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Deerfield Beach, FL, December 2007 [Click to embiggen]
I generally try to avoid shooting people's faces in public. But sometimes a scene presents itself that's just too good to ignore. I wasn't sure what I wanted to call this photo when I snapped it, but I knew it would be one of the most memorable ones I captured while we were away - and I knew you would all love a chance to play with this one in your heads. I know, I'm bad. So be it.
Your turn: Please suggest a caption or two or twelve in a comment. I actively support multiple submissions. I'm still on my let's-grow-this-thing kick, so successful referrals to new players will result in shameless advantage come judging time. As always, winners and a new Caption This photo will be posted next Sunday.
About last week's image of stairs: I loved the lines of this scene when I first saw it from the sidewalk. Apparently many of you agreed, as you came up with countless words to describe it. Winning entry goes to Omykiss for "Stair symphony." Please visit this erudite scientist in New Zealand (click here) and share your good wishes.
Overall, I was amazed at the diversity of submissions this week (new record of submissions, btw...40!) The world of literature, art and music all played major roles in this week's captions. Cool! As always, lots of honorable mentions to share:
- Awareness: "And he's finding his stairway to....heaven........."
- Mama DB and David: "Escher."
- Surcie: "Escheresque."
- Anne: "Escher's muse."
- Joan: "Save your breath! Eschew Escher."
- Sara: "The culmination of all the 12-step programs out there."
- Steve: "I think I'll take the elevator."
- Judy: "Steppin' Out."
- Robin: "Breathless."
- Beverly: "Am I coming or going?"
- Carolyn: "A journey of a thousand steps begins on this staircase."
- The Bluest Butterfly: "Rhett, don't get lost carrying me up these stairs."
- Jodi Cleghorn: "A surrealist stairway."
- Heidi: "Up, up, and away! Or is that down?"
- JC: "Panorama view."
- Vanessa: "As I stare at the stair..."
- MissMeliss: "One step forward, two steps back..."
- Linda: "Up the down staircase."
- Beth: "Life is full of ups, and ups and ups!"
- Rainbow dreams: "It's making me dizzy."
- Tiel Aisha Ansari: "The higher you climb, the farther you have to fall."
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[thinks] I'm stuck! - right, time to try and look cool....
Here via Michele, sort of :-)
Get well soon to you and the Levy clan.
cq
Speechless.
"Lazy Bones.....sleepin' in the sun...." (sing along with me)
Sleeping Beauty, after hours of sun exposure
As always Carmi, I love your photos, but I am no good at captions on the spot. Hopee you are feeling better. Michele sent me this trip.
the woman is upset that she is out of focus, because her glare could break your lens. "dude, put away that camera, now!"
Did nobody ever teach that woman it's not lady like to sit with your knees apart? She's obviously hitting on me - I'm so embarrassed I'm gonna sit here with my eyes shut and maybe she'll get the message. Strumpet!
Hi Carmi- I'm here at bed time to say night night from Michele and me. Have a good week:)
Well... the obvious caption would be "Beached."
(but I mean that in the nicest way)
~S
Ol' Leo dozes easily in his chair oblivious to the fact that a half of a woman's body lies behind him. Maybe if it was the top half, he'd feel differently.
MSM
Lovin' Life! Or "Life's been good to me sooooo faaaarrr....."
Belly glancer.
Barefoot and pregnant?
Power nap.
Wet(suit) dreams.
Sharkolepsy.
Lou's Id, dreaming.
Jonah, suffering from a rare interspecies variation of Stockholm syndrome, found himself drawn daily to the sea, longing for a glimpse, perhaps even a fin-wave from the big fish he met so long ago and has since come to love (and resemble).
The Big Sleep.
(okay, just a few more)
Santa's lesser-known do-nothing brother, Sandy Claus.
Lifeguard Station(ary).
Great White.
(and finally)
Call me Ishmael...
Look Ma - I think Uncle Hubert has our beach ball!
Give him a break! It's tiring fighting those rip tides. Hope he got Enough SPF ... thought I'd pop around this evening to places I haven't been in forever.. your pictures are still wonderful.. thank you.
I got an honorable mention. :-)
"All Tuckered Out"
"Under Surveillance" (by the immodest woman in the background.)
"Looking for that someone special to enjoy long...naps on the beach"
"It would be 72 hours until they realized Mr. Sanderson wasn't just napping by the sea."
What is it with people in FL. This was one from my post last February. (About halfway down you'll find another.)
What is he dreaming?
I like robin's "beached male" and jadedprimadonna's "Look Ma - I think Uncle Hubert has our beach ball!"
But here is mine...
Zzzzz...snort, snort, grunt...Zzzzzz...
More of a soundtrack, perhaps, than a caption. Oh well... (And BTW, thanks for the honorable mention on the last Caption This. Have a great week, Carmi!)
"Best rest I ever got WITHOUT a cold medicine"
"Best sleep I ever got WITHOUT a cold medicine"
Hey Carmi, This is my first time to comment. I submitted the caption " best cold I ever got WITHOUT a cold medicine" i came to your site via Dooce,I have really enjoyed your website, and am actually reading past ones to catch up. you are truely inspiring and I am enjoying your site very much. Muddly
I can't believe I ate the whole thing.
I like robin's "beached male", but also offer up the following:
lotioned up & ready for a snooze
not pasty-white for much longer
One of the lesser known side effects of NOT turning over while tanning - inflating!!
[thinks] building sand castles is harder than I remember, let me just take a 5 min power nap
retirement has it's benefits
taking a few seconds to reflect
last one for tonight is:
sun bathing beauty is all in the eye of the beholder
I was just writing a comment in my blog about your wonderful photography and now I look at this! LOL
[Yes, still more captions. Sorry...it's an addiction. Can't...stop...writing...]
Not to be used as a flotation device.
Man. Eater.
Contentment personified.
Here's one for music nerds who could ace a Jeopardy category on all-female rock groups:
Just out of the frame, Tanya Donelly is turning celebratory cartwheels. She just thought of a name for her new band.
"Wake-up Captain Highliner - they shaved yar beard and stole all yar fillets"
(This caption is to be read of course, with yar best pirate accent)
Ummmm, when did you take my picture? I really didn't notice you.
BE UUUU TEEEE FULL!
To sort of quote Red Green....
"If they don't find you handsome, they could at least find you handy."
Prince of Tides.
It's the inner beauty that counts. This guy's got that in spades.
Some day my prince will come.
Supersized.
Hope you guys are feeling better. xo
We grow 'em big in the U.S.
burnin' the fat at both ends:>
CARMI:
Sara sent me (she said to say that...it's NOT my caption). Since I'm a caption submitting virgin here, I will simply go with an old favorite and say: "Does this chair make my a$$ look big?"
Linda D. in seattle
Hello carmi ... thanks for choosing my caption .... now it's a bit of a challenge ... the next one can never be so good .... I'll keep trying though. thanks too for your nice comments.
All beached out .....
The walrus or the carpenter?
"sigh" This IS the Life!
Tom Lasorda dreaming of better days when he used to beat the hell out of the Phillie Phanatic.
"basking robbins"
Vx
lazy SUNdays are the best
i'm not sleeping, just reading my lids
i'm not sleeping, just reading my lids
"I wonder if I pose just like her if she'll notice me?"
Plum Tired.
Ma'am, please put a top on.
Walrus, meet lobster
(but Robin's "beached male" is the best!)
Baskin RedBuns
from my co-worker
David Hasselhoffs body double.
[thinks] what does it take to get some peace & quiet around here?
from my co-worker
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