... for your good KARMA:-)))

Nature tour in my garden in Tucson, Arizona, Southwestern USA, North America.

365/2021

Day 59

59/365 -Around the house - Day 59

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Flowers by Dan. And, seriously, that photo is one of my favorites of all time.

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One of the benefits of the days getting longer is that I'm out of the office on an evening before it gets dark. Today I even had time to race home to get my camera as it looked as if the sunset was going to be pretty good. It didn't disappoint.

Beautiful day...

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"Is That You, Spring?" for Paint the Moon - Let's Do 52

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Color for My Four Hens Project 52 Photos for the Year Project

Day 59 2017 365 (C)

Day 59 of the 366 challenge 2016.

Back indoors again today. This time in the warmth and comfort of the living room. The flowers were a gift for Heather to mark our 3 year anniversary (since our first date - which was almost almost 10 years after our first actual meeting! It's a long story) :-)

The glum expression has nothing to do with that by the way!! It's just my typical moody dramatic face!! lol.

Lighting: 580EXII (1/8th power) on tripod to camera right (slightly above). Vivitar 3500 upside down behind the glass vase.

Bob found himself in unknown land, this afternoon. Instead of taking in the beauty, he simply grumbled to me how his legs would hurt by the time he gets home.

I knew he'd refuse to adknowledge he has no legs.

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28th february 2009

..can't believe february is at an end, where did that last month go?

Wanted to play around with some editing today I used filter>distort>pinch, and photo filter; deep emerald to really push the green hues.

Taken using extension tubes 12, 20 & 36mm and 50mm lens aperture f/5.6 in natural daylight.

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The Rideau Canal skateway is a hazardous place for our intrepid rat. Better keep that tail tucked in!

Day 59

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Yes, this is what it looked like before at 8:45am this morning, by the afternoon it was a different story... cold and wet.

For The Weekly Alphabet Challenge - I is for intense. I made this intensely rich chocolate cake for my visitors today.

Day 59/365:2015

# 22 in my 100 x challenge - using my 50mm

Sorry to post and run again, will catch up soon.

:-)

I took the title for this one from the file number from the camera...DSC00411...

Día 59/365 - Preparativos

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Mañana es el gran día. Iara empieza la escuela primaria.

Se vienen nuevas exigencias, nuevos desafíos y retos.

Y como padres, allí estaremos: para apoyarla y acompañarla en este nuevo camino.

Dedication Goes to biebe08

Which write a great kind beautiful Testimonial

From a walk round Far Ings Nature Reserve in Barton Upon Humber this afternoon

115 pics in 2015 - Repitition (88)

While doing a spot of shoe shopping with my daughter in Dubai Mall, serious shoe shopping in this mall, there is a whole area dedicated to shoes, I saw these on a display and thought they would make a good picture. Not the sort of thing my daughter was after, she wanted something yellow with a stiletto heel and a red sole (Christian Louboutin)!

DDC 2/28/15 "The Nose Knows"

Adorable Teddy Plushy from fujibee. I have so many plushie already, but I saw this adorable little guy and couldn't resist getting him. ^__^

Our Daily Challenge Topic: THE MASKS WE WEAR

59/365 365: The 2013 Edition

Thank you all so much for all of your comments, faves and views, I appreciate each and every one =)

Just a glimpse of my coffee break this morning...fresh biscuit with butter ad honey...#cy365 #captureyour365 Day59/365

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My older sister that lives in Las Vegas was diagnosed last summer with colon cancer that had metastasized to her liver, Stage IV. She began a chemotherapy regimen. After months of treatment and not seeing signs of improvement, she and her husband sought out a second opinion at UCLA. There they found a wonderful team of doctors that finally gave her and her family some hope. She started a different chemotherapy regimen with the hopes of making her a candidate to have the right side of her liver removed, that the healthy left side would be able to regenerate, that the best possible outcome would make her cancer free after the resection. During this time, to prepare her for the surgery, she underwent a procedure, a hepatic artery embolization, where they would stop the blood flow to the right side of her liver, and without the blood flow the cancer would not be able to keep growing. After a few months they were hopeful the tumor would shrink and she would have enough healthy liver left to regenerate and function after the resection. It didn't turn out that way. The cancer, they said, had now moved into the left side of her liver, in addition to the right, and she was not a candidate for surgery at that time. So they changed the chemotherapy plan once again, this time more aggressive. She made it through that round and went back to UCLA for another scan. The head surgeon said although the chemo had stopped the cancer from growing more, there was still too much cancer to remove, that there would not be enough healthy liver left, but that was if he was relying on what information the scan was giving him. He questioned the scan and said he wanted to actually look at her liver to get an accurate indication of what was really going on. Before the surgery, he gave her a 50/50 chance that he would be able to resect the liver. If that was not possible, he would implant a pump in her liver to deliver long-term chemotherapy.

This morning she went in for surgery, not knowing what the outcome would be when she came out of the anesthetic fog. Her friends and family waited from other cities as her husband kept us updated with texts as he received new information. The result was more than anyone could have hoped for, wished for, even imagined. As it turns out, the cancer was confined to the right side of her liver and what the scan was indicating on the left side as cancer was actually benign cysts. They successfully removed the right side, she has 65% of her liver left, which will regenerate, and the colon cancer was taken care of with the chemotherapy and a surgical procedure done at the same time as the liver resection. According to her doctors she is cancer free.

I've learned that tomorrow is not guaranteed, to never ever give up hope, because sometimes, not every time, but sometimes there are true miracles. I've learned to forgive and forget, that life is too short. I believe prayers do work. I have a newfound respect for anyone suffering from cancer, what people go through to survive because they have a lot more living to do.

Nancy, you put up a good fight. You kept a positive attitude when I know it must have been so hard to do so. I’m so very proud of you. I know there are brighter days ahead for you. I’ll see you soon.

Your little sis.

So this started out as a copy of a Kelly Clarkson CD cover but really went different. I like it though.

Brushes by spiritsigh anaRasha @ deviantart

Fruit is one of the most healthy and natural foods in existence. There are thousands of different types of fruit available to eat, all of which provide us with strong health benefits. Fruit contains a large number of naturally occurring vitamins, minerals and plant phytochemicals that help benefit health. It has also been shown that eating the whole fruit is best to gain the benefits rather than taking supplements to provide each nutrient separately.

Don’t forget to eat your 5 servings of fruit today! :)

I love cherries and we now have them coming back into season:-)

Was trying my hand at DOF.

My Project365 Photo for DAY 59, 24th June 07

thank you to WTF (what the fluff) for all your critiques.

sometimes it great to get someone else's perspective to realize that your original photo pretty much wasnt great. lol no no no im not offended it took all of your critiques to help me open my eyes to improve this photo.

this is one of my favorite photos that i've taken thus far and I am happy that I was able to make it the best it could possibly be.

this was from the critiques of about comments... 20 and up?

I'll have to read the other comments after that to see if i can improve on this.

i hope you guys enjoy.

What i didnt like about the other photo:

1. was the vertical (room corner) which one wall was a darker shade because it was my accent wall.

2. olga made a great point about negative space and letting my photo breathe. thanks so much it really brought something to this photo.

3. i agree with everyone about the bed and blanket. i tried to get it as close to my body without cropping it so much that i looked uncomfortable, i thought the bed gave it a "softer" feel

4. i did however tilt the photo to give a more even balance

5. cloned a bit of my shoulder to get a more even tone

6. because i had to keep the lighting from being so harsh, i feel like i missed the essence of the high key note in the other photo. but i am happy with this photo. (fixed high key)

let the critques continue!

WTF & FGR improved Keep it coming!!

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I went to go to the shops today and this little fellow was sitting on my car. I transferred him/her to a nearby tree and delayed my trip to the shops while I fired off a few shots.

maybe a novelty gadget for some but others it is used for proper grooming. guessed right by veronika, this gadget is a nose and ear hair trimmer

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This is my new picture for my 365 project for the weekly theme "rat´s-eye view".

Big Saturday decisions =)

Here's my outtake for today [https://www.flickr.com/photos/donlunzo16/16646694206/in/photostream/]

Captured with a Nikon Df and a manual Nikkor Ai 35mm ƒ1:2 plus a 3 x ND Filter, post processed in Lightroom using VSCO Film.

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Song by The Yardbirds

Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.

~Martin Buxbaum

For the "I Am Beautiful" Project: www.flickr.com/groups/theiambeautifulproject/. :)

I believe that everything is beautiful. Sometimes we just can't -or don't- see it.

I said something to you the other day, and you replied, "Are you saying you're ugly? 'Cause you're not. (:".

No, I wasn't implying I was ugly, but thank you. That meant a lot to me.

So I was originally gonna do this shoot with those alphabet magnets that you stick on your fridge. But they wouldn't tape onto my skin properly, so I used these. A few letters fell off and I had to replace them, but I had so much fun. Heck, I felt beautiful. Very fucking beautiful.

So, I started this five-sixty-three (or 365 LOL) for several reasons. One was to show people the real me and start to open up again. Two was to see if I can actually commit for a year. Three is to step out of my comfort zone and really challenge myself to not be afraid. And four is to discover myself again.

Back in elementary school I knew exactly who I was. Now, I'm not so sure. I still have a long way to go, but I feel like I've already made progress. I feel whole again. Happy, even though nothing in my life is perfect or will be perfect. I haven't felt this way for a long time.