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Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond

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the sky beyond the caves of Antelope Canyon, AZ

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beyond my Ocotillos in the front yard…

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see the mountains beyond the street where I live?

If we simply take off our blinders we can see for miles and miles and miles…

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Way beyond…

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and beyonder…

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on our travels…

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I am grateful for you!

I rarely write on my blog, I post my husband’s Mind Travelers-in God we trust, almost daily, and I post my favorite photos.  Most of them taken by me and some that I treasure from others.

However, since the year is quickly coming to an end I feel the urge to speak a few words.

I have seen some very talented writers who are able to express their feelings on a multitude of topics, daily!

I admire their perspectives, whether it is my own or not.

I love the idea of free speech, and the ability of those who can paint pictures with words.

I myself have been a person who had written in a journal for many years.  I even started writing my personal autobiography years ago.  But something happened and I stopped.

I spend a lot of time sharing with other women about life, love, the pursuit of happiness, recovery, the 12 steps, spirituality, growth, honesty, love, families, career choices, kids, and I do that on a daily basis.

The time I do have to do what I love to do is usually spent with a camera or my iPhone in my hand pursuing the images that exemplify how I am feeling at the moment.

I love to tell stories with my photos, and I have been amazed that a few of you enjoy them almost as much as me.

My goals have been to learn how to take better photos, and I have some amazing teachers on WordPress, and several of you share so freely with me every day.  Thank you for your support! You encourage me to continue on my journey.

I wish a peaceful, creative and continued support to you as we share our individual talents with each other.  I love being a part of this family.

You cheer me on, and share that personal piece of yourselves with me very unselfishly.

For that I am truly grateful.

I look forward to getting to know more of you, and I love the friends I have made here on my blog and on yours.

Cheers!

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Three awards received from http://carolloethen.wordpress.com/  I am so very honored. Please go by and take look at her blog, http://mypenandme.wordpress.com/, which has won Blog of the year 2012 award.

Now to the rules….

1.Display the award logo on your blog,

2.Link back to the person who nominated you,

3.State seven things about yourself,

4.Nominate fifteen other bloggers for this award and link to them,

5.Notify those bloggers of the nomination and the award’s requirements.

Here are seven things about myself:

  1. I am Happy, Healthy and In Love with my husband and my life!
  2. I am 67 years young.
  3. I love my family and the “herd” that I get my support and love from.
  4. I am a fledgling blogger, just been doing this since August and I love the blogging family I have met here.
  5. I am an amateur photographer and my goal is to learn all the functions of my camera
  6. I love New Orleans at Christmas. I plan to spend this Christmas there.
  7. I want to dance more often…

I have to nominate 15 bloggers for these awards. This is really hard as there are so many great blogs out there. So here are a few of the ones I love:

1. http://mike585.wordpress.com/ Amazing Nature shots… one of my favorites

2. Leanne Cole

3. http://bluegirlphotography.wordpress.com/

4. jakesprinter « Jakesprinter Sunday Post

5.  http://wheresmybackpack.com/

6. http://tau0.wordpress.com/

7. http://vaillantmartien.wordpress.com/

8. http://fotochip.wordpress.com/

These are eight of the fifteen suggested… How do I choose?

Grateful to be nominated and I appreciate so much talent… I don’t know where to begin!

Let’s go round in circles… Stevie Wonder

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Cahuilla Park, Palm Desert, CA

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Our 39 Dodge hotrod “Way Blue”

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Ant pushing water droplet

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My moon

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Street art

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Squished tumbleweed by Mother Nature, Lake Powell

For more examples of the theme: Circles please visit:

http://wheresmybackpack.com/

http://wheresmybackpack.com/2012/12/07/travel-theme-circles/

http://theeclecticeccentricshopaholic.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/travel-theme-circles/

 

Green is so easy and should be a colorful, filled week of examples:

To start with, a succulent in my garden…

 

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and then…

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some of my favorite icons on my iPhone which I use constantly!

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Proud momma on my son’s wedding day!!!

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Fertile palm ready to go…

And last but not least… my twin palms…

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taken in my front yard.  These are my pet palms… aren’t they adorable?

For more examples of this topic check these amazing friends…

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/weekly-photo-challenge-green/

 

Sunday Post: Surroundings

As Jake says:  

Surroundings are the area around a given physical or geographical point or place. The exact definition depends on the field. The external circumstances, conditions, and objects that affect existence and development; the environment. Hope this explanation and example of our topic for the week will give you much Inspiration for the challenge ,Sure you can find some interesting photo and Article. HAPPY SUNDAY POST.

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Playing with a friend, snapping pictures in the desert where we live, laughing, dancing and enjoying the God given playground that surrounds us was a blast!!!  Happy, Joyous and Free are we~

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Even the arid desert and nearby mountains welcomed us to play among them!

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We even found some brand new growth sprouting up in the dirt, sand and decay… which ties in another WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Renewal :-)

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/weekly-photo-challenge-renewal/

Check out Jakes site for many other examples of our Surroundings!

http://jakesprinters.wordpress.com/tag/jakesprinter/

Wonderful is such a huge topic, where do I start?

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Family has to be first on my list!

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Happy, joyous and free… a close second

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Still having fun with my hubby at Halloween this year… laughing with friends is super Wonderful!!!

Happy, Healthy and In Love… Yay!!!!

Check out more Wonderful posts at Jake Sprinter’s Sunday Post:

http://jakesprinters.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/sunday-post-wonderful/

 

Places to go, sites to see:

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Antartica

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Buddhist Temple in Thailand

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Norway

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Brazil, Rio de Janero

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Mumbai, India

Just to name a few… got the bug to travel… foreign far away places… and you?

For more exotic places check these out:

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This is my girlfriends son Lucas… he is one year old and I love these pictures of him.  I want to jump in this bin of balls from time to time myself!

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For more Toys check out Jake’s site:

http://jakesprinters.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/sunday-post-toys/

 

I love this topic, as I thought about it I realized that one of my prized material possessions is my kitchen!  I designed it and chose the materials, laid out the floor plan, shopped for the appliances, tile, cupboards, and paint.  I wanted to share a before and after photo… to give you an idea of what I lived with for many years and what I got to help maifest with the help of my husband and our sub contractors, of course:

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This was how it looked when we bought it and I cooked some pretty mean meals in this one for over eight years!

Then the demo took place: this is my hubby, David supervising the demo!Image

And now… ta da!

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This is mine!  I love to cook!  I feel blessed to have a home based kitchen where I can see the big screen tv when football games are on, with my husband.  We are huge NFL fans and watch Red Zone every Sunday… all day long.  So my kitchen brings me joy, and allows me to prepare healthy meals for my husband and friends.  There is always a place to rest and nourish here.  I am happy to share it with you all.  The joy of cooking is the joy of living… so of course I am Happy, Healthy and In Love!!!!

For more on the topic of Mine take a look at these:

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Blog on Fire Award Nomination

‘BLOG ON FIRE’ AWARD

Thank you to  Peri from the http://perisspiceladle.com/ for this award; I am honored and feel grateful for your acknowledgement!

The Rules:

  • List 8 random things about yourself :
  1. I am addicted to my blog
  2. I am thirsty for knowledge on how to become a better photographer
  3. I am happy to be a “newbie” and excited to meet new friends who have same interests
  4. I studied Tai Chi in Taipei Park, Taiwan in the 70′s.
  5. I am incredibly blessed to be loved by my husband.
  6. I am the grandmother of two amazing grandkids who are both in their 20′s and do professional modeling.
  7. I am a great cook… I am told.
  8. And… I am 66 years young.
  • Nominate 8 of your favorite blogs and let them know.

And the Award Goes to these people who inspire me

Light Friday

Canadian Hiking Photography

http://leannecolephotography.com/

Mondrak’s Blog

WILDEN MARSH: Another Year Living with Nature at Hoo Wood and Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve.

MOUNTAINS & WAVES

http://conorcullen.com/

http://riccio.zenfolio.com/

http://charliecountryboy.wordpress.com/

http://terencesjones.wordpress.com/

http://marksimmsphotography.wordpress.com/

http://fortheloveofclouds.wordpress.com/

Thanks again Peri

 

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/weekly-photo-challenge-near-and-far/

Taken with my iPhone on a road trip… the clouds were dancing in the skies on this day…

rear view and beyond

 

Thank you Carol Dunnigan, http://blog.caroldunniganphotography.com/ for my third nomination for a Lovely blog award!

And thanks also to J. at http://milkshakesinspring.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/one-lovely-blog-again/ for my second Lovely Blog award… I am doing both of these at once since they came so close together.  I feel humbled and honored to be considered and grateful because I love the opportunities to be creative with some very talented role models here.

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Award rules require I fill out this info – 7 Random things about me:

1) I am a Filipino American (1/2 Filipino, 1/4 Polish, 1/4 Czech, French and German.

2) I started my blog on WordPress 5 and 1/2 weeks ago.

3) Rollerblading was my favorite sport until I fell (barely) six months ago.

4) I recently quit Cafe World (addicted for over a year) to blog

5) I love to dance and have since I was 3 or 4.

6) I retired from our Construction Co. as Project Manager last year.

7) I was born in Seattle, WA, lived in Athens, OH, and North County San Diego cities until we moved to the desert in 1994.

I love my life and am Happy, Healthy and In Love!  (that’s 11 ;D)

Here are 12 blogs that I enjoy following and would like to nominate for this award:

Light Friday

Canadian Hiking Photography

Kristen Lamb’s Blog

Mondrak’s Blog

WILDEN MARSH: Another Year Living with Nature at Hoo Wood and Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve.

MOUNTAINS & WAVES

http://conorcullen.com/

http://riccio.zenfolio.com/

http://charliecountryboy.wordpress.com/

http://terencesjones.wordpress.com/

http://marksimmsphotography.wordpress.com/

http://fortheloveofclouds.wordpress.com/

I wish I could copy and paste all 50 of my favorites… you know who you are because I comment on your blogs often!!!  I am stalking you lol

Again, many thanks for the nominations…… I can’t believe it.

You’ve made me smile.

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My twin palms located in my front yard are my favorite subjects.  They seem to change personalities with the light and shadows of the day.

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/weekly-photo-challenge-near-and-far/

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