Multi-tasking with Photographs from the Week

Make Time for Small Reflections
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and Scenic Sunday too

Tuesday's cloudy skies
following Monday's drizzles ...
are they not pretty?

Center shot ... morning
all the rest the afternoon
driving west toward home

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1. I love this unexpected colorful BONUS in the sky while my sister was shooting photos through the windshield of my Explorer as we drove from the Shops at Mission Viejo to South Coast Plaza. She captured a wonderful photo I plan to use for 'Weekend Reflections' ... perhaps NEXT week since I've already shared my 'watery fountain reflections' at Happily Retired Gal. Can you tell I'm happy to have my Nikon D60 back? Of course you can!

2. Tostada Bites at Z'Tejas are a big time favorite ... especially during 'happy hour' when they're half price ... this plate is just
$5 rather than $10.

3. I've loved Kipling bags for decades after discovering them in a luggage store on Waikiki. These photos are from a luggage store in the Shops at Mission Viejo. I have a huge collection of the monkeys (each has a name) because I own MANY varieties & colors of these purses.

4. My sister and a good friend both enjoy dining at Mimi's Cafe, and I took these photos on Tuesday when we ate breakfast there. We shared the crab omelet with avocado (see Thursday's Thoughts for more photos). I confess I 'played' with these two exterior photos ... adding color & clouds to nondescript grey skies and poster edges accents to the parts that are not sky ... (just because I can) ... so I suppose I could add that I love playing with Photoshop Elements ;-)

5. Of course I love my little Molly girl ... and these two pictures of her snapped last week at my sister's house when we were making tamales are current favorites, cropped & filtered with Poster Edges. For those who asked about the recipe, my brother-in-law emailed it to me and I posted it in Thursday's Thoughts.

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Just two 'scenic' views
from around South Coast Plaza ...
snapped through the windshield


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Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Early morning addendum: I just read the most delightful post at the Dusty Cellar ... the most amazing and heartwarming photo story of Sean the Robin. If you have a minute or two to spare, I encourage you to check it out. I suspect you'll be glad you did.

Thoughts for Today
"Nothing is worth more than this day." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe