My Amur Leopard / / ...
My Amur Leopard / / / Most of you know that I spend a lot of time at the Philadelphia Zoo, in PA. I do have to say, I wish I lived next door instead of an hour away, but as I make the busy drive into Pennsylvania (from NJ) and have to wait in traffic as I try to make my way to the other side of Philadelphia, my thoughts are always, always with one animal that I just can’t wait to see. Yes, the baby Amur Tigers were stunning, when they were babies, but I always ended up at MY AMUR LEOPARD. The two photos above, the first one is the Male and the second is the Female The Amur Leopard is the rarest and critically endangered cat in the world. It is said that there is fewer that 40 of these majestic cats left in the wild, due to habitat loss and natural disasters such as fires, not to mention poaching. It is hard to believe when I see these stunning cats that they are becoming to be extinct in the wild To learn more please visit Amur Leopard
We had been called back to relieve the Marines because casualties were mounting for them too. It was called the Iron Triangle and t…
We had been called back to relieve the Marines because casualties were mounting for them too. It was called the Iron Triangle and the jungle was not a nice place for any of us. Many men had been wiped out from the army division and then they brought the marines to take over. They didn’t fare any better because the enemy knew their territory better than anyone else and so we went back as ordered. / I had my doubts that I would make it back alive. I had seen so many young eighteen, nineteen and twenty year olds loose their lives in that jungle. It wasn’t like any other battles we had encountered before, no sir, this jungle stunk with odor of the dead. I had chills crawling up my spine when I knew I had to return there, it was nothing anybody had ever seen before. / It was some day in early July in the Republic of Vietnam when we headed into the jungle. I remember that we were about fourty men when we took off into the dense vegetation after the helicopters had dropped us off about a couple of clicks from the jungle. / We tried to keep our distance from each other, but the jungle had a way of making the person disappear right in front of you if you didn’t keep up. That and the sounds around you that are so creepy that it scares you every moment you are in there. / Soon as we waded into the arms of the jungle we could sense the presence of the enemy just watching our every move. We would stop every so often and stand still and it was like whoever was around us would stop too. We signaled at each other with our hands to keep our eyes open because the enemy was lurking in their familar territory. The sweat on our foreheads was the indication of how fearful we were of being there. / After about two hours of checking our navigational equipment to make sure we knew where we were at, we stopped. The foot steps from the enemy could be heard closer to us and louder, and we knew then that we were being driven to the place they wanted us to. If was no longer us heading to the place we had been assigned to search and engage our enemy, it was more of finding a place we could defend ourselves. / We set up a few trip wires to alert us just how fast they were tracking us. We figured that we could take of few of them out and slow them down. We knew we could not engage right then because we needed to set up a perimeter that we could defend or else we would get overrun. It was like a horror movie as we tried to pave our own way and away from their trap. My instincts told me that they already knew how they were going to fight us. / We knew they would find out trip wires, they were clever, but we also had a few tricks up our sleves. I had learned to fake the trip wires that were attached to the blasting caps because they knew how to avoid them. It was the secondary wire that was well hidden with the real blasting caps in the claymore mines that would alert them that they had been had. They only had a few moments to ponder their deaths before they would be blown up. / And sure enough, just like clock work, one of the claymores went off. We heard it go off and it gave us a precise time of how far back they were. The vietcong would look after their casualties and give us a few more minutes to shift our direction in their anticipation of knowing that we knew of their means of explotions of how they would counter our move. It was a cat and mouse game between the bait and the trap, it just depended on who was who. / We headed east and made sure we left signs of direction. It was a tactic of deversion for the time being. After half a click or so we would shift again north and so on and so forth. It could be fatal to step into the trap they had set for us and our hope was not to over react in the counter manuvers. We checked our compasses continuelessly. / It was clear to us that our time was running out, we couldn’t penetrate the majestice jungle with the equipment on our backs because it was slowing us down. Soon we found a spot we thought we could make a stand. Our perimeter was set up to allow us a clear view of the approaching enemy, but even that was not good enough. We knew of their hidden tunnels and their mastery of them. Nothing was ever safe with their tactics and unbelievable will to win at all cost. / We left a little window as a back door. It was not for a retreat, but for some of us to slip through and try to flank them if need be. It was dangerous, risky, but experience made us aware of the many possibilities. The dense folage could help us just as well as hinder our fighting. / The sun didn’t shine very brightly under the cover of the jungle and the late hour didn’t help either. The nasty flies, mosquitos and other creatures made their presence felt as we laid as still as possible while the night made our fears multiply by the power to ten. We could feel how close they were and knew they were planning their attack. We knew the delay was not justing planning for the encounter, but to make us nervous and to give them the precise location of each and every man. / We had already talked it out amongst ourselves about not moving and not reacting to the trip flares and claymores going off. They would go off, but if we over reacted they would make us use up all our ammunition on a few of their men. The new soldiers assigned to us were educated about what and how the enemy would trip and trick us. / The night vision scopes were only so good under the very few light from the stars that was needed for them. We were ordered not to move too much anyways because the battle would be intense and trying to spot them would take a lot of energy, time and it could compromise our positions. I knew it would be hard for some rookie to keep their cool, hell, not even some veterans had the patience to hold from opening up and firing back too early. Semi atomatic was our best choice because the rapid fire could attract too much attention. These were things I had learned and passed on. / There was no time to piss, or shit either. It could make noise, attract flies, or emit odors that the enemy could use against us. It would be a long night before the attack, it was the way of the jungle guerilla warfare that was in store for some that had not fought in the jungle. Copyright©2008 Oscarelizondo
Today is a sad day. I put up a fairly large show yesterday afternoon- 18 acrylic paintings, 8-9 collages for Lowell Open Studios in Lowe…
Today is a sad day. I put up a fairly large show yesterday afternoon- 18 acrylic paintings, 8-9 collages for Lowell Open Studios in Lowell, Massachusetts. This morning when I went in I found out, to my dismay, that two of the collages were just GONE. Hmm, were they misplaced? No. Thorough searching revealed this not to be the case. It was a locked residence, never happened before. I was told, “gee, you should take this as a compliment. Someone liked your art enough to steal it.” So, that ’s where it ends? As artists we take risks every time we put it up. Our precious works are subject to being stolen, damaged, mishandled. Compensation? Insurance? No. Sorry. Take a good look at Pondlife in my portfolio. Gone. Then look at Jungle Temple. Also gone. Unfortunately, we are all at risk. :( Well, I am off to put up signs incase anyone spots the “missing” work. (If you spot it anywhere, let me know. Its signed, numbered and titled on the back.) / Deb
As I write this, my Electric Opera is ranked #91 out of 1053 entries….
As I write this, my Electric Opera is ranked #91 out of 1053 entries… if you think it is worthy of being published then grab a bottle or two of wine and get voting (it’ll probably take you that long to find it – thankfully you have 12 days left to vote). Head on over to The City challenge and make your vote count… if you don’t fancy my image then I know Neil has Urban Sunset in play… happy voting!
My T-Shirt The Stare was featured in the Animal Kingdom Group...
My T-Shirt The Stare was featured in the Animal Kingdom Group Thanks!
oops How’s that for being good lol. App…
oops How’s that for being good lol. Apparently Lost in the Jungle was featured two days a go in the wonderful group “BITS AND BITES” and I didn’t even know it. oops lol. Sorry guys. Webbie thank you for pointing it out to me. I’ll have to double check my list i must have missed the notification some how. Either way it was a wonderful suprise to wake up too! Thank you everyone for you wonderful comments, and thank you to the awesome moderators of “Bits and Bites” Hugs and kisses everyone you all the best. I”m still behind but working on catching up when i can grab a few moments. Love you all!
Ok guys. Sorry for all these journals! LOL I just want to share this lucky streak I’m having and I think it’s because of all your support…
Ok guys. Sorry for all these journals! LOL I just want to share this lucky streak I’m having and I think it’s because of all your support and feedback!! King Kong was featured today (10.30.08) in the group Primates WOOOHOOO! Thank you so much for featuring my work! I really appreciate it! You’ve made my day! Thanks, Jen! :)
Thanks so much to the group Candid Photographs of Friends & Family...
Thanks so much to the group Candid Photographs of Friends & Family for featuring Welcome To The Jungle
Too funny guys….. Meet My Mom & Dad was featured in …
Too funny guys….. Meet My Mom & Dad was featured in the group That’s Funny! LOL!! Thanks so much to the group and I really hope everyone got a kick out of it!!! I called my mom to say she was featured and she started laughing hysterically this morning!! LOL A big thanks to the group Live, Love, Dream for featuring Kyle in Welcome To The Jungle Means a lot to me and this pic is also a personal fave! I almost forgot, thanks to jujubean for suggested I submit it to the group!! Thanks to all. I feel honored and blessed! Jen PsI cant stop laughing at meet my mom and dad…. lol
This morning Beautiful Jungle was featured in Alphabet Soup and Protea Bud was featured in Flowers in Macro. I am stunned and honored to…
This morning Beautiful Jungle was featured in Alphabet Soup and Protea Bud was featured in Flowers in Macro. I am stunned and honored to be selected in both of these wonderful groups. Thank you to the moderators of both groups for honoring me with these selections.
I live in a concrete jungle and life other than humans, regular household pets and a few plants, are a rare sight. Once in a while we see…
I live in a concrete jungle and life other than humans, regular household pets and a few plants, are a rare sight. Once in a while we see strange birds that lose their way and roam around in bewilderment in this alien world. People running around in circles with what others decide are important to them. I feel tired from being told what I must think, and being threatened that non-compliance will lead to social rejection or maladjustment. / Every day I think of this and want to get out and migrate to someplace where man has not made his mark yet. / I think of how life can be in a jungle, living in the trees, eating from them. Completely isolated from the world that so often seems so disgusting and meaningless. Define time and space in my own terms. Free to explore my inner self, without the judging eyes of the superficially structured society. Run around in the nude, simply because it pleases me. Free to live and build my own. And now from the corner of my eyes, I can see my boss approaching my desk, so I stop and re-coordinate. Return to my mechanical form and get back to the endless production line of nothingness.
oh wow!!! thank you so much Sally Omar and Amber Elizabeth Fromm Donais...
oh wow!!! thank you so much Sally Omar and Amber Elizabeth Fromm Donais hosts of Light in the Darkness for featuring Jungle Drums please note: ALL SALES OF THIS IMAGE WILL BE DONATED TO JUST GIVING – TRUEPOTENTIAL PROJECT 2009
oh.. wow :))) thank you so much to all the hosts of True Potential for featuring Jung…
oh.. wow :))) thank you so much to all the hosts of True Potential for featuring Jungle Drums ALL SALES OF THIS IMAGE WILL BE DONATED TO JUST GIVING – TRUEPOTENTIAL PROJECT 2009
A huge thank you to the outstanding group Works On Paper and its hosts / for featuring my work / “Lost in the Jungle” / !http://images-3.r…
A huge thank you to the outstanding group Works On Paper and its hosts / for featuring my work / “Lost in the Jungle” / / I’m so honoured and delighted to be featured by this wonderful group! / It was my birthday yesterday! What a great present! Made my day! / Have a wonderful week / Luv and hugs / Carol xxxxxx
“*Grateful” has been honoured aga in…this time in Creative Cards…it has been featured on the Home Page, and other groups such as …Sno…
“Grateful” has been honoured aga in…this time in Creative Cards…it has been featured on the Home Page, and other groups such as …Snow Glorious Snow, Live Love Dream, Forests, Prize Challenges, Watercolour Painting, and it was the winner of the Watercolour Challenge in PIMT..incidently, after “The Trees Blue Night”, it’s my biggest seller ...I’m very grateful… / Grateful Grateful tonight for the sight of a single star, / Grateful for memories salvaged from afar. / Grateful for this time of silent peace, / Grateful beyond words when the mad echoes cease. / Grateful for deliverance from a private hell, / Grateful beyond what a human voice can tell. / Grateful for the wonder of human love, / Grateful for some strange guidance for above. / Grateful for life, / Grateful for rebirth, / Grateful forever / To live joyously on the earth ...James Kavanaugh…my favourite contemporary poet… Thank you so much
“*Grateful” has been honoured again…it has been featured on the Home Page, and other groups such as …Snow Glorious Snow, Live Love Drea…
“Grateful” has been honoured again…it has been featured on the Home Page, and other groups such as …Snow Glorious Snow, Live Love Dream, Forests, Prize Challenges, Watercolour Painting, and it was the winner of the Watercolour Challenge in PIMT..incidently, after “The Trees Blue Night”, it’s my biggest seller ...I’m very grateful… / Grateful Grateful tonight for the sight of a single star, / Grateful for memories salvaged from afar. / Grateful for this time of silent peace, / Grateful beyond words when the mad echoes cease. / Grateful for deliverance from a private hell, / Grateful beyond what a human voice can tell. / Grateful for the wonder of human love, / Grateful for some strange guidance for above. / Grateful for life, / Grateful for rebirth, / Grateful forever / To live joyously on the earth ...James Kavanaugh…my favourite contemporary poet… Thank you so much
Hey everyone, I’m having a sale! 20% off all my art prints. Yay! But for one week only… so be quick! SALE ENDS: 19.10.2009 I k…
Hey everyone, I’m having a sale! 20% off all my art prints. Yay! But for one week only… so be quick! SALE ENDS: 19.10.2009 I know that some of are you are just dying to get a Sarah Bentvelzen on your wall… here’s your chance to get one on sale! Love, / Sarah
Hey everyone, My sale – 20% off all my art prints – ends today :( SALE ENDS: 19.10.2009 11.59pm AEST I know that some of are you…
Hey everyone, My sale – 20% off all my art prints – ends today :( SALE ENDS: 19.10.2009 11.59pm AEST I know that some of are you are just dying to get a Sarah Bentvelzen on your wall… here’s your chance to get one on sale! Love, / Sarah
New blog post I got to do some portrait and fashion photography again :) i love it! cheers / jono
New blog post I got to do some portrait and fashion photography again :) i love it! cheers / jono
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