Small Reflections: CreativePhotography#5 - CC#50

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This is my 5th effort at Creative Photography

Roger suggests we focus on Spring this week
so here are PSE6 variations on my White Azalea Collage
Original Collage

Equalize

Invert

Poster Edges

Posterize

Posterize with Poster Edges added

Black & White Scenic Landscape

Black & White - Newspaper

Which do YOU like best & why?
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and for others participating in Creative Photography

This is my 50th

Misty Dawn started the meme and explains the rules here.

Molly meets Wrigley
Six month old Jack Russell Terrier

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and my 49th CC at Happily Retired Gal.

This is the 319th issue of ...

I'm participating for the 46th time today
How about you?

What comes to YOUR mind?
If you'd like to play here, copy and paste the clues in comments along with your responses ... or post on your blog and let me know so I can visit ;--)

I say ... and you think ... ?

Mourning :: grief
Approval :: okay
Lotion :: Aveda ... my favorite!
Pespire :: I have no clue unless this is misspelled ;--)
Language :: communication
Defection :: abandon
Play :: ful
Graphic :: design
Spicy :: deliciously flavorful
In love :: with life!

Your turn: I say ... and you think ... ?

Mourning ::
Approval ::
Lotion ::
Pespire ::
Language ::
Defection ::
Play ::
Graphic ::
Spicy ::
In love ::

Click for others muttering this week.

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Thought for Today
"It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water." Franklin P. Jones

Currently ...

... I'm thankful to have encountered the 'Food Court Flash Mob Hallelujah Chorus to share here at Small Reflections. I've also shared a Beautiful Meditative Video and a delightful Random Act of Culture (that happened at Macy's) at Sacred Ruminations ... just because.

I'm also grateful that I've created a personalized 1st edition 'Labyrinth Journal' for my friend Susan. I've written a second version that I plan to publish & share with others very soon.

My sister & her husband arrived in town on Wednesday, November 17th and will be around for a few months ... so that's pretty 'kewl' too!

Remember ... you can find me sharing at Giraffe Journal and Labyrinth Journal when you don't see anything from me posted here.

Hope all's well with you and yours!
Hugs and blessings,
Virginia

FYI - My previous Gratitude Lists can be found at Happily Retired Gal, at WordPress. 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:
2010 Lists - July, June, May, April, March, February, January
2009 Lists - December, November, October, September, August, July June, May, April, March, February, January
2008 Lists - December, November

More About Me

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How I Became a Blogger

Evolution of my blogs
Late in October of 2007, I started playfully exploring possibilities here and at SacredRuminations ... the site where I joined Carla's Sacred Life Project. I published daily on both sites initially, but in mid-January of 2008 I gave myself permission to cut myself some slack & rethink things. Since committing to Blog 365 at Small Reflections, I've continued to publish daily here, but I'm thinking about alternating days and/or experimenting a bit with a variety of possibilities in an attempt to balance my online activities with my "real life" ... without giving "short shrift" to either blog. Therefore, it's all a work in progress, and I hope you'll bear with me.

In October of 2008, I celebrated my 1st Blogoversary here at Small Reflections on the 22nd & at Sacred Ruminations on the 23rd.

I completed Blog 365 in 2008 with a total of 378 posts here at Sacred Ruminations, 234 at Sacred Ruminations, 20 at BlogRolls, Bling & Blurbs, and 30 at Happily Retired Gal for a grand total of 662 ... all in 366 days!

In 2009, my sister & her husband returned to So Cal for 4 months and I had less time to blog. Even though they're on the road again, I'm finding it challenging to recapture a daily blogging habit. Click for more specifics about this.

In October of 2009 I celebrated my 2nd Blogoversary here at Small Reflections & at Sacred Ruminations and in November of 2009 I celebrated my 1st Blogoversary at Happily Retired Gal. Little did I know what would follow when I entered this 'virtual' world.

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My Blog Blasts for Peace:
Sacred Ruminations- The Strength of Gentleness
Small Reflections-A Revolution of Music
Blog Rolls & Bling - What if? (a Colorful Alternative to Bombs)
and last June:
Thirteen Thoughts on the Topic of Peace
Peace in Every Step

My Peace Globes are below
Clicking on them will take you to the related 'Bl0g Blast' post also.
"It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear .... It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to." Marilyn Ferguson

Food for Thought

(or reminders for myself)

"it takes courage to become who you really are." e.e. cummings

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust

"How you handle the situation IS the situation." Stephen Covey

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you." Lao-Tzu

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." William James

"At mid-life more than any other time, we have renewed opportunity to create health by expressing our creativity fully." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"It is never too late to be who you might have been." George Eliot

"Things are only impossible until they're not." Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation

"Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows." Ralph Waldo Emerson

More thoughts

"We have been so eager to give our children what we didn't have in life, we have neglected to give them what we did." Anyonmous

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. ... You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt

"There are events in life that cannot be explained or changed. I acknowledge them, feel them, and I release the rage, guilt, loss, anger, and grief." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win." Bernadette Devlin

"The first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is curiosity." Edmund Burke

"In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us." Virginia Woolf

"The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and their unlimited imagination." James Michener

"If you think you can, or think you can't -- you're right." Henry Ford

More Thoughts ...

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do." Georgia O'Keefe

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true." Richard Bach

"Telling stories causes others to remember what they have always known." Anonymous

"Character is the bridge between our beliefs and our behavior. Character is the glue of personality, the connective tissue that makes a person whole, integrated, a person of integrity." Joan Konner, journalist

"What you choose not to look at in life, rules your life." Lynn Andrews

"Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit." Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"When a woman changes her life for the better, her entire family (whether or not she has children) generally benefits. She sets the tone. The well-being of the family and of society itself depends upon women becoming and remaining healthy. So we owe it to ourselves to put ourselves first and take the time we need to heal." Dr. Christiane Northrup

16 comments:

i beati said...: fun collage; March 8, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Sandee said...: I ♥ your collages. This one is no exception. Spring is in the air.

1. Mourning:: Pain
2. Approval:: Permission
3. Lotion:: Smooth
4. Pespire:: Glow
5. Language:: English
6. Defection:: Turncoat
7. Play:: Ball
8. Graphic:: Explicit
9. Spicy:: Hot
10. In love:: Me

Have a terrific Sunday. Big hug. :); March 8, 2009 at 12:44 PM
Anonymous said...: Beautiful array of pictures, I like the newspaper effects of black and white :)

I'm loving the collage of Molly meets Wrigley! Playful and loving feel :); March 8, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Maude Lynn said...: Just look at Molly's tail! Did they end up getting along?; March 8, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Kay said...: I think I like the Poster Edges the best. They are all very creative and beautiful.; March 8, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Travis Cody said...: I like the equalize one, because it's bright and springlike.; March 8, 2009 at 7:59 PM
kitten said...: What pretty flowers! Like how you played with different looks. Those pups are sure pretty also.
Mourning ::grief, hurt, pain and loss.
Approval :: permission
Lotion :: Shea Butter
Pespire ::a municipality in the Honduran department of Choluteca.
Language :: Body
Defection ::abandonment
Play :: shakespeare
Graphic ::To much info
Spicy :: hot
In love ::with my kids
Hope you had a wonderful weekend!; March 8, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Joyce said...: Hi, Virginia,
'Equalize' is my favorite photo effect this time.
Here are my mutterings:
1. Mourning ::dove
2. Approval ::people-pleaser
3. Lotion ::Aveeno
4. Perspire ::sweat of your brow
5. Language ::Tower of Babel
6. Defection ::from duty
7. Play ::by play
8. Graphic ::novel;manga
9. Spicy ::jalapeno pepper
10. In love ::with life; March 8, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Gattina said...: What a cute dog meeting, lol !; March 8, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Mom Knows Everything said...: I like the inverted one best...it's the purple color to it that I like.

Awww the doggies look like they are having fun playing. :o)

1. Mourning :: died
2. Approval :: agree
3. Lotion :: hand cream
4. Pespire :: sweat
5. Language :: english
6. Defection :: avoid
7. Play :: kids
8. Graphic :: designs
9. Spicy :: hot
10. In love :: married; March 9, 2009 at 4:27 AM
Hootin Anni said...: I actually LOVE the 'natural' photos best, the sunlight and the backdrop is perfect.; March 9, 2009 at 4:34 AM
Anonymous said...: I miss the mutterings... :(

Love the photos which were equalize...why, bec I love how the light comes in...just inspiring!; March 9, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Misty DawnS said...: My favorite is the Inverted, because of all the purple, and I ♥ purple!!!

I LOVE the pictures of Molly and Wrigley. They look excited to have a new friendship.

Mourning:: heartbreak
Approval:: need
Lotion:: moisturizing
Pespire:: I LOVED your answer on this!!!
Language:: grammar
Defection:: abandonment
Play:: ball
Graphic:: Arts
Spicy:: heartburn
In love:: content

P.S. I just scrolled up to read everyone else's answers. I see that my BBFF Tammy and I answered the same about the Azaleas... I also see we answered the same for the same reason! Hehehe - we're so much alike!; March 9, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Grandy said...: Oh I like what you've done with the pictures. I see you are enjoying it. :)

Hope you are well, Storyteller!!; March 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Unknown said...: What a bust day! Poster edges and B&W Newspaper. :)

1. Mourning :: death
2. Approval :: nod
3. Lotion :: cream
4. Pespire :: sweat
5. Language :: talk
6. Defection :: flawwed
7. Play :: game
8. Graphic :: cartoon
9. Spicy :: hot
10. In love :: together; March 10, 2009 at 12:47 PM
RW said...: Those are all great! Send some of that warm weather up here will you please!! :D; March 10, 2009 at 7:44 PM

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