Just picture it

Where ever you are in your life,

There should always be time for a joke and a laugh ...

I couldn't resist this one.

Today I set out to take a few pics that would encapsulate the theme "At Work" ... so beautifully illustrated by The Big Picture.

But as it was May Day/Workers Day today, it was a struggle to find any action, so to speak. Until I found this.

2 butterflies 'at work'.

It turned out to be a great picture, but also just cracked me up. Must've been the wine.

I came across this image today as I was uploading my own to Flickr.

Sometimes there is just something about a pic that does it for you.

In this one, its the drops. Dropping.

I would stay up to watch this.

Tracks from the two-wheeled Modularizedd Equipment Transporter lead away from the lunar module on the moon's surface during the Apollo 14 mission.

Photo: NASA/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1971

Between March 1918 and late 1919, the "Spanish Flu" is thought to have infected perhaps 20 percent of the world's population. Masks were considered de rigeur, especially for Red Cross and other healthcare workers.

Mortality estimates have long pegged the number of dead worldwide as somewhere around 20 million people -- but newer estimates put the number closer to 100 million.

Lest we forget.

One of the greatest gifts one generation can pass to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience.

I took this photo on a recent trip (Oct 2008) to Kenya.

An elder of the Masai tribe hosting us, he just seemed to have the wisdom of years engrained in his eyes.

I've been reading 'Wisdom' by Andrew Zuckerman. It's brilliant.

But I often wonder how much wisdom there is in those close to us, in the silence of their eyes.

Andrew Zuckerman: Wisdom
http://www.wisdombook.org

Scenes in nature so serene, they seem somehow perfect, and untouched.

Pier Pilings with Bird, 2005
Brian Kosoff | Photography

Nothing quite prepares you for a moment like this.

Lying in the dirt behind the relative safety of a 4x4, a long lens trained on a group of elephants, as they lazily amble their way towards you.

The whole family stops to take things in. Mom and dad look you in the eye. Sniff the air. Satisfy themselves that all is well. And quietly continue.

Towards you.

Taken with Nikon D80, 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 @ 200mm
1/2000 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 400

This was taken late afternoon, 22nd April, at the Boskruin Community Centre. Yep, that's right ... Election Day in South Africa, the 3rd since 1994 when South Africa gave birth to the Rainbow Nation.

Today, whilst the queues formed, and people voted ... the kids were on the swings and roundabouts.

Every-one was having a swinging time.

South Africa has come a long way.

I'm pretty proud to be a part of its story.