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Ruby Red Berries, Begonias & Pansies
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This is my 4th Monochrome Monday
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Thought for Today
“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.”
Lucy Larcom
This is my 56th
Misty Dawn started the meme and explains the rules here.
Insects on blossoms
rose bushes & lemon tree
also hummingbirds …
not shown here today,
but perhaps another day
when I have the time.
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Camera Critters and Today’s Flowers this week.
Thought for Today
“The best portion of a good man’s life – his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.” John Wooden
Earlier today
I shared two collages of
from March 8th & 10th.
These collages show skies from
seven days ago.
when March winds blew through.
Notice Palm frond positions
especially in
the second collage.
Those winds continue today
but are now ‘off-shore’
Santa Ana winds
rather than the usual
gentle on-shore breeze.
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Thought for Today
“Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.”
Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard
Mellow Yellow Monday #10 
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Today’s Flowers this week.
Thought for Today
“For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.” Edward Abbey
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This is my eleventh …
You’ll find …
Colorful murals
decorating downtown spots
HB “Surf City’
Crowds gather to watch
street performers entertain
in the palmed ‘Plaza’
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and Shadow Shot Sunday at Hey Harriet
This is my 3rd …
Thought for Today
“Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.” Joseph Addison
This is my 54thMisty Dawn started the meme and explains the rules here.
Click for CameraCritters#53 with another Spunky Sparrow today at Small Reflections
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Thought for Today
Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!” Robin Williams
Moonrise from my front
yard captured and perhaps shared
once before, but worth
looking at once more
with a closer shot from which
I removed the dark
electrical wire
just above the rooftop but
leaving two others.
Turning toward the beach
sunset turning sky bright orange …
palm tree silhouettes.
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Thought for Today
“Beauty … is the shadow of God on the universe.” Gabriela Mistral, Desolacion
ALMOST
I could not resist
taking time to photograph
this kewl turtle bench
as I walked one day
with my camera in hand …
Isn’t this too cute?
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Thought for Today
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir
Mellow Yellow Monday #9
Rather than flowers
today’s Mellow Yellow is
filled with sights I’ve seen
walking around with
my Nikon D60 … a
mellow potpourri.
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See also Today’s Flowers & Camera Critters
Thought for Today
“Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.” Jim Beggs
This week’s theme is – FOUR
Linked with Camera Critters here,
I share these ‘four-pawed’ canines
walking with their people …
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Phot0 Hunt and Camera Critters this week.
Thought for Today
“Properly trained, a man can be dog’s best friend.” Corey Ford
Walking along the
ocean with my camera
under skies like these
seems like summertime
even though it’s barely Spring …
generates smiles
peaceful gratitude
as I return home to see
flowers such as these
all along the beach
and though out the neighborhood …
Colorful blessings!
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Thought for Today
“A flower’s appeal is in its contradictions – so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in size yet big in beauty, so short in life yet long on effect.” Adabella Radici
Mellow Yellow Monday #8
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This is my 2nd Monochrome Monday
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Black & White – Scenic Landscape
Black & White – Newspaper
Black & White – Infared
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Thought for Today
“A photograph is usually looked at — seldom looked into.” Ansel Adams
This is my eighth …
(#1-4 at Sacred Ruminations)
but my 4th here at Happily Retired Gal
but my 4th here at Happily Retired Gal
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Thought for Today
“There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.”
Marshall McLuhan, 1964
This week’s theme is SPACE
California
can feel crowded often, but
living at the beach
provides regular
opportunity to walk
this uncrowded space
taking in these skies
ever changing views and hues …
quite remarkable.
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Thoughts for Today
“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.” George Washington Carver
“I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.” Henry David Thoreau
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play in your hair.” Kahlil Gibran
Mellow Yellow Monday #7
Every May in the city of Huntington Beach is a fund raiser known as the Duckathon. People purchase decorated ‘ducks’ that are gathered up and dropped into the ocean for a ‘race to the shore’ … winning donated prizes. Here are photos I captured with my Casio Exilim in 2004.
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Macro Monday #5
but I’ve lost count on Today’s Flowers.
If anyone recognizes these blossoms, I’d appreciate knowing what they are. All I know is they’re bulbs that come up each year in my yard dependably. Addendum: Thanks to Patty of Magpie’s Nest for identifying these blossoms as Freesia, and to Eaton Bennett of Silently Mine for confirming the identification.
Photos taken with my Nikon D60
using a Tamron 28-300 lens & collaged with PSE6
See also my Today’s Flowers at Small Reflections this week.
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Macro Monday and Today’s Flowers.
Thought for Today
“After all, I don’t see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are mireacles like white dogwood.” Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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