#original photography...

[alisha-barik]

“My Father and I”---Yakima County, WA state

Dedicated to my dad (on the left)-- because no "prince charming" can match the love of a king! :) 

 “Love is  throwing yourself into a stormy sea  hoping there are arms to catch you  knowing that without the leap  there is only the safe and lonely shore”  ---Atticus

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“A Graduating Senior” --- Yakima County, WA state

Hi my wonderful friends / followers on Tumblr ... I just wanted to let you know that despite all the hardships 2020 brought with it, I hope that failure does not determine your destiny and that you can rise to the challenge in 2021, if you think it does!

As a senior in college at Central Washington University, I will be graduating soon with a Bachelor's degree in Biology. After the pandemic of the corona-virus hit our distraught nation, and the world, one of the more fascinating questions in everyone's mind was, "what will be the cure?," Or "who will come up with the vaccine to alleviate COVID- 19? " This made me think of something Albert Einstein, the great and noble scientist, who once said, 'the important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. 'With a vaccine now underway for saving the lives of millions of potential victims of the virus, I have been inspired to apply for Pharmacy School in the hopes of furthering my own knowledge and insight into what it takes to truly make cures happen. So if there is anything you can do to change the world, start with yourself ... and always believe! I know that my path won't be easy, but if there is anything I have learned from my own failures and mistakes, it is that these failures can't determine my destiny and future goals! All the best to you, as I think I may need it too! :)

--- Alisha Barik

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“Roses are Orange...”---An original poem by me, Alisha Barik

“Roses are orange,

Not all violets are blue,

this world wouldn’t be perfect,

if it didn’t have you!

God chose you as his flower,

from his hands you were strown,

in his image you were carved,

through his likeness you were known.

So if anyone tells you,

that you aren’t a rose,

walk away with the knowledge,

that in God’s garden you were grown.”

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“The Nativity Scene,” ---- Yakima County, WA state

I wish you a very Merry Christmas everyone, as we will celebrate the miracle of our Savior’s birth on Christmas day!  Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see.

O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem O come and behold Him, born the King of Angels

O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him Christ the Lord

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Sunlight up in the Heavens... Washington State

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Nothing Gold Can Stay---Taken at Franklin Park, Yakima County, WA state...

“Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf, So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day Nothing gold can stay.”

---Robert Frost

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If only I can say..."Fish"! :)