For the Macro Mondays group theme "New Year's resolutions"...

I really should drink more water - Ronnie and Reggie would appreciate it.

In hospital a few years ago, suffering with kidney stones and septicaemia, I named my irksome kidneys the Evil Twins. I was told I could be prone to further stones if I didn't drink more fluids, but I still find it difficult to down the recommended amount!

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I spent the first day of the New Year climbing Enchanted Rock, located in Enchanted Rock State Park just north of Fredericksburg, Texas. It’s deep in the Texas Hill Country and has so many wonderful textures and climbing spots that you could spend a week up here and never get bored. It’s somehow hard to capture the true landscape in just one or two pictures…

Surprisingly, I didn’t really have an issue with this climb. The last time I climbed this I was dying the whole way and had to make multiple stops. I was also about 40 pounds lighter, but I was a smoker as well. It really showed me how much healthier I am (even though I gained weight after I smoked) being a non-smoker. For those out there who have set a 2012 New Year’s Resolution to quit smoking: go for it. If I did it, then you can do it, and it’ll be the best thing ever.

I have a lifetime dream to climb a mountain in Colorado, Longs Peak. I was happy that I was able to make it to the top of Enchanted Rock, but I have a long way to go if I’m going to climb a 14,000 foot mountain. As long as I have to go to get in shape… I know that I can. I know I can do it, and I won’t stop until I do!

I expect a lot of days like this in 2012, where I find myself surprised… pushing myself to do more and more… and succeeding.

Now let's move on to a Happy & Healthy New Year 2009 ! :)

what are your > New Year's Resolutions ???????????????????

02/02/11

I photographed this for the 'Our Daily Challenge' Group. The theme today (Feb 2, 2011) was "Quoted".

"A new year's resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other"

new years eve party

Question 30: Help the Library write its New Year's Resolutions! "In 2013 we will_______"

i thought this one was good, since it went up only a few hours into the new year.

How are your New Year's Resolutions coming along? Mine...not so good.

Woody Guthrie's 33 (!) New Years Resolutions that he made in 1941 (for 1942) give us a view of an optimistic, serious, sensitive, funny man. Just dealing with the nine I chose to print here present a challenge but nearly 70 years on can't we all feel the resonance/relevance of the last one?

29 inches x 10 inches printed on newsprint

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The angermark's missing. . .

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I've resolved to read more trashy books this year...starting with this double-header in January. The Jacqueline Susann is the much better of the two (no surprise). Angelique is not nearly as tawdry as the cover promises...so far the heroine has shot someone (exciting!), but mostly just blathers on about Quebec.

Any trashy recommendations?

This was just a quick capture whist on a walk, turned out to be the best of the day.

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Thank you to all who participated!!!

...and also learn about composition, perspective, light, exposure, aperture, speed, white balance, metering modes, color, lenses, filters, built-in/fill-in flash, action shots, night shots, low light shots, low key, high key (find a place to always leave my keys!), portraits, landscapes, hdr, orton, photoshop..... and a lot more that I don't remember right now..... and I count on you to help me!

Thank you very much for your friendship, kindness, tips, advices and I hope I get a lot more this next year.

Love,

Eda

People who set a New Year’s Resolution tend to piss me off. When you find the motivation to set a goal for yourself, you need to tackle it and commit to it with every ounce of energy you’ve got.

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