Calaveras Meadows, California

Calaveras Meadows, California, originally uploaded by mavenimagery® Merry Christmas&Happy New Year.

After The Rain
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Severe Winter of California, December 28, 2010. Seriously...
I took this image under the rain. OK, not exactly under the rain; a drizzle. Alright! Fine! I waited for the drizzle to eazzle. I wasn't going to let my newly wedded camera to get wet under the not-even-a-real rain. I liked the road going up the hill and abruptly being suspended up in the air. I know the road continues downwards after the 'up in the air spot'. After every uphill, there is a downhill. See, I know about ups n downs blah. Just like after the rain there is more rain or maybe a storm. When it rains, it pours. I know you thought I'll say, ' …sunshine comes'. But I didn’t. Not because I wanted to fool you, but because I believe that there is no limit to how bad things can get and “If you spend your whole life waiting for the sunshine, you'll never enjoy the storm”. Yes, It can get deep; then deeper; a chasm to an abyss to the magma...and deeper but there is no word for it, unless you believe in Hell. So when you burn your finger while flipping burgers in New Year, don't curse and whine like a little baby! You're not a baby! Babies don't flip burgers, now, do they? Be a man with a burned finger and grab a Bud (or Heineken, who cares!). Rejoice! Let out a guffaw by risking the notion that everyone will think that you flipped out while you flipping burgers. Who cares! It's your finger might be cut off and down in the dirt while chopping onions next for that stupid burgers, not theirs! Of course, they'll be running to you and shower you with caring and sympathetic words like, "Oh, poor baby! You lost your finger!" Here, you're allowed to curse, swear and beat up the person you hate most your entire life. Whoever that may be. We all have such a person in our life but never had the guts to do anything about it. This is your chance, now, Mr Four Fingers! You'll get away with it...trust me. If a storm strikes in the west coast, the gas prices go up skyrocket. That's their excuse, and this should be yours...geddit?
See, what you’ve made me do! Burgers! Burned fingers! I got into junk food. Thank you...while you're stuffing your face, I'll get back to my real blah! Tips? Ain'T no tips! Don't be silly! Listen, grab your camera and shoot everything; shoot your way through like John 'imbecile' Wayne, as if you're surrounded by the most vicious villains ever trudged the dirty, dust-ridden wild west...or two feet-high snow or an ocean of desert sand! You do it because you like it; because you're an Artist and that's what artists do: they walk through fire, storm, hurricane (not only Katrina), and any natural disaster at any given day. Even in disaster like New Year...you'll see the images taken in the New Year; but mostly the sad ones that will get to you most. My hope that you're not in that sad picture, but the one who took it AND NOT PROUD OF IT! bEcAuSEEE SAMPLING A SAD MOMENT IS A SAD MOMENT! HAPPY NEW YEAR! LOVE YOU ALL...