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This has been my motto lately :)
Being totally craft obsessed, I couldn't resist turning it into little cross stitch sampler!
Blogged here:
bugsandfishes.blogspot.com/2011/10/everything-is-going-to...
Download the chart to make your own sampler:
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Today is a big day. Had's feeding tube removal day. REALLY hope it doesn't hurt to come out in the same way it hurt to go in! Once we get past this, we can resume some normalcy, I think!
going well so far
pastel based on this amazing photo - with the photographer's generous permission
www.flickr.com/photos/100471659@N04/25738812971/in/faves-...
"Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter."
Katherine Paterson
"Hope... is not a feeling; it is something you do.
Katherine Paterson
"Love -- is anterior to Life -- / Posterior -- to Death"
Emily Dickinson
"The story of a love is not important--what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity."
Helen Hayes
So i'm starting to work on some conceptual photos. and still wanting to take some portraits :D
stay tuned ;)
Inside the physic garden in Hitchin is this sun dial designed around a pestle and mortar. However, the message inside "Disease Doth Oft Rise Above Medicine" is not the most optimistic I have heard. Though, I guess it is still accurate!
I know I could learn a thing or two from Vidalia. Actually, from all my critters. But Vidalia has that amazing approach to life that refuses to see the worst in others. Undeterred by Gumbo's intermittent objections, Vidalia makes the most of any opportunity she has to snuggle with her beloved feline. Today has been particularly harsh for Vidalia. Gumbo has been relentless about holding her down and gumming her head whenever she approaches him today. She just lies there and takes it. My heart goes out to dear Vidalia. But I also feel for Gumbo. He's had enough of unsolicited affection and just wants peace. Which side do you relate to most?
[SOOC, f/1.6, ISO 100, shutter speed 1/320]
On 5 October 2017 Vodafone announced a significant evolution of its brand positioning strategy, strapline and visual identity worldwide – the first changes to one of the world's best-known brands since the introduction of the 'Power to you' strapline in 2009.
The strategy – implemented across all 36 countries in which the Vodafone brand is present – is designed to underline Vodafone’s belief that new technologies and digital services will play a positive role in transforming society and enhancing individual quality of life over the years ahead.
Vodafone’s brand positioning strategy focuses on the theme of optimism about the future, using the new strapline, 'The future is exciting. Ready?'
The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.
- William Arthur Ward
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A big THANK YOU to the whole flickr community and especially all my contacts and friends for your fantastic support and encouragement througout the last 1,5 years !!
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1. Hello May !!!, 2. Second Last Tulip, 3. Happy Weekend !!!, 4. Pearls of Spring ... HBW !!!, 5. A Flower in a Flower, 6. Out of the blue, 7. White Dreams, 8. Rain at the gardenpond,
9. Tuli-Pano-Rama, 10. Frankfurt Under Palm Trees ?, 11. Happy Easter !!!, 12. Spring Sun(s), 13. One Shape of Spring, 14. TuliPower, 15. Threesome, 16. and the winner is ...,
17. First of many, 18. Weekend Sunshine for You, 19. TGIF !!!, 20. flickr.com/photos/16854222@N05/3384539304/, 21. Acrobat at home, 22. Crocus Season, 23. Last Years Colours #12, 24. Tulip Flame,
25. Colour Collection, 26. The Purple Sheep ..., 27. Blue Mountain View, 28. Tulip tricolour, 29. just another crocus, 30. Pink Dreams ... TGIF!!!, 31. Chasing Winter Away ..., 32. Spring Opening,
33. A Colourful Indication, 34. White & Red, 35. TuliPlay ... HBW !, 36. Silky Red, 37. First Sign of Spring, 38. My picture for this day ..., 39. ICE BREAKER, 40. Last Years Colours #4,
41. Last years colours #3, 42. Green Hills ... HBW !!, 43. Last years colours #1, 44. Water Level Portrait, 45. Waterline, 46. Noblesse, 47. Mountain chains, 48. Already Spring ...,
49. A Peep of Spring, 50. HBW!!! Another view ..., 51. A HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!, 52. Have a wonderful week !!!, 53. Showing his best side ..., 54. Come Together, 55. Tousled (at -12°C !), 56. Please, take a seat ...,
57. Purple Beauty, 58. A Prayer for PEACE !, 59. Close up, 60. DropArt, 61. Optimism of Nature, 62. Blackbird, 63. A seasonable blossom, 64. Merry Christmas !!!,
65. Evening Mood, 66. I'm Still Standin', 67. December gold, 68. Heading towards the weekend ... TGIF !!!, 69. Mr. Weaver ..., 70. Toko portrait, 71. Mrs. Weaver ..., 72. Skin care
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1. Busy in the garden, 2. Weekend cleanup ... TGIF !!, 3. Red Beauty ... HBW !!!, 4. Old Giant, 5. For Jasmine, 6. Close-Up, 7. Don't disturb me at lunchtime !!!, 8. ... over the rainbow,
9. Takeoff ..., 10. Elefreshment, 11. Impala buck portrait, 12. Mind the thorns !!, 13. Don't Bother Me !!!, 14. ... after bath, 15. Did I allow you ..., 16. Face to Face,
17. Blue Waxbill, 18. Great White Pelicans, 19. Red Flower, 20. Chobe lunchtime, 21. Red-headed Weaver, 22. Natural Acrobatics, 23. Some colour for a grey day !!, 24. Two water and one milkshake, please !!,
25. Zambezi Gold, 26. Chameleon portrait ... HBW !!, 27. Puhhh ... they are eating me out of hair and feathers !, 28. Black, White, Red, 29. Focussed November Sun, 30. Where is my audience ???, 31. The Big Swim, 32. Big Luck,
33. Just a little bit closer ..., 34. Congratulations Barack Obama ..., 35. I'm late ... did I miss the show ??, 36. Puku, 37. Elemalism, 38. flickr.com/photos/16854222@N05/2995191746/, 39. You've Got A Friend, 40. TGIF !!!,
41. Wildlife portrait, 42. Right of way !!!, 43. African Gold ... HBW !!!, 44. Tockus leucomelas, 45. Celebrating my 1st Flickversary, 46. / V, 47. Working hard !!, 48. Back Home from Africa,
49. Disappearing structures, 50. Leaving for Africa !, 51. SeedART, 52. Autumn backlight, 53. Shades of Purple ... HBW !!!, 54. Autumn delight, 55. Hot harvest !!!, 56. Purple dreams,
57. Autumn Impression #3, 58. Fuchsia lampion, 59. A little beauty, 60. Green | Red, 61. Coloured spots ... HBW !!!, 62. Autumn Impression #1, 63. The Inner Light, 64. Exotic Beauty,
65. Order vs. Disorder, 66. In the middle ..., 67. Dahlia bokeh ... HBW !!!, 68. Beginning of autumn, 69. Hibiscus season ..., 70. Yellow on blue, 71. Under a blue cloud, 72. Rain
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1. Chagall's windows, 2. 2nd Bloom, 3. Red on Purple ... HBW !!!, 4. Happy Sunday !!!, 5. Fuchsia, 6. Sunrise, 7. Colours of autumn, 8. Pink velvet,
9. Happy sisters, 10. The eye of the bandit ..., 11. The lions and the ram, 12. Hibiscus beauty, 13. One-armed bandit, 14. Wheels of life, 15. Unfolding . . . HBW !!!, 16. Window colours,
17. Veronica spicata, 18. DahliART, 19. Oleander extreme, 20. Geometry, 21. Yellow corona, 22. Rhapsody in white, 23. Unwrapping, 24. D.o.f.,
25. Dahlia and friends ... HBW !!!, 26. Blue, 27. The red tree, 28. After the rainstorm, 29. High in the sky, 30. A sweet weekend ..., 31. Deep in the heart, 32. Embedded in pink,
33. Waving for goodbye, 34. Debut, 35. Symbol of summer, 36. Blue bell beauty, 37. Red Pigmy, 38. Waiting for sunshine ..., 39. Star of Gold, 40. Dahlia design,
41. Have a wonderful weekend !, 42. Pink backdrop, 43. Tiny blue, 44. Dotted blue, 45. Still a beauty, 46. Bud of the day, 47. Essence of summer, 48. White dreams,
49. Spherical, 50. Salvia, 51. The beautiful result ..., 52. Summer In The City, 53. Just a little bit closer ..., 54. Top position, 55. Ready for takeoff, 56. unfolding,
57. On orange, 58. Wet wet wet, 59. Pink heart, 60. Red Dragon, 61. Let's have a party ..., 62. Have a great weekend !!, 63. Common Foxglove, 64. Baby duck,
65. On a pink carpet, 66. Green lines, 67. Backyard Crow, 68. Pink firework, 69. Clematis montana, 70. Garden view, 71. Someone's watching..., 72. Rockrose
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1. RoseDream, 2. Blue Bells, 3. Hi - today is my day !!, 4. Iris at the pond, 5. Poppy, 6. Approaching shadows, 7. Neighbours, 8. For all mothers ...,
9. Yellow and red, 10. "Business Cathedral", 11. Multicoloured, 12. Modern times, 13. Black'n'Blue, 14. Red twins, 15. The 'Inner Light', 16. Old world,
17. Backyard garden view, 18. Thanks for 10.000+ views, 19. Floral Elegance, 20. Brothers and Sisters, 21. The magic droplet, 22. Slim, 23. TuliPower, 24. into the light,
25. Peeping through ..., 26. Yellow, 27. Yellow Princess, 28. Camellia, 29. Purple mountain, 30. Build me up ..., 31. Spring behind the fence, 32. Magnolia 2008,
33. 'U' on blue, 34. D.o.C., 35. Little white beauty, 36. Insight, 37. Dream à l'orange, 38. Glowing pink, 39. From green to blue, 40. Designed by nature,
41. After the rain, 42. First tulip 2008, 43. Should I stay or should I go, 44. Have a look..., 45. Spring colours, 46. Narcissus, 47. Neighbours magnolia buds..., 48. Lurking behind next wall,
49. Fading, 50. The inner light, 51. Hi, I'm coming...!!, 52. The Red Devil, 53. out in the green, 54. Spring (de)light, 55. remembrance, 56. let's play hide&seek,
57. shining crocus, 58. lungworts, 59. Crocus abstract, 60. hovering around, 61. Yellow eye-catcher, 62. Hoverfly meets red poppy, 63. attack of the monster, 64. Good Day Sunshine,
65. centered, 66. Eagle portrait, 67. painted, 68. A promise of spring, 69. Crocus, 70. Orange meets purple, 71. Floating feather, 72. Cat of the day
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1. Yum !!, 2. I never go out without my umbrella !, 3. Brown-hooded Kingfisher, 4. little serval cat (uncropped), 5. robin wishes..., 6. fixed diamond, 7. You have no right..., 8. Impala portrait,
9. busy bee, 10. three on a tree, 11. got a brand new dress, do you like it?, 12. serval cat
As I was covering the roses with new rose cones to get them past our predicted hard freeze tonight, I noticed one of them is going to try and produce another very late season bloom. If we get through tonight, it’s supposed to warm up again. Good thing - even though they should be done blooming, it would be very early to prepare and cover them for winter.
A best friend of mine was recently diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease.We were talking and he made the statement "Laugh...because life makes no sense whatsoever."
Explored!
I have a better composition in my mind, and it would have looked better with better post processing, but felt like uploading this anyway. Might try it some other time!
I am not the most optimistic person in the world, but I guess even the cynic feels hopeful sometimes.
Scientists say that optimists live longer. That is the reason for being one. Life can be beautiful no matter how hard it was...bad times are gon...we can't turn our past back but we can shape our future. Ramember after every storm there is the sun:-D
On 5 October 2017 Vodafone announced a significant evolution of its brand positioning strategy, strapline and visual identity worldwide – the first changes to one of the world's best-known brands since the introduction of the 'Power to you' strapline in 2009.
The strategy – implemented across all 36 countries in which the Vodafone brand is present – is designed to underline Vodafone’s belief that new technologies and digital services will play a positive role in transforming society and enhancing individual quality of life over the years ahead.
Vodafone’s brand positioning strategy focuses on the theme of optimism about the future, using the new strapline, 'The future is exciting. Ready?'
While being ill in my bed I have much time to think about bits and pieces ....
Following wise sentences I have found in one of my books
(sorry, only in German. Perhaps anybody could translate ??):
" Es ist klüger, pessimistisch zu sein:
Vergessen sind die Enttäuschungen,
und man steht vor den Menschen nicht blamiert da.
So ist der OPTIMISMUS bei den Klugen verpönt.
OPTIMISMUS ist eine Lebenskraft,
eine Kraft der Hoffnung, wo andere resignieren,
eine Kraft, Rückschläge zu ertragen,
eine Kraft, die die Zukunft niemals dem Gegner überläßt,
sondern sie für sich in Anspruch nimmt.
Den OPTIMISMUS als Willen zur Zukunft soll man nie verächtlich machen,
auch wenn er hundertmal irrt;
er ist Gesundheit des Lebens, die der Kranke nicht anstecken soll. "
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
This man is a moron!
We live in an ungodly world but that is because of money.
If babies were really needed, abortion would be a crime.
Unfortunately, only morons (who can't afford to raise children) have babies.
God hates abortion but hates more for children to suffer.
Fetus is not a living, breathing soul (πνευμα).
The only reasons I believe in God (or have hope for the future) is because of miracles I've experienced, including "seeing" God when I entered the womb through spontaneous self-hypnotic regression and a near death, out-of-body experience. Non-believers are like virgins -- they never experienced God.
It's not necessary to know God (intimately or carnally, like Adam knew Eve and had a son), neither is it necessary to have babies or lose Ur virginity.
I also believe, if there is a Messiah, he/she will be a virgin. Thing is: I'm not sure this world is worth saving . . . better off with a few billion less ppl?
A Messiah could save the world if he/she hooked up with a bunch of famous ppl, like Nelson Mandella, Jimmy Carter and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
A Messiah would abolish money, laws (law would be in U'r heart) and international boundaries.
A Messiah would also declare all current world religions are false: If it's not logical, it's not of God!
In the end (if nothing miraculous happens), I may end up cursing God on my deathbed for this stupid, meaningless existence.
Shot through the roof of the car waiting to make a left turn.
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Americans See Children's Future Dim in Poll as 50% Pessimistic
(BLOOMBERG) 12 Oct 2010 -- Americans say they have weathered the worst of the longest recession in seven decades, even as they are pessimistic about prospects for their retirement years, according to a Bloomberg National Poll.
Three in five respondents to the Oct. 7-10 poll say their economic condition has improved recently or they are confident it will get better. One in three say things have gotten worse or aren’t likely to improve anytime soon. [snip]
What optimism there is about the immediate future doesn’t carry over to the longer term. Pluralities of those polled say they’re not hopeful they will have enough money in retirement and expect they will have to keep working to make up the difference. More than 50 percent aren’t confident or are just somewhat confident their children will have better lives than they have.
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Ex-UA coed gets 5-year sentence
A former UA student who was arrested after her newborn son was found in a laundry bag inside her dorm was sentenced to five years in prison Friday.
Sarah Tatum, 21, pleaded guilty last month to aggravated assault and child abuse under circumstances likely to cause death.
Tatum was 19 when she gave birth to a boy on the afternoon of Feb. 23, 2009, in a bathroom stall in the Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall.
University of Arizona police found the baby inside a laundry bag at the foot of Tatum's bed, according to court documents.
The baby was released from University Medical Center on March 12, 2009, and has since been adopted.
Defense attorney Laura Udall said her client thought the baby was stillborn. (The baby has cerebral palsy.)
Read more at Arizona Daily Star, 16 Oct 2010.
From the Wipers Times. If you haven't caught the new BBC dramatised story of The Wipers Times it's available on i-player. I was bought the reproductions by my Mum about ten years ago as a Christmas present. Good stuff. :-)