My Favorite Photographs Of 2006

"As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special, and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs."

-Sam Abell

The following 12 entries are my personal favorite photos of 2006. I took each one, and each reflects a certain feeling ,or emotion, I was experiencing when taking it. Simply scroll down to see the year 2006 as I lived it. Enjoy!

-OndineMonet
"Lunch With A Friend"
Fort Point
San Francisco, California
Autumn, 2006
Afternoon

January 2006

"Sometimes our light goes out, but it is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light."

-Albert Schweitzer

-OndineMonet
"Light"
Berkeley, California
January, 2006
Early Morning

February 2006

"There is still vitality under winter snow, even though to the casual eye it seems to be dead."

-Agnes Sligh Turnbull

-OndineMonet
"Winter"
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
February, 2006
Morning

March 2006

"For an instant, love can transform the world."

-Unknown

-OndineMonet
"Love"
San Mateo, California
March, 2006
Early Morning

April 2006

"What is life? It is a flash of the firefly in the night. It is the breath of the buffelo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow that runs across the grass, and loses itself in the sunset."

-Crowfoot

-OndineMonet
"Shadows"
San Francisco, California
April, 2006
Early Evening

May 2006

"A sense of humor is the only devine quality of man."

-Arthur Schopenhauer

-OndineMonet
"Humor"
Haight/Ashbury
San Francisco, California
May, 2006
Afternoon

June 2006

"A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken."

-James Dent
"Summer"
Berkeley, California
June, 2006
Afternoon

July 2006

"Patience is the art of hoping."

-Marguis de Vauvenargues

-OndineMonet
"Patience"
Twin Peaks
San Francisco, California
July 4th, 2006
Early Evening

August 2006

"Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that blooms in the snow."

-Alice M. Swaim

-OndineMonet
"Courage"
Conservatory of Flowers
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California
August, 2006
Afternoon

September 2006

"Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it has all finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has come to pass, and you will ask yourself, 'How did I get through all that?"

-Unknown

-OndineMonet
"Hope"
Conservatory of Flowers
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California
September 2006
Afternoon

October 2006

"Live so you do not have to look back and say, 'God how I wasted my life."

-Elizabeth Kubler Ross

-OndineMonet
"Live"
Half Moon Bay, California
October, 2006
Afternoon

November 2006

"Life is one of those precious fleeting gifts, and everything can change in a heartbeat."

-Unknown

-OndineMonet
"Change"
Berkeley, California
November 2006
Late Afternoon

December 2006

"The longest journey of any person, is the journey inward."

-Dag Hammarskjold

-OndineMonet
"The Journey"
Cull Canyon Park
Castro Valley, California
December 2006
Late Afternoon

In The Clear Air

An Irish Poem...

The Lark In The Clear Air

Dear thoughts are in my mind
And my should soars enchanted
As I hear the sweet lark sing
In the clear air of the day.

For a tender beaming smile
To my hope has been granted
And tomorrow she shall hear
All my fond heart would say.

I shall tell her my love
All my soul's adoration
And I think she will hear
And will not say me nay

It is this that gives my soul
All it's joyous elation
As I hear the sweet lark sing
In the clear air of the day.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

-OndineMonet
"Blessings II"
Redwood City, California
March 15th, 2006
Afternoon

The Impossible

"It is impossible to fall out of love. Love is such a powerful emotion, that once it envelopes you it does not depart. True love is eternal. If you think that you were once in love, but fell out if it, then it wasn't love you were in. There are no 'exit' signs in love, there is only an 'on' ramp."

-Unknown

OndineMonet
"Lost"
Monterey Coast HWY 101
Monterey, California
Summer, 2005
Late Afternoon

Into The Night

"I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it supresses idle details, just as our memory does."

-Jorge Luis Borges

-OndineMonet
"Untitled"
Oakland/San Francisco Bay Bridge
January, 2006
Late Evening

The Focus

Journey

By Liz Munro

I'm feeling so focused and calm today
Nothing negative is gonna get in my way
My eyes are shining so bright and clear,
It feels like all my dreams, close to coming true, are near.

Only I can hold myself back
If I stary off this positive track
But there is a new me, different to the me of old
I have started a journey...and amazed
I follow and watch my journey unfold.
For I amgoing somewhere I have never been
And my mind is unlocking things previously unseen.
From negative entrapment, I am breaking free
Now is the time for discovering the true inner me.

Focused and happy, my journey feels right
Like my spirit has grown wings, and to a higher level takes flight.
Everything for me is starting to click into place
I no longer rush life by, at such a fast pace.

For whatever life throws at me, I know I'll survive it,
And I will continue my journey, until it reaches mortale end,
Where I know on a higher plane, my journey will begin again.

-OndineMonet
"101"
Monterey, California
August 19th, 2005
Afternoon

Storm Warnings

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

-Maya Angelou

-OndineMonet
"Berkeley Clouds"
Berkeley, California
March 3rd. 2006
Late Afternoon

Yummy In The Tummy

"Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage."

-Woody Allen

-OndineMonet
"Yummy"
Berkeley, California
March 3rd, 2006
Late Evening