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Optimistic and freedom-loving
Jovial and good-humored
Honest and straightforward
Intellectual and philosophical
creative and open minded...
.....you understand...I am as you my friends: a good person !
"An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it."~Jules Renard
Our thoughts have turned (optimistically) to springtime and this photograph takes us back around 75 years to a field at Balcathie Farm where farm workers are seen thinning sugar beet - the traditional way. The picture, from 1959, was taken by John Henderson, the farmer's son, who was a biology teacher at Arbroath High School and was well known for his interest in singing and rugby. The toiling locals were, from left, Charles Jorgensen, George Finlay, Ian Cummings, Jimmy Robbie, Tom Wilson, Edwin Johnston, Bob Boehm - a former German prisoner of war who elected to stay in Angus after the Second World War - Alistair Reid and James Milne.
I may never be able to afford one of their beautiful axes, but I ware this Best Made Co. badge proudly on my bag everyday.
It doesn't hurt to be optimistic. You can always cry later.
Lucimar Santos de Lima
Valley of Fire, Nevada
Reference number: NVvof_0805_268
An Optimistic Home
“To have an optimistic home sweet-tempered people must have a chance to send out aimable rays. You can’t shine very vigorously in a fog. It takes two people to make an optimist--one to smile and the other to be glad of it. Your cheerfulness can’t help the world to much joy if the world doesn’t see it. Install electricity in your home, touch the button and be an optimist. We will wire your house for you at a surprisingly low cost and shall be happy to supply you with any information you may require.”
HECo Optimistic Home
The Hawaiian star., March 02, 1906, SECOND EDITION, Page THREE, Image 3
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015415/1906-03-02/ed-...
Hawaii Digital Newspaper Project
It's good to be optimistic. To have dreams. To have hopes. To strive for something better. To see the glass as half full.
But it's equally important to be a realist as well. Sometimes, just appreciating that you have a cup in the first place can help put things in perspective, too.
I'm not saying Wes Walker should be thankful just because he made it to the Super Bowl (but dropped the ball on a potentially game-clinching play). I'm saying he should be thankful he at least wasn't Tiquan Underwood, who got cut the eve of game.
Or maybe now after that gaffe, he's probably wishing he was.
Nikon D300s
Sigma 50-150mm ƒ2.8
1/125th
ISO 3200
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. "
~E. B. White
Whipsnade.
As close to freedom to as possible for these guys who were born and raised in captivity. I wish them a future in our lifetime!
August 2008
The Optimistic Suburbia Workshop took place at ISCTE-IUL from may 18th to may 22nd 2015. Fotografia de Hugo Alexandre Cruz.
SE W810i, Location; Gherdaia - Algeria
"A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires." The fifth mountain, Paulo Coelho.
Just like the 2D paintings with a restricted colour scheme, I moved on to a secondary colour after painting pieces with the primary colours. This time, I decided to go with the cheerful yellow.
Yellow was used to represent joy and happiness in the ‘Power of Joy’, and this painting aims to exude the same emotion as well. On top of that, this painting utilises another effect of the colour yellow – optimism. The bush medicine leaves mainly represent the vat optimism and self-esteem one can have when going on in life.
The symbol in the middle is a combination of various signs across a few cultures. The horizontal line represents the horizon, showing a sign of hope. The round symbol in the middle is called the ‘Nyame Biribi Wo Soro’, a West African symbol of hope. On the whole, the symbol shows that one should be optimistic when encountered with obstacle or detour as one would get to one’s objective eventually.
On the whole, the painting shows the importance of being optimistic in life. One should take every step in life with a positive attitude, even in the face of adversity. That way, one can be sure to achieve one’s goals.
Details:
Acrylic on Canvas
24” x 24”
I thought this would be funny, and original.
Please view on black; you have to see it bigger to read the words. CLICK HERE! =)
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn’t see the clouds at all – he’s walking on them.
~Leonard Louis Levinson
Like the lady in white, you have to be optimistic, even at funerals. Taken in 2009, Bragadiru, Teleorman, Romania
At Queen St. West and Bay St. This gentleman was kind enough to sing to bystanders. He was one of the few bright spots in an overall gloomy day.
This image is Copyright © 2010 Dawid Werminski. All rights reserved.
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This sign magically appeared on MLK near the baseball field.
Is it an omen predicting lower unemployment and rising wages?
Or just a comment on the proposed Mixed Use development for the 1600 block of MLK?
This was one of several large jigsaws I optimistically took to the BCD House Party in February 2020. I bought it in August 2019 for a reasonable sum, probably because it wasn't labelled as Parker Pastime, had no original box, no piece count or dimensions, and had replacements and a chewed piece. The division of the blank into rectangles is uncommon for Parker Pastime (but not without precedent) and the number and shape of the figurals indicated to me that it was American and likely Parker. I had a bit of discussion about it with an American BCD member who came to the event, in our private facebook group, so I was keen to complete this jigsaw first.
The 1500pc board was big enough - I'll add dimensions and piece count later. The figurals are really quite large - this surprised me, but the largest Parker I'd done previously was only about 400pc. The replacements have proved to be rather crude and I would eventually like to get better ones made. One replacement 'corner' (which ended up on the floor, which I picked up and put on the next table because it didn't look like our jigsaw at all then reclaimed and placed later) can be seen on the lower edge.