The Ghosts of the Library

 

These ghosts are construction workers in the Brigham Young University Family History Library. They are installing a fake skylight because the library is below ground on level two. The original library building was extended by a huge underground complex that has two floors. We are also in the middle of having books moved around and the genealogy section moved from Floor 1 up to the Family History Library level. 

A Wild Rose

 

On long, serene midsummer days
Of ripening fruit and yellow grain,
How sweetly, by dim woodland ways,
In tangled hedge or leafy lane,
Fair wild-rose thickets, you unfold
Those pale pink stars with hearts of gold!

Edgar Fawcett 1847-1904

Tangled Wood

 

It is hard to imagine how this tree could have grown in such a tangle. It is a good analogy to life. We start out thinking that life is similar to a straight line and when we get older, we can see all the tangles.  

Magnolia Mound Plantation House, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

 

Magnolia Mound Plantation House from Wikipedia:

The Magnolia Mound Plantation House is a French Creole house constructed in 1791 near the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Many period documents refer to the plantation as Mount Magnolia. The house and several original outbuildings on the grounds of Magnolia Mound Plantation are examples of the vernacular architectural influences of early settlers from France and the West Indies. The complex is owned by the city of Baton Rouge and maintained by its Recreation Commission (BREC). It is located approximately one mile south of downtown.

Anchor Chains

 It is hard to appreciate the scale of manufactured items. Most of us think of chains as a part of jewelry or what we put on our car in an ice storm. When we compare those more personal products to ones such as these anchor chains on a Naval Destroyer, we begin to see what industrialization is all about. 

Boardwalk to the Beach

Perspective is all part of the process of observing and making a photograph. There is a lot of detail in this image but you eyes become drawn to the railings and the boardwalk and you probably don't see the waves, the sky, and the terrain on either side of the rails. If you click on this image, you will see a lot of detail that you will overlook by casually looking at the image. 

 

End of the Day on the Beach

 

Even though I lived most of my life in the high and low deserts of Arizona, I still spent several years living close to a beach. I love the ocean and the beautiful skies but not enough to move from the mountains and deserts of the Southwest.