TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1169 \ mACHETE mAN

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1169 - ah, ya - machete man is a real guy living in a refugee camp on the west side of the island of Timor Indonesia. Getting him to place his arms in this position was a challenge in view of the fact as when I took his hand suggesting this pose, he abruptly balked, then slowly relented, posed seriously & I was able to walk away with this quick photograph.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1168 \ bEYOND aNCiENT

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1168 - Beyond ancient in Ephesus, a time-honored Greek city on the coast of the Agean Sea near Anatolia, Turkey of western Asia.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1167 \ 2 bROTHERS jUNQUE

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1167 - Two Brothers Junk

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1166 \ tANNED hiDE

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1166 - Gorgonia’s drying deer hide in Mescarlaro Territory.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1165 \bURNED wAGONS POiNT

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1165 - Burned Wagons Point. It was here that a Jayhawker group of Forty-Niners, gold seekers from the middle west, entered Death Valley in 1849, seeking a short route to the gold mines of central California, burned their wagons, dried the meat of some oxen and with the surviving animals struggled westward on foot.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1164 \ rEGEN bAYERN

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1164 - light rain falling in freistaat Bayern.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1163 \ wESTbOUND rAILS

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1163 - Leon Ray Catches the Westbound ... Hobos are people who move around looking for work, tramps are people who move around but don't look for work, and bums are people who don't move and don't work. I've been all three. Now I’m goin’ home on the morning train to find out what Jimmie Rodgers was singin’ about.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1162 \ LAKE viBRATiON

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1162 - sunset dusk all above, around and on Lake Vibration

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1161 \ 4th diMENSiON

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1161 - In the 4th dimension both past & future objects lay equal claim to having the same level of reality as does the present moment.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1160 \ 1st LiGHT

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1160 - First Light; Grand Canyon

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1159 \ LEAPiNG jAGUAR

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1159 - the “leaping Jaguar” mascot hood ornament from the Jaguar XJ-S luxury grand tourer Series II.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1158 \ hUBBLE tRADiNG pOST

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1158 -

roll on like a wagon wheel.

only stoppin for grub & grease.

rub that fine, red dust outta yer eye,

cause the deal’s about to cease

get ready for the goodbye to this,

is what you’ll never miss.

until it’s time to go the other way.

again.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1157 \ jACKASS

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1157 - Donkeapalooza! ... Carrizozo, New Mexico’s street-art celebrating the Jackass. Pictured here, sent out to pasture, is Longear Banguelos. He was one of over 66 fiberglass donkeys that grazed on street corners, all created by local artists in a stampede of talent. Civic minded companies & organizations sponsored each donk and they’re in place all over town. Similar projects in Cleveland, Ohio- Electric Guitars; Chicago, Illinois- Cows on Parade; Hobart, Indiana- Cabooses; Sarasota, Florida- Clowns; Nashville, Tennessee- Tropical Fish; Orlando, Florida- Chameleons; Riverside, California - Oranges; Norfolk, Virginia- Mermaids; Los Angeles, California- Angels; Berlin, Germany- Bears; Jerusalem Israel- Lions; Louisville, Kentucky - Thoroughbred Horses represent ARTistic Fun in exciting cities.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1156 \ siDE bY siDE

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1156 - side-by-side window rooms at the Oasis Motel.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1155 \ jEROME

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1155 - Jerome, 5,080 feet above sea level in the Cleopatra Hills of Arizona.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1154 \ mOST vEHiCLE

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1154 - are you getting the most out of your vehicle?

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1153 \ oLD fASHiONED

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1153 - The Old Fashioned Way. The RCA Simplex Model E-7 Movie Projector with the Photophone Sound Attachment & the Peerless Magnarc Carbon Rod High Insensity Lamp. Built for the National Theatre Supply by Atlas Electronic served the needs of movie theatres 30, 40 & 50 years ago. Because each movie reel of film was 18-20 minutes long with an 8 second cue mark, two identical projectors were needed in the projection booth giving moviegoers the image of illusion. 6 reels later ...

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1152 \ wEED

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1152 - Weed, New Mexico. Population 20. The only town in the United States that simultaneously advertises their city sign with the local cafe, which serves as the post office, too.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1151 \ sKY bLOOM

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1151 - Bostonian’s artist Janet Echelman’s public art project in downtown Phoneix Arizona titled “Her Secret is Patience” taken from poet & philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem. “Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience”. Costing 2.4 million dollars this photograph of a net spending disease was exposed for 3 hand-held seconds.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1150 \ hAPPY mOTHER'S dAY

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1150 - Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms, the healthy bond to each one of us ... on this the 2nd Sunday in May.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1149 \ biG diTCH

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1149 - the colorful gorge carved by the Colorado River, known as Ongtupqa - the Grand Canyon, Photographed here, with a low light exposure late in the day (1/200th @ f/22), shows a field of view of over 13 miles and a depth of 1 mile.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1148 \ aRE YOU nUTS

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1148 - Not big enough, this is the World’s Largest Pistachio.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1147 \ rEAL tHiNG

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1147 - See. The Real Thing. Just Ahead.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1146 \ tiPi #5 of 5

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1146 - #5 from a series of 4 days & 1 night of Tipi’s

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1145 \ tiPI #4 of 5

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1145 - #4 from a series of 4 days & 1 night of Tipi’s

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1144 \ tiPI #3 of 5

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1144 - #3 from a series of 4 days & 1 night of Tipi’s

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1143 \ tiPI #2 of 5

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1143 - #2 from a series of 4 days & 1 night of Tipi’s

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1142 \ tiPi #1 oF 5

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1142 - #1 from a series of 4 days & 1 night of Tipi’s

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1141 \ 7 miLES LATER

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1141 - 7 miles later.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1140 \ nEXT 7 miLES

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1140 - Next 7 Miles ... tomorrow: 7 miles later.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1139 \ LET pEACE bE

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1139 - Let Peace be the Journey.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1138 \ h2O tAKE oFF

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1138 - the 396NC hydro plane, beginning it’s lighter-than-air phase on Altamonte Springs.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1137 \ fORGOTTEN pEOPLE

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1137 - directions to: The Forgotten People meeting.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1136 \ pHOTOGRAPHER'S pEAK

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1136 - photographers & fans of Sol Invictus awaiting sunrise at on the rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona at Yavapai point, 7,262 feet above sea level.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1135 \ sAGUARO

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1135 - taking 75 years to grow a ‘side arm’ and in perfect focus, what appears fuzzy are the thousands of needles on this back-lit Saguaro cactus. Try it ... "sah-wah-roh".

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1134 \ fLAG tHiS

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1134 - The colors Green for territory, White for unity, purity & honesty, Red for for the struggles for regaining national independence & freedom of the Mexican national flag. The center Coat of Arms recalls an Aztec legend whereas "The people were guided by the god of war Huitzilopochtl (represented by a hummingbird), to seek a place where an eagle landed on a prickly-pear cactus, eating a snake". Photographed near the boundary of the United States of America in Gringo Pass, Arizona.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1133 \ LiFE iS

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1133 - (all) Life is the morning after.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1132 \ rEST sTOP

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1132 - Rest Area slope.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1131 \ pOTENTiAL

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1131 - House for Sale with potential, possible historical significance & designation, located a few miles west of the middle from somewhere.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1130 \ nOTORiOUS dOORS

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1130 - through these swinging saloon doors walked the most famous and notorious people of the Common Era.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1129 \ dRiED hOT

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1129 - dried hot, black & white, chili peppers.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1128 \ dESERT rOSE

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1128 - Cholla cactus ... in bloom.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1127 \ 1OOO miLES aWAY

TEDD LiGGETT's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1127 - 1,000 miles away

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1126 \ sHADOW

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1126 - in reference to proximity ... the shape created by the sun rays of light meets the silhouette surface created consequently by the rock of vandalism thrown through last night’s sky.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1125 \ fORT sTOCKTON

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1125 - 310 miles west of San Antonio, Texas & 238 miles east of El Paso lies Ft. Stockton. A favorite rest stop on the Trails of the Comanche, the San Antonio-Chihuahua Wagon Road and the Butterfield Overland Mail Route, Ft. Stockton provided a market for farmers, stockmen and merchants. After the Texas Pacific and Santa Fe railroads bypassed Ft. Stockton the town experienced a transfer of wealth, yet recent gas exploration holds great hope for these rails.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1124 \ cOGNiTiVE diSSONANCE

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1124 - Cognitive Dissonance

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1123 \ uP siDE dOWN

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1123 - the Feeling of Being ... upside down at the amusement park.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1122 \ tOP kART

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1122 - 8 year old Tommy Y.(erkovich) # 8, @ Speed.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1121 \ cATCH tHiS

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1121 - Catch this.

TEDD LiGGETT’s phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1120 \ oRGAN piPE

tL's phOTOGRAPH_oF_tHE_dAY #1120 - Montezuma’s Head viewing prime Saguaro & Organ Pipe cactus.