“Maybe life is the moments in between those big moments.”
~Boyhood
Hello Sunshine
Yin and Yang
Coming up Roses
Still Holding On
“When you’re with me, baby the skies’ll be blue
For all my life
Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice, it had to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together”
~The Turtles
Happy Together
Sad Together
All Alone
Feeling Prickly
“There are three ways to ultimate success:
The first way is to be kind.
The second way is to be kind.
The third way is to be kind.”
~Fred Rogers
Let’s Fly Away
Jane Lurie Photography 
Wonderful photos!
Have a great day, keep doing this beautiful work! 🙂
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Thank you so much Nuno! 😊
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I love shriveled sunflowers. My wife thinks I’m silly. She says only silly photographers like documenting old shriveled up flowers
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Then join me in the silly photographer group. 😆 One of my favorite subjects.
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I too, like to photograph flowers when they are past their best. It gives them so much character.
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I’m glad you agree, Kara. I am fascinated by their wilting personalities. 🙂
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Very nice
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Thank you, Sri. 😊
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Love the post. So true and pictures are beautiful.
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Hi Nikhar, Glad you enjoyed my moods. 😀😌 Thanks so much.
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Thanks! Glad you enjoyed. 🙂
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You can never have too many flowers or pictures of water. These are lovely.
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Happy to take you away, Lisa. Thanks very much!
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perfect Title:)
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Thanks so much, Payal. 🙂
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I’ve always appreciate flowers that have passed their prime and your before and afters are so well done, Jane. I also enjoy your pairing with quotes, especially Fred Rogers’. 🙂
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Thanks, Steve. There’s a poignant beauty in those flowers. Glad you enjoyed these along with Fred’s important message. 💙
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Wow, Jane, this is super. A great concept, beautifully realized. The first pair is great and the sentiments in each image and quote are recognizable. Back and forth we go!
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Hi Lynn, Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the analogy. I realized that my fascination for flowers past their prime had new meaning for our times. Indeed, the ups and downs! 🙂 😦
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Really nice pics jane, i really want to learn something about how to take good pics.
Really appreciated your work and passion.
See my blogs too on THE INDIA BLOGS
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Thanks very much, Parag. 😊
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What a wonderful collection Jane. I love the way you’ve tied together all these disparate photos. My favourite photo is actually Sad Together – there’s something about the beauty in decay that appeals to me. And now I have that turtles song as a earworm lol 🙂
Alison
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Thanks, Alison. I’m with you. I have a thing for flowers past their prime, a poignant reminder of the circle of life. Hope humming Happy Together brightened your day. 🙂
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Lovely shot ❤️❤️❤️
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Thanks very much, Riane. 😊
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Your rose images are so vivid that I can smell them, Fred Rogers is my hero. And the quote from boyhood perfectly captures my current thinking, I am managing through my current ‘big moment’ by remembering all of the glorious little ones that preceded it and hopeful for the many that will follow.
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Hi Lisa, Thank you so much. I agree, it’s those little ones that are often the most meaningful. Hope all is well with you now in your part of the world. 🙂 Be safe.
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AMAZING WORK
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Thank you so much, Nancy. Happy you enjoyed the images. 🙂
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Interesting reflections on the theme of impermanence.
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Thanks so much, Graham. Fleeting moments. Glad you enjoyed them.
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interesting work before / after and very nice pictures
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Thank you, Yoshimi. I’m happy you enjoyed this theme. 🙂
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Why am I identifying with still holding on. Please No! This is a wonderful post and a subject many want to either deny or rush to correct. Just life’s journey as it evolves with in all of us!
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Ha, Kathy. So true. Glad you like this theme. We’re all experiencing an array of emotions these days. Thanks so much for visit and sharing your thoughts. Hope you are faring well. 🙂
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Actually… wish I could have hit the “LOVE” button. Every image is delicious and the words to go with the moods brought a number of smiles. Honestly, I most of all related to “prickly”. 😀 Perhaps it’s the weather or the itch to roam across the country?
Hope you’re enjoying the change of scenery. 🙂
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Hi Gunta, Your response makes me smile. I think we all feel the range of emotions these days. Hopefully the prickly ones are momentary. 🙂 We are enjoying new scenery in the sameness of our day to day. Thanks very much and hope you are doing well.
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Seems as though I can relieve the ‘itch’ by getting immersed in images from previous travels. I’m sure you’ve been doing a bit of the same when posting your marvelous trips. To places I can’t imagine seeing in real life… It’s been a real treat. So, seriously- the prickly is more fleeting for me. The partner, on the other hand, is doing a bit more struggling. Are we likely to get any glimpses of the grandbabies?
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Such a nice selection, Jane. I thought the Fred Rogers quote was apropos. Everything begins and ends with the golden rule – be kind, be generous.
Hope your move-in is going well. It took us awhile to get everything out of the boxes, then another couple of months moving the furniture around, and another couple of months of buying something for that finishing touch. The daughters and I are doing okay in NY, but we’d like to have our two hours back. One more week, then it’s home.
Stay well, stay safe. 🙂
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Moods indeed, Jane….some great images
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Thanks, Sue. Running the gamut these days. 🙂
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A lovely collection of moods, Janes. I especially like how you captured the range of sunflowers. “Let’s Fly Away” is sure on point for the times we find ourselves in.
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Thank you, Ellen. The sunflowers were a welcome relief on our hike in the San Gabriel foothills. I wish we could all fly away somewhere safe and beautiful! 💙
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Super nice, Jane! Love the before and after flower shots, reminding us that life and death are all in the same circular process. Roll on!
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Thanks, Eliza! Glad you enjoyed the “before and after” shots… I find them poignant. 💜
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Wonderful contrasts in time. And let’s hear it for Flo and Eddie and especially for Fred.
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Thanks so much, Michael. Happy you enjoyed this one. 🙂
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The images are a reminder that life is an accusations of small things which enrich larger fabric. Great ox.
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Thanks so much, Bruce. Yes, I think that is very true. (thanks to spellcheck– Assume you meant accumulations… of course life is full of accusations, too. 🙂 ) Happy you enjoyed this one.
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So many beautiful flowers, Jane! I love that old Turtles song too. 🥰
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Thanks John. I do have a thing for the faded blooms. Glad you enjoyed and the great old tune, too. A favorite of ours. 🥰
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💛💛💛
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Thanks, T! 💛
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Kindness is always possible and your flora is so fine…sending you joy Jane have a beautiful day ~ smiles Hedy 🌻
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So true, Hedy. Thanks very much. Wishing you the same. 💜
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Wonderful images Jane 🙂 I have to admit I’ll probably be hearing that tune So Happy Together in my head all day 😀
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Thanks, Joe. 🙂 It’s a good one that’s a favorite of ours. 🎶
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Ying & yang 🌱 of life ! Eco
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Indeed, Eco. We live them all. Thanks so much.
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Juxtaposition – one bright young and beautiful and the next the aging old and fading. A fact of life!!
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Exactly, YC. And for pandemic me, one day bright and cheery, another day bummed and gloomy. Thanks for viewing! 🙂 From happy me.
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My sentiments exactly…to be kind is essential
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Hi Paula, A perfect place to start for everyone. Thanks for being here. 💙
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Transient beauty. Love the coming up rose! 🙂
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Thanks very much, Len. They sure brightened my day for my 25th anniversary. 🙂
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Wow
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Thanks very much, Anshdaraj. Glad you like it. 🙂
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Feeling prickly is me, most days, Jane 🙂 🙂
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Ha, Jo. I hear you! Pandemic mood swings galore. Thanks for visiting. 🙂 🙂
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Lovely pictures, Jane, and a good idea having fresh and bedraggled flowers next to each other – and I absolutely love the silhouetted V of birds in the last one. 🙂
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Love those quotes. I remember listening to that Turtles song when I was young. My elder brother played it all the time. (I shall be singing it to myself all day now! 😊) And when I read the first quote I wondered whether you could turn it around and say the big moments were life?
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I love the being kind mantra – spread some kindness every day.
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Thank you, Amanda. Fred Rogers knew from experience. Glad you enjoyed. 💙
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Beautiful beautiful beautiful!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Thank you so much for your enthuiasm, Hal! Much appreciated! ❤️
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You’re welcome!! ❤️❤️
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I really like this post. The pictures are fantastic and it felt like i was on a journey waiting to see what the contrasting image was going to be 🙂
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Thanks so much, blackandwhite. That’s a great compliment. Much appreciated.
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What a nice grouping of flowers and quotes. I loves Opuntias. The landscapes are great too!
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That first picture of a pristine sunflower grabbed me.
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Thanks, Steve. It was a ray of sunshine on our dusty hike in the San Gabriel Mountains.
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Be kind…. Thats right….
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I couldn’t agree more, Nabeela. Thank you. 💙
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Perfect match-up and gorgeous photos. Linda 🙂
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Thanks very much, Linda. Happy you enjoyed them. 🙂
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Oh this was amazing! What a visual journey and those quotes were perfect 👏👏👏💜
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I’m so glad you enjoyed my array of moods along with the quotes, ST. Thank you very much. 💜
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