http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com Serenity is golden... But sometimes a few ripples are needed as proof of life. Sun, 26 May 2013 01:08:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~3/_Ek3u2F4J1Y/ http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/spring-babies-and-parenting-styles/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 13:44:52 +0000 Arti http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/?p=14055 I&#8217;ve been following this Great Horned Owl family for a few months now. At first I only spotted Papa, later &#8230;<p><a href="http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/spring-babies-and-parenting-styles/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rippleeffects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1609334&#038;post=14055&#038;subd=rippleeffects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~4/_Ek3u2F4J1Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/spring-babies-and-parenting-styles/feed/ 23 Arti Owlet 1 Owlet 2 Parent Owl and Owlet Canada Geese with Goslings http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/spring-babies-and-parenting-styles/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~3/i8YdO3xDe_Y/ http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/saturday-snapshot-may-18-the-bow/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 13:19:21 +0000 Arti http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/?p=14031 The Bow is the newest addition to our downtown cityscape. Design architects are the acclaimed, London-based Foster and Partners. This &#8230;<p><a href="http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/saturday-snapshot-may-18-the-bow/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rippleeffects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1609334&#038;post=14031&#038;subd=rippleeffects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~4/i8YdO3xDe_Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/saturday-snapshot-may-18-the-bow/feed/ 44 Arti The Bow 1 The Bow 2 The Bow 3 Wonderland http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/saturday-snapshot-may-18-the-bow/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~3/FQUbglMdmio/ http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/proust-read-along-the-swann-and-gatsby-foil/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 13:19:59 +0000 Arti http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/?p=13964 &#8220;He knew perfectly well as a general truth that human life is full of contrasts&#8230;&#8221; Swann&#8217;s Way, P. 510 While &#8230;<p><a href="http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/proust-read-along-the-swann-and-gatsby-foil/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rippleeffects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1609334&#038;post=13964&#038;subd=rippleeffects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~4/FQUbglMdmio" height="1" width="1"/> http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/proust-read-along-the-swann-and-gatsby-foil/feed/ 19 Arti Zipporah, Jethro's Daughter by Botticelli http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/proust-read-along-the-swann-and-gatsby-foil/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~3/rzXtZgqH8tg/ http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/the-great-gatsby-2013-movie-review/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 15:09:35 +0000 Arti http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/?p=13962 In just 172 pages, F. Scott Fitzgerald has captured the zeitgeist of the Jazz Age, and told the stirring story &#8230;<p><a href="http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/the-great-gatsby-2013-movie-review/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rippleeffects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1609334&#038;post=13962&#038;subd=rippleeffects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~4/rzXtZgqH8tg" height="1" width="1"/> http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/the-great-gatsby-2013-movie-review/feed/ 40 Arti the-great-gatsby-poster1 http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/the-great-gatsby-2013-movie-review/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~3/6d_YQyuJXK0/ http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/a-long-farewell-to-winter/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 03:21:43 +0000 Arti http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/?p=13942 It got up to 27C (80F) today, almost a record high. Looks like we&#8217;ve skipped spring and bounced right to &#8230;<p><a href="http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/a-long-farewell-to-winter/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rippleeffects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1609334&#038;post=13942&#038;subd=rippleeffects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~4/6d_YQyuJXK0" height="1" width="1"/> http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/a-long-farewell-to-winter/feed/ 25 Arti Melting Ice on Glenmore Reservoir Shimmering ice The Snowy Rockies Loon Loon 1 Loon 3 http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/a-long-farewell-to-winter/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~3/WdRcJ7pKy_E/ http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/why-did-the-pheasant-cross-the-road/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 14:15:16 +0000 Arti http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/?p=13914 Why did the Pheasant cross the road? To test Arti&#8217;s reaction time. How did the Pheasant cross the road? Ignoring &#8230;<p><a href="http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/why-did-the-pheasant-cross-the-road/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rippleeffects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1609334&#038;post=13914&#038;subd=rippleeffects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~4/WdRcJ7pKy_E" height="1" width="1"/> http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/why-did-the-pheasant-cross-the-road/feed/ 31 Arti Running Pheasant Running Pheasant 1 Male Phaesant http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/why-did-the-pheasant-cross-the-road/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~3/fUo5bsmGR-4/ http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/ruth-prawer-jhabvala-a-tribute-to-rootlessness/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 15:31:44 +0000 Arti http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/?p=13842 On April 3, one day before Roger Ebert died, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala passed away from illness at the age of 85. &#8230;<p><a href="http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/ruth-prawer-jhabvala-a-tribute-to-rootlessness/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rippleeffects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1609334&#038;post=13842&#038;subd=rippleeffects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~4/fUo5bsmGR-4" height="1" width="1"/> http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/ruth-prawer-jhabvala-a-tribute-to-rootlessness/feed/ 14 Arti ruth-prawer-jhabvala Ivory Jhabvala Merchant http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/ruth-prawer-jhabvala-a-tribute-to-rootlessness/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~3/qhR3rD6maEM/ http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/sign-of-spring-melting-snow/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:02:41 +0000 Arti http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/?p=13849 These are photos for Saturday Snapshot April 27. Snow has mostly melted now, but there are still remnants of winter. &#8230;<p><a href="http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/sign-of-spring-melting-snow/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rippleeffects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1609334&#038;post=13849&#038;subd=rippleeffects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~4/qhR3rD6maEM" height="1" width="1"/> http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/sign-of-spring-melting-snow/feed/ 36 Arti Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Inglewood Bird Sanctuary 1 Male & Female Common Mergansers Female and Male Mergansers Melting snow Doolittle Reflection http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/sign-of-spring-melting-snow/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~3/07RpcxMayUI/ http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/sign-of-spring-nesting/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:29:46 +0000 Arti http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/?p=13808 Here are my photos for Saturday Snapshot April 20. Spring is always a slow emergence for us. There&#8217;s still snow &#8230;<p><a href="http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/sign-of-spring-nesting/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rippleeffects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1609334&#038;post=13808&#038;subd=rippleeffects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~4/07RpcxMayUI" height="1" width="1"/> http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/sign-of-spring-nesting/feed/ 38 Arti Guarding the nest Canada Goose inside tree Showing off Owl nesting Great Blue Heron nests from afar Great Blue Heron Nests Great Blue Heron Flying Just stretching Just stretching the legs Pale blue http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/sign-of-spring-nesting/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~3/Fbgl7-0qDHI/ http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/proust-read-along-swanns-way-part-one-combray/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:38:21 +0000 Arti http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/?p=13780 Reading these first 264 pages of Proust conjures up some of my own memories&#8230; I was sitting in a graduate &#8230;<p><a href="http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/proust-read-along-swanns-way-part-one-combray/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rippleeffects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1609334&#038;post=13780&#038;subd=rippleeffects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~4/Fbgl7-0qDHI" height="1" width="1"/> http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/proust-read-along-swanns-way-part-one-combray/feed/ 40 Arti Proust Book http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/proust-read-along-swanns-way-part-one-combray/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~3/8MXM051Glpg/ http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/saturday-snapshot-april-11-bohemian-waxwings-in-flight-defying-grey/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:36:17 +0000 Arti http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/?p=13754 I had the chance to see the elusive Bohemian Waxwings converge in the past weeks. Now they are gone. From &#8230;<p><a href="http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/saturday-snapshot-april-11-bohemian-waxwings-in-flight-defying-grey/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rippleeffects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1609334&#038;post=13754&#038;subd=rippleeffects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~4/8MXM051Glpg" height="1" width="1"/> http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/saturday-snapshot-april-11-bohemian-waxwings-in-flight-defying-grey/feed/ 37 Arti Flocks of Bohemian Waxwings Avian Cirque du soleil Avian Aesthetics http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/saturday-snapshot-april-11-bohemian-waxwings-in-flight-defying-grey/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~3/WddSGDLVWFU/ http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/saturday-snapshot-april-6-roger-ebert-a-close-encounter/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:50:53 +0000 Arti http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/?p=13729 In memory of Roger Ebert, I will recount an unforgettable experience I had two years ago. I took the following &#8230;<p><a href="http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/saturday-snapshot-april-6-roger-ebert-a-close-encounter/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rippleeffects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1609334&#038;post=13729&#038;subd=rippleeffects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/trxQ/~4/WddSGDLVWFU" height="1" width="1"/> http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/saturday-snapshot-april-6-roger-ebert-a-close-encounter/feed/ 44 Arti Life Itself Ebert Signing Roger & Chaz http://rippleeffects.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/saturday-snapshot-april-6-roger-ebert-a-close-encounter/