Now I See You...

Now I See You, originally uploaded by haechoo.

"It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see."

- Winston Churchill

Spotted!

Spotted!, originally uploaded by haechoo.

"By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.”

- John Dryden

Now I See You...

Now I See You..., originally uploaded by haechoo.

“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.”

- Henry David Thoreau

Little Hermit Crab

Little Hermit Crab, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Hermit crabs are decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea. They are not closely related to true crabs.

Most frequently hermit crabs use the shells of sea snails; the tip of the hermit crab's abdomen is adapted to clasp strongly onto the columella of the snail shell. As the hermit crab grows in size, it has to find a larger shell and abandon the previous one.

This habit of living in a second hand shell gives rise to the popular name "hermit crab", by analogy to a hermit who lives alone.

- Wikipedia

Spread those wings

Spread those wings, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Happiness is a butterfly,
which when pursued,
is always just beyond your grasp,
but which, if you will sit down quietly,
may alight upon you.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

More of the Little Yellow Bird

Little Yellow Bird, originally uploaded by haechoo.

A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?

Little Yellow Bird

Little Yellow Bird, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Yellow bird, up high in banana tree.
Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me.

Did your lady friend leave the nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.
You can fly away, in the sky away.
You're more lucky than me.

I also had a pretty girl, she's not with me today.
They're all the same those pretty girls.
Take tenderness, then they fly away.
Yellow Bird, yellow bird.

Did your lady friend leave the nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.
You can fly away, in the sky away.
You're more lucky than me.

Wish that I were a yellow bird, I'd fly away with you.
But I am not a yellow bird, So here I sit.
Nothing I can do.
Yellow bird, yellow bird.

- Traditional Jamaican Folk Song

Modernisation Amidst Nature

Henderson Waves (HDR), originally uploaded by haechoo.

Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.

- Peter Medawar

Stone Forest

Stone Forest, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

- Eddie Cantor

From Above

From Above, originally uploaded by haechoo.

The aerial view of the Sapa paddy fields are beautifully crafted to impress the eye. :)

Love in the Strangest Places

Love in the Strangest Places, originally uploaded by haechoo.

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

- D.H. Lawrence

Isolating Dryness

Isolating Dryness, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.

- Joseph Roux

Chek Jawa

Chek Jawa, originally uploaded by haechoo.

My first HDR image. I took three pictures of the same landscape but of different exposures and combined them using Photomatix. The landscape was simply stunning during low tide. Will try and do a comparison image during sunset in May. :)

Curious Visitor

Curious Visitor, originally uploaded by haechoo.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Independence

Independence, originally uploaded by haechoo.

The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.

- Steve Schmidt

Sentosa Flowers 2008 (5)

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Sentosa Flowers 2008 (4)

Orchids, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Sentosa Flowers 2008 (3)

Hibiscus, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Sentosa Flowers 2008 (2)

On the rocks, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Sentosa Flowers 2008

Bunched, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Sorry for the brief absence. Picspirations is now back! :)
Enjoy the flowers. Taken at the Sentosa Flowers 2008, an award-winning floral exhibition.

For more information, http://www.sentosa.com.sg/sentosaflowers/about.php