“To deny the reality of things is to miss their reality; to assert the emptiness of things is to miss their reality. The more you talk and think about it, the further astray you wander from the truth.” Sengcan
Form is Emptiness
Photography OCD
A somewhat healthy obsession with photography
Photography OCD 
Beautiful dahlia in black and white. 😀
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Thanks Cee, my second one this month only this time I got the complete history of Dahlias from a large Amish woman. 😉
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Gorgeous!
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Thanks VJ, I just couldn’t get the color right. Its yellow.
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Ha ha ha –
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Its not funny. OK, maybe it is. If I go back again to get a color version I’ll have to buy some, she seemed so disappointed.
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Seriously – the white highlights her incredible lines. This is a beautiful flower.
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It definitely is. The purple were also gorgeous but I didn’t get close enough.
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I grew dahlias this year and nothing came out of it too… They should be white but I didn’t see them bloom.
P.S. I have a lot of sad stories 😆
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If that’s your saddest story you’re doing very well! These were at an Amish farm stand and I’m sure she spent years figuring out how to grow them.
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So beautiful in black and white! 👍🏼
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Thanks TC, I may go back tomorrow to get one in color.
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Gotta wait for that!
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🙂
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One amazing dahlia this is for sure 🙂
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Thanks Hammad, they were all amazing!
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This one jumps right off the screen. Excellent.
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Thanks Mike, I decided not to go back for a color one in better light but I did get schooled in the care and feeding of Dalias by an expert.
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Sengcan said that? How ironic. 🙂
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Are we talking about the same Sengcan, the third Chinese patriarch of chán after Bodhidharma and thirtieth patriarch after Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha?
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Erm, probably. It was the one you quoted as saying that it does no good to say stuff (paraphrasing). Just thought it ironic that he *said* that, if you know what I mean
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Its exactly like saying Jumbo shrimp only completely different.
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On a different note (but tangentially related) I bought a book called Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom (by Dr Mardy Grothe) today. My favourite so far is “If you’re afraid of loneliness, don’t marry.” 🙂
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I guess he never found the right woman. 😉
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Haha, yeah, like as not. 🙂
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