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Originals-straight out of the camera
Palette Knife
Poster Edges
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and for others participating in:
Pink Saturday, Shadow Shot Sunday,
Today’s Flowers, and Mosaic Monday
and for others participating in:
Pink Saturday, Shadow Shot Sunday,
Today’s Flowers, and Mosaic Monday
Thought for Today
“My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view.” H. Fred Ale
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It’s been warm this week
lots of blue skies everywhere
as you can see here
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Thought for Today
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” Thornton Wilder
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Celebrating Wednesday, November 25th
with my 195th WordPress post 
Blue Monday, Ruby Tuesday,
My World and Wordless Outdoor Wednesday
are in the next post
Merrily jumping
while wishing everyone a
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thought for Today
“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.” Alfred Sheinwold
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Scroll down for Blue Monday, Ruby Tuesday,
My World and Wordless Outdoor Wednesday too
After being sick
last week I am catching up
by multi-tasking
Here in Southern Cal
we don’t see many color
changes, but walking
recently I found
colorful deciduous
trees and snapped a few
photographs to share
in mosaics … splendidly
this week, just because
Originals … straight out of the camera
Palette Knife
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Accented Edges, lightened
Invert
Accented Edges Solarized
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Accented Edges
Poster Edges
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ALMOST
Colored Pencil
Solarized
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Mellow Yellow, Mosaic, and Blue Monday …
Thought for Today
“Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.” Dalai Lama
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Labeled close-ups of
roses shared last week in my
Pink Saturday post
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Mosaics of these
fabulous pink roses found
walking recently
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Thought for Today
“A profusion of pink roses bending ragged in the rain speaks to me of all
gentleness and its enduring.”
The Collected Later Poems of William Carlos Williams
gentleness and its enduring.”
The Collected Later Poems of William Carlos Williams
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Thought for Today
“Forever is composed of nows.” Emily Dickinson
“Forever is composed of nows.” Emily Dickinson
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Playing with a pink
rose recently encountered
one day on a walk.
Until embiggened
these photos look much the same
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Thought for Today
“You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you.
You have to go to them sometimes.” A.A. Milne
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ALMOST
More photographs from
my sister in Canada …
RV traveling
Collaboration..
I create the mosaics
then share on my blogs.
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and Wordless Wednesday t00.
Thought for Today
“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.” Sir Winston Churchill
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One pink bloom is not like the others
Multiple crashes …
kept me from creating and
publishing on time.
Belatedly here …
I hope you enjoy my pink
flower mosaics
Originals – Straight out of the Camera
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dif’rences seem minimal …
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Palette Knife
Craquelure – Lightened
Accented Edges
Poster Edges
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Thought for Today
“You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” A.A. Milne
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My Peace Globe is in the next post
Belatedly here …
I hope you enjoy thirteen
skies collaged below
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Thursday Thirteen, Sky Watch and Haiku Friday
See my other 2009 Peace Globes at
Thought for Today
“You are the storyteller of your life and you can create the legend or not.” Isabel Allende
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Won’t you join us?
6th Blog Blast for Peace
November 5, 2009
Today I join Mimi Lenox and many other bloggers in the 6th Blog Blast for Peace … and invite YOU to join the wave today on your Blog. Just click Mimi’s link and read the directions for getting your own Peace Globe to personalize and publish. Then follow the directions to share with others through her official sites … and visit others blogging for peace.
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If you missed them, click for links to my previous Blog Blasts for Peace in November of 2008:
Sacred Ruminations- The Strength of Gentleness
Small Reflections-A Revolution of Music,
Blog Rolls & Bling – What if? (a Colorful Alternative to Bombs)
and June of 2008:
Thirteen Thoughts on the Topic of Peace
Peace in Every Step
Sacred Ruminations- The Strength of Gentleness
Small Reflections-A Revolution of Music,
Blog Rolls & Bling – What if? (a Colorful Alternative to Bombs)
and June of 2008:
Thirteen Thoughts on the Topic of Peace
Peace in Every Step
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the 6th Blog Blast for Peace!
the 6th Blog Blast for Peace!
See my other 2009 Peace Globes at
Small Reflections
Sacred Ruminations
Thought for Today
“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Last Thursday I walked
out to Ruby’s Diner for
breakfast with a friend
This seagull took flight
tucking low its head … perhaps
diving for a fish
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My World, and Wordless Wednesday t00.
Thought for Today
“Each spiritual journey begins with a step forward — the moment when you realize that there’s more to life than you’ve been living.” Vicky Thompson
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Photo Hunt & Color Carnival are in the next post
Belatedly here …
I hope you enjoy my pink
flower mosaics
Stained Glass Filter
Solarize, lightened
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“Smile, breathe and go slowly.” Thich Nhat Hanh
South Breeze Farm hosted the Giving Thanks Challenge and I participated at Small Reflections in November of 2008 and decided to continue indefinitely … generating the following list one day at a time throughout the month of August. I’ve decided to transfer the lists at the end of each month from Small Reflections to Happily Retired Gal … just because. Click to see previous lists already published here.
1. Molly got to play with canine fur-friends at Camp Ilene while I drove a friend up to her house in Lake Arrowhead so she could take care of business related to the sale of the place now that she’s moved back to the beach.
2. the hot, dry, windy weather is predicted to end early next week and we’ve got a chance for drizzles … finally.
3. my sister called last night from the road … outside of Boise, Idaho and we were able to catch up with one another in a long chat on the cell phone.
4. the weather has cooled off considerably today.
5. I’ve finally managed to sort out the data in Quicken after multiple computer crashes messed thing up.
6. to have made it through last night’s Digital Media class on my own (since my friend ‘C’ is on the road with her husband) without getting totally lost even though it’s been months since the previous DM class … a HUGE relief actually.
7. to catch up with my friend ‘C’ (currently RV traveling in Michigan) on the cell phone today … almost as if she was in town.
8. for my sister’s photos from the road ;–)
9. the smell (and taste) of coffee (laced with half & half) in the mornings.
10. for a chance of rain next week … I’m keeping my fingers crossed because it’s been a long time since the ‘wet stuph’ fell in Southern California, but I’m also hoping it won’t cause landslides in the recently burned areas.
11. for the company of fur-friends.
12. we have cool overcast cloudy skies with the promise of rain for the next few days … I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
13. for overnight rain and morning drizzles.
14. we actually got REAL RAIN falling S L O W L Y enough last night & this morning so as not to cause mudslides in burn areas … I captured raindrops on blossoms to share at Happily Retired Gal & rain clouds to share in a T-13 Haiku Friday Sky Watch mosaic today here at Small Reflections.
15. for a full night’s sleep without interruption!
16. for friendly neighbors
17. I was at home when my sister called from the road today. We had a good visit on the phone.
18. for wonderful memories of my brother.
19. for blue skies and lovely weather.
20. my neighbor shared new varieties of plants with me as she modified her own garden … then helped me split & replant my Amaryllis bulbs this morning.
21. Alice Audrey shared Nemo’s Award with Happily Retired Gal and that I’ve passed it along to others in my T-13 post there.
22. to celebrate my 2nd Blogoversary at Small Reflections today!
23. our local library invited Lisa See, author of Shanghai Girls, to give a talk yesterday … it was wonderful!
24. for a long catch up visit on the phone with my sister today.
25. Molly has two Golden Retrievers visiting next door and has gotten to play with them all week.
26. for the new PSE6 techniques I’ve been learning this month.
27. to be getting my hair cut tomorrow
28. I’m able to pay bills online rather than writing individual checks and mailing them as I did once upon a time.
29. for a full-night of uninterrupted sleep!
30. the weather is sunny & clear … ‘buy one, get one free’ breakfast for lunch at Ruby’s on the HB pier was delicious … and my errands are finished so I’m home again this afternoon with time to relax and perhaps visit a few blogs before taking Molly for her afternoon walk.
31. Ms Kitty’s reclusive rather than friendly with strangers … especially at this time of year.
FYI – My previous Gratitude Lists can be found at Happily Retired Gal, my new WordPress site. It is my intention to keep this ‘Daily Gratitude List’ in my sidebar indefinitely because I believe it makes sense to focus on what’s right in our lives regularly. Click for:
2009 Lists – October, September, August, July, June, May, April, March, February, January
2008 Lists – December, November
Thought for Today
“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?’” William A. Ward
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