The Mountain Cat's Ear

Two social commentary pictures in a row?  Crazy.  Now, here is a flower.

Liliaceae Calochortus Subalpinus, the Subalpine Mariposa Lily, taken near the beginning of a circumnavigation of Mt. Hood via the Timberline Trail, with my bro.

The other half

Destitution, Xi'an, China- but it could be anywhere on Earth.  Its a good day to be thankful for what you have.

Occupy: Sedan Chair

Everyone loves an aggressively obvious visual metaphor, non?

Seriously though, I find the expression on this guy's face as he is being portaged up some very steep stairs to be pretty evocative.  Epic smugness.

Street(non)meats

There are rice pyramids in these bamboo leaves.  They looked so good (and so benign and un-intimidating relative to the average East Asian streetmeat), but they were just a bit too blandly sweet for me.  Muslim Quarter, Xi'an, China.

Stone Idol

Swayambhunath, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Dew

Sunrise dew on the bushes outside my tent, Dolly Sods, WV.

Fiery Apparition