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Monday, January 4, 2010

Lovely scenic views and a timeless question ...

Make Time for Small Reflections
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Miscellaneous Monday Views
in yellows, reds, & blues





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and for others participating in
Blue Monday
Mellow Yellow Monday
Ruby Tuesday

My World
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday
Midweek Blues
Color Carnival

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Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's Resolutions." Joey Adams

58 comments:

SmilingSally said...

What lovely pictures of blue. I love palm trees! Happy New Year and Happy Blue Monday.

maryt/theteach said...

And along with the blue you have the RED for Ruby Tuesday, storyteller! Great post! :)

Felisol said...

Paradise like scenery, a dream for people from snow and winter land.
Funny poster, I'm checking in now!!
From Felisol

Rajesh said...

Fascinating views, very scenic.

Sylvia K said...

Marvelous, colorful shots! Love all that sunshine! Hope your new year is off to a great start! Enjoy!

Sylvia

Carver said...

I love that colorful sky. Great shots!

NatureFootstep said...

lots of great images. :)

Janie said...

I love the beach scenes and the palm tree with the red ribbon! Nice to celebrate holidays in warm weather!
Beautiful color in your sunrise/sunset skies.

Anonymous said...

Lovely series. It is very exotic-looking comapred to my part of the world at the moment.

Annie Jeffries said...

Oh how I like that poster and parrot. I feel like snapping my fingerse and kicking up my heels.

Mary Bergfeld said...

The blues you chose for your post are just wonderful. I hope you have a great Blue Monday and enjoy the year ahead.

Marites said...

such beautiful colors..i love your sunset shots. Happy new year!!

Ralph said...

Lovely ruby bows and ribbon so thoughtfully place on these Christmas palms. The parrot is right, waiting for a vacation in paradise is a real shame...

Martha said...

Great pictures. I did a combo post today too... I think this week might get a little crazy!


My MYM, BM,RT and MWB

DrillerAA09 said...

Love the poster.

Joe Todd said...

The sun looks real inviting Have a great week

ellen b said...

Love the blue and the red!! Happy Blue Monday and Ruby Tuesday!
Oh and Happy New Year!

eileeninmd said...

Lovely scenery and the colors in the are awesome!

SandyCarlson said...

These are really, really lovely.

Leora said...

That's a lovely red ribbon around the elegant palm. And what a fun sign - great design.

Ginny Hartzler said...

These are beautiful pictures, made better by clicking on them. I have just added myself as a follower on two of your blogs. I love your thoughts of the day. You really have extensive blogs with lots of info on them! I'm still reading!

George said...

Your beach and sunset pictures are beautiful and look so warm! Thanks for sharing some warmth with frigid Tennessee!

VioletSky said...

that poster woke me up out of my reverie!

Linnea said...

Looks like you had a really colorful sunset there! Nice selection for MYM. Enjoy the week and thanks for stopping by at my post.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Absolutely gorgeous photos, Virginia... WOW---I needed to see those on this COLD night in TN.

Hugs,
Betsy

Kim, USA said...

So lovely picture blue skies and golden rays from the sun..that is awesome. Thanks for sharing!

MYM/BM:Christmas gifts

bj said...

Beautiful photos and a great post.

eden said...

Such wonderful photos..

Happy Ruby Tuesday

Martha Z said...

Beautiful color in all of these.

Amanda Moore said...

Palm trees and warm glowing sunsets in Jan, aren't we lucky. So beautiful reminds me how lucky I am!

sherri@lavenderfields said...

Happy Blue Monday! I really enjoyed looking at your photos! I hope you have a Happy New Year! Sherri : )

Carolyn Ford said...

What a collection of memes! These are amazing colors and the sunsets are to die for! I love the 4:00 somewhere...an hour earlier than 5:00 works for me! Love this post!

The Cunning Runt said...

Great sky shots, and that's a funny sign!

diane b said...

I love the poster.

Carletta said...

What lovely sky shots! Very soothing and warm looking.
Four o'clock somewhere - I guess we could keep going down, three, two, :)
Best wishes for a wonderful New Year!

Arija said...

Lovely shots with the palm trees and a great quote :)

Hootin Anni said...

Excellent!!!

For me, I always used to say "It's gotta be 5 PM somewhere in this world". LOL


My Ruby Tuesday is posted HERE --scroll down below the Heads or Tails Meme to find it tho!

Happy day to you.

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

Beachside sentinel,
palm tree bedecked with ribbon—
soon great ships will come…

Milkmaids with ruby sashes!

B : ) said...

How stunning - you covered all the colors in one post. Great shots. B : )

Dianne said...

I love the sign, it's so bold and busy

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

HRG: Your world looks so warm and wonderful.

Stephanie V said...

You always have such an interesting assortment of photos. Palm trees look so warm and sunny right now!

Akelamalu said...

For me, your scenes are so much nicer that what we have here at the moment - snow! :)

Karen said...

I didn't realize how much I've missed your photos--beautiful!

Marice said...

wow those are lovely photos and scenery! great shots!

u may view mine here

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Beautiful places, beautiful work, as always! Thank you for your kind comments on FT-L.

Poppy Cottage said...

These are great pictures! Stopping by to wish you a Happy Ruby Tuesday!

Suburban Girl said...

I like that red ribbon around the tree. And the sign is awesome. :)

Unknown said...

I love your entry, good post!

Unknown said...

Such beautiful colors in your skies! You are so lucky!

Unknown said...

I think you have all the colours covered here, quite a contrast with Ontario's white and grey!

Mariposa said...

Happy 2010! Hope this year is you best ever!

Mary said...

Beautiful photos. That sunset is gorgeous. Makes me want to visit your part of the world. I just love the last one. Such brilliant colours.

Thanks for your comments on my photos of the Smithsonian. We didn't get to see all we would have liked because of time restraints.

Have a wonderful day.
Blessings,
Mary

Jim said...

You are doing great, S.T! I liked your RT, it appears to be a poster??

Happy RT and MidWeek Blues. I haven't done the blues yet, I should have included some of those blue nutcrackers.
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Martha said...

More great ones! I'm using the poster from this one for color carnival :-)

Rajesh said...

Fabulous shots, very scenic.

Patti said...

Wow, guess you killed a lot of memes with one stone here. haha

I love the sunset photos. Beautiful. Is the second one a sunrise?

Happy belated Ruby Tuesday, Storyteller.

Splendid Little Stars said...

LOL! I love your thought for the day quote!
What wonderful photos! Take a beach, add sunset, heaven!

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