I like Taking Long Walks in Nature and Photographing Flowers. Mainly Because that Practice CAUSES ME TO SEEK BEAUTY. I Intentionally Search for Wonderful Things... That Puts Me in a Great Mood.

 We Have Roses, Crepe Myrtle Trees and a Creek... Vineyards... The Grapes are Almost Ripe... and There I was Searching for a Great Shot That Captures the Dappling Sunlight on the Leaves... Like a Still Life Painting Done By A Renassance  Master... 

FREE ADVICE: Remember to UNPLUG from TV News. They Constantly Shout Danger-Danger... When in Fact, Life is Really Great in the USA... Watching That Constant Stream of Bad News Puts Me in a Bad Mood... They ALL Earn a Living as a Hate for Profit Machine. REFUSE TO WATCH THEIR BRAINWASHING!

Staff Locator for the EPA 

including EMAIL Addresses and Phone Numbers.

https://cfpub.epa.gov/locator/index.cfm

Interesting Guided Meditation by Ram Dass... It's a Great Alternative to Watching TV News... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niTNm_nGd1o

Social Action - Ram Dass Full Lecture 1980

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIPQ4D7TjV0

Remember:  Behave Smart and It's REALLY REALLY REALLY Likely that We Will Survive tRUMP's Coronavirus... 

Avoid Large Crowds, Wear a Mask in Public... That's a Super Simple Plan... and If Others Refuse... Be Thankful That They Are More Likely to Die... Cleaning UP The Gene Pool. 

I Have Been Walking Around Looking for Beauty For Years... and Then Publishing My Photos on the Internet. It All Started When I Would Go To Free Outdoor Rock Concerts in Arcata, CA... My Invalid Wife Did Not Go to Those Events SO... I Became Her Eyes... I Documented Parades and The Kinetic Sculpture Race... and Then When I Got Home We Would Look at a Slide Show on My Computer... BIG FUN!

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Links To More Photographs and Videos:

Kinetic Sculpture Race 2014 in Arcata, California. Videos and Still Photographs... Whimsical Art Bicycles That Travel on Roads, Sand and In the Water... JUST FOR FUN!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/04/kinetic-sculpture-race-52414-in-arcata.html

A Journey to the Rainbow Gathering in California 2004. Photographs and My Story... and Memories of The Gatherings in Idaho, Utah and Pennsylvania...

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/10/my-journey-to-rainbow-gathering-in.html

Did you ever Notice Arcata, California? It's Simply Wonderful. A Collection of My Best Photographs and Links to Cultural Happenings... MANY FREE EVENTS!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/06/did-you-ever-notice-arcata-california.html