We were accidental tourists that day in May... first to arrive after the accident occured, called emergency services, found people who had first aid experience, and tried to keep the two kids that were in this car calm. The driver had a few cuts, his friend had to be cut out. He got off with only a broken leg. The driver of the other car (a truck) looked fine, but eventually a doctor that happened by was drafted to get him into a neck collar and keep him calm before they could all be transported. There's a nurse under the white blanket, keeping a blood pressure cuff on the young man, because we had no idea if he was bleeding (internally or externally). The passenger door was bent in a sharp "V," pinning him in his seat and making it impossible to tell how bad his injuries were. It took an hour for them to get him out and on his way to the nearest hospital, which fortunately wasn't as far away as Seattle... but then, it was still half an hour away. 

london/july 7th

london/july 7th
Originally uploaded by fleabilly.

Another excellent image from the same photographer. Sometimes a quick, out-of-focus snapshot tells the story, too.

london/july 7th

london/july 7th
Originally uploaded by fleabilly.

An amazing B/W image of a man who was one of the first survivors of the 7/7 bombing to emerge and be caught up in the media maelstrom. I remember seeing him on television that morning; he kept his head, made clear statements, and sounded like he's a member of the British legal system. And yet his face was so desperately sad and worried, even as he answered questions patiently and with great attention.

Not Again

Not Again
Originally uploaded by StickerEsq.

Two weeks to the day and now there are more reports of explosions in London.

Not so many screencaps on the Flickr group this time, but already there are photos from one of the affected stations.

Woohoo! I've been totally misquoted in Italian!

Corriere della Sera - I clic dall'incubo scattati dai sopravvissuti: "E' circolata subito su Internet, rilanciata dai vari fotoblog che raccoglievano materiale sulle bombe di Londra. Non e' l'unica. Basta andare sul sito www.flickr.com/groups/bomb/pool/ per avere un'idea. E' un diario di immagini da condividere, in maggioranza prese dall�esterno. Un giornale online comunque prezioso. C' Marty che ha inquadrato una coda inconsueta per il traghetto a Canary Wharf che ricorda un po' quelle di New York 11 settembre: d' l'idea della citt' bloccata che cerca di tornare a casa. GinnyRed57 con il suo cellulare ha ripreso un avviso scritto su una lavagna di scuola o di un asilo. "Please do not inform children of the... explosions". Per favore non informate i bambini. Forse Ginny e' una maestra, forse una bidella. Di certo coglie un elemento cruciale, che torner' a preoccupare nei prossimi giorni le famiglie (non solo inglesi): cosa dire ai bambini."

As near as I can make out, this section of the article is a musing on "what to tell the children." It must be a quote from above or below one of mine. It's certainly nothing I'D ever say.

Non l'ho scritto, non ho qualcuni di gli bambini (Now that's Italian, more or less).

Susan Levy

Susan Levy
Originally uploaded by Smoth 007.

Remember them all.

Jamie Gordon

Jamie Gordon
Originally uploaded by Smoth 007.

In remembrance

Philip Stuart Russell

Philip Stuart Russell
Originally uploaded by Smoth 007.

In remembrance

Lest We Forget ...

Lest We Forget ...
Originally uploaded by Lynn Morag.

""There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies, that's for thoughts."

~ William Shakespeare ~

"The life that I have
Is all that I have
And the life that I have
Is yours
The love that I have
Of the life that I have
Is yours, and yours and yours.

A sleep I shall have
A rest I shall have
Yet death will be but a pause.
For the peace of the years
In the long green grass
Will be yours, and yours and yours."

~ Violette Szabo ~

We cannot possibly forget. And now when I get home I must remember to water the rosemary. I originally planted some in the spring of 2002 with a friend's help, specifically "for remembrance."

This is part of a world-wide meme to post pictures of white hands in protest of terrorism and to show support for its victims.

Flicker group: Peaceful Protest (White Hands)...

Beauty so fleeting you'd miss it if you blinked.

More soothing images of flowers for your inner peace.

Cliff House

MesaVerde047
Originally uploaded by GinnyRED57.

Just testing a slightly different layout from Flickr...

Himalayan Blue Poppy - Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC. This is the "signature" flower of Butchart and as it happens we were there when they were in bloom.

London tube bombing - from within

London tube bombing
Originally uploaded by qwghlm.

This image is one of the rare ones showing a scene from inside the Tube this morning. Originally uploaded by Adam Stacey at a British moblog site.

Later on the image showed up on TV coverage, which was duly photoblogged on Flickr.

Tears

Tears
Originally uploaded by Marvin (PA).

Also posted with this image:

Fear, Fear, she's the mother of Violence,
Don't make any sense to watch the way she breed.
Fear, she's the mother of Violence,
Making me tense to watch the way she feed.
The only way you know she's there
Is the subtle flavor in the air.
Getting hard to breathe,
Getting hard to believe in anything at all
But Fear. (Peter Gabriel)

Ocean beach, Olympic National Park

Indian Paintbrush, MRNP

Thistle and Indian Paintbrush, Mount Rainier National Park

Morning dew, Mount Rainier National Park

Nurse log at Hoh River Rain Forest

Mesa Verde

MesaVerde047
Originally uploaded by GinnyRED57.

Just one of my photos from Flickr, which I haven't used very much, but might start to use a lot more.

Previously with this blog, I was using Picasa's Hello software, which is a fine product but not available for me to use at all of the computers I use.

So we'll see how this looks.