Inside, we’re all swans
Textures by Nancy Claeys 0601 overlay 50% Kim Klassen Lily, overlay 100% It doesn’t matter if you’re born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan’s egg! ~Hans Christian Anderson, The...
View ArticleGetting just a little closer
If you read my post about the ugly duckling yesterday, you know on a recent walk I ran into some Canadian geese on an outing with their goslings. They were adorable and I just couldn’t stop myself from...
View ArticleThe challenges of day to day living
Any idiot can face a crisis — it’s day to day living that wears you out. ~Anton Chekhov Summer is here. Today marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. The spring rains have passed and...
View ArticleThe original Public Broadcasting Station
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in. ~George Washington Carver Quotography’s theme this week is Nature. I...
View ArticleMaking the Connection
Textures by Kim Klasson: Luminous, 80% overlay and Lola, 50% multiply Connections. We all want them. We all need them. Every single one of us is created for relationships. It’s wired into our DNA. Our...
View ArticleDon’t mind me, I’m just braggin’
If you don’t want to see pics of the grand loves, today is would be a good day to move on to the next blog. But.…if you want to see some adorable cuteness, have I got a few photos for you today!...
View ArticleA Garden Party Friday Find
Texture by Kim Klassen: Return at 100% hard light with some selective erasing. Peanut’s Mama claimed the lower patio when they moved in and the garden area outside one of the lower-level bedroom...
View ArticleJune photo challenge: Bridges
June’s photo challenge over at A ‘lil Hoohaa is Bridges. I thought this might be quite the challenge for someone land-locked in middle Missouri. But I did succeed in finding five samples of bridges…in...
View ArticleStanding the test of time
It’s not the beauty of a building you should look at; it’s the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time. ~David Allen Coe As we were waiting for a table at our favorite...
View ArticleAmerica Independence by the numbers
4.19.1775 The day the first shots were fired in our nation’s quest for independence from England. It happened that morning in Lexington, Massachusetts. Do not fire on them unless they fire first, but...
View ArticleTraveling light
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness selfishness and fears. ~Cesare Pavese Not sure I can add much to this one for Quotography’s theme...
View ArticleAnd then he was gone
Peanut’s big brother arrived the end of May to spend part of the summer with us. But, today he had to leave to go back to his mom’s house Alabama. The morning was a bit rough with Peanut not very happy...
View ArticleA Butterfly Friday Find-July 12, 2013
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~Author Unknown Texture by Kim Klasson: 2203. Soft Light 100% Every week, Kim over at...
View ArticleThe beginning of fairies
Texture by Nancy Claeys: 0416 Hard Light 100% When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of...
View ArticleHave you been a dandelion puff?
Texture by Kim Klassen, Return at 100% Soft Light I was a dandelion puff…Some saw the beauty in me and stooped quietly to admire my innocence. Others saw the potential of what I could do for them, so...
View ArticleThe thoughts are a bit cloudy
Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. Psalm 73:25 Qutography’s prompt this week is clouds. A while ago I posted an awesome cloud shot that, like this one, makes me...
View ArticleDog Dayz
Textures by Kim Klassen: Urban, Multiply 80% and Nancy Claeys: Toulouse, Soft Light 100% Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. ~Roger Caras Tanner has his summer haircut again...
View ArticleA yummy, sunny color palette
Haven’t done one of these for a while. I love sunflowers but have never grown them in my gardens. Peanut’s Mama decided to try a couple this year. From seed. In the clay. Son of a gun.…they grew! One...
View Article936 opportunities
Nine hundred and thirty six. That’s the numer of weekends in a child’s life from birth to age 18. It may seem like a lot of time. And since we’re all procrastinators, it certainly appears there’s loads...
View ArticleWhere the wild things are
Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Doesn’t this look like a really bad hair day? That, or it’s about to bust open in dramatic fashion to reveal our second...
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