For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.
Leonardo da Vinci
This photo and quote remind me of my first glider flight...to fully feel free of the bonds of gravity, to soar, silently among the birds and clouds, to look down in awesome wonder at all the Earth...
To feel the freedom of the birds, if only for a short while... (1 year and 101 days ago)
A circa 1960's Fur-rimmed Zebra patterned Hat! No wardrobe should be considered complete without one IMHO...
I quite honestly fold this one up into a cowboy hat and wear it on photo-shoots for young children when I need to get a giggle...it works...and was well worth the $.50 cent investment at the local Salvation Army! (2 years and 129 days ago)
Common myth and belief is that to be a true hangman's knot this knot was to have 13 wraps to properly break the neck of the condemned...this however is untrue. Most commonly it was tied with wet or oiled rope and contained between 6 and 8 wraps. More information can be had at ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangman%27s_knot (2 years and 358 days ago)
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Good luck there! 
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only kidding, congrats. 
I was just convinced this was yours. So the author has surprised me because masochism is not what I'd expect from them. Still one of the most interesting shots in the contest. 
One of Santa's elves?
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