Monday -making a memory mosaic

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Oh my goodness! Do any of you ever find technical difficulties when you post your blog?? *sigh* lately I think I must not have been fulling paying attention but uggh my apologies for the mess.

BACK to Monday Mosaic — with Mary at Little Red House.  Like many of us she is thinking about Spring.

As you know I do love snow… but lately its just been cold-ish and I am struggling to find something to shoot.

So, I purchased some inspiration. *sigh* I know kinda sad huh?

I want to thank all of you who have so diligently supported me. But I don’t know a lot about you. So If you don’t mind. Come out from behind your anonymous-ness ( is that a word?) and share a bit.

All of us are creative– even if you don’t admit that you are. Each of us have been given talents we seldom tap.

Those of you who blog, are writers; even if you are like me and are reluctant to call ourselves that. Share a little of your creative mind today and tell us… Let’s make a memory

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Before you leave — be sure to comment on the below questions!! Pleeeease

1- If you were a Disney Character who would you be?

That wonderful dog in Lady and the Tramp that resembled Mae West.

2- In basic Fairy Tale world – who would you be?

One of Sleeping Beauty’s  Fairy God mothers — Flora or Fauna — Wait! Merry weather

3- If you walked into a Piano bar and someone handed you a mic what song would you sing?

Any song from Sleepless in Seattle

Hahha!  Share please! Would love to see the silly side of you.

Have a wonderful week.

TTFN~~ Claudia ♥ ♥

February 7, 2010 at 6:40 pm | Mosaic | 18 comments

Friday~~ Finding Beauty 2/5/10

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♥Welcome to Friday~~ Finding Beauty ♥

This year, when I decided I would start the Friday~~ Finding Beauty — my goal of course was to create a successful meme– but it was a bit on the selfish side for me.

Like many, the negative voices in my head have played too large a  part in my life– often times I felt I was negative– thus when we focus on the negative we have more negative in our lives. 

And simply the more we focus on the positive and beautiful the more our life becomes positive– you get the idea, especially for those of you who have read The Secret.

Albert Einstein said– “Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of INSANITY.”

Change ISN’T easy. I needed skills that would help me change.

~0~

 

Three ways to motivate change:

1– Pain– When pain of remaining the same overrides the pain to change.

2– Discipline– Do what you have to do, when you have to do it, whether you feel like it or not.

3– Understanding, that you will spend your life in pain. The pain of discipline or the pain of regret for not changing.

~o~

So– I decided to CHANGE how I looked at my life and become more grateful. Create an ATTITUDE of GRATITUDE.

Bill Gates said “In Business and Life, you don’t get what you WANT only what you expect!”

Studies have shown that one has to repeat an action 21 times before it starts to become a habit– So I challenged myself every time I stopped at a stop light to look around and purposefully look for some BEAUTY. I have been doing it for over a month now and I laugh at some of the things I see.

This week I pulled up behind a bus full of kids. As boys will sometimes do, they started sticking their tongues out and crossing their eyes… I laughed. Then I remembered I had my camera with me…

I think this was a great example of what BEAUTY is– it was there…and I captured it.

 

Thanks to you darling boys, who made my day!

When you change the way you look at the things– the things you look at change! Wayne Dyer

 

Don’t forget Beverly at How Sweet the Sound On Pink Saturday.

And Susan at Inspired Room.

Enjoy the beauty we have all around us!  ♥ ♥Claudia ♥ ♥

Now Join with us as we celebrate BEAUTY–

1. Hit publish for your personal blog-  Friday~~ Finding Beauty post.
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5. Click on “Enter.” Now we are celebrating together.
6. Please link back to this Friday~~Finding Beauty post so that your readers can find other wonderful examples of beauty around the world.

(Sorry but if you don’t link back to us your link will be removed.)

February 4, 2010 at 9:39 pm | Fridays Finding Beauty | 17 comments

Oh Deer

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 Knowing I wanted to participate with Susan at Southern Daydreamer with Outdoor Wednesday, I hopped in the ol PT Cruiser and went cruising.

Isn’t this old rusted out Silo amazing? I really couldn’t find a road to get  close up– but this gives you an idea.

This particular day is a perfect example of the Dipity RoadI wander.  My intention was to head up the canyon to scout out something but instead (Serendipity) — I had a happy finding! I think the abandoned Silo looks like a very cool quilt. I could imagine all the hard work that went into this, now gorgeous, worn and tired– but still a beautiful building. 

In FACT I found TWO happy findings!!

Rounding a winding road I looked into a young tree nursery…  a bit beyond was a group of 4 BUCKS bouncing and playing. I stopped abruptly and backed up.

 (I know… one of these days I am going to be smacked into by another person not watching the road!)  The blog “gods” are watching out for me I guess.

I slowly came down the gravel road… *sigh* and of course they stopped their antics. In fact, two bounced off before I could focus my camera.

They watched me very intently. I stayed pretty quiet so they seemed to not mind my interruption and watched me back.

Do you see the kids swing set? Well, before I so rudely interupted their play — they had that “horse” swing just dancing.

This is where I wish I owned a video camera– would’ve made YOU-Tube for sure

This young guy look like he has been a rascal in the past and someone clean his clock.

Look– he has had one of  antlers knocked off.

Can’t you just hear his mother– “Ohhh yes…it’s all fun — UNTIL someone gets hurt!”

They got board of me and started to leave…

As I was turning around I noticed the two that had bounded off initially– they hadn’t gone far–

Ok–  they were not the bravest of the four– but they had their buddies backs!

I thanked them all for a lovely day– a Serendipitous find!

I hope you all find something Serendipitous along your Road today…it’s there if you take the time to look.

TTFN~~Claudia ♥ ♥

February 2, 2010 at 9:22 pm | Outdoor Wednesday | 17 comments

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