It is the last day of 2016 and I would like to thank you all for your support and love throughout the year. [read more...]

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Thank you all for everything, I wish you a super, awesome, splendid, amazing 2017!

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Details ▸ chloedakota.com/2016/12/31/moment-of-gratitude/

Thanks to all the people who work now under difficult conditions and make sure that we are well-cared for medically and with the means for daily life.

The current situation with the COVID-19 forces us to look at things from a different perspective. The new insights that we are gaining during this time and their scope will only be visible much later. But we can already see a newly awakened solidarity and helpfulness among people. I hope these many good examples will be much more "infectious" than the virus can ever be.

light in motion

the whole and the parts...

one winter morning I noticed how the sun was placed within the branches of this kowhai tree... and how the birds flew there... in and out of the circle of light... creating a space between feathers sunlight and silhouette... and an idea grew.. that maybe I'd be able to catch this combination of elements... find the moment of wholeness... the gestalt... between brightness and shadow and movement... the celestial journey of the sun, the slow language of the tree, and the flitting of a bird...

an ongoing practice in hope and patience :-)

I'm still feeling quiet... please feel free to be here in words or in silence too.

'There are moments in the day, when I just lose my self in sorrow, and forget...

...how the sky has been much bluer, and my life just so much sweeter since we met.

You make my day, with what you say, a world of calm, inside your arms, I hope you know.

The love you bring, the song you sing, I overflow, I hope you know, I hope you know.

My current mood.

Is gratitude.'

Soundtrack: 'Gratitude' by Above & Beyond and anamē feat. Marty Longstaff - www.youtube.com/watch?v=exn44PRcXzA

Taken at Port Friendship: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Thallo/6/70/26

When the sun shows up between the clouds, even in a figurative way.../Tacksamhet, när solen visar upp sig mellan molnen, även i en bildlig bemärkelse.../Gratitud, cuando entre las nubes asoma el sol, aún en sentido figurado...(DSC_1777-3)

Jayne the avatar insists that

she's been abducted by aliens.

Julie the actual person confesses:

Abducted? ✘ Doubtful.

But Taken? ✔ Definitely.

In fact, for more than 35 years.

Same man. 💗 Lucky me.

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WITH SINCERE THANKS: 💕

Sending out gratitude to those who follow my photostream and FAVE my images. Of course, the awards and comments are lovely, too. I'm grateful for ALL of it! Thanks so much! ♡

for the love of friendship

that endures

and shines in the dark

💛

Grateful just to be here

I put birdseed out year-round and the birds create these sunflowers for me. I certainly don’t plant them or even sow seeds, I choose to think of it as thank you from my feathered friends.

Blog

The Blog:

www.deciduoustrip.com/single-post/2017/08/05/Gratitude

♫ A Cowboy's Life ♫

This is my entry into the The Wonder of Winter Sharindlar Exhibit which will be on display until February 1, 2022.

This was a lovely affair and I was thankful to be invited to share one of my creations among some of the best Flickr artist in Second Life.

Just imagine me, a chunk of coal in the middle of a passel of diamonds. lol

We all owe a great deal of gratitude to Morgan Talbot and lin (Malinda Talbot) for working so hard to do this for us.

Taken at Black Forest (Winter Country)

I'd like to thank Kimi Blackwood for such a beautiful place and allowing me to take my photograph there. She was so nice. She saw me there that day and asked me if I needed to rezz anything and/or if there was anything else she could do to help with my project. It's a lovely place.

Winter sunrise meets the North Sea Coast, Hvidbjerg Strand, Jylland, Denmark

At times our own light dims and goes out, but is rekindled by the spark from another . . . or others. . . Lynn is grateful for all the prayers and well wishes as she went through her back surgery a week ago and is now well into recovery.

Mother Nature reminds me of all the things to be grateful for in this time of harvest and thanksgiving.

"If the only prayer that you said in your whole life was, 'thank you', that would suffice."

~ Meister Ekhart

→ Post 315 // Credits

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Kalback Urban Sweatshirt @TMD July

Kalback Street Cargo @Mainstore

VERSOV OUAKOV_SNEAKERS @Mainstore

Ana Poses Pontivy 7 @TMD July

Paleto Backdrop: SBBH-N @TMD July

LI 54 / Materials Light

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“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

~ Marcel Proust

Taken at Centennial Park Conservatory

Have a beautiful Wednesday everyone! 💕 HWW

Thank you for your visits, kind comments, invitations, awards and faves. Always greatly appreciated.

Copyright 2022 ©️ Gloria Sanvicente

NO MULTIPLE INVITATIONS PLEASE Thank you!

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

- Melody Beattie

We all have much to be grateful for..

I know I do!

The last few days have been a whirlwind of just that....lots and lots of gratitude :)))

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AESwnIMpPs

Have a Blessed Easter, everyone xxx

Am truly grateful for your support!!

It is with gratitude that I thank you all for the prayers I received for my son and I. Things have been very hard as I've struggled to get answers but we are taking steps now towards the right medication dosage and this has helped reduce his seizures significantly both in number and duration. Keeping myself calm, learning to recognise and avoid triggers has definitely helped. Thank you for your kindness xx

For today and it's blessings, I will have an attitude of gratitude.

"No matter how good or bad your life is, wake up each morning and be thankful you still have one".....

I am grateful for all of your visits and beautiful and sometimes funny comments. Thank you for being interested and supporting my photos. Thank you for caring about me.Thank you most of all for just being you!

10,000 visits!!! My love and gratitude to you my flickr friends!

Explore

Tomb of the unknown soldier. Arc de Triomphe (Arch of Victory) - Paris, France

In Remembrance

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

PHOTO:

Taken in Jerusalem, Israel. In the garden inside

Russian Ecclesiastical Mission. 22 October, 2006

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. Brian Tracy

Roseto di Genova Nervi

I rescued this little orchid - it was sent to a friend in France a couple of years ago and got badly damaged in transit. I brought it home and gave it some TLC and it's now rarely out of flower - HMBT!

Thank you very much for visiting, my friends.

Please enjoy the details in LARGE size (1361 x 1361, 1.2MB).

www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=43238854&size=o

This is "The Gratitude Core" dedicated to my first friend in Fotolog.

I drew this one on October 2003.

I started to post my Drawings to Fotolog in September 2003, just 2 years ago.

That was my first time to show my Drawings to other people.

And I got many many nice friends all over the world.

dani_nevoni, do you remember?

" seja bem vindo!!!!!! nice pic!!!!! :-) "

This is the first comment I got, you send this.

I was glad very much.

So, I drew this images dedicated to you, my first friend in Fotolog.

This one is called "The Gratitude Core".

dani, thanks a lot of the longest friedship.

I love your nice photos full of beautiful smiles.

www.fotolog.net/dani_nevoni/

:)

-Copyright 2003 JINMO-

JINMO

www.jinmo.com/

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Beautiful new rustic dining set by Soul2Soul..just in time for the holidays!

Soul2Soul. Rustic Chic Mason Jar Twigs Sml

Soul2Soul. Rustic Chic Mason Jar Twigs Lrg

Soul2Soul. Rustic Chic Carver Chair -Fatpack

Soul2Soul. Rustic Chic Book Pile

Soul2Soul. Rustic Chic Mason Jar Twig Light

Soul2Soul. Rustic Chic Buffet Table -Fatpack

Soul2Soul. Rustic Chic Dining Table -Fatpack

Soul2Soul. Rustic Chic Bentwood Chair

Soul2Soul. Rustic Chic Basket w/Magazines

The Liaison Collaborative: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Liaison%20Collaborat...

Soul2Soul Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/93324314@N06/

Soul2Soul Mainstore Architecture and Decor: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Zodiac%20Beach/75/53/3503

Nutmeg. Festive Chandelier Medium (Mainstore)

Nutmeg. Stone Fireplace

The Anthem Event: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Anthem/86/161/1114

Nutmeg. Warm Earth Cutlery Bonus Item

Nutmeg. Warm Earth Candle Cup Bonus Item

Nutmeg. Warm Earth Plate Stack Bonus Item

ReKa. The Harvest / 2

ReKa. The Harvest / 3

Nutmeg Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/REKA%20NUTMEG/233/125/21

Nutmeg Mainstore Older Releases: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/REKA%20NUTMEG/196/151/2001

Nutmeg Flickr: flic.kr/ps/Yr6Sn

So....I used these new seasonal texture change boxwood hedges in a very different way than originally intended...I set them into wall panels to bring some garden vibes into the dining area....they come in many shapes and sizes and can now be found at Shiny Shabby:

Konoha - Natoma's Boxwood Hedges - Straight

Shiny Shabby: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Luxe/122/137/28

Konoha Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Whitlock/147/173/2601

Konoha Flickr: flic.kr/ps/3S5rdX

New from FINCA beautiful christmas trees...tons of texture change options for tree color...with and without lights...also some very unique ornaments...you can find them all at the FINCA mainstore...pictured:

FINCA - christmas tree snowy / lights

FINCA - christmas tree pale / lights

FINCA - star cookie tree topping

FINCA has two different ornament sets set I:

Star cookie ornament

Apple ornament

Heart cookie ornament

Bell cookie ornament

Set II:

Ornament 1-13

FINCA mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife//35/58/1744

FINCA flickr: flic.kr/ps/3VbUtF

HISA - Holiday Wreath - gift

HISA Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hisa/123/117/22

HISA Flickr: flic.kr/ps/3RR2wW

Apple Fall Monterey Paneling

Thank you so much for all the support! 😊

Credits : insightinertia.blogspot.nl/2015/06/gratitude.html

Love the lens you brought (to paraphrase a song), in this case a 60mm macro lens -;)

Thanks for looking. No comments, please.

Every now and again, winter skies put on a show.

happy thanksgiving everybody!!!

hope you and your families are surrounded by love and lots of yummy goodies.. and i hope you all enjoy the day safely!

xoxoxox

"It sometimes strikes me how immensely fortunate I am that each day should take its place in my life, either reddened with the rising and setting sun, or refreshingly cool with deep, dark clouds, or blooming like a white flower in the moonlight. What untold wealth!"

Rabindranath Tagore

Hastings, Sussex

When you look at life through the eyes

of gratitude, the world becomes a

magical place.

Jennifer Gayle

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5wyaauKkjg

Taken at Toronto Botanical Gardens

Have a beautiful Thursday!!💝

Thank you for your visits, kind comments, awards and faves. Always greatly appreciated.

Copyright 2019 © Gloria Sanvicente

Many thanks for the honor of being selected for these wonderful groups, all of which have such beautiful artworks.