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What an interesting week I have had, full of highs and lows. My typical approach to--- most everything is head down full speed, go and go and go until I drop. Being the single mother of two boys(now men) this approach was the only way I knew how to keep up. I am finding a different way, I'm learning I no longer have to run into the ground. There seems to be a strange calm happening. I have determined it has everything to do with where I am in my life. The dynamics are peculiar, dare I say foreign. I am transitioning, letting go of ALL the worry and watching as the next generation makes its way... (that sounded really convincing, I almost believed it myself-here is the thing-the letting go part is almost like severing a limb... if your a tree its not all that bad because new sprouts grow all the time. Being human, well you have limited amount of limbs). Its all part of the process and continuing to move and grow is (for me) the goal. My youngest asked my why I have recently come to have so many hobbies... I just looked at him and smiled thinking to myself, so I don't drive you and your brother up the frickin wall! 

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DYNAMIC

adj: of or relating to physical force producing motion: energetic, forceful

Sunday Creative [October 24-30]

When I first seen the word prompt I thought instantly of color... This proves you can ALWAYS change your mind :) It has been a long cold week (I worked 10 days in a row and have every intention of making this an EXTREMELY lazy weekend).  The weather finally broke and the temperature came up just enough to start melting the snow. As soon as I opened up my car door I could hear the drops hitting the blacktop. I started taking pictures under my carport and eventually ended up in my back yard... Ever since I seen J's raindrop shot I have tried endlessly to capture a drop and ripple... Just so you know its NOT as easy as you might think (at least for me it wasn't)! "Physical force Producing motion" - water is amazing- a force of nature which can and DOES produce motion. It smooths the roughest of edges. It widens the narrowest of streams. It can with only a drop, ripple into a hundred rings. It also always manages to find its way back...

take two

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hff

(happy fence friday)

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Self Portrait Thursday...

SOOC (Straight Out Of Camera)

I am dog tired. Speaking of dogs, I had a conversation with a friend about dogs being like their owners. All I could think of was great, I am a giant, goofy slobbery hair ball LOL. ehhh its all good, I can think of worse things ;)

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Shhhhhh 

 wordless wednesday

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its a happy purple tuesday 

 actually its damn cold freeze your a$$ off tuesday

 25 degrees (feels like 16)

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TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DAYS! that's a lot of days to be taking pictures.

So we got snow today. It blew in fiercely last night. Mother Nature had a lets get this party started moment. The wind and rain came and this morning it was a bitter winter wonderland.

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new growth...

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Forbidden fruit? 

 naw just a little apple tree down by the river :)

(textured)

this was after the rain...

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Needles are blue

Fuzzy yarn is red

~This is the rhyme

singing in my head =)

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Self Portrait Thursday

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It is supposed to be wordless wednesday however in my reality its more like WORDISH Wednesday (yeah don't argue, just go with it... i did and it all worked out). This time of year invokes emotion that I wish would just stay dormant. I was feeling the need to find center, to find some balance so I got out my rocks...

(notice the little heart in the upper right hand corner... not planned, just love from the universe)

Things that occurred to me 1. three rocks are easy~you have a base, middle and top 2. Four rocks causes you to concentrate on the center 3. five rocks causes you to look for a line through all of them. 

As I was adjusting this and that my mind began to process what I actually have control of... That it is okay to feel, just not to get stuck. Its okay to remember and laugh, remember and cry, remember and want to KICK yourself. Its also okay to remember it is ALL part of the process. Some people learn from success, I however learn more from trial and error.

"if everything could ever feel this real forever. if anything could ever be this good again. the only thing i'll ever ask of you, gotta promise not to stop when I say"

when

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 (= Purple Tuesday =)

(posted on wednesday)

The story behind the photo is fairly simple. The grandma was pooped after the grand adventure to the city to see the GREAT niece. I noticed I the purple ribbon on my banner, got out my scissors and made one of the ends fancy~whaa-laaa. This is about all the creativity I could muster LOL

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POTD(Pic of the day)

 (I figured I would get my bench, fence and flare shot done all in a single click)

Max and Mema's adventure to the city...

This is where we met Brooklyn Brea for the very first time.

 Max was so sweet and kept saying "baby" and patted her little head (then he seen the cartoons that were on the tv and quickly lost interest in the bundle of joy). I asked him if we needed one of these and he said "no". lol 

 Such a beautiful and delicate baby girl (with amazing cheeks!!!).

We had lunch at the In and Out Burger. First time I have ever eaten there, and it was pretty good.

(I PROMISE the stickers were NOT my doing! Max said cheek, cheek, nose, mouth and was applying them as he went!  lol)

Next we had a fun adventure with goats

and horses

and witches

 and and and lots of other stuff that I can't remember.

Max and Gav had loads of fun

and I got to hang out with my siblings :)

me-my older sister (who likes to introduce herself as the youngest) and my younger brother and little BB =)

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THIS is a apple-lantern!

There I was in my kitchen minding my own business when next thing I know I am giggling... LOL

Today was my VERY FIRST paid photo shoot... nervous is an understatement. I think aside from my nerves things went really well and I got some great shots. During the shoot we met up with a lady (bug)

and a buck (there were two but this guy actually posed for me).

Pretty eventful day, if I do say so myself ;)

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(wishing i had something enlightening to say, or something witty... yeah i'm pooped, been painting ALL day) Here is a last minute octobery shot. Today I am a great aunt times 2 :) Little Brooklyn Brea come into the world today even though she was scheduled to be here tomorrow :) a girl after my own heart, she has a my terms my rules attitude already!! lol

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Happy Fence Friday

So, two things: ONE I REALLY need to work on taking landscape shots (just saying) and TWO I REALLY like this red fence.

(this is the girl that lives behind the pretty red fence)

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a little stack of buttons

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"...walkin' in a spider web, leave a message and I'll call you back..."

no doubt

spiral on a Wordless Wednesday....

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fuzzy little cattails on a freshly paved road

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I have been spending a lot of time thinking about value. How we developed our opinion of value. I was the kid that seen treasures when the adults around me called it "junk". I did that with people, it was always so easy to see the special talents that were not visible to every eye. With age life tends to blur your vision (or at least mine both figuratively and literally). The tracks are laid and people will travel, but my thought is not everyone will have the same experience. There are some who wish the journey over already with a "are we there yet" mentality. There are the ones who are so focused on where they are going they miss the ride entirely. Then there are the dreamers looking out the window imagining... (I have always had a special place in my heart for the dreamers)

 Be Present "In life, there are no ordinary moments. Most of us never really recognize the most significant moments of our lives when they're happening."-Kathleen Magee. 

Julius and I took a walk in the park. 

(he always suckers me into letting him jump in the pond)

When he shakes the water off his coat it can reach impressive distances. I see the light reflecting off the water and think (I would give almost anything to know the secret of skipping rocks)..

 I see the green and gold and red leaves and wish I would have brought a basket (then I'm glad I didn't cause its a state park and I'm pretty sure there are rules about taking anything out of the park).

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trying to hang on to autumn...

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I went to a "wool gathering" of sorts at the fair grounds today. We met some delightful people who spin their own yarn, and hand craft beautiful things.

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and I get to have a sleep over with my grandson =)

I so enjoy his silliness

all his curiosity

and his endless "mema wook" or "mema help"

however my favorite is "play mema".

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Trying to play a bit of catch up

I snapped this before work, it really didn't turn out how I envisioned it. I noticed the white picket fence around a hotel, with yellow and orange leaves on the ground I thought for sure I would have my perfect fence for friday. Friday morning however had a little surprise (snow) and very little sun. I noticed the fence was in desperate need of a new coat of paint. I think it was at this moment I was hit with Nostalgia. A white picket fence has always represented happily ever after... the house with the white picket fence. When I was young we lived for a short time in a house with that very magical fence. The best and worst of times took place there in a red bricked house with a little white picket fence.