Focus On Live Week 17 COLOR

 This week we were to focus on color....well since spring is here , I am surrounded by color. So I had a great time just clicking away.  Of course when it came time to select...a color....well that was hard so I just made a collage of my favorites. Living in the country gives you access to a TON of colors....

Enjoy!

For more great colors, hop over to Sally's page.

Focus On Life Week 16 Go For A Walk

This week our fearless leader challenged us to "take a walk". Well this week for me made it impossible to just stop and go for a walk. Without all the boring details, lets just say walking was not in the cards for me this week.

BUT...I did have some pictures from a nature walk my husband and I did last year that was great fun. We got soaked not only by the rain...but by the "huge" puddles we had to walk in.  I had worn sneakers so it wasn't to bad for me, but he wore sandals....

Anyway it was great to walk and just enjoy the pure nature by ourselves. Listening to the birds, looking at the different flowers and fauna.  At one point we sat under a tree on a little bench while we waited for the rain to let up a bit.  It was fun. I would love to do it again...

Now for the picture....I have discovered the collage maker in my Picasa program so I made one picture out of many. Enjoy.  BTW - the nature trail is in Crystal River, FL. Not far from where I live.

For more exciting walks hop over to Sally's page!

Focus on Life Week 15 “Aged Beauty”

Like Sally I am enthralled with antiques.  And I have several around my house that have been handed down...(no not me...sydny)  Anyway, while doing some "cleaning" I came across an envelope of OLD negatives, I am talking early 1930's.  So I have started scanning them in to see what I could do to put them in our family tree album. So I present the few I have scanned with descriptions.  Enjoy!

For more "Aged Beauty" hop on over to Sally's site

Focus On Life: Week 14 Up Close

In today's world getting up close and personal with some one is a "violation" of  "their space".  While I can understand that sometimes you DON'T want to get that close it can't be helped.  But when Sally gave us this challenge to get up CLOSE and personal, I thought, wonderful. I have so many macro pictures of different things around where I live I could be all day with them. But, I won't do that, I will only do a couple, maybe.... Wouldn't want to put so many out there I might invade YOUR space...:-)

My computer sits in front of a window. Outside that window I have my bird feeder and bird bath, so I get quite the show every day.  But this little guy, a Black-capped Chickadee decided to come to my window for a Photo op....Couldn't turn him down....

This is a close up of a day lily that is growing in my garden. It thought spring was here....poor guy. Mother Nature really pulled on over on him....

And believe it or not, this is a really close up, close up of a new growth on our cactus out in the garden. The squirrels keep eating them so I have take pictures as soon as I see them.

Well I hope you enjoyed my little up close adventure. For more hop over to Sally's and see what everyone else is doing.  

Cheers!

Focus On Life: Week 13 - Faith

Faith. When I saw that this was the theme for this week I thought, piece of cake.  I have faith.  And at this time of the year with Good Friday and Easter most people tend to be more "faithful".  But faith...what does it mean to me. That caught me off guard. I have thought about it a lot this week.

 To me faith in God is number one with me. Top priority. I know God is there for me. I have faith.  I know God loves me. I have faith. I know God forgives me. I have faith. But how do you explain it? The only way I know how is that I have been on the receiving end of some miracles. And  I know without a shadow of doubt that those miracles were performed by God. That is my faith. The firm and undeniably belief in God even though I can't see him, or touch him. I CAN talk to him anytime and anywhere about anything.  And if I am quiet long enough I can hear him talk to me!

And to everyone who sent me a post last week. Thank you so much. Your prayers and thoughts were wonderful and I am happy to say this week was better.

For more inspiration and faith hop on over to The Studio Sublime

Week 12~ Observe the Curve

This has really been a crazy week for me. The weather hasn't really done what they said it would do and has really messed up my days.  Took my son to the doctors for a check up and one of his lab test come back wonky. Even though my husband is recuperating it is a slow process and he is getting really antsy. Issues with my dad, finances, whats going on with our country....and so on and so on. I guess I have felt like I have been really thrown a curve ball this week. But I know that God is with me and he won't give me more than I can handle so I will just brush the dust off my feet from this week and start the new week with a smile and see how it goes.....

I didn't really want to put a picture of a "curve ball" though I think that is how my week has gone, so I have this tree that I see through the window by my desk. It is a large Pine Tree and I love looking at it. It has a big "curve" in it's upper trunk. So I do have some pictures of it. I would much rather share them than something depressing.  So enjoy. I love to watch how the sky and clouds move behind it. It is soothing.

For more pictures of curves hop on over to Sally's page and enjoy.

Focus On Life - Week 11 The Possibilities are Endless

Wow 11 weeks and we are still going strong...who would have thought that ---- Well I guess the possibilities are endless  for all us with how we interpret what Sally ask of us...

When I tried to think of what to put in this post I knew the whole world really was open to me. But what in my life right now, am I doing that would give me endless paths of possibilities to pursue?

Well, I love taking picture of the world around me. Especially the little things, like my new little friend...

No, I don't really care for spiders, but this guy is smaller than my thumb nail, so I am not really that scared of him.  He is sitting on my computer monitor.

Or maybe a picture of  the little Chickadee bird that feeds at my feeder every day then sits on my window to say hi!

Or the cute little lady bug that was in my kitchen, they say they are good luck!

Or even MY guys, hanging together....

So I guess you could say taking pictures opens up so many many possibilities!

BUT.......I think the one right now that is the most challenging is creating beauty from the wonderful beads I received from my Bead Soup Partner - Tanya...

Now can you see all the possibilities there????  

For more endless possibilities hop on over to Sally's page and enjoy!