Blue Monday, OSI & Pet Pride - Molly's Blue

Make Time for Small Reflections
Thanks to Sweetest in the Gale for this week's OSI prompt, blue.

Molly visits this

little blue house every time

I let her out front

As I've shared before
this is where her friend Jenke
lived for sev'ral years.

Often no one's home

but occasionally the new

neighbors have the door

open and invite

Molly in to check things out.

Of course, Jenke's not

there any longer,

but that doesn't keep Molly

from checking again.

She misses her friend

and isn't ready just yet

to give up her hope

that the two will play

together again the way

they did frequently

Reprising - One Last Playdate with Jenke
at Happily Retired Gal

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and for others participating in
Blue Monday, One Single Impression, and Pet Pride.

In case you missed it, my previous post features Ms. Kitty & Rusty, the 'beastie from the next block' for Camera Critters.
In addition it contains two versions of 'a friendship award mosaic' I created and wish to share with all who visit and comment.

Thought for Today
"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet." James Openheim

Camera Critters - Rusty is Curious About Ms Kitty

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Thirteen photographs
merged into a mosaic ...
Click to embiggen!

Rusty ... curious
about Ms. Kitty, but she
does not care for him!

Poster Edges make
these photographs look quite 'kewl'
in the mosaic



Glowing Edges makes
for an even more unique
view of these fur-kids.


Click to embiggen for better viewing.
Find others participating in ... Thursday Thirteen and Camera Critters.

Once again, I offer the awards below as tokens of my appreciation (a mosaic in two variations) to all who visit & comment ... to snag, enjoy, and share with others as you choose. Feel free to make up rulez if you wish, but my purpose in sharing is to express gratitude and encourage blogging support of one another. Of course, I love comments and 'linky-luv' too!

Original Photos (straight out of the camera)

and with Poster Edges below.

Click to embiggen for better viewing ...

To all the 'lurkers' out there, I'm glad you've discovered my blogs and invite you to take a moment to say 'howdy-do' so that I can visit you in return.

You're also invited to check out Blog Rolls & Bling where you'll find other awards I've created and shared previously. I'm not much for 'rulez' but I would enjoy knowing who accepts &/or passes the awards along so I can visit too ... just because ;--)

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million. " Walt Streightiff

More Multi-tasking on Monday ... just because ;--)

Make Time for Small Reflections

Once again I share
photographs from my sister ...
Mosaic by Me ;--)



I don't know how they
manage sharing this small space
but somehow they do


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

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today." Stacia Tauscher

Make Room for Ms Kitty ... and more

Make Time for Small Reflections
This is my 2nd ...

and my 88thMisty Dawn started the meme and explains the rules here.

Lately Molly's been
featured in my weekend posts.
Today Ms. Kitty's

on view living life
lazily ... exhibiting
personality.

Originals - straight out of the camera

Click to embiggen for better viewing ...

Poster Edges ... just because I like the effect

Click to embiggen for better viewing ...

Click for others participating in
Camera Critters and Pet Pride

With 61 days left until my 2nd Blogoversary, I noticed in this morning's email these 'stats' from SiteMeter.

       Small Reflections Site Summary
Visits
Total ....................... 25,498
Average per Day ................. 43
Average Visit Length .......... 5:24
This Week ...................... 302

Page Views
Total ....................... 54,120
Average per Day ................. 84
Average per Visit .............. 1.9
This Week ...................... 585

It's hard to imagine my Small Reflections blog has had so many visitors and page views, but I'm truly grateful my efforts to share have been so well received. What I've come to understand is that many more 'visit' than comment. With this in mind, I offer this token of my appreciate (in two variations) to all who visit & comment ... to snag, enjoy, and share with others as you choose. You're also invited to check out Blog Rolls & Bling where you'll find other awards I've created and shared previously. I'm not much for 'rulez' but I would enjoy knowing who accepts &/or passes the awards along so I can visit too ... just because ;--)

At left, Original's (straight out of the camera) and with Poster Edges on the right.

Click to embiggen for better viewing ...

To all the 'lurkers' out there, I'm glad you've discovered my blogs and invite you to take a moment to say 'howdy-do' so that I can visit you in return.

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be." Douglas Pagels

June Gloom in August - Is it Summer Yet?

Make Time for Small Reflections

Hard to believe ... Fall
just around the corner when
we've not had summer!

Early morning clouds
like we see in June rather
than in late August.

At least skies clear up
in the afternoon bringing
colorful sunsets.

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Looking at the Sky and Haiku Friday
Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy." Anton Chekhov

Outdoor Watery Wednesday - Ketchikan Blues

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My sister and her
husband have been traveling
for a few years now

sending me photos
'from the road' in various
places ... and today

I'm sharing a few
outdoor views from Ketchikan ...
watery & blue



Photographs are hers
mosaics are mine, of course ...
collaboration ;--)

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(there's a whale spouting and some kewl birds too)
and for others participating in
Outdoor Wednesday
Watery Wednesday
Midweek Blues

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." Robert Louis Stevenson

Colorfully Multi-tasking on Monday

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At first glance these look
very much the same, but when
embiggened ... surprise!

If you have the time
I hope you will click on each
sharing your fav'rite ;--)

Poster Edges


Rough Pastels


Posterize 7


Accented Edges


Straight out of the Camera

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and for others participating in
Mosaic Monday, Color Carnival, and Today's Flowers

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it." Toni Morrison

Follow up on Molly's loss of Jenke

Make Time for Small Reflections

If you missed 'the sad saga' of Molly & Jenke
click to see their Farewell Playdate

This is my 87thMisty Dawn started the meme and explains the rules here.

Daily Molly looks
for her fur-friend Jenke with
out success. Last week

workmen came to fix
up the place for new renters
... startling Molly

briefly until she
decided it might be safe
to check things inside

Friday morning when
Molly went to visit she
met a spotted pup ...

3 month Dalmation
named Aloha ... a tiny
wobbily critter


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and for others participating in
Haiku Friday, Camera Critters, and Pet Pride.

Original Collages w/o Poster Edges Filter

Mosaics with Accented Edges

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Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"Live out of your imagination, not your history." Stephen Covey