Sunset over the Pacific

Sunset recently
captured with my camera
... lovely scenic view

If embiggened you
will see 'gulls in flight and a
colorful sailboat

perhaps savoring
this late afternoon event
as the sun goes down

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and for others participating in
Scenic Sunday, Color Carnival, and Mosaic Monday
As usual, I've also shared Mosaics at
Happily Retired Gal and Small Reflections

Thought for Today
"When you do things from your soul you feel a river moving in you, a joy. When action come from another section, the feeling disappears." Jalal ad-Din Rumi

13 Things I'm Grateful For

My Pictorial Gratitude List
Vertically on the left ...
1. the proximity of the Pacific Ocean
2. Paper Whites
3. Molly ... even when she's sandy
4. Bird of Paradise
5. Pink Roses

Originals - straight out of the camera

In the middle ...
6. the lemons are ripening
7. my Just Joey apricot colored roses
8. strawberries

Poster Edges


On the right ...
9. beautiful variable skies
10. colorful roses in the neighborhood
11. Ms. Kitty
12. the White Azalea a friend gave me when Mom died
13. Dog Beach where Molly can run & play

Solarized & Lightened

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and for others participating in
Thursday Thirteen

Click to see my other T-13 this week at Small Reflections

Thought for Today
"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice." Meister Eckhart

Mosaic and Blue Monday - Variations

Variations of
my Sky Watch & Scenic views
posted earlier

Accented Edges


Poster Edges

Emboss at 59% Opacity


Posterized at 8


Solarized then Inverted

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... and for others participating in
Blue Monday
Mosaic Monday

See also my other Mosaic Monday posts this week at
Happily Retired Gal and Small Reflections

More photographs from
my sister ... 2005
RV traveling

I don't know how they

manage sharing this small space

but somehow they do

Thought for Today
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." Mahatma Gandhi

Best Blog Award and something more ;-)

Thanks to Tricia of Bluff Area Daily
who has just awarded me the Best Blog Award
I hope she'll accept the You Make My Day award below
and that other visitors will do so as well.

Rules:
To accept the Award, post it on your blog together with the name of of person who has granted the Award and link back to that blog. Pass the award on to 15 blogs you have recently discovered and think are great. Remember to contact the bloggers you have awarded to let them know they have been chosen.

My list (in alphabetical order)
Carver Cards: a Photographic Journal
Denise at An English Girl Rambles
Diane at Desert Colors
Ebie at the Main Ingredient
Eileen at Viewing Nature with Eileen
Janie at Utah Trails
Louise at the Potted Frog
Martha at Menagerie and Color Carnival
Martha's Musings
Mary at Little Red House and In a Soft Light
Pacey at Nelly's Flower Garden
Michelle at Rambling Woods
Rebecca at the Dusty Cellar
Sheila at the Quintessential Magpie
Willa at Pixel Minded

Thanks to all who devote time & energy
to creating such lovely blogs ;-)

To all who visit & comment, please accept the award below
and feel free to pass it along to folks who
Make YOUR day too ;-)

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I hope you'll find time to visit the
recipients of the Best Blog Award above
and let them know I sent you ;-)

Thought for Today
"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted." John Lennon

Haiku Sky Watch Friday - Photos from my Sister

Late to share this week ...
struggling to recover
from a nasty flu ;-(

Variable skies
from my sister on the road
... RV traveling

Below I've 'labeled'
locations for some of these
views but not for all


Click to embiggen for better viewing ...
and for others participating in Haiku Friday,
Sky Watch and Scenic Sunday

Tomorrow I will
add some variations for
Scenic Sunday and

Mosaic Monday
but for now it's getting late ...
This will have to do!


More photographs from
my sister ... 2005
RV traveling

I don't know how they

manage sharing this small space

but somehow they do

Thought for Today
"The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway." Henry Boye

Frosty Foggy Scenic Sunday with a bit of Blue Sky

Haiku Friday Sky Watch is in the next post

Near Interstate 5
Northern California ...
'frosty' scenes surround

a nifty lighthouse
under beautiful blue skies
with a few white clouds

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and for others participating in Scenic Sunday
and Mosaic Monday too ;-)

More photographs from
my sister ... 2005
RV traveling

I don't know how they

manage sharing this small space

but somehow they do

Multiple Variations ... added at 1pm on Sunday

These mosaics look
much the same until you click
to 'embiggen' them

Palette Knife


Accented Edges


Paint Daubs

Texurized

Invert

Click to embiggen for better viewing ...

and for others participating in Scenic Sunday
and Mosaic Monday too ;-)
See also my
Mellow Yellow - Mosaic - Blue Monday
at Small Reflections

Thought for Today
"The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway." Henry Boye

Haiku Sky Watch Friday - Arctic Circle Views

Cloudy skies above
Arctic Tundra photographed
by my trav'ling sis ;-)

"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter." Ansel Adams

"A good snapshot stops a moment from running away." Eudora Welty

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and for others participating in Haiku Friday and Sky Watch

More photographs from
my sister in Alaska ...
RV traveling

I don't know how they

manage sharing this small space

but somehow they do

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

Shadow Shot Sunday - Mosaic & Blue Monday

If you missed it ...

my Peace Globe is in the next post
Scroll down for Mosaic and BLUE Monday variations

Still sunny ... shadows
easy to find everywhere
in my neighborhood

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and for others participating in
Shadow Shot Sunday
at Hey Harriet



Inverted


Solarized

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and for others participating in Blue Monday



I love Photoshop
Elements and playing with
'filters' ... just because ;-)

Palette Knife


Stained Glass


Poster Edges

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and for others participating in Mosaic Monday

See my other 2009 Peace Globes at

Small Reflections
Happily Retired Gal
Blog Rolls, Bling and Blurbs

Thought for Today
"The sun is the epitome of benevolence - it is lifegiving and warmthgiving and happinessgiving, and to it we owe our thanksgiving." Jessi Lane Adams

Dona Nobis Pacem - 2009's Peace Blast

6th Blog Blast for Peace
November 5, 2009

Today I join Mimi Lenox and many other bloggers in the 6th Blog Blast for Peace ... and invite YOU to join the wave today on your Blog. Just click Mimi's link and read the directions for getting your own Peace Globe to personalize and publish. Then follow the directions to share with others through her official sites ... and visit others blogging for peace.

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If you missed them, click for links to my Blog Blasts for Peace:

November 2008
Sacred Ruminations- The Strength of Gentleness
Small Reflections-A Revolution of Music,
Blog Rolls & Bling - What if? (a Colorful Alternative to Bombs)
and June 2008:
Thirteen Thoughts on the Topic of Peace
Peace in Every Step

and on September 21st, 2009
for the International Day of Peace

Whirled Peace - We Each Can Make a Difference

Click for others participating in
the 6th Blog Blast for Peace!

See my other 2009 Peace Globes at

Small Reflections
Happily Retired Gal
Blog Rolls, Bling and Blurbs

Thought for Today
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa