ShadowShot - ScenicSunday - Today'sFlowers

and Blog Your Blessings on Sunday too!

This is my twelvth …Front Yard Shadows

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This is my 4th ...
My first is at Small Reflections

my second is at Sacred Ruminations
& my third at Happily Retired Gal

Beach Transportation

sights ...

and surfing too ...
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another surfing collage, and
for others participating in Scenic Sunday too.

"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
Cherokee Indian Proverb

Although I've not spent much time blogging the past few weeks, I'm healthy again finally. I've had energy to spend lots of time with my sister. That's been great since she'll be leaving for Alaska next week and probably won't return until December. I've also started evening Adult Ed classes from 6-9 pm on Tuesdays & Thursdays to learn the features of Word 7. My yard is more colorful all the time and I continue to take lots of photographs as I learn more about my Nikon D60.

This is my very first daffodil & yellow iris bud this year!

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See also my sidebar Thankful List
at Small Reflections for daily entries.

What are some blessings in YOUR life currently?

For others who 'Blog Their Blessings'

go to My Blog Rolls and/or click on the
Blog Your Blessings logo above.

Thought for Today
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." Plato

HF 128 - SkyWatch#40 Southern California Skies

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Haiku Friday#127 & SkyWatch#41

Friday already?
Can it be I've let the week
pass without a post?

Skies above are from
March 8th and the ones below
I took on March 10th.

On my other blogs
I'm sharing more collages
of skies from this week.

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Happily Retired Gal
Small Reflections

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

Thought for Today
"Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on." Ed Howe

CameraCritters#55 and Shadow Shot Sunday #10

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Photo Hunt & Today's Flowers in the next post

This is my tenth …You'll find ...

#1-4 & 9 here at Sacred Ruminations

#5-8 at Happily Retired Gal

Sassy and Molly ... resting in the shade after play

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This is my 55thMisty Dawn started the meme and explains the rules here.

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Camera Critters and Shadow Shot Sunday at Hey Harriet this week.

Click for Camera Critters #53 at Small Reflections
Camera Critters #54 at Happily Retired Gal

Thought for Today
"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives." Sue Murphy

Photo Hunt and Today's Flowers

This week’s theme is YELLOW
This hibiscus grows
on my neighbor's balcony
and finally bloomed!

Single blossom from
several views and a bud
soon to bloom as well.

Over time I have
snapped photos of this cactus ...
watching buds open.
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Photo Hunt and Today's Flowers this week.
See also my Today's Flowers posts at Small Reflections
and Happily Retired Gal this week too.

If you'd like to see
more yellow you might enjoy
Drowsy Monkey's meme.

Thought for Today
"Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed." Walt Whitman

HF #126 - SkyWatch #38 - Clear Blue Skies ...

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Haiku Friday#125 & SkyWatch#39

Soaring crows captured
against clear blue skies on a
brisk morning this week.

Living at the top
of the local palm trees they're
frequently noisy!

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Looking at the Sky on Fridays
Sky Watch, & Haiku Friday this week.

Thought for Today
"Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are." Osho

Watery Wednesday #1 - Photos from HB Pier

This is my 1st ...

Three recent views from the
pier in Huntington Beach, California
'Surf City' USA

If I'd had my Tamron 28-300mm lens that day instead of the basic Nikon D60 18-55mm lens, I'd have captured a better view of the whale in the 3rd photo. Live & learn ;--)

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I'm almost Wordless at Happily Retired Gal today.

Thought for Today
"The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out." Annie Dillard

My World #2 - (and a bit of catch up too)

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all

May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
~Irish Blessing

Wetlands at Bolsa Chica
in Southern California
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See also my previous Snowy Egret collages
taken in the Wetlands ... here & here.
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That's My World for this Tuesday.
Thanks to the My World Team:
Klaus | Sandy | Ivar | Wren | Fishing Guy | Louise

Belated Monday Motivator

"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back."
Arthur Rubinstein

Belatedly ... here's my BYBS post
"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."

Cherokee Indian Proverb

1. Although it's frustrating to be sick, I'm grateful for time & opportunity to rest this past week as my body battles the bug within. Of course, I've fallen behind on most everything ... but I'm hopeful I'll be my energetic healthy self again soon. Molly's certainly ready for that too!

2. My garden continues to bloom so when I drag myself to the warmth of the patio out front (usually with camera close by) and plop myself down in those blue 'mock' Adarandak chairs, I have lovely flowers and interestingly changing skies to look at.

3. If I'm feeling well enough, tomorrow's plans include lunch with my sister and good friend followed by another camera class at Ritz. I'm delighted with all I've learned from attending previous classes and look forward to learning even more about using the features of my Nikon D60 & Tamron 28-300mm lens.

See also my sidebar Thankful List
at Small Reflections for daily entries.

What are some blessings in YOUR life currently?

For others who 'Blog Their Blessings'

go to My Blog Rolls and/or click on the
Blog Your Blessings logo above.

Thought for Today
"St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time - a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic." Adrienne Cook

Shadow Shot Sunday #9

Haiku Sky Watch & Today's Flowers
are in the next post

This is my ninth …You'll find ...

#1-4 at Sacred Ruminations

#5-8 at Happily Retired Gal

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for others participating in Shadow Shot Sunday at Hey Harriet.

Thought for Today
"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do." Thomas Jefferson

HF #124 - Sky Watch #36 - Today's Flowers

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Haiku Friday#123 & SkyWatch#37

Once again I share
sky views from my daily walks ...
Beautiful, aren't they?
Colorful flowers
grow beside the bicycle
trail along the coast ...

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Today's Flowers
Looking at the Sky on Fridays
Sky Watch, & Haiku Friday this week.

Thought for Today
"May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.
May songbirds serenade you every step along the way.
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.
And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through."
~Irish Blessing

Scenic Sunday - BYBS - Sacred Life Sunday

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Creative Photography and Shadow Shot Sunday

This is my 2nd ...
(My first is at Small Reflections)
These are photos taken at the
Wetlands at Bolsa Chica in Southern California
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and for others participating in Scenic Sunday.

"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
Cherokee Indian Proverb

Really Good Things

1. I enjoyed having time this week to sort through my 'wetlands' photographs from a couple of weeks ago and create some collages like the one above to share.

2. I'm relieved to know there's nothing wrong with my new Tamron lens after all!

3. Giving and receiving feedback in Thursday evening's writers workshop is a blessing.

4. The flowers in my yard are lovely and the weather this past week exceptionally pleasant!

5. We celebrated my sister's birthday last night after the Nikon camera class at Ritz ... sharing a salad and a pizookie at BJs as we did for MY birthday last month.

What are some blessings in YOUR life currently?

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go to My Blog Rolls and/or click on the
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above Really Good Things.

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Blessed Be ... and so it is!

Thought for Today
"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive." Eleonora Duse

HaikuFriday#122 - SkyWatch#33

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Today I share these
photos of the skies above
Tuesday afternoon's

Weekly Fair Downtown
Main Street in old Huntington
Beach ... a fun event!

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

See also PhotoHunt & HaikuFridaySkyWatch
at Happily Retired Gal

Thought for Today
"Now that it's all over, what did you really do yesterday that's worth mentioning?" Coleman Cox