Light and Voices

Pink Saturday - January 28, 2012

2012-01-28T12:27:00.003-06:00

Happy Pink Saturday

If you would like to participate or just love to look at Pink Post click here: http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/. Thank you Beverly for being the hostess.

Pink Elephant wearing sunglasses at a Minature Golf Course, Cocoa Beach, Florida -2012.

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-28T12:10:00.002-06:00

"You are BRAVER than you believe, STRONGER than you seem... and SMARTER than you think!

...Winnie the Pooh

Skywatch Friday - Season 5, Episode 29

2012-01-26T20:12:00.001-06:00

If you would like to participate or view skies from all over the world click here: http://skyley.blogspot.com/. Thanks to the skywatch team for being the host/hostess for this event.

Photograph of sky, water and land at Lake Michigan, January 2012.
Eerie image...looks like the moon's surface to me. What do you think?

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-26T19:59:00.002-06:00

"I never feel age...if you have creative work, you don't have age or time."
...Louise Nevelson

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-25T15:49:00.002-06:00

"No great masterpiece was ever created by a critic." ...Robin Sharma

1/25 Outdoor Wednesday - #125

2012-01-24T22:24:00.000-06:00

If you would like to participate or view blogs who have posted an Outdoor Theme click here: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/. Thank you Susan for being the hostess.

Each year that I have photographed Lake Michigan shoreline during the winter season, the beach and the lake always looks different. We haven't had a lot of snow. Using my imagination, I think the place looks like the surface of the moon. Eerie, huh?

Took one close-up of tire tracks on the beach and what do you think it looks like? A snow angel? A Japanese letter?

Quess I will go make some hot water and visit blogs while sipping a cup of tea. See you next week. Meanwhile take care.

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-24T09:34:00.001-06:00

"No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place."
...Zen

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-23T00:10:00.000-06:00

"In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy."

...Albert Clarke

Thinking Outside the Box

2012-01-23T00:08:00.000-06:00

Mask 98-123

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-22T12:17:00.000-06:00

"A single rose can be my garden...a single friend my world."
...Leo Buscaglia

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-21T09:32:00.001-06:00

"Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eightgy and gradually approach eighteen."
...Mark Twain

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-20T22:07:00.004-06:00

"In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago."

...Christina Rossetti

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-19T17:53:00.001-06:00

"Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind.”
...Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Skywatch Friday - Season 5, Episode 28

2012-01-19T17:48:00.001-06:00

If you would like to participate or view skies from all over the world please click here: http://skyley.blogspot.com/. Thanks to the skywatch team.

Eeerie when the sky, the water and the land almost touch each other...isn't it?

1/18 Outdoor Wednesday #158

2012-01-17T22:22:00.000-06:00

If you would like to participate or view blogs who have posted an Outdoor Theme click here: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/.

Thank you Susan for being our hostess.

The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?
~J.B. Priestley

When snow falls, nature listens. ~Antoinette van Kleeff

When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old. ~Lady Bird Johnson

Lake Michigan, January - 2012.

Thinking Outside the Box

2012-01-16T09:00:00.001-06:00

Title:   Lost in Space

My husband and I were going to one of our favorite places to eat breakfast.    Scents lured us into the establishment rather quickly; but afterward when we were walking back to the car, I noticed this newspaper clipping on the ground.   Of course, I did not have my camera with. So we drove home.

Later on that day, I went on some errands.   I took my camera and went back to the site to capture that little piece of newspaper clipping.   I didn't know if it was still there.   It might have blown away; but I had faith that it was still there. It was!

I took a couple of shots.    A few days later it snowed.

Here is what I felt:
How strange it was to find a dime next to the newspaper clipping.   It wasn't there before.
I imagined newspaper clipping to look like bleached bones of buffalo.
What separated this newspaper clipping from the person who tore it out?
I felt sad because the newspaper clipping was lost.
I was amazed that I was able to find this subject to shoot.
It was a windy day in the Chicagoland area and surprised that the newspaper clipping was still there.
I wonder if it is hiding under all that snow?

FYI:   I took a basic image of wooden chips and a newspaper clipping thought perhaps if I play with it in a photo program, it could look different.   And so, I did.   This is what I came up with. I wanted the newspaper clipping to be lost in space to be recovered at another time and place by someone else.

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-16T08:33:00.001-06:00

"Snowflakes were now falling around my feet. A few melted as they hit the ground. Others stayed intact. Then I heard the falling of the snow, with the softest hissing sound. I stood transfixed, listening…and knew what can never be expressed: that the natural is supernatural, and that I am the eye that hears and the ear that sees, that what is outside happens in me, that outside and inside are unseparated.”
…Frederick Frank, Auther, THE ZEN OF SEEING

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-15T01:16:00.001-06:00

"If wrinkles must appear upon our brow, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old."
...James A. Garfield

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-14T17:03:00.003-06:00

"If you begin looking at each breath as a blessing, then suddenly everything in an ordinary life becomes a miracle, delighting in the colors of the sun, feeling the rain on your face or smelling the amazing fragance of a single perfect rose."
...Kirsti A. Dyer

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-13T21:26:00.003-06:00

A woman is like a tea bag: you cannot tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. -Nancy Reagan

Pink Saturday - January 14, 2012

2012-01-13T21:24:00.000-06:00

Come on over and visit http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/ to see Pink things posted. Thank you Beverly for being the hostess.

My husband and I saw a tow truck with this sign printed on it in a parking lot - Orlando, Florida.

Goals Quotes for 365 Days

2012-01-12T19:24:00.001-06:00

Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit. -Unknown

Skywatch Friday - Season 5 - Episode 27

2012-01-12T19:02:00.003-06:00

If you would like to participate or view skies from all over the world click here: http://skyley.blogspot.com/. Thanks to the skywatch team for hosting this event.

These five photos of rooftops were taken at ©The World Of Orchids, 2501 Old Lake Wilson Road, Kissimmee, Florida.

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-11T09:10:00.000-06:00

"I found that I could find the energy... that I could find the determination to keep on going. I learned that your mind can amaze your body, if you just keep telling yourself, I can do it... I can do it... I can do it!"
...Jon Erickson

1/11 Outdoor Wednesday #157

2012-01-11T09:05:00.000-06:00

If you would like to participate or view other blogs who have posted an Outdoor Theme click here: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/. Thank you Susan for being the hostess.

Changes are happening everywhere. Companies are going out of business. Schools are cutting programs. Houses are not selling. I don't even want to mention the unemployment situation . On the news last night, I heard that prices are going up this year for food and clothing. This sign caught my eye...."SORRY WE'RE CLOSED. My husband and I have lived through many recessions. Our parents survived a depression. Even though we can not F4 and then turn off the computer to get us unstuck from these problems, I am going to have faith that times will get better.

In 2012 I believe:
New companies will open up for business.
Schools will introduce new programs for students.
Families will be able to purchase a home.
Relatives, friends, and neighbors will be employed.
Divine Order.
And so it is.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-10T09:55:00.002-06:00

"Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world."

...Andy Andrews

What My Dad Taught Me

2012-01-09T09:45:00.002-06:00

"If you can't say something nice
don't say anything at all."

Thinking Outside the Box

2012-01-09T09:43:00.000-06:00

Photography is not limited. Christmas tree lights or the sunset reflecting on the space revealed this image on a cracked ceiling at a house we were visiting.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-09T09:19:00.000-06:00

"The secret to success is simple: find a hurt and heal it,
find a problem and solve it, find an obstacle and remove it,
bridge it, or turn it into an opportunity."
... Robert H. Schuller

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-08T12:40:00.001-06:00

We search so much for the right choices, the right paths to walk,
the right time, the right reasons and the right person.
But life isn't just about searching for things.
It is also about letting the unexpected happen
and finding joy in things and people that we never searched for.
Anonymous

Skywatch Friday - Season 5 - Episode 26

2012-01-05T20:37:00.000-06:00

If you would like to participate or view skies from all over the world click here: http://skyley.blogspot.com/. Thanks to the Skywatch team for all their efforts to help make this post possible.

Sunrise, Lake Michigan, Wilmette Harbor.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-05T05:37:00.002-06:00

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."
...Aristotle

My Dad Taught Me

2012-01-04T14:23:00.002-06:00

"Treat every human being just the way that you would want to be treated."

1/4 Outdoor Wednesday #156

2012-01-03T20:01:00.000-06:00

If you would like to participate or view blogs who have posted an Outdoor Theme click here: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/. Thank you Susan for being the hostess.

Happy New Year!

This photograph was taken at Wilmette Harbor, Lake Michigan, Wilmette, IL.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-03T09:29:00.000-06:00

"Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past."

--Henry Ward Beecher

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2012-01-02T06:59:00.000-06:00

"You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again."
... Bonnie Prudden

Goals - 365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-31T16:31:00.000-06:00

"...the heart is where we hold our friends - like precious gems in a jewel box."

...B.J. Gallagher

Goals - 365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-30T22:13:00.000-06:00

"Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself."
...Unknown

Goals - 365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-29T23:09:00.000-06:00

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."

...William James

Skywatch Friday - Season 5 - Episode 25

2011-12-29T22:56:00.001-06:00

If you would like to participate or view skies from all over the world click here: http://skyley.blogspot.com/. Thanks to the Skywatch team for all their hard work.

©World of Orchids, 2501 N. Old Lake Wilson Road, Kissimmee, Florida

Happy to see that you came to visit during "the Holidays." This week for Skywatch Friday I decided to post an image shot from inside looking outside which is one of my favorite things to shoot.

Hard times has struck the World of Orchids; but with camera in hand I was able to take several photographs of the greenhouse. I looked up and this is what I saw; the metal frame with greenery pushing out toward the sunlight through a torn, stained covering. Image was clicked, cropped and posted.

From our house to your house, we wish you a Happy New Year!

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-28T00:59:00.000-06:00

"My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the keys to my destiny."

Elain Maxwell

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-27T23:15:00.000-06:00

"Blessings for any trip. Guides come forward when needed, help arrives just in time, and unseen hands send you on your way. I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move."
...Robert Louis Stevenson

12/28 Outdoor Wednesday #155

2011-12-27T23:06:00.002-06:00

If you would like to participate or view blogs who have posted an Outdoor Theme click here: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/. Thank you Susan for being our hostess.

Gotta Go by Gordon Huether. 2008

Gotta Go by Gordon Huether. 2008

Persons arriving or departing at the Jacksonville International Airport can experience fine art everywhere.
Click here if you want to know more about Public Fine Art Gallery: http://www.jiaarts.org/collection.htm.

Thinking Outside the Box

2011-12-26T23:29:00.000-06:00

I'm sitting in the living room reading a magazine, I look up and what do I see this image reflecting on the wall. Amazing how the sunlight and shadows can place an image on an empty palette. Looks like dinosaur bones to me. Glad you stopped by, now tell me what you think these shadows on the wall look like.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-26T10:10:00.000-06:00

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."

...Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-25T07:54:00.002-06:00

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."
~Norman Vincent Peale

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-23T01:07:00.002-06:00

It's easy to halve the potato where there's love. -Irish Proverb

12/21 Outdoor Wednesday - #154

2011-12-20T21:38:00.001-06:00

If you would like to view other blogs who have posted on this Outdoor Wednesday click here: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/. Thank you Susan for being the hostess week in and week out during 2011.

From our house to your house we wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Goals - 365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-20T02:15:00.000-06:00

"The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed-it is a process of elimination."

--Elbert Hubbard

Thinking Outside The Box

2011-12-19T01:09:00.003-06:00

Life Source December, 2011.
©World of Orchids, 2501 N. Old Lake Wilson Road, Kissimmee, Florida.

Hard times has struck the World of Orchids; but with camera in hand, I was able to take several photographs of the greenhouse inside and the exterior of building which will be recorded in this journal at various times in 2012. Since I explore shapes and textures, light and darkness, windows and sky this shooting day was wonderful.

FYI: If a person desires to purchase orchids there are some for sale.

Goals 365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-19T00:57:00.000-06:00

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within."

...Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-18T09:33:00.000-06:00

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
...CS Lewis

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-17T16:27:00.000-06:00

"As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do."
...Andrew Carnegie

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-16T00:30:00.000-06:00

"Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses."
...Confucius

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-15T09:36:00.000-06:00

“The world is but a canvas to the imagination.”
...Henry David Thoreau

12/14 Outdoor Wednesday - #153

2011-12-14T00:07:00.000-06:00

If you would like to participate or view other blogs who have posted an Outdoor Theme click here: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/. Thank you Susan for being our hostess even during this busy time of year.

Branch, The Grove, Glenview, IL 2011.

Stones and tree trunk, The Grove, Glenview, IL - 2011.

Pathway, The Grove, Glenview, IL - 2011

The images posted were all taken at The Grove, 1421 Milwaukee Road, Glenview, IL. It is a quiet place in the suburbs to escape the city noises.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-13T11:25:00.002-06:00

"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations."

...Charles R. Swindoll

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-12T09:29:00.000-06:00

"Find a place where there is joy, and the joy will burn out the pain."
...Joseph Campbell

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-11T08:54:00.000-06:00

"I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose."
...Woody Allen

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-10T09:26:00.001-06:00

"Every day we should hear at least one little song,
read one good poem,
see one exquiste picture,
and, if possible,
speak a few sensible words."
...Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-09T08:15:00.001-06:00

"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."
... Ambrose Bierce

12/7 Outdoor Wednesday - #152

2011-12-08T00:06:00.000-06:00

If you would like to participate or view other blogs who have posted an Outdoor Theme click here: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/. Thank you Susan for being the hostess for this event.

Abandoned building, windows with curtains, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 2011.

Abandoned building with broken windows, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 2011.

Barn, Siren, Wisconsin - 2011.

Howdy Folks! Decided to post textures of wood again. Abandoned buildings and broken windows seem to attract my attention.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-07T20:26:00.000-06:00

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."
... Confucius

Goals - 365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-03T07:51:00.000-06:00

"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."
...Frederick Keonig

Goals - 365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-02T22:41:00.000-06:00

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
...e.e.cummings

Skywatch Friday - Season 5 - Episode 21

2011-12-01T22:33:00.000-06:00

If you would like to participate or view skies from all over the world click here: http://skyley.blogspot.com/. Thanks to the skywatch team members for making this post possible.

Howdy! Isn't it amazing how fast the year went by in 2011? Zip and here it is almost the holidays. I can't believe it.

This week I decided to post this sunset, Musky Bay, Lac Court Orielles, Wisconsin-2011. Glad you visited. Stop by again. Meanwhile, take care. See you next week.

Goals - 365 Days of Quotes

2011-12-01T22:17:00.000-06:00

"Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them."
...Richard L. Evans

11/30 Outdoor Wednesday - #151

2011-11-29T19:03:00.000-06:00

If you would like to participate or view other blogs who have posted an Outdoor Theme click here: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/. Thank you Susan for being the hostess.

I was taking nature images, when all of a sudden I sensed this presence. I stopped what I was doing and looked around then I saw this deer crossing the road and then it went into the field for a curious look at me and then it disappeared.

I had visited THE GROVE, Glenview, IL on Saturday for a Holiday Sale.    I saw nature shots and figured I'll go back Sunday.   And so I did.    Seeing this deer made my day complete.

For more information about THE GROVE click here:   http://glenviewparks.org/index.php/facilities-parks/the-grove.

So happy you stopped by to visit.    Hope you will stop by next week.   Meanwhile, take care.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-29T11:17:00.001-06:00

"Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer."
...Leonardo Da Vinci

2011-11-28T09:22:00.000-06:00

Just finished reading this book: THE PRESIDENT IS A SICK MAN, Matthew Algeo, Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, Chicago, IL ©2011.

Wherein The Supposedly Virtuous
Grover Cleveland Survives
A Secret Surgery At Sea
and Vilifies
The Courageous Newspaperman
Who Dared
Expose the Truth

Thinking Outside the Box

2011-11-28T08:12:00.001-06:00

Leaf Study.

Edgar Degas, an artist, studied ballet. I found this one lonely leaf at the beach. One rainy day I edited the original image in a program called Picnik. For me, this is a leaf study; but then I am no Degas.

I prefer going outside and shooting with my camera; but using a digital imaging program is a lot of fun, a lot of hard work and sometimes doesn't work. Then I hit the delete key. Other images I save such as this one. Ta Da!

I am so thankful for this opportunity to be able to take a photograph, then think, think, think, like Pooh Bear until what I visualize is outside the box thinking.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-28T07:41:00.001-06:00

"Nothing happens until something moves."
...Albert Einstein

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-27T16:44:00.001-06:00

"There's something beautiful about finding one's innermost thoughts in another."
...Olive Schreiner

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-26T09:08:00.001-06:00

"If your compassion doesn't include yourself, it is incomplete."
...Buddha

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T00:24:00.002-06:00

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-24T00:24:00.000-06:00

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" ...William A.Ward

11/23 Outdoor Wednesday - #150

2011-11-23T23:26:00.000-06:00

If you would like to participate or view other Outdoor Scenes click here: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/. Thank you Susan for being our hostes.

Morning sunrise at Lake Michigan.

Edited image in Picnik. Person appears to be giving thanks.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-23T23:16:00.000-06:00

"Art is when you hear a knocking from your soul---and you answer."
...Terri Guillemets

Recommend This Book

2011-11-22T00:25:00.000-06:00

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-22T00:20:00.000-06:00

"In this 20th century, to stop rushing around, to sit quietly on the grass, to switch off the world and come back to the earth, to allow the eye to see a willow, a bush, a cloud, a leaf...I have learned that what I have not drawn I have never really seen."
...Frederick Franck, THE ZEN OF SEEING

Thinking Outside the Box

2011-11-21T07:46:00.001-06:00

Leaf Study #2

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-21T07:32:00.000-06:00

"Every artist dips his brush into his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."
...Henry Ward Beecher

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-19T10:05:00.002-06:00

"Life is full of endless possibilities."
...Mettrie L

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-18T10:38:00.001-06:00

"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us."
...Alexander Graham Bell

Skywatch Friday - Season 5, Episode 19

2011-11-17T19:57:00.003-06:00

If you would like to participate or view skies from around the world click here: http://skyley.blogspot.com/. Thanks to the skywatch team for making this post possible.

Sunrise, Lake Michigan - 2011

Sat.
Thinking.
Breathing in.
Breathing out.
Allowing nature to speak; as I listened.
Suddenly I heard .... l-o-v-e-l-y.
Who broke the silent moment; quietly I laughed because I thought,
could it be the Great Oz?
It dawned on me oh the Coast Guard speaker system was on.

Recommend These Books

2011-11-17T13:36:00.000-06:00

If you live in the Great Lakes area and like to read fiction I highly recommend:

KEEPING THE HOUSE, Ellen Baker, Random House, NY.
I GAVE MY HEART TO KNOW THIS, Ellen Baker, Random House, NY, ©2011.

Lessons I Have Learned

2011-11-17T07:17:00.000-06:00

You do not have to explain yourself to anyone.

Betty Anderson (God Bless Her Soul) taught me this lesson. After her husband died, each of her five children were able to start and finish a college education. Betty retired from a company where she had worked for over 25 years.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-17T07:06:00.000-06:00

"An intent is a commitment to yourself to bring into existence a particular result."
...Debbie Ford

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-16T00:30:00.001-06:00

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
...Eleanor Roosevelt

2011-11-16T00:18:00.000-06:00

Turn your speakers on.
Go to link: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/junior-high-app-developer-pre-teen-tycoon-training-002455041.html

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-15T23:12:00.001-06:00

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone."
...Bill Cosby

11/16 Outdoor Wednesday #149

2011-11-15T22:13:00.000-06:00

If you would like to participate or view blogs who have posted an Outdoor Theme click here: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/. Thank you Susan for being the hostess.

Howdy! Recently, one of my errands was to pick up a few things at Pier One. As I pulled into the parking lot, lo and behold, these flowers that look like cabbages

and these colorful yellow mums seemed to be asking Why not take a picture of me?" Camera was handy. So I did.

Then, just as I was packing equipment away, I looked up and saw the sun breaking through the clouds.   Just couldn't resist taking shot number three.    Don't these branches look like they are applauding or saying "Thank you?"

It was a gorgeous day today.   Actually it was unusually warm for this time of year.   Tonight a harvest moon graced the skies. Tomorrow temperatures are expected to drop.   And so it is.

It was so nice of you to stop by and visit.  See you next week. Meanwhile, I hope you will take care.

Highwood Pumpkin Fest

2011-11-15T05:19:00.000-06:00

YES, 30919 Jack-o-Lanterns were carved at the Highwood Pumpkin Fest to break the Guinness Book of World Records.
According to the Wilmette Life/Pioneer Press, Thursday, November 10, 2011.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-14T09:04:00.000-06:00

"Because you have so little faith, I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to the mountain, 'move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
...Mathew 17:20
New International Version (1984)

Thinking Outside the Box

2011-11-14T08:58:00.000-06:00

I was walking the beach when suddenly on the sand I noticed this one leaf. I was so excited about studying it. The background is grains of sand; but now the background looks like paper.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-13T08:35:00.000-06:00

"Nobody cares if you are miserable, so you might as well be happy." ...Anonymous

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-12T09:30:00.002-06:00

"If the house of the world is dark, love will find a way to create windows."
...Rumi

Skywatch Friday - Season 5, Episode 18

2011-11-11T09:47:00.005-06:00

If you would like to participate or view skies from all over the world click on logo above. Thanks to the Skywatch team for making this post possible.

Howdy folks! Daylight savings time has helped me to get up and start the day. Rich colors and deep shadows greeted me on this day down at Lake Michigan.

I am pleased that you stopped by again. Meanwhile, you take care now and see you next week.

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-11T09:41:00.003-06:00

"A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow."
...Charles Brower

Goals-365 Days of Quotes

2011-11-10T09:04:00.000-06:00

"The successful warrior is the average person with laser-like focus."
...Bruce Lee