To All My Blogging Friends - Merry Christmas

For Unto You A Child Is Born - His Name Is Emmanuel!

The Birth of Jesus

Well somehow I have missed almost all of November so I decided to put together pictures for the words I missed...enjoy!

For the month of November there will be WORD PROMPTS to look deep into your being and reflect on being positive!  

Week 45: Grateful

Grateful :filled to the brim with feeling the appreciation of kindness;

                 :thankful

Don't stress, some times its as simple as a quiet cup of coffee on the morning drive to work.  

I am grateful for my two granddaughters and the wonderful parents they have. 

Week 46: Faith(ful)

:loyal, constant, and steadfast.

:having a strong belief 

The toughest thing to do sometimes is have faith.  Faith in yourself, your path in this big crazy world.  We get so down on ourselves and its tough to climb out of the hole.  This week we will focus on being full of faith and  happy with our everyday lives.  

I am faithful to attend my church, First Baptist of Lake Rousseau where my cup is filled each week. 

 Week 47: Hope(ful)

feeling or inspiring optimism about a future even

:a person likely or hoping to succeed

What object, person or place signifies hope for you?

I am hopeful that my son will finish college.....he is working hard and I am proud of him!

So there you have it for the last three weeks. Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Til next week....hopefully......

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Focus On Life - Week 43: Your Favorite Color.

We are getting down to the wire and this week to finish out October's theme of Color,  its all about YOU!   What is your favorite color?  Do you have one? a few? Are you a warm person or cool? Is it all black and white with a few grey areas?

Oh, well, anyone that really knows me, knows my favorite color is PURPLE. Yes, I like other colors...aquas and bright colors. But PURPLE has always been my favorite.  I could have loaded this post up with TONS of purple "stuff" but I think you get the picture. And        speaking of picture....here is my offering for PURPLE!

      And yes...my wedding ring has an amethyst in it!

     By the way....I am a warm color person....but I still love PURPLE!

For more great colors, check out the links below.

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Focus on Life 2014 - Week 42 - The Color Of Evening

This week our challenge was to capture the "golden hour" or that time of evening between total light and total dark.  I really didn't have a place around here that I thought would work so I asked my daughter who is an up and coming photographer to take some in town for me.  She took one of her friend playing her guitar with the sun behind her.  I did brighten it up a bit and put a "soft touch" to it.  Came out pretty good! For more beautiful evening pictures check out the links below.

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Focus On Life 2014 - Week 41 - A Punch of Color!

COLOR!!!!

That is what our challenge was for this week....COLOR! And here are my offerings for COLOR!

All from my yard!!! For more COLOR, check out the links below!

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Focus On Life - Week 40 - COLOR

This week Sally tasked us with photographing COLOR.  This is the perfect time for it.....but here in Florida, we don't really get the beautiful fall colors that people up North do. But I did go around and take pictures of my flowering Bromeliads, and some ground cover "weeds". And then a single picture of a seed pod from a Magnolia tree.  I never realized that when the red seed popped out what was left behind....

The close up pink, purple,yellow and white pictures are the stalk flowering bromeliads and then I have the star bromeliad. The close up of the stalk flowers look almost fantasy/ethereal/sci fi......

And I did check the "weed" flowers, there weren't any four leaf clovers....:-(

I can't wait to see what others posted.  So enjoy my pics and then check out the links below for more!

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Focus On Life 2014 - Week 38 - One & Week 39 - Hands

To catch up with my weeks as they just seem to be flying by, last week's topic was ONE....hmmm...one what...I did think about it but just didn't get to post. So I thought ONE...since I am a child of God, I have ONE GOD, and he gave me ONE Husband. I don't have a picture of God but I do have a picture of my husband...He is the one God gave me and I love him to pieces.

For this week, out topic was hands....again, hmmmmm, but I did go through my pictures and find ones where with out hands, 1) I wouldn't have been able to take the pictures, and 2) with out hands what is going on the picture would be. We use our hands for so much...sometimes I think we forget....

I couldn't model my green ring, or hold the stick for the Parakeet to sit on and eat. My daughter wouldn't have been able to give me the thumbs up, my son wouldn't have been able to play his game while holding his niece, or in the little pics at the bottom, show expression by throwing ones hands up or tell the bird to come closer.

We do so much with our hands, with out them I wouldn't be able to type this post. So I am glad God created us with hands AND feet....lol

For more great hands check out the links below.

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