Now is the time I should be off shopping for tonight’s dinner at the grocery store, but instead I am feasting my eyes on the fresh fishy catch of the day out of Cochin, India. Captured by one of our own Gadling contributors, Dia Draper, who you may recall is cruising around the globe slowly, but surely. I can honestly say I have her and her photos to thank for my being lazy. (Not quite, but when I go hungry tonight the blame has to fall somewhere.) I think I’d like to have some of that pink fish found on the end there. Smile.
Photo of the Day (4/13/07)
I love the way the light plays ever so gently, almost teasingly, with the forest in this shot.
Although Localsurfer has titled it Dark and Spooky near Simonsbath on Exmoor, I have to disagree. The warm light and greenish tint of the trees evokes a far more homey feeling than one of spookiness. Nonetheless, what ever it happens to evoke in you, it is still a fantastic shot and worthy of our Photo of the Day honors.
Photo of the Day (4/12/07)
If you want to get a feeling for what the collapse of the Soviet Union did for the elderly of the region, spare a moment to stare deep into the faces of these protesters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Gadling reader Teokaye did not post this photo with his other selections on our Gadling Flickr Pool, but I was intrigued with the Kyrgyzstan tag on his Flickr account and came across this fine portrait of hard times etched upon hardened faces.
Although the photo has no description, I’m guessing that they are protesting their paltry pensions. And, I’m guessing they probably didn’t get very far with their quest. By the way, can you spot the politician?
Photo of the Day (4/11/07)
Tonight I’m going with a shot from my own photo pool to serve as a simple and small reminder on the upcoming Historic Garden Week all across the state of Virginia happening April 21-28, 2007. Not that I actually mentioned it before, but for those truly interested this is my cluing you in. This particular flower shot comes from the Norfolk Botanical Gardens where I paraded around the property slightly disappointed in the flower selection and the gray storm clouds looming over that day. While trying to make it through the entire outdoor Norfolk attraction without getting wet I managed to miss the name of this pretty flower. Anyone out there with a green thumb or fancy for flowers care to share the name?
Photo of the Day (4/8/2007)
Some of my favorite photos of the Western landscape are those with the long black road stretching off into a indeterminate distance. Those pictures evoke for me the true essence of the West: boundlessness, freedom, um, and the need to drive to get anywhere.
The photo here has almost nothing to do with what I just wrote, other than the fact that it kind of reminds me of some of those classic photos. And it also reminds me a bit of my childhood at the beach. I pulled this photo not from the gadling Flickr site, but from the Flickr site of kapa_o_pango, who chose not to caption the picture. No problem, he seems to be Italian, so we probably wouldn’t understood him anyway.