Welcome to Small Reflections


"Nothing is ever achieved without enthusiasm."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Duck photo source: Lisa's Chaos
I hope you enjoy your visit. If you're looking for something specific, check out the links to posts by category in my sidebar and down a ways. They'll assist with tracking down different types of posts found on each of my three blogs. You might also enjoy checking out the other sites: Sacred Ruminations, Blog Rolls, Bling & Blurbs, and Happily Retired Gal.

I hope you'll look around & leave comments
then visit me at my new blog ...

Giraffe Journal

and/or website ... Labyrinth Journal
both self-hosted at WordPress
where I publish as myself
rather than under a
pseudonym.

I've not had much time for posting or blog visits, but if you're interested I hope you'll find time to check out my new blog, Giraffe Journal or my Labyrinth Journal website ... both self hosted at WordPress.

Thanks for your visit and have a delightful day ;--)
Hugs and blessings,

Monday, March 30, 2009

Mellow Yellow Monday and Today's Flowers

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This is my 3rd Mellow Yellow post
at Small Reflections but I've published 10 Mellow Yellow posts
previously at Happily Retired Gal.

Purple irises
almost finished blooming in
my yard, but look here!

YELLOW IRISES
have started to open up
with a touch of white.

Yellow Pansies too
grace my garden amidst a
barrage of color ;--)
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and for others participating in
Mellow Yellow Monday and Today's Flowers.
See also my Today's Flowers posts at Sacred Ruminations
and Happily Retired Gal
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Thought for Today
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." William James

Friday, March 27, 2009

HaikuFriday#127 - Sky Watch #41

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Scroll down for Haiku Sky Watch Friday
I appreciate
everyone who's visited ...
leaving comments here

and on each of my
other blogs as well ... I am
amazed that I have

allowed the whole week
to slip by without sharing
what's been happening

in my life. I shall
do my best to catch up soon
but today I'll be

'living life' in the
real world as I've been all week,
rather than at home

at my computer.
Today I have posted skies
on each of my blogs

and am hoping I'll
be at home to visit you
over the weekend.

The good news is that
I'm feeling better and have
much more energy.



The photographs in
this collage were taken on
March the 25th.

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and for others participating in
Looking at the Sky on Fridays
Sky Watch, & Haiku Friday this week.

lookingatthesky

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Thought for Today
"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you." John Wooden

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Late Ruby Tuesday and Monochrome Monday (on Tuesday afternoon)

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I have no clue what this is, but it's RED ... I've decided to share it 'au natural' and in two Black & White versions too for a belated Monochrome Monday. Which do YOU prefer & why?
Infared ...
Newspaper
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and for others participating in

Ruby Tuesday & Monochrome Maniacs.

My 3rd Monochrome Monday
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Thought for Today
"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence." Ansel Adams

Monday, March 23, 2009

Mellow Yellow Monday and Today's Flowers

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Creative Photography #7 also features flowers.
This is my 2nd Mellow Yellow post
at Small Reflections but I've published 10 Mellow Yellow posts
previously at Happily Retired Gal.

Walking around my
neighborhood I've happened on
many yellow blooms.
Sharing a few here
in addition to my post
on another blog
...
earlier today
so you can enjoy them too
Hope they make YOU smile ;--)


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and for others participating in
Mellow Yellow Monday and Today's Flowers.

See also my Today's Flowers posts at Sacred Ruminations.

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Thought for Today
"The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size." Gertrude S. Wister

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Creative Photography #7 - Colorful Reflections

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Click for this week’s Camera Critters posts …
This is my 7th Creative Photography.
I noticed my parkway flowers
reflected in the side of this vehicle
and snapped this shot between rain showers ...
Curiosity led me to experiment
with a few filters in Photoshop Elements 6
and here are a few of my favorites in alphabetical order.
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Which do YOU prefer and why?
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Thought for Today

"Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it." Sudie Back

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Camera Critters #53 - Spunky Sparrow

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This is my 53rdMisty Dawn started the meme and explains the rules here.

Remember these
rooftop sparrows I collaged
& published before?


A bit closer ... this
spunky sparrow watches from
neighbor's Olive tree

waiting 'til it's safe
to dine at the feeder in the
garden just below.

where others join in
feasting together (or not)
asserts dominance.


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See more birds in Camera Critters #54 at Happily Retired Gal
dogs resting in the shade at Sacred Ruminations
and for others participating in Camera Critters this week.
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Thought for Today
"I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn." Henry David Thoreau

Friday, March 20, 2009

HF #125 - SkyWatch #39 From a recent walk ...

More blue skies to share
of 'Downtown Surf City' snapped
on a Tuesday walk.
Flag flying above
old Post Office building here
midst three tall palm trees ...

Diagonally
reflections captured in these
Starbucks window panes ...


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in Haiku Friday, SkyWatch, and Looking at the Sky this week.
See also HaikuFridaySkyWatch at Happily Retired Gal

I love the volunteer 'Johnny Jump Ups'
the birds plant & scatter for me each Spring!
Don't YOU?
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Thought for Today
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." Confucius

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Witty Wednesday #7 - Irishman's Wish

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Click for Ruby Tuesday
My World & Watery Wednesday are at Sacred Ruminations
Almost Wordless Wednesday is at Happily Retired Gal


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My 7th Witty Wednesday

... posted a wee bit early because I'll be away from home tomorrow & I like these 'kewl' St. Paddy's Day graphic wishes too ;--)
Irishman's Wish: Courtesy of Comedy Central's Jokes.com Newsletter ...

An Irishman is sitting at the end of a bar. He sees a lamp at the end of the table. He walks down to it and rubs it. Out pops a genie. It says, "I will give you three wishes."

The man thinks awhile. Finally he says, "I want a beer that never is empty."

With that, the genie makes a poof sound and on the bar is a bottle of beer. The Irishman starts drinking it and right before it is gone, it starts to refill. The genie asks about his next two wishes.

The man says, "I want two more of these."

Click for ChrisB at Ms Cellania
where I've enjoyed Witty Wednesday for a while now.
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Thought for Today
"If you're enough lucky to be Irish, you're lucky enough!"
Irish Saying

Happy St. Patrick's Day - Ruby Tuesday

I cannot believe
just how fast my roses came
back this year and bloomed!
This one is the first
to have blossoms but there are

buds on two others.


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for others participating in Ruby Tuesday.
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Thought for Today
"The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses." Hanna Rion
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