[Explored! #19 on Oct 7, 2008]
A lone leaf on the path leading from my daughters school called to me with its redness. A nice sign of autumn.
On the train in I read the news about the state of fallen markets around the world, yet more red. I looked back at the image and thoughts merged, a bit from the Douglas Adams book "The Restaurant at the end of the Universe" popping into my head...
The Golgafrincham's, or at least the ones dumb enough to allow themselves to be shipped off their home planet, have landed on a prehistoric earth and declare their first order of business is to establish leaves as a currency. They then decide to burn down the forests in an effort to control inflation, on the grounds of leaf availability being too high.
".. the current going rate has something like three deciduous forests buying one ship's peanut."
Violette79, LouisePhotographs.com, polkadotandplaid, katiescrapbooklady, and 3 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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marcovegni.it fotografia 56 months ago | reply
Ciao, sono amministratore di un gruppo chiamato Fotografia Minimalista. Ci farebbe piacere aggiungere l’elemento al gruppo.
Mark Emery Photography 56 months ago | reply
Grazie Marco!
nathalielaure 56 months ago | reply
beautiful color contrast with teh grey, I really like this great focus, title goes accordingly, very pretty also!
That story that you told me is so sad, it brought tears to my eyes, and thinking about it its just so tragic. Being a mother of two myself, I couldnt imagine anything worse. God takes the ones too good for this earth. x
.Donkeykong. 56 months ago | reply
Once again, the signature emery leaf.
I just made the 42 connection in your name. LOL!
Mark Emery Photography 56 months ago | reply
Thanks nathalielaure. I wish it was just a story. If feel so sorry for her husband and the baby daughter who will only get to know her mother through photos and peoples accounts of what a lovely lady she was.
Mark :o) Glad someone has! I'm only 42 for three more days :o( but I'll be keeping my screen name the same, "For Doug". Another great person taken from this world far too early...
Mariangela ♠ Neve 56 months ago | reply
poetica
FOTOGRAFIA MINIMALISTA
Mark Emery Photography 56 months ago | reply
Thanks Mariangela,
Thanks for the fave violetta79 and Kanpai Girl
.Donkeykong. 56 months ago | reply
LOL, I thought that the 42 was from HHGTTG.... not your age!
Unless it is, For Doug.... as in Douglas Adams? Is he deceased?
I sometimes overlook it, but you definently have the quotes from HHGTTG down pat, were you lucky enough to listen to it on the BBC when they first came out?
-Mark
Mark Emery Photography 56 months ago | reply
A bit of both. My age then and the fact that I'm a big fan of his work. :o)
Douglas died of a heart attack at the age of 49 in 2001. :o( He'd have loved Flickr, he liked cameras, Macs and other gadgets. One of my sisters met him at Uni, I got a postcard with a *massive* signature on the back and my sisters comment, something like "Didn't leave much space did he. Bastard!". I think she got his sense of humour. :o)
I loved the radio series, catching them was hard, so I ended up getting the tapes. Tapes, books, TV series, all watched/read multiple times. Some bits just stick. One of my many favourites:
Arthur: You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young.
Ford: Why, what did she tell you?
Arthur: I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T LISTEN!
.Donkeykong. 56 months ago | reply
LOL, I remember that bit, I didn't konw that there was a tele series, I'll have to look for them now too!!!
Guido de Kleijn 56 months ago | reply
Nice contrast!
In_Spot 44 months ago | reply
Very cool!