Haiku Friday-Color Carnival-Window Views

Make Time for Small Reflections

Mimi's in Long Beach
familiar restaurant with
nifty windows and

colorful flowers ...
perfect for multi-tasking!
I'm headed downtown

with friends in an hour.
Friday Farmer's Market and
Craft Fair there today.

First mosaic straight
out of camera ... the next
with 'Poster Edges'

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Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Mark Twain

Wonderfully Whimsical Watery Wednesday ...

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Surfing - USA
Championships last weekend
Huntington Beach Pier


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"Laughter is an instant vacation." Milton Berle

According to recent studies, we need 12 laughs a day just to stay healthy. Therefore, before I share a funny story here, I offer all who pass this way the gift of a link from Simple Truths ... to brighten YOUR day. Perhaps like me you'll watch it more than once ... and perhaps choose to pass it along to others like I did.

My 10th Witty Wednesday

Courtesy of Comedy Central's Jokes.com Newsletter ...

Vet Tales

A man rushes his limp dog to the veterinarian. The doctor pronounces the dog dead. The agitated man demands a second opinion.

The vet goes into the back room and comes out with a cat. The cat sniffs the body and meows. The vet says, "I'm sorry, but the cat thinks that your dog is dead, too."

The man is still unwilling to accept that his dog is dead.

The vet brings in a black Labrador. The lab sniffs the body and barks. The vet says, "I'm sorry, but the lab thinks your dog is dead, too."

The man finally resigns to the diagnosis and asks how much he owes. The vet answers, "$650."

"$650 to tell me my dog is dead?" exclaims the man.

"Well," the vet replies, "I would only have charged you $50 for my initial diagnosis. The additional $600 is for the cat scan and lab tests."

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where I've enjoyed Witty Wednesday for a while now.

My first ...

This week's theme is: Cupcakes

Cupcakes remind me
of a silly quote in this
Simple Truths movie

"Inside of me is a thin person trying to get out,
but I can usually sedate him with four or five cupcakes."
Bob Thaves

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Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Sir Winston Churchill

Multi-tasking on Monday in a BIG Way

Make Time for Small Reflections

Monochrome Mania

Mellow Yellow BLUE Mosaic Monday

Huntington Beach - Surf
City -- one hundred years old.
Early monochrome

images captured
evolved into bold color ...
lovely transitions




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Learn more here about surfing history ...

I photographed these
memories this past weekend
and used Photoshop

to present them as
Mosaics on Monday ... I
hope you enjoy them




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when I played even though other's didn't
Hope everyone has a delightful day!

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"Here is one of the greatest questions you will ever ask and answer: What one skill, if I developed and did it in an excellent fashion, would have the greatest positive impact on my career?" Brian Tracy

Window Views - Color Carnival - Haiku Friday

Make Time for Small Reflections

Walking with Molly
and my camera I spied
rounded window views ...

over looking the
ocean along PCH ...
reflecting Palm trees

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Toys & sunglasses
for sale at the beach in bright
colors ... Summer fun!

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Thought for Today
"You cannot teach anybody anything. You can only help them discover it within themselves." Galileo

Thursday Thirteen - Healing Affirmations

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1. I allow my thoughts to be free. The past is over and I am at peace.

2. It is safe to let go. Only that which I no longer need leaves me.

3. I am safe. It is safe to feel. My feelings are normal and acceptable. Life is safe & joyous.

4. I see with love and understanding. I hold all experiences up to the light of love.

5. I trust the process of life and know life always supports me. I am on an endless journey through eternity and there is plenty of time. I communicate with my heart and all is well.

6. I am free to be me and I allow others the freedom to be who they are. It is safe for all of us to grow up.

7. I lovingly forgive and release all of the past. I choose to fill my world with joy. I love and approve of myself.

8. I forgive everyone. I forgive myself. I forgive all past experiences. I am free.

9. I am willing to grow and change. I see with eyes of love. There are always harmonious solutions to whatever challenges arise, and I accept this now as I create a safe new future.

10. The movies of my mind are beautiful because I choose to make them so. I love me and I express who I am.

11. I am enthusiastic about life and filled with energy. I am a decisive person. I follow through and support myself with love.

12. I now choose to make my life light & easy. As I nurture myself those around me are nurtured. I am gentle and caring with myself. All is well.

13. Miracles happen every day. I go within to dissolve the patterns that create problems and I now accept a Divine Healing ... and so it is!

Source for today's list of affirmations:
Louise Hay's You Can Heal Your Life

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My Early Morning Musings are at Sacred Ruminations
Thirteen Thoughts on Thursday: What I Know is True

Today I'm choosing ...

how about you?

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"Proactive people take the initiative and responsibility to make things happen. They cause action rather than being victims of circumstance." Chris MacAllister

Almost Wordless Watery Wednesday

Make Time for Small Reflections

Mostly

No birds bathing when
I passed by on a walk, but
thought it worthy of

a quick photograph.
Lovely colors and shadows ...
cool on a hot day.

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It's taken a whole
bunch of water to keep my
lawn & garden green.

Playful photographs
taken as I've watered three
times a week this month.

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Wordless Wednesday
Mostly Wordless Wednesday

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Thought for Today
"If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late." Henny Youngman

Mellow Yellow Mosaic Monday - Today's Flowers

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Neighborhood Yellows
snapped while on a morning walk ...
Each one makes me smile ;--)

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at Sacred Ruminations

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"Ask the young. They know everything." Joseph Joubert

Camera Critters - Molly Meets Roscoe and Penny

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This is my 83rdMisty Dawn started the meme and explains the rules here.

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Thought for Today
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." Sir Winston Churchill

T-13 Color Carnival - Pastel Roses

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Pastel roses bloom
around the palm tree on my
parkway ... Delicate ;--)

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Thought for Today
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." Bertrand Russell

Monochrome Mosaic Monday - Today's Flowers

Make Time for Small Reflections

Camera Critters is in the next post.

Monday morning's here
I'm off to meet up with friends
'Retired Gals' lunch ...

Once I return home
I'll have time to visit blogs,
but for now I leave

a mosaic of
Monochrome Views I enjoy
on my daily walks.

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at Happily Retired Gal this morning.
Hope everyone has a marvelous Monday!
Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"The present moment is a powerful goddess." Goethe

Haiku Friday and Camera Critters

Make Time for Small Reflections

This is my 81stMisty Dawn started the meme and explains the rules here.

Temptation and Restraint
Corner ... off-limits
for Molly, and on this day
dog-walkers came by

stopping briefly as
Molly looked around hoping
I might grant her wish

for permission ... I
did not give in. As they moved
on Molly waited

then returned back home
brought her tennis ball to me
so we could play 'fetch' ;--)

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Thought for Today
"Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud." J. Petit-Senn