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Wallpaper January 2012

Mona and Chris — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:35:46 +0000

Some of my friends were harassing me all over 2011 to get wallpapers.

Here is January. Lets go for 2012!

The January wallpaper is a over/under shot from Kri Eco Resort jetty. I hope it brings some sunlight, warmth and well being into your homes and/or offices

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Sulawesi Wallpaper

Mona and Chris — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:26:45 +0000

As we are about to leave for Indoensia I just uploaded a nice wallpaper for all of you staying at home

This is one of my favourites views in Tana Toraja. The Tana Toraja lies in the heart of Sulawesi. We will spent a couple of days in that region before we head back home early December.

I hope you enjoy

Click on the image to get the wallpaper

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Wallpaper October

Mona and Chris — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:04:11 +0000

Summer is over and we find more and more golden leaves flying in the autumn winds. Here are some sun beams straight from Manado. I would love to swim amidst these trigger fish right now.

Wallpaper October

Here some thoughts…

During the summer of 1999 Gabriel Garcia Marquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of such classics as One Hundred Years of Solitude, was treated for lymphatic cancer. In the wake of that, there were persistent rumors about his failing health. Then this text appeared as being his farewell letter in several newspapers. It later turned out that Marquez’ condition hadn’t worsened (fortunately). This text was written by a Mexican ventriloquist named Johnny Welch.

LA MARIONETA

If for an instant God were to forget that I am rag doll and gifted me with a piece of life,
possibly I wouldn’t say all that I think,
but rather I would think of all that I say.
I would value things,
not for their worth but for what they mean.
I would sleep little, dream more,
understanding that for each minute we close our eyes we lose sixty seconds of light.I would walk when others hold back.
I would wake when others sleep.
I would listen when others talk,
and how I would enjoy a good chocolate ice cream!
If God were to give me a piece of life,
I would dress simply,
throw myself face first into the sun,
baring not only my body but also my soul.
My God, if I had a heart, I would write my hate on ice,
and wait for the sun to show.
Over the stars I would paint with a Van Gogh dream a Benedetti poem,
and a Serrat song would be the serenade I’d offer to the moon.
With my tears I would water roses,
to feel the pain of their thorns,
and the red kiss of their petals.My God, if I had a piece of life…
I wouldn’t let a single day pass without telling the people I love that I love them.
I would convince each woman and each man that they are my favorites,
and I would live in love with love.
I would show men how very wrong they are to think that they cease to be in love when they grow old,
not knowing that they grow old when they cease to love!
To a child I shall give wings,
but I shall let him learn to fly on his own.
I would teach the old that death does not come with old age,
but with forgetting.
So much have I learned from you, oh men…

I have learned that everyone wants to live on the peak of the mountain,
without knowing that real happiness is in how it is scaled.
I have learned that when a newborn child squeezes for the first time with his tiny fist his father’s finger,
he has him trapped forever.
I have learned that a man has the right to look down on another only when he has to help the other get to his feet.
From you I have learned so many things,
but in truth they won’t be of much use,
for when I keep them within this suitcase,
unhappily shall I be dying.

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Wallpaper September

Mona and Chris — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:18:34 +0000

Here are 2 choices for your September wallpaper. May it be a close-up of a clownfish or a beautiful coral fan which hosts a tiny transparent fish.

Enjoy!

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Wallpaper July

Mona and Chris — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:33:01 +0000

Here comes the new wallpaper for July. This little hawkfish just settled down for a couple of seconds on this green featherstar when I passed by during one of my dives around Anilao last year. I tried different lightening techniques. This is the one I love best.

Hope you enjoy!

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Wallpaper June

Mona and Chris — Sun, 30 May 2010 20:18:15 +0000

Here comes a sunny shot from Bunaken, Manado. Enjoy!

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Wallpaper April

Mona and Chris — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:13:21 +0000

Here comes the new wallpaper for April. I have two different ones to offer now Enjoy!

Number one : a detail of a soft coral taken around Bangka, Manado last August.

April Wallpaper

Number two : this one is a shot from Lembeh, aprt of the 2010 Splash wall calendar :

Click on the thumbnails to get the larger files to download :

April Wallpaper

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Wallpaper February 2010

Mona and Chris — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:31:43 +0000

Time to change your wallpaper!

Here some memories from Balicasag Island, Philippines. What a fabulous feeling to move close and in between this school of jacks. I can’t wait to get back there in a month!

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Wallpaper January 2010

Mona and Chris — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:46:39 +0000

It’s time for the new year and here comes the January wallpaper for 2010.I took this shot in Manado in August. I love the sun beams. What amazes me is the harmony and beauty of the stinging hydroid glaophenia cupressina. These plant-like animals are closely related to jellyfish. So keep to the golden rule while underwater : look only with your eyes, take only pictures and leave only bubbles.

Different sizes :

1024 x 724

1280 x 905

1600 x 1132

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Wallpaper December

Mona and Chris — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:43:40 +0000

Here is the December Wallpaper. A nice mermaid shot from the North Sinai.

Taken at Ma’agana dive site. Wish I were there !

Mermaid in the Blue

Here the download size

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