Small Reflections: Wordless Wednesday

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Fountain at Bella Terra in Huntingon Beach

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Straight out of the Camera

Cropped

Poster Edges

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in Outdoor Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday and Watery Wednesday

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today

"Love is a game that two can play and both win." Eva Gabor

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Wordless Watery Outdoor Wednesday

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My Ruby Tuesday pictures are in the next post
and also at Happily Retired Gal

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courtyard fountain at
Fashion Island, Newport Beach ...
I could watch for hours

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and for others participating in
Wordless Wednesday
Outdoor Wednesday
Watery Wednesday

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering."
Steven Wright

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

It's RAINING in Southern California ... again ;-)

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Scroll down for One Single Impression: Chaos
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Sunrise yesterday
followed by some shots taken
in the afternoon

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and for others participating in (Almost) Wordless Wednesday
Outdoor Wednesday, and Watery Wednesday

More rain predicted
for today and tomorrow ...
drizzling right now

Evacuating
burned areas from October
danger of mudslides

Waterspouts became
tornados yesterday and
caused damage around

coastal towns nearby
creating CHAOS so this
is my OSI ...

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Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"Walking through puddles is my favorite metaphor for life."
Jessi Lane Adams

Monday, January 4, 2010

Lovely scenic views and a timeless question ...

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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

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

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

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Wintry Skies from the Beach in Southern California

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13 Photographs to Share

thirteen cloudy skies
from the beach & neighborhood
with a few Palm trees ;-)

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normally I leave
pics alone as I create
mosaics ... today

I played just a bit ...
not sure which I like the best
what's your opinion?

below two versions ...
'straight out of the camera
or 'tweaked' with 'smartfix' ?

Straight out of the camera

... same view after 'smartfix' in PSE6

Click for others participating in Midweek Blues,
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday
and Thursday Thirteen, Sky Watch and Haiku Friday
I've shared Blue Skies & 13 Random Reflections - 2009
at Sacred Ruminations too

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers." Martina Horner

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Multi-tasking with more recent photographs ...

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13 Photographs to Share

The 3-story tree at Crystal Court
in South Coast Plaza is always delightful!

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Midweek Blues, (Almost) Wordless Wednesday
and Thursday Thirteen (the other 7 photos are below)

walking across the
long connecting bridge I snapped
a few sky vistas

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and for others participating in Sky Watch and Haiku Friday
and to see 'watery fountains' inside South Coast Plaza

Small Reflections ... Smile Back
Wishing all who celebrate
a safe & joyous
Christmas!

Thought for Today

Oh! lovely voices of the sky
Which hymned the Saviour's birth,
Are ye not singing still on high,
Ye that sang, "Peace on earth"?
Felicia Hemans

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Bolsa Chica Wetlands after the Rain

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12:35pm addendum on Wednesday, 12-16-09
I've been dealing with
connectivity issues
this morning ... Vista

will not recognize
my 'encrypted' wireless
signal ... dunno why

or how to correct
the problem and so I have
logged on with the old

ancient Dell laptop ...
slower than thick molasses
visiting will be

limited for now
until I can figure out
just what has gone wrong

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Today I backed up
all my photographs on a
WD Passport Drive!

Outdoor Watery
We'nesday mosaic at last ...
photos from My World

I'm headed to class
so will visit tomorrow
rather than tonight ;-)

Straight out of the camera above
Poster Edges below

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Watery Wednesday, Outdoor Wednesday, My World
Midweek Blues and (Almost) Wordless Wednesday

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"There is nothing like a dream to create the future." Victor Hugo

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... 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

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Fountain at Bella Terra in Huntingon Beach

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Wordless Watery Outdoor Wednesday

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

It's RAINING in Southern California ... again ;-)

Monday, January 4, 2010

Lovely scenic views and a timeless question ...

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Wintry Skies from the Beach in Southern California

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Multi-tasking with more recent photographs ...

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Bolsa Chica Wetlands after the Rain

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