01-26-10 A refreshing San Pellegrino Limonata.

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Visit this location at Kona Beach and Surfing in Second Life

i really like this one, i swear the ones i like no else does aah

I know some of us need this now that we are well into entering into the winter months in the northern hemisphere. So here's a sunflower, drenched from a summer rain. © 2008-Current.

May you all have a great week :-)

Best viewed Large, On Black.

People watching on Back to the City in Jozi's Newtown

Model: Platnium Princess MM551740

My Foodiepo work has been collected in a book!! Go here to pick it up: www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/649208/

Brush isolation from the Hoppy poster

Portate pazienza .... È fatta con il Cell....ma mi piaceva il risultato :p !!

Porto Pollenca, Stay

A hot summer day would never be complete without watermelon.

Waters Fine.

April 23rd Croxley moor - last 2 images

Another experimental shot - just liked the feel of it.

Its the Spa Fa Me

Refreshing!

Algarve, Portugal

This week on her blog, Anne Voskamp (author of 1000 Gifts) wrote,

"That God had said I need somebody with a strong heart.

Strong enough for toddler tantrums and teenage testing, yet broken enough to fall on her knees and pray, pray, pray.

Someone who knows that in every hard place is exactly where you extend grace, who looks a hopeful child in the eye and says yes, even though she knows every yes means a mess but this is how you bless, who has the courage to keep letting go because she’s holding on to Me.

So God made a mother."

And so I was refreshed. I must say my "type A" nature at first said, "No, Miriam, we color on paper, not on hands." but the refrain of the mess being the blessing rung repeatedly in my ears. So, I let her. I said "yes" to coloring (with washable marker ;) on her hands and legs. Motherhood CAN be refreshing and freeing and inspiring. And so I received the blessing.

Many an enjoyable day has been spent at Lake Metigoshe State Park just off ND Scenic Byway Hwy 43 in the Turtle Mountains. It’s a wonderful place to go for a swim and cool off on a hot day. ND2019Contest categories of Roadtrips, AdventureAndRecreation, FunWithFamilyAndFriends, Scenery.

View to the Sonnschienalm.

Cooling off at the hotel swimming pool in Florida.

If I remember correctly, I'm pointing at my Lil Bro who was trying to swim underwater, but his water wings stopped him for getting anywhere close. Was funny to watch though.

I realized that my 12-year old niece may not even know a reasonably sized muffin if she saw one. Sadly.

Yet another fun photo from our honeymoon - this is Ken enjoying a refreshing dip in the pool, and being a kid at heart on the big waterslide!

I tried really hard to do a high-speed photograph that meant I didn't have to shoot anything.

I failed.

We'll meet the strawberry later in my photostream.

The humidity has broken and now it's just hot - though we expect it to cool down a little for the next few days. Nothing better, though, than enjoying a refreshing beverage barefoot on the front step. Happy summer!

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11 July 2011

Photography by Mike Ingram

Camera + Lens:

Canon 600D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

Stopped for a drink, It can be pretty hot in St. Louis...even if it's October.