{"id":271,"date":"2011-06-30T14:59:05","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T18:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=271"},"modified":"2011-06-30T14:59:05","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T18:59:05","slug":"there-is-beauty-all-around-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"There is beauty all around us&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;if we will just open our eyes and see.<\/p>\n<p>How many times have you looked at something and not really <em>seen<\/em> it? I know I have, far too many times.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-272\" title=\"IMG_0411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0411.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0411-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dynamic angles, pattern, and stonework. The Freemason Street Baptist Church in Norfolk.<\/p>\n<p>Across the street, MacArthur Center Mall:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0433.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-276\" title=\"IMG_0433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0433.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0433.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0433-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>&#8230;with the deco elevators&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0438.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-273\" title=\"IMG_0438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0438.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0438.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0438-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;angled ceilings&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-277\" title=\"IMG_0441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0441.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0441-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(and another view of them), along with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0442.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274\" title=\"IMG_0442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0442.jpg 427w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0442-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;some awesome light fixtures. All things you&#8217;d never notice unless you took the time to stop and &#8220;look up.&#8221; Too often, we forget to do this, because we&#8217;re in such a rush to get everything done.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, an external parking garage lends more angles to be enjoyed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275\" title=\"IMG_0453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0453.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0453.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_0453-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;slow down, you move too fast&#8230;you&#8217;ve got to make the morning last&#8230;*<\/p>\n<p>Silver Blue, who is trying to be more observant of the world in which he lives.<\/p>\n<p>*59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin&#8217; Groovy) &#8211; Simon and Garfunkel (and covered by Harper&#8217;s Bizarre)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;if we will just open our eyes and see. How many times have you looked at something and not really seen it? I know I have, far too many times. Dynamic angles, pattern, and stonework. The Freemason Street Baptist Church in Norfolk. Across the street, MacArthur Center Mall: &#8230;with the deco elevators&#8230;. &#8230;angled ceilings&#8230; (and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[97,95,96,93,94],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-angles","tag-architecture","tag-deco","tag-freemason-street-baptist-church","tag-macarthur-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}