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2.28.2017
4.19.2016
Wordless Wednesday: Pink and Yellow Flowers
by Mary Denman @MaryDenman
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| Pink Azaleas |
4.12.2016
Wordless Wednesday: White Wisteria and our Puppy
by Mary Denman @MaryDenman
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I'm back from my little break!
While I'm still pretty slow to get around as the tendon and my heel continue to heal, I did get out with hubby to get a few shots!
Not even surgery can keep me from my camera!
This Friday's Photo Tip will be about Golden Hour.
This one tip alone can change your photography.
I'm back from my little break!
While I'm still pretty slow to get around as the tendon and my heel continue to heal, I did get out with hubby to get a few shots!
Not even surgery can keep me from my camera!
This Friday's Photo Tip will be about Golden Hour.
This one tip alone can change your photography.
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| Liam enjoying the sunshine |
4.03.2013
3.26.2013
Wordless Wednesday - Icy Flowers
In honor of those
who still have snow,
here's a little hope.
Flowers of pink
and flowers who think
that yellow steals the show!
So when you see your world so white,
cast a glance or two
and maybe beneath the layers of ice,
bright colors will meet you!
Black and white versions...
Thanks for dropping by! Happy WW!
3.19.2013
Wordless Wednesday - Spring has Begun!
Okay, so I LOVE flowers! Enjoy!
Thanks for dropping by!
Hope you have a great Wordless Wednesday!
3.13.2013
3.11.2013
Monday's Musings - Seasons of Life - Pt. 1
Monday's Musings - Seasons of Life - Pt. 1
I love a change of seasons. I really do.
I lived in south Florida for years. I missed spring, fall and winter. Technically, Florida may have four "seasons", but when you can wear shorts 360 days a year, the seasonal changes are too subtle. At least for me.
Now that I live in SC, I just love the four seasons. Each has its own distinct flavor. And they're about equal to each other in length where I live. But by the time one season gets a tad old, the next one peeps its head around the corner, promising change. I love that, too!
Spring shows up here on shoots of green with yellow flowers bursting into our brown world. I love all the colors of spring. Yellows, pinks, purples, whites and various greens. Including pollen green. Okay, so I don't like that color much.
Then summer enters quickly with deeper greens, reds and oranges. Along with high temperatures and bugs. Gotta love the south! We women don't sweat here. We glisten!!
When we think we can't take much more humid heat, the nights start cooling off and the leaves change to their autumn collection. Browns, reds, yellows, orange... Once the temperatures cool down, we venture outside a lot more.
Then comes winter. Winters here aren't too hard. It's never really cold for more than a few days. (Although I would love more cold!) People may laugh that 3 inches of snow shuts our city down, but we just don't have the equipment on hand to clear roads. Plus, you need more than one snow day a year to learn how to drive safely in the snow. So, it snows, things shut down. But then the snow is already disappearing by the next day and we're right back to life. Sigh. I could use a good snow day about now!
So, what can the seasons teach us? Well, the obvious comparison is that spring is like being born and enjoying our childhood. Lots of new experiences, excitement at every turn. Delight in all the changes.
Then, summer compares to our years when we find a career and have a family. We love to get out and play. Experience fun times together. Life still seems to hold all kinds of opportunities. The possibilities may still seem endless.
But eventually, fall sets in. We find ourselves in mid life. Health issues may crop up. Our parents age more than we'd like. We find ourselves getting tired more easily. How hard life has been up to this point may wear on us more than we want.
Finally, we enter our "golden years". Most of our parenting is done. We may have grandkids. If we've saved well, we can retire and travel or spend more time together with people we love. But we may definitely slow down.
Is this all there is to life? No. While the analogy fits, I believe that we can look at the seasons very differently and take strength from what they can teach us. Through out our lives, the season are constantly changing. And that can help us learn how to weather the storms and keep persevering as the bible says.
While I may be in the fall and in "mid life", I'm excited about the future. There are career possibilities opening up for me I never dreamed of. They are ministries opening up I never thought about. I may be slowing down a bit, but that's making me rather intentional in what I spend my time and energy on.
So come back next week for part 2. We'll look at how we sometimes feel stuck in one season. But there are some wonderful lessons to be learned while hanging out in the dreariness of winter. Or in the heat of summer. You know, the times in life where we want relief.
But for now, which season are you in?
Thanks for dropping by!
I love a change of seasons. I really do.
I lived in south Florida for years. I missed spring, fall and winter. Technically, Florida may have four "seasons", but when you can wear shorts 360 days a year, the seasonal changes are too subtle. At least for me.
Now that I live in SC, I just love the four seasons. Each has its own distinct flavor. And they're about equal to each other in length where I live. But by the time one season gets a tad old, the next one peeps its head around the corner, promising change. I love that, too!
Spring shows up here on shoots of green with yellow flowers bursting into our brown world. I love all the colors of spring. Yellows, pinks, purples, whites and various greens. Including pollen green. Okay, so I don't like that color much.
Then summer enters quickly with deeper greens, reds and oranges. Along with high temperatures and bugs. Gotta love the south! We women don't sweat here. We glisten!!
When we think we can't take much more humid heat, the nights start cooling off and the leaves change to their autumn collection. Browns, reds, yellows, orange... Once the temperatures cool down, we venture outside a lot more.
So, what can the seasons teach us? Well, the obvious comparison is that spring is like being born and enjoying our childhood. Lots of new experiences, excitement at every turn. Delight in all the changes.
Then, summer compares to our years when we find a career and have a family. We love to get out and play. Experience fun times together. Life still seems to hold all kinds of opportunities. The possibilities may still seem endless.
But eventually, fall sets in. We find ourselves in mid life. Health issues may crop up. Our parents age more than we'd like. We find ourselves getting tired more easily. How hard life has been up to this point may wear on us more than we want.
Finally, we enter our "golden years". Most of our parenting is done. We may have grandkids. If we've saved well, we can retire and travel or spend more time together with people we love. But we may definitely slow down.
Is this all there is to life? No. While the analogy fits, I believe that we can look at the seasons very differently and take strength from what they can teach us. Through out our lives, the season are constantly changing. And that can help us learn how to weather the storms and keep persevering as the bible says.
While I may be in the fall and in "mid life", I'm excited about the future. There are career possibilities opening up for me I never dreamed of. They are ministries opening up I never thought about. I may be slowing down a bit, but that's making me rather intentional in what I spend my time and energy on.
So come back next week for part 2. We'll look at how we sometimes feel stuck in one season. But there are some wonderful lessons to be learned while hanging out in the dreariness of winter. Or in the heat of summer. You know, the times in life where we want relief.
But for now, which season are you in?
Thanks for dropping by!
10.15.2012
Monday's Musings
What perspective do you view life from?
I've learned in photography that perspective makes a big difference in the shots I take. And I started thinking, the same is true in life.
My perspective about life events sure does make a difference in how I look at my life and respond to it.
So how does this work? Well, let's look at a common flower. The iris.
They bloom in the spring and only in the spring. They come in waves of beauty. This is how we tend to see them, colorful blooms in the midst of lots of green leaves. This is the normal, or average view of them. And unless they happen to be in our own yard, we often just see them in passing.
But what happens if we stop and get a little closer? What if we actually examine them? They are beautiful flowers full of amazing details. Yet, you have to take the time to look for those details.
So how can perspective make a big difference in how we view a common flower? Well, have you seen many pictures of irises with blue sky in the background? Probably not often. Why? Because a photographer has to get down on her hands and knees to get the shot. And sometimes she has to take several shots to get a really good one....
Do you get the drift? Same flower, three different views....
I'll be the first to admit that I often don't stop to think about what's really going on in my life and in my heart. I'm just cruising through, catching glimpses of beauty. Grabbing a bible verse here and there. Or, if things aren't going my way, I may not even catch the beauty.
But sometimes I do stop and focus closer in. I see where God is working in my life. But until I stop, I'm still missing some important details in my life that God wants to teach me.
Sometimes those details are best seen while I'm on my hands and knees, looking up to God.
It may not be my first choice, but when I find myself on my knees, it can provide a pretty unique view of life.
Have a blessed day and stop to see how God is working in your life.
Mary
I've learned in photography that perspective makes a big difference in the shots I take. And I started thinking, the same is true in life.
My perspective about life events sure does make a difference in how I look at my life and respond to it.
So how does this work? Well, let's look at a common flower. The iris.
They bloom in the spring and only in the spring. They come in waves of beauty. This is how we tend to see them, colorful blooms in the midst of lots of green leaves. This is the normal, or average view of them. And unless they happen to be in our own yard, we often just see them in passing.
But what happens if we stop and get a little closer? What if we actually examine them? They are beautiful flowers full of amazing details. Yet, you have to take the time to look for those details.
So how can perspective make a big difference in how we view a common flower? Well, have you seen many pictures of irises with blue sky in the background? Probably not often. Why? Because a photographer has to get down on her hands and knees to get the shot. And sometimes she has to take several shots to get a really good one....
Do you get the drift? Same flower, three different views....
I'll be the first to admit that I often don't stop to think about what's really going on in my life and in my heart. I'm just cruising through, catching glimpses of beauty. Grabbing a bible verse here and there. Or, if things aren't going my way, I may not even catch the beauty.
But sometimes I do stop and focus closer in. I see where God is working in my life. But until I stop, I'm still missing some important details in my life that God wants to teach me.
Sometimes those details are best seen while I'm on my hands and knees, looking up to God.
It may not be my first choice, but when I find myself on my knees, it can provide a pretty unique view of life.
Have a blessed day and stop to see how God is working in your life.
Mary
3.14.2012
3.07.2012
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