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First couple in the set, more clothes from the closet, a nice but small long sleeved shirt and a pair of gym shorts/boxers... They won't be missed.
My colleagues got me this bar 20 years ago when I resigned from my position. As we have started to declutter I thought about perhaps selling it. So I checked the brand and it is made by Zoffoli in Italy. One simply does not sell anything that is made in Italy. So this one is a keeper.
A Greenbay Packers winter cap. Found it laying around in the coat closet unused so to the landfill it goes.
There were a few reasons why I needed/wanted to get out for a drive today. I am wondering if the fact that I have had house mice is having an ill effect on my health. I have spent so much time the last few weeks, trying to declutter and get rid of a lot of stuff, and I'm not sure if I have disturbed the mouse spray and been breathing it in. You can't vacuum when you've had mice, so I haven't been doing that, but you still disturb things when sorting and moving belongings. I always have a cough - for years, and they couldn't find out the cause - but it has been worse recently. Anyway, I thought I would get out into the fresh air for a few hours today. Also, the forecast was for clouds and I thought this might be easier to drive in. The sun recently has been so glaringly bright and it affects my eyes. Note to self - must get my eyes checked sometime this year!
So, on this cloudy, low-light day, I made my way east of the city, hoping to maybe see an owl of some sort. I quickly checked to see if any Short-eared Owls were to be seen, though I knew it was probably too early in the day for them to be out. No sign of one at all. Time to drive a few back roads in case there was a Snowy Owl in sight. Some of the roads I travelled were ones that I hadn't driven before, which was good for me. Though I have been east of the city many times over the years, I have still only driven a few of the roads myself. I was fortunate to find two Snowy Owls; first a beautiful, streaked female, and then on a different road, a handsome male who flew off when I was still half a mile down the road.
There was still time to go back to look for a Short-eared Owl and this time, there were several of them. Most of the time, they were either flying far away or landing in the middle of a huge field. However, at the end, one did land on a post and stayed there for quite some time. Awkward to photograph, though, when there are other cars and photographers. I couldn't see anything at first, as there were two cars in front of me. In the end, I got out of my car and carefully stood between the two vehicles - couldn't see well around the first car and couldn't move out any further otherwise I would have blocked a friend's long lens behind me. I suspected that my photos were blurry because of the front car and for my last few photos, I moved around and stood away from the heat rising from the vehicle. That made a difference - now I have several somewhat sharper images, and an awful lot of blurry shots to delete. Sigh ....
A young relative of one of the landowners came across the field and I had quite a long, interesting talk with him. He wondered what all the cars in the area were doing and I explained about the owls and that we were all birders/photographers. He said his grandmother was so worried and stressed out - quite afraid. I told him that I am always concerned when photographers do this, as I know it must make some landowners nervous (understandably, with the crime rate in rural areas), and told him to please apologize to his grandma, and to also reassure her that we are all good, harmless people, interested only in trying to get photos of the owls.
Another reason to get out today was that we are about to have a drastic change in our weather! For wekks now, we have been enjoying much milder winter weather, but on Sunday, 3 February, the forecast is for a high of -22C (windchill -31C). A high of -24C for Monday.
If you want to sell your old iPhone, I will answer your every question. I shall explain when, where, and how you can get the most cash from your old iPhones.
It is always a good idea to sell your old version of the iPhone when you want a new one. Start your upgrade plan with some cash in hand. You can get cash and save it from the old iPhone model you have. It is the most profitable way to get rid of you’re the old #iPhone.
The general manager (Yanyan Ji) of the trade-in site Gazelle’s has said the prices of the recent iPhone models drop for $100 when the new iPhone is launched. And all other previous model’s prices dropped down between 10 to 20 percent. So, it is the best idea to trade-in your old iPhone before buying the new model.
Apple has the Lowest Depreciation
Music Magpie, a UK-based trade-in site has noticed that #Apple has the lowest depreciation as compared to any other tech brand. Apple iPhone loses almost 25% of its value after the launch of the new model.
If you want to sell your existing iPhone, then, the best option is to sell your iPhone before the release of the new iPhone. You should know when the new model will launch. So, you should have a backup mobile phone and sell your current iPhone at a good price.
Important Points for your iPhone before Selling
There are a few important points you should follow before selling your iPhone. By following these points, you will be sure that your data is safe.
Back Up:
Before selling your iPhone, it is important to back up your all data which includes contact numbers, videos, pictures, documents, and apps. You can save your data by using Apple #iCloud app service.
Turn off find my phone button:
It is a security feature in iPhones. Turn it off before selling your iPhone. Else, nobody will be able to use or reset it.
Sign out:
Sign out your e-mail from all the apps and services. Erase your signing in information through setting option. Open setting option, click on the general, then resent and finally click on the erase option. All the content will be deleted.
Pop out sim card:
Remove your sim card from the phone. You will need this sim card later for your new iPhone.
Damaged iPhone.
If your iPhone is damaged, no need to worry. Still, you can get a good amount in exchange for your iPhone. Just be careful while using your phone. There should be no cracks on the screen, no big dents, and no water damage if you want to sell it on a good price.
1. Sell your iPhone Online
You can sell your iPhone by yourself by using online services. If you sell your iPhone by yourself you can enjoy the net profit from it. But yes, with some risks.
Craigslist
It is an American advertisement website. You can sell your iPhone on this website but there are few risks here. It is hard to find customers on the Craigslist website. There can be fake buyers. So, before selling out your iPhone, meet your buyer and demand the whole amount in cash.
eBay
it is a better option as compared to Craigslist. You just need to pay a small sales fee on this website. eBay usually charge 10% sales fee but it will provide you buyer protection with a full comfortable environment.
2. Use a service to sell your iPhone
Trading-in your iPhone is a great option to get cash. But you will have to sacrifice some profit if you want to use a service to sell your iPhone. Apple has offered trade-in option and the market places are Declutter, Gazelle, Glyde, Next Worthand, and Swappa.
Here are some trade-in prices for iPhones with reference to the Gazelle. You do not need to visit the store to store for your iPhone quotations. Check out the prices below:
iPhone 6S ($230 at Best Buy): Up to $100
iPhone 6S Plus ($650 at Sprint): Up to $150
iPhone 7 Plus ($379 at Amazon): Up to $290
iPhone 7: Up to $200
iPhone 8 and iPhone X: No trade-in options available till date.
From the Columbus Dispatch May 27, 2003
In an attempt to declutter my environment, I will resort to saving some clippings like this on Flickr, and share in the process.
This map was published as part of an article ( "A lifetime of lessons carved in stone") by Mathew Marx on geologist Joe Hannibal (curator of invertabrate paleontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History) in which he visits cemeteries in Ohio and looks at how Ohio's gravestones reflect the underlying geology.
Ok guys, I don't even know what this stuff was made of but there is a huge open area behind me but it was dark in this small kitchen. I ended up doing a quadra right behind me and then a light on either side to open up the opposite side and then masking to blend it. I was torn on - 1)Do I just blast it? or 2) Make it soft and more ambient. So I went with 2. I tried blasting it and it looked terrible. I would love suggestions though since I may be going back once they declutter. And yes that's mirrors all the way around and yes I was a bit low for this shot. The owners were literally all around me...
I don't think Amazon is going to post this, so I'm posting this where I can. My review of the new Super Mario Bros. Game and Watch: 1 out of 5 stars.
This little bit of hardware is such a disappointment. While it isn't terribly executed, its flaws far outweigh the $50 price tag, and that's assuming you're able to get it at that low of a price.
Getting the good out of the way, it does feel put together decently, and the screen quality is pretty good. I read a review praising it to no end, and while I don't think it deserves that much praise, it's good. They seem to have hacked the games a little bit to operate without a select button, so you're able to select two player mode or Luigi in The Lost Levels. However, that's where the compliments end.
First, the screen! Yeah, I just got done praising it, but it's far too small for proper 4:3 TV games. There's a reason why the late 90s Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for Game Boy Color had a more limited field of view compared to the NES original. I never played the Game Boy Advance NES classics port, but in the Game and Watch's own right, it fails. Everything's too small, and if you're playing the game in a position that isn't with your arms scrunched up to your face, then the screen's too far away which just makes everything on the screen look even smaller. The size of the screen may have been adequate for the LCD games of the classic Game and Watch games, but it's just simply inadequate here.
The A and B buttons are a problem. They are smaller than NES controller buttons. That's not too much of a dealbreaker. It may help mitigate the next complaint, but they are smaller. I get it, they were going for a Game and Watch look and feel. However, this is NES Super Mario Bros. Anyway, the buttons are also rubbery and convex instead of NES controller smooth and concave. Imagine if the material for the NES controller start and select buttons was used for the A and B buttons and arced out towards you. This is a problem if you're holding down the B button to run and wish to slide your thumb a little bit on the B button to position it to roll onto the A button to jump while still holding the B button down. The smooth NES buttons made this easy. The Game and Watch buttons make this feel like you're fighting it if you're out of position and need to slide into position. The small size of the buttons somewhat mitigates this, but it's still a poor feel. This didn't make me lose any lives (yet), but it's still a problem that takes me out of the experience. Also, the B button is awfully close to the protrusion for the screen. Sometimes my thumb hits part of the protrusion while I'm trying to press the B button down. That's also a problem. The d-pad is at least adequate. There's not a lot to say about it.
The software selection is no surprise. Super Mario Bros. 1, The Lost Levels, and a Marioified version of one of the most famous Game and Watch games, Ball. The first two are better played on a 3DS or a Switch when you're on the go. Seriously. It's much easier to see what you're doing on one of those systems. If you get a Split Pad Pro for the Switch, it brings you even closer to the NES experience. I'd also argue that the Game Boy Color port, Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, is a better option for on the go play than trying to play the Super Mario games in full frame on the tiny screen provided by this Game and Watch unit. And then there's Ball. If you're paying $50 to play Ball, then you're paying too much.
Moving on to the clock function, it's nice, but it's not $50 nice. It's not $50 nice on multiple levels, as a matter of fact. Yes, there are Easter eggs. You can change visual themes. It's got Mario doing Mario things. It's so thoroughly meh. There's some kind of seconds hand that seems a bit out of sync. It begins to sound more intense when it's on one side of the screen, presumably when it's about to change the minute, but it doesn't seem to actually sync to the changing of the minute. It doesn't seem to make much sense. You can turn the volume down to get rid of the strange sound which makes things a little bit less awful. Also, there's no kickstand like in older Game and Watch games, so that's a problem if you were planning on standing it up for your alarm clock. Oh wait, that's not actually a problem because this unit doesn't have an alarm clock function. I bought this thing on the idea that it would have an alarm clock. Many classic Game and Watch games included an alarm clock function after a certain year. Why can't this thing be as good as something that came out in the 80s?
There's also the matter of the placement of the USB charging port. Did it have to be directly in the center of the right edge of the system? Couldn't they have moved it up a bit? While it doesn't block your hand from being in a position that allows you to reach the A and B buttons when you have the plug inserted for charging while trying to play the system, it does push your hand further down than you may usually have it. This is the one thing that makes me the most irritated when it comes to this new Game and Watch. They didn't have to make it this way, but they did. They could have certainly moved the connector on the circuit board up a little bit and moved the power button to the top of the system, but they didn't. With my big man hands, a need to charge the unit means that I can't comfortably hold the system to play it, and that's something that's very un-Nintendo in the world of Nintendo handheld consoles. They've been at it for three decades. Certainly they could have foreseen the position of the charging port being a problem.
Finally, regarding the hack to Super Mario Bros. 1 that lets you play two players on one system, that means that the game is now a pass the controller two player alternating game. Nintendo released a pass the controller game in the year 2020 where touching a surface may pass along literal death in the form of Covid-19. Tremendous work, Nintendo. You could have just removed two player entirely, but instead you released an object which encourages you to use it in a way that can be hazardous to your health. This may be the gaming blunder of the year, and we've had so many strong contenders this year.
The one and only good thing about buying this disappointing little $50 trinket is that it comes with the most perfect tiny USB cord for Android Auto in my truck. No, this disappointing little $50 trinket doesn't come with a USB power adapter. You have to provide that yourself. They couldn't make me too happy. However, the USB cord fits my truck and my phone in the one cup holder that I keep it in when using Android Auto so perfectly that I went outside with no shoes and jacket on in the middle of fall in the middle of cold November to test it out, and it worked. I was so happy.
Honestly, I think the way they could have improved this system would have been to make this a collection of old Game and Watch games like Nintendo did with the Game and Watch Gallery collections for Game Boy, The original Super Mario Bros. Game and Watch game could have been the marquee game, and they could have included other Nintendo oddities like Mario's Cement Factory and Flagman along with Ball and other single screen Game and Watch games. While old Game and Watch games aren't tremendously engaging gaming experiences, a collection like this would be an interesting way to highlight Mario's and Nintendo's history and a more economically sound one at $50. And an alarm function with a kickstand would should have been there. I don't know why it's not. I was at least expecting to use this Game and Watch as an alarm. An expensive novelty alarm, but one that I thought was going to make me happy.
Seriously, I can't rate this as zero stars, but at least the one star exists for the supremely convenient USB cable that this unit comes with. I can't overstate how happy I am with the USB cable. It declutters my truck that much more.
One of those fancy wine openers. Can't get it to work right, not worth using space for when it's used twice a year. Back to the good old corkscrew.
We went to visit the Heads of State again, having heard that The Beatles were visiting and about to leave.
Here is a sense of scale.
Click here to see all the heads of state images. I have hidden most of them to declutter my stream.
Clean and orderly after shot of my home office after completely re-organization and decluttering. Includes a bit of re-arranging of the smaller pieces of furniture, as well as completely removing a few items I was no longer using.
Finally using the fitness ball I bought as an office chair substitute a few months ago.
That's an actual Money Tree, btw - given to me by some great friends when I took the freelance plunge in June 2008!
Upper row: 1) Before 2) After 3) Detail
Lower photo: Work in progress - what do have here?
[As you can see a lot of stuff was already removed when I took the bigger photo]
Yesterday FlyLady taught me how to deal with Hot Spots and I cleaned up two corners of my desk. That was so inspiring I wanted to finish the job today.
Oh, and I even bought myself a new file case!
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The thing I enjoy most about photography is I never know what I might see find to capture. I enjoy the colors of sunsets, the challenge of capturing a tack sharp moon shot, and wildlife when I get lucky. Sometimes I look for the uncommon in the common. This shot is of a fallen tree worn by years of river water passing over, around, and on this day, below. I was drawn to what looks like an eye on the broad head of an elephant, with tusk and trunk leading into it. I converted to B&W and added a vignette to declutter the other roots protruding out of the water and emphasize the focus on the eye. Once again, not my typical capture, but I'm really pleased with the result.
Photographed on the backwaters of the Mississippi River near La Crosse, WI.
I wanted to give this a nineteenth century romantic landscape feel (sort of Edouard de Vigne)
Hopefully its worked.
HDR from three shots (Photomatix) folowed by a stretching of colour in Topaz and then a few final Photoshop tweaks.
There were a few reasons why I needed/wanted to get out for a drive yesterday, 30 January 2019. I am wondering if the fact that I have had house mice is having an ill effect on my health. I have spent so much time the last few weeks, trying to declutter and get rid of a lot of stuff, and I'm not sure if I have disturbed the mouse spray and been breathing it in. You can't vacuum when you've had mice, so I haven't been doing that, but you still disturb things when sorting and moving belongings. I always have a cough - for years, and they couldn't find out the cause - but it has been worse recently. Anyway, I thought I would get out into the fresh air for a few hours today. Also, the forecast was for clouds and I thought this might be easier to drive in. The sun recently has been so glaringly bright and it affects my eyes. Note to self - must get my eyes checked sometime this year!
So, on this cloudy, low-light day, I made my way east of the city, hoping to maybe see an owl of some sort. I quickly checked to see if any Short-eared Owls were to be seen, though I knew it was probably too early in the day for them to be out. No sign of one at all. Time to drive a few back roads in case there was a Snowy Owl in sight. Some of the roads I travelled were ones that I hadn't driven before, which was good for me. Though I have been east of the city many times over the years, I have still only driven a few of the roads myself. I was fortunate to find two Snowy Owls; first a beautiful, streaked female, and then on a different road, a handsome male who flew off when I was still half a mile down the road.
There was still time to go back to look for a Short-eared Owl and this time, there were several of them. Most of the time, they were either flying far away or landing in the middle of a huge field. However, at the end, one did land on a post and stayed there for quite some time. Awkward to photograph, though, when there are other cars and photographers. I couldn't see anything at first, as there were two cars in front of me. In the end, I got out of my car and carefully stood between the two vehicles - couldn't see well around the first car and couldn't move out any further otherwise I would have blocked a friend's long lens behind me. I suspected that my photos were blurry because of the front car and for my last few photos, I moved around and stood away from the heat rising from the vehicle. That made a difference - now I have several somewhat sharper images, and an awful lot of blurry shots to delete. Sigh .... They really are cute little owls.
A young relative of one of the landowners came across the field and I had quite a long, interesting talk with him. He wondered what all the cars in the area were doing and I explained about the owls and that we were all birders/photographers. He said his grandmother was so worried and stressed out - quite afraid. I told him that I am always concerned when photographers do this, as I know it must make some landowners nervous (understandably, with the crime rate in rural areas), and told him to please apologize to his grandma, and to also reassure her that we are all good, harmless people, interested only in trying to get photos of the owls.
Another reason to get out yesterday was that we are about to have a drastic change in our weather! For weeks now, we have been enjoying much milder winter weather, but on Sunday, 3 February, the forecast is for a high of -22C (windchill -31C). A high of -24C for Monday.
my new year's resolution is to declutter my life. one baby cupboard at a time.
this afternoon i tackled the really out-of-control under-the-kitchen-sink cabinet. it used to be that opening the door to this cubboard gave me a dull pain in my heart, if only for a split second. no longer! it took less than 45 minutes to declutter this sucker and now i'm quite chuffed.
I'm trying to think of a storage system for my computer stuff. I'd like to include a work desk/bench thing, storage, and a mini-wiring closet / rack system.
Ok here in Germany it's already wednesday, so happy waterfall wednesday :-)
This is another shot from the devil's mill waterfall in the german Rhön. I again tried to declutter the scene a bit and find some lead in. Then I went for a bw conversion to simplyfy even further. the colors were great that day but here the bw has the stronger impact I think. As usual for those scenes I used focusstacking of two images and a little dri blending... My 40D just doesn't have the dyn range of a 5D Mk II :-(
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It's been a while but I have some little photoshop tips. If you want to give your image a bit of a dreamy look you can try one of the following. Go to channels and ctrl+click on the rgb-layer. Go back to layers and create a new one were you now fill the just gotten selection with white. Then use a gaussian blur off above 30 and some diffusion starts to happen. The image will also get much to bright so you might want to reduce the oppacity and then add a curves layer to darken a bit. Or experiment with soft light or overlay blending modes. This is just the start.
Another thing you can do is called soft glow montage (has some other names) . Create a new layer with a copy of your flattened image (ctrl+shift+ctrl+e) . Then use gaussian blur again and set the mode of the layer to soft light. a bit dreamy but also to much color and contrast. So first you reduce the oppacity to around 50 and then a curves layer will help you brighten specific parts again.. maybe also reduce the saturation a bit.
From there on experiment, there's much more.
cheers
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Today has been a horrible day. My parents came down to do some more to the mass tidy and declutter we're currently doing to my house - and the children have misbehaved ALL day!
At one point we put them in the car, left my Dad doing jobs and went for a drive in the hope that a small nap might help. We drove to Castle Cary where I took some photos with my Mum's camera - which I promptly forgot to get off her.
The nap did not help! I distracted them for a little while by making these chocolate rice crispy cakes but it didn't last long and right up until bedtime they've been naughty (and they're still awake now being little sods)
Sam update - 58 days til he's home! :)
In this case, an old Alvis Speed 25, a lovely old car with classic lines. Just like something out of Bugsy Malone. I read that around 500 were built between 1936 and 1940. It was a sporty number, 3.5L straight six and 110 horses under the lid.
I admire those with a passion for a hobby. Mainly as I can never muster the enthusiasm for one. Folk who collect, preserve, restore and maintain stuff bemuse me slightly. I've never been particularly materialistic. I don't get great pleasure from merely possessing objects. I do suspect that such hobbyists might be compensating for a slightly empty life.
On the other hand, I can understand aesthetes; those who wish to only possess things of great beauty and banish ugly items from their life. However, it tends to be a rather expensive way to live life. And inevitably leads to a self-serving lifestyle about the acquisition of yet more stuff.
I'm not at all minimalist; I hoard all manner of things. But things with a real practical use, a specific identified function. I'd ideally like to be more ruthless and have the balls to pitch out stuff and declutter. But I'm sentimental and foolish, particularly about books and old CDs.
I read something last year that struck a chord, an interesting blog that differentiated 'stuff' from 'things'. I like this notion.
Realistically, I'm unlikely to declutter much any time soon but the thought of less stuff and more things does stop me buying needless cheap crap of dubious benefit. It also justifies buying a few items that will be very useful. Like camera gear for example...
Day 166: I spent a good part of the day decluttering the home office. It seems to be a never-ending battle against clutter. For one day at least, I'm the champion!
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LOLA Day 230
March 24, 2015
Seriously Day 230 and it's nearly April!!!
A pic in my office with my niece's "flat Suzy" puppet for a school project. I am taking her to see the sites of Calgary.
2014 Book Reading List:
*Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness
*The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Sarah Addison Allen
*The Signature of All Things - Elizabeth Gilbert
*Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain - John Ratey
*The Invention of Wings -Sue Monk Kidd
*The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind - Daniel Siegel
*Orange Is the New Black - Piper Kerman
*What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast - Laura Vanderkam
*Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness - Susannah Cahalan
*****Everything That Remains - Joshua Fields Millburn
*Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? - Mindy Kaling
*Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life - Joshua Fields Millburn
*The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking - Edward Burger
*The One Skill - Leo Babauta
*A History of the World - Andrew Marr
*10% Happier: How I tamed the Voice in My Head, Reducued Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-help That Actually Works - Dan Harris
*Divergent - Veronica Roth
*Insurgent - Veronica Roth
*Siddartha - Hermann Hesse
*Split: A Memoir of Divorce - Suzanne Finnamore
*Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story - Isabel Gillies
*The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
*The Book of Life - Deborah Harkness
*Allegiant - Veronice Roth
*OOLA Find Balance in an Unbalanced world - Dave Braun
*Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
*North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both - Cea Sunrise Person
*Jesus Land - Julia Scheeres
*Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter Their Home and Life - Joshua Becker
*The Silent Wife - A.S.A Harrison
*The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories - Marina Keegan
*The Silver Star - Jeanette Walls
2015 Reads to date
*Ender's Game - Scott Orson Card
*Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
*Warrior A memoir of courage, inspiration, and hope. A Journey with Cancer - Kyla McMullin
*The Girl on the Train - Paul Hawkins
*Hands Free Mama: A Guide to Putting Down the Phone, Burning the To-Do List, and Letting Go of Perfection to Grasp What Really Matters! -Rachel May Stafford
*Everything That Remains - Joshua Fields Millburn
*Tiny Buddha: Simple Wisdom for Life's Hard Questions - Conari Press
and right now I am just finishing off *The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are - Brene Brown
I just prepurchased, Toddlers Are A**Holes It's not your fault - Bumni Laditan and am pretty excited for what I am sure will be a hilarious book!
As I'm unlikely to be able to post much during the next day or two, I thought I'd put up this one, which I took at the weekend. I am inordinately pleased with this one, for once it was planned and worked out exactly as I'd hoped. I used a wide angle lens to isolate the pub - the Horse & Jockey - and thus "declutter" the picture a bit. I'd really like it if you viewed this one LARGE.
As I say, this is the Horse & Jockey pub, on the corner of Roseway and Church Street. This is the only building standing of the original buildings in this part of Church Street (demolished in a 1962 road widening scheme), and Roseway (buildings demolished in 1960 to make way for a car park). The frontage of the pub carries the date 1914, but inspection of the building shows the rear to be much older - it is mentioned in the 1826 directory, and historian Adam Stark dated it at 1748.
Picture taken using a Nikon F5, 28-70mm Nikkor lens, Kodak Professional BW400CN Film
Moved our office to the room next door this week. A chance to declutter!
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Lots of stuff happening here and that is before I declutter all of it. And, in the spirit of what I think is important, I've identified too many things in this picture.
Clean and orderly after shot of my home office after completely re-organization and decluttering. Includes a bit of re-arranging of the smaller pieces of furniture, as well as completely removing a few items I was no longer using.
BTW - I LOVE my whiteboard and FlyLady calendar!
"For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us."
Richard H. Baker
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Bless the sacred moon I see.
Tis a new era from the earth, sky and sea.
I raise my arms to the possibilities. Allow every human form to see all realities.
Open hearts and minds for a universal healing.
Awaken those who ignore the feeling.
Bless the sacred moon I see as she is part of me.
I thank the sacred directions that surround me. I draw your energy to me so I may help others to see.
Let your moonlight shine a path.
Cleanse all life in one universal bath.
Bless this sacred moon I see. So mote it be.
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The Full Moon is an opportune time of the month for purging rituals to take place. The light the full moon offers illuminates those things that are interfering with our spiritual advancements. Once we have become enlightened to ways that are blocking us, the easier to let go. The full moon ritual is for releasing or purging the things in our lives that no longer serve us such as addictions to food, drugs, or sex, relinquishing suffering involved in hurtful relationships, discharging physical and emotional pains, etc. Several years ago on an episode of the television show "Party of Five" the character Charlie was throwing personal items that were connected to his cancer into a bonfire. His actions were in celebration of his cancer going into remission. He even tossed the shirt he was wearing into the fire because it was the shirt he wore when he was first diagnosed with cancer, or was it his pants? Anyway, this televised scene could have easily been portrayed as a full moon ceremony.
Full moon ceremonies I have participated in have been pretty simple, with perhaps a pinch or two of pagan tradition thrown in. Each person in the circle takes his turn throwing in scraps of paper into a fire that is then watched turn into ashes. The scraps of paper have words written down on them of those things we were releasing or vowing to change in our lives. Yes, a full moon ceremony can be as simple as that. Try it, it is very freeing and healing to declutter for your health.
Full Moon Purging Preparation
1. Check a moon phase calendar for the next upcoming full moon.
2. Create a sacred space and arrange a time to perform the ceremony (preferably at nighttime and outdoors under the moonlight).
3. Write down on separate slips of paper the things you want to release or change.
Supply suggestions: fire proof calderon or cooking pot to toss the burning paper inside, candle with matches or lighter, water (to put out the fire afterwards), and smudge sticks for cleansing.
Full Moon Purging
1. Cleanse your sacred area with an opening prayer, a sage smudging, and/or by burning some incense. Invite your guides, angels, masters, or teachers to be at your side throughout the ceremony.
2. Light one or more candles. Look to the skies. Breathe in the night air.
3. One by one, read out loud the words you have written on each slip of paper. Set your intention to release the item/addiction/attitude from your life. Set it to fire and place it in the calderon. If you have a campsite barbecue or bonfire going that's cool, just toss the slips of paper into the fire one by one. If you are doing this ritual with a group of others take turns reading your words. If these things are too personal to read out loud, read them silently to yourself. Just remember... our words have power. Saying - "Be Gone" audibly and loudly can be very freeing. Go ahead, howl at the moon if you've a mind to. Have some fun!
4. Thank the spirits. Be safe. Put out the fire.
(source :: healing.about.com/cs/spirituality/a/moonrituals_2.htm)
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