Flickr

I've had a great time learning about Flickr. I can certainly see the benefits of it for my private life--storage of photos, sharing them with family and friends, seeing other people's great photos, and learning to see things through other people's eyes in order to improve my own photo taking ability. I'm having a harder time seeing the applications for the library--perhaps photo sharing about programs at the library, events, or the library staff??? Book jacket competitions?? Links from our website to a cool "photo of the day" from library patrons? Don't know if any of that is actually feasible, but then, I'm just trying to brainstorm.
The photo I chose from Flickr to blog about is from Yuma, AZ, where I grew up. We have the most amazing sunsets there; sunsets that fill the entire sky like fire and water; breathtaking sunsets that make you pull off the side of the road and sit on the hood of your car and forget to breathe. I miss them. I learned how to hand-dye fabric in order to get just the right shades of color to create a quilt about the Arizona skies for when I get homesick (I'll try to post a picture of the quilt later). So anyway, I did a search for "Yuma" and got typical vacation-ey photos of the Territorial Prison (made famous in movies like 3:10 to Yuma), an amazing sunrise photo, and then this one of the sunset: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photophool/3307798091/in/set-72157612867760314/. I tried to download it to my blog twice before realizing that it's copyrighted, so I can't. Makes me homesick just looking at it. Behind the semi in the picture, off to the left, on the other side of an orange orchard is my parent's home. I can feel the heat on my face even now...