Winter Solstice Greetings: Photo By Anjali - V

Photo by Anjali

The glow of the galaxies, during the longest nights of the year up north? Celestial Hanukkah candles perhaps or star of wonder, star of night? 
This could be a job for Neil deGrasse Tyson. 
I called Anjali, our grand-daughter. 
"What is that?"
I wondered if she had been fiddling with some supra-lens, up in some observatory, aiming toward the night skies. 
"I was hungry," she explained with a giggle. "I was making some mashed potatoes in the microwave."
Okay.
She used a glass plate to cover the dish. When she took out the plate, there was condensation on it.
"I went outside and got some leaves and put them on my table. Then I put the plate on top of it."
She usually takes about 15 seconds for a photograph. She points her iphone 5s and knows something will come of it. 
No re-takes. She just knows. 
"I was just messing around," she said.
So life is not a fountain, as the guru maintained.  
Instead, life is a plate of nuked mashed potatoes.
Happy solstice. Happy carbs. Happy comfort food. Happy New Year. Happy mysteries.

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For more photos by Anjali, please see: 

http://www.photographybyanjali.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=43010&AKey=M235PYD5


8 Comments

Mendel
12/25/2014 10:04am

Got yourself quite an improvisor there, George.

Happy Holidays!


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George Vecsey
12/25/2014 11:32am

Dear Mendel, thank you for noticing. We just put away our menorah, all is well. Happy Holidays, GV


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Alan Rubinlink
12/25/2014 11:21am

Anjali has a wonderful combination of imagination and a keen eye.

Thanks for the link to her web site. We do not have to depend upon your occasional postings to enjoy her work.



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George Vecsey
12/25/2014 11:35am

Dear Alan, thanks for the nice words. She gave us actual photos of 20 of her best....Our best to you both up north. Happy Holidays, GV


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Thor A. Larsen
12/29/2014 10:31pm

Dear George

Enjoy this relaxing post-Christmas period and encourage your very talented grand-daughter Anjali to keep them coming! I love her beautiful, imaginative creations!

Very Best Wishes to all for the New Year.



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Brian Savin
12/30/2014 9:35am

Figured it couldn't be a golden sun shining through dense leaves at this time of year -- pretty cool. But inasmuch as we just cleaned up 22 multi-course place settings over two days of holiday feasting, your granddaughter just gave me an idea......a very bad idea......

George, it might be of interest to take your granddaughter to see something we just saw week before last at the Met Museum that blew us away. They recently created a room to house the Thomas Hart Benton mural he had painted for the New School. What a incredibly moving story it tells of our country during the depression years. An inspiration piece!


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