The Roar of Falls and Rust of Trains

The above photos were taken by Big Frank last May near North Bend, Washington. The train shots are from an old train museum in Snoqualmie, Washington. The water closeup is of Snoqualmie Falls, just north of the town. The falls roar and the trains used to, but now they just sit on a sidetrack and rust. Their photos make a good study in contrast. Who knows, maybe the falls roar of mist drifts over those trains drawing out the rust silently.

Natural Abstract

Big Frank was out with the camera. It seems everybody is when there is snow, sunlight, and bitter cold. A brilliant blue sky punctuated the scene. A locust tree encrusted with snow stood in profile against the sky. Big Frank took the shot, and then he took it apart.

People Watching

Big Franks's shots of people on a weekend some days past:

Here it comes!

[Photo: Big Frank Dickinson]

Big Frank has been thinking (Yeah, I know . . . ) about the previous post (belief and cloud). That cloud had the kind of form and texture that somehow reminded him of "belief". Big Frank is not quite sure what the image of belief would be, but it could be somewhat like that pyramidal cloud - it could! That cloud, by the way - the one in the previous post - was perched on the ridge to the north of Yakima. So perhaps Yakima is some kind of seat of belief? Who knows. Or, maybe more accurately, Yakima is beneath belief, or underbelieved, or on the edge of belief? Maybe the latter fits best!

The above photo (no photoshopping or doctoring done on it) was an amazing shot taken in Wallace, Idaho many months ago. Big Frank never has figured out what the red flash is or where it came from. However, regardless, and in continuation of the above paragraph linking clouds to abstract ideas, what idea would this represent? Big Frank thinks perhaps it is "realization". Look how it comes and how it changes everything!