COMMENTS ON THE LAST ISSUE - Issue 111
Very funky sunrise - those wisps of clouds or mist or whatever it is, is spooky!" Debra Schanilec

Interesting response, the "spooky." Although I said I was in awe of the photo, it was the experience of the sunrise whose colors were actually quite different from what came out in most of the photographs. I suspect that this is because I was focussed on the sun. To get a feel for the colors that I saw, click on BLURRED SUNRISE, a photo I took while the car was moving.

"One of the clouds kind of looks like a cat's head to me. There are even 'markings' where the eyes might be. I can't figure out what they are. Birds??? Just dark edging on the clouds? They're too high to be the plant that's at the bottom of the photo." Mary Gray

It's possible that there are still some faint lines remaining from the telephone wires that I digitally removed, though I thought I got them all out.

"Sunrise on Hagen Ranch Road looks, to my eyes, as a lava flow down the mountainside. Guess I have too many volcanoes on my mind since I just got back from Hawaii. Spectacular colors, it can be anything your mind's eye makes it." Toby Blender

I love all of the different perceptions and perspectives. Thank you for sharing yours.

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