Sorry all for not posting yesterday... I had to hunker down and do some serious homework, that equals no time to blog. Sad, I know.
So many of the pictures I take are in passing, and quite often I don't realize what I have taken until I put it on the computer. Such is the case for this photo. What I love about this image is the fact that someone made the effort to get the Gatorade bottle to the recycling cans, but failed to put it in one of them. This begs the question: What happened to that person? Were they in the act of opening the can when suddenly an out-of-control Vespa sideswiped them, knocking them down to the pavement and earning them a trip to the hospital? Or did they all of a sudden realize that by recycling one measly bottle wasn't going to save the world and decided to mock the system by tossing the bottle on top of the can? These questions unfortunately will have to go unanswered, but sometimes fiction is better than reality. I'm invested in the Vespa Theory.
Frog has been a 13th street staple. For those who do not know him, he is a homeless comedian that posts up right in front of the Bookstore and tries to sell his homebrew joke books. Needless to say but he doesn't sell many. So when things get slow, he sits, very unhumorously, and stares off into the distance; probably reminiscing on his days at the Improve.
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
- Robert Frost, "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
So today I have been awash with a sea of homework. Fortunately for me my good friend Jeff sent me this picture via email. This is what the message read:
"Hey Nick,
Love the picture blog. I took this with my phone from my office at church yesterday. I thought of you and your blog."
I was glad to see that I have a fan besides my wife and am more than happy to post his photo here today; partly because I didn't have time to post one of my own.
Alternatively, I titled this photo "Hosanna in the Highest". There is a new Hillsong worship song titled Hosanna and it has been stuck in my head all week. Hosanna is a cry for salvation, while at the same time is a declaration of praise. That has been the overarching theme in my life this week and I am happy to sing Hosanna to the Lord Almighty!
So, thanks again Jeff – God Bless.
