Smoke from the Rey fire in Los Padres National Forest from the downtown vantage point in Santa Barbara, California.
Same photo with color correction and vignetting. Both photos taken with Apple iPod Touch.
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(Re)dedication
Today, members of the Coastal and Valley tribe of the Chumash joined together with members of the Santa Barbara community to re-dedicate the Dolphin fountain at the waterfront.
The fountain which honors the Dolphin relatives of the Chumash people, was enshrined thirty years ago today.
The Dolphins face the northern direction and its placement in the fountain symbolizes harmony in the three worlds. Since we are in severe drought, plants have replaced the flow of water; the Chumash people sang traditional and contemporary songs in their language – to honor and welcome the plants, their Dolphin ancestors and the flow of life; which includes the revitalization of the Chumash language.
Ho!
Learn more about Chumash life, culture and song here.
Text and photos copyright Ana Elisa Fuentes. Photos captured with Apple iPod
Laundry
Wild Art .Seattle.
While I was out for a run, I saw the laundry hanging between the buildings. It stopped me in my tracks. A public art installation with a twist of humor.
Humor Blowin’ in the Wind, Belltown. Image recorded with Apple iPod Touch. Image below filtered through Tintype app.
Photographs copyright Ana Elisa Fuentes
Era today, gone tomorrow?
Cycling along the beach today, I saw this scene of young women playing volleyball in their bonnets and long dresses. My hands had put on the brakes before I could think. I especially love the top image, it is almost painterly. The dresses speak of another era in the present. A bit of brain blip – from another era today, hopefully back tomorrow.
Electronic Lynching: A Memoir Part II
This is an update to my Electronic Lynching: A Memoir post
Looking through my http://anaelisafoto.blogspot.com webmaster tools, I went into my stats to view who was coming to my site and from where. Looking at the keyword search, I noticed the word “attack.” I took the next logical step, searched my name ana elisa fuentes, added the word “attack” and found the citations below via the Google search engine. They were not found on yahoo! or bing or any other search engine, only Google.
What am I to make of this?
I followed the necessary steps. I had already contacted police authorities. Did anyone bother to contact me? Reply to me?
Did anyone bother to contact me to offer protection?
Bother, to keep me informed? To offer reassurances of any kind?
NO THEY DID NOT.
GOOGLE CERTAINLY DID NOT. NOT EVEN AN APOLOGY OR REPLY SAYING THAT THEY WERE LOOKING INTO THIS.
Not one agency, authority, individual bothered to contact me.
Or perhaps, as an afterthought thank me.
In addition to my previous complaints filed against Google with ICANN, Interpol I also contacted the German Court of the Constitution
in addition to many other support groups and agencies.
So for those individuals who believe that women have come a long way, and that feminism is an outdated concept, think again. I stand firmly and absolutely with a resounding NO! According to this report by Scientific American, Violence Against Women is Epidemic
Protections for women are needed now more than ever. Misogyny and VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN is unfortunately on the rise, despite the laws we have on the books.
A few days ago I found additional abuse via the Google search engine. I attempted to file a defamation violation with the Google search engine but it proved unsuccessful. I tried three-times to file and it was blocked.
My digital signature is clear and the correct box ticked but it was refused by Google. Another example of Google’s selective and discriminatory algorithm.
Here are the screen captures which confirm blocked access from filing. So Google, consider this another formal complaint.
AnaElisa 