Focus on Life Wk 43~In the Shadows

Week 43~Oh My!

This has been a dull, gray week here in central Ontario...it has rained, and rained, and rained, and rained, and.....well, you know. We get about an hour of sunshine a day (as I am on the way to work, usually) and that's about it. Consequently, I've had to cheat a bit and use a photo I took last week, while in Charlotte for Sally's prompt, which was:

"This week, capture what you find intriguing about light and shadows"

While not a photo from this week, it IS one I love......

Loved the effect of the reflection of the clouds in the skyscraper, and also the juxtaposition of the old statue with the new skyscraper

Hope you like it too! 

Be sure to visit the others and see what THEY found intriguing!

Focus on Life Wk 42 ~ All in a Day

Another really appropriate prompt for me this week....how does Sally know??! 

This week, she said:

"Let's focus on 24 hours and see what goes on in your day!"

Well, I couldn't really say that the 24 hours I'll be focusing on are a typical day....but they certainly were a fun one! 

Here's 24 hours in Charlotte:

Be sure and check out the other participants' 24 hourses! (is TOO a word!)

Focus on Life Wk 41 ~ Connections

I am late, I am late, for a very important date...or actually BECAUSE OF a very important date!

Our National Inclusion Project Gala took place in Charlotte, NC last weekend and I was a leeeetle tied up, in a very good way.

 Our prompt from Sally for this week couldn't have been more appropriate:

"We all have, make, witness connections every day; connecting to one another makes us feel that we are part of something more, something great! This week, focus on the connections you make, the connections that naturally occur, a connection of things, your connection to your environment, craft, faith."

The weekend was all about making connections, but this is a very important one to me. The first picture was taken in 2004, in Charlotte NC on October 16th. I am on the left, Diane Bubel is on the right. 

Diane is the co-founder of the National Inclusion Project, for which I have worked for the last 10 years; the picture above was the first day we met. 

The picture below was taken at our Gala, on October 12th, 2013 in Charlotte, NC. I told Diane I wanted a do-over! 

A little older, a little better dressed....still friends! 

Focus on Life~Week 40!!

Forty!! Ohmygoodness, we're getting near the end! I can't believe 2013 is 40 weeks gone already...

Sally's prompt for us this week was:

"Everyone can use a smile....this week, focus on the positive and give us a smile!"

I apologize in advance for having to keep going back to my Maine pictures...but the madness continues here, and my only day off this week was a monsoon, so my planned trip to the Farmer's Market for pumpkin faces was...off! 

OTOH, this smile is so infectious...and if that motorcycle helmet doesn't give you a laugh today, nothing will! Be sure to click on it to see! 

This gentleman rolled up to our car just as we were leaving Nubble Lighthouse, and we couldn't resist him...and YES, that IS a hamburger helmet on his head! 

Hope everyone has a wonderful week FULL of smiles....be sure to visit the others! 

Week 39~Your best shot!

This week, I had to go back a couple of weeks and pull out a shot I took while on our 2-day vacation in Maine. That trip produced some of my "best shots" ever....

First, this one taken in Perkins Cove, ME:

Which a friend edited, giving it a "watercolour" touch:

And second, this one, which I think tells the whole story of our trip in one picture:

I can hardly wait to see the other "best shots"!

Focus on Life Wk 38~A Quiet Moment

This is my busiest time of the year...I can not BELIEVE it is nearing the end of September...I have about a bazillion things to do prior to our Gala on Oct 12th (I'm flying on Oct 10th) and when I get back it'll be right into the hustle/bustle of the pre-Christmas season. 

Suffice to say, there are not many "quiet moments" in my life these days. 

Thanks, Sally, for "making me look" at at least one of them:

Sally's prompt this week was:

"A moment of calm, peacefulness, self-reflection...quiet little moments through the day where you pause, listen to your heart and breath. This week, capture a quiet moment!"

Mine? That moment where you are between WAKING up...and GETTING up...and best of all, on a sunny day!

Hope you are having a sunny day, and enjoying your quiet moments! 

No Inlinkz again this week....but you will find lots of other quiet moments HERE.

Week 37 - In Motion

Where we continue once again with Sally's wonderful prompts for our camera work. This week it was:

"Get moving and a-grooving this week! Stretch those creative muscles and capture things in motion!"

Well, I don't know about stretching any creative muscles...but this little guy made me laugh!...that's supposed to be good exercise. 

On Wednesday here, it was +44 (111 above, for you fahrenheit people)...today it is +13 (55 F). 

I think he's saying the same thing I was feeling....ACK!!! The water's too COLD!! 

Unfortunately, I did not see the Inlinkz code this week...do go to The Studio Sublime and see what the others have found moving!