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The 2012 Countdown: Day 31

  “Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” Oprah Winfrey     On this, the final day of 2012, I wish for you a new year filled with creativity and joy! Thank you for following...

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Happy New Year!

  “may your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. i hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art -write or draw...

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A Love Letter

January – April 2012   Dear Project 365, On Monday, we wrapped up another year together. 365 days of both inspiration and frustration, although the times of insight and revelation far outweighed the...

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Wise Words Sunday

“Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it.” Buddha +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Because I enjoyed The 2012...

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Winter Wonderland

  It seems too easy – to photograph the natural beauty of snow. And besides, I don’t “do” nature, right? I find my patterns and lines and shapes in architecture, where geometry and precision rule the...

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Upholding

  Gretchen Rubin, author of “The Happiness Project” and “Happier at Home”, recently wrote a thought-provoking blog post identifying four different personality types and the way each type responds to...

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Wise Words Sunday

  “Without  black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there’s shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You’ve got to be willing to  mix black into your palette...

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Rainy Days

  I’m not fond of cold winter rain. In fact, it is my least favorite kind of weather. But there is a side-effect of wet days that I do enjoy – puddles and their reflections. For this month’s Exploring...

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Wing-Feather Fables: The Fates

Welcome to the first fable of 2013! Here The Fates – they who control the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal from birth to death – seem to have met their match. The girl in the bright orange...

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Third Thursday Challenge: January

  Are you addicted to color? Yea, me too. Especially since I became a convert to the “golden hour”, gilding all in its clear honeyed light. As well as becoming addicted to faux-lomography and other...

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Wise Words Sunday

  “Now shall I walk or shall I ride? ‘Ride,’ Pleasure said; ‘Walk,’ Joy replied.” William Henry Davies +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Have you joined in with...

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A Simple Subject

A simple subject. Nothing remarkable. An abandoned car dealership. Dirty window panes and rust. A standard case of urban decay. Condensed water, streaking the glass, obeying gravity in its downward...

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The Regular Routine

  There are days when I head out on my photo walk and wish I was someplace else – New York City or Paris. Montreal or Toronto. Washington DC or San Francisco. Someplace new and exciting and full of...

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Wise Words Sunday

“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”  Kahlil Gibran  

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Ghosts in the Walls

  “Pause often; listen deeply” from the Good Life Project “Living Creed” by Jonathan Fields There is something wonderful about the decaying and abandoned, proudly wearing its patina of age; lovingly...

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Wing-Feather Fables: Carnie Ghosts

The carnie life – with its scent of deep-fried chocolate wafting through the air. What’s it like – behind the scenes of the carnival, when it arrives on the first warm day of spring?     Dead carnies...

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Third Thursday Challenge Wrap-up: January

  It’s time to wrap up the Third Thursday Challenge for January! The link will be open until midnight  – you still have time to join in. Black and white continues to have its hold on me. Over half my...

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Wise Words Sunday

  “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.” Elisabeth...

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Technicolor Dreaming

  Welcome to the Regal, bedecked in its bright, candy-colored hues and retro styling. It sits, dreaming of early Hollywood and the studio stars; the glitz and the glamour; the wonders of imagination...

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Chair Story

  As a general rule, I try not to duplicate the images which I feature on my blog. This image illustrated a post about rules and personality types, based on an article written by Gretchen Rubin. It...

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