Friday, November 3, 2017

Rainy days and learning to see...

Raindrops and Rose Nov 3 Downtown Nashville - Photo by Laura Moody

Photographers - It pays to circle the subject you find so interesting! 

As you move around the object the camera picks up outside light differently depending on the sun or angle of the brightest light. 

Design skills are utilized as the photographer decides what to capture in the space the camera frame offers. As the shutter closes and opens again a snippet of  perceived reality is picked up and transformed into tiny pixels. Voila!

What is super amazing is that the light looked totally different when I stood 50 degrees away from the spot where I took the above photo and this image below was captured:

Symphony Fountains Nov 3 Downtown Nashville - Photo by Laura Moody

Light, design and a steady hand (most of the time!) yields favorable images.

Click here to read a robust blog entry on learning to see.

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Friday, October 27, 2017

Smile and Share With Others



Thank you to the couple who now call this painting their own. :) I had it hanging on my patio for the longest while and so happy to give it away so that they and their friends will now enjoy it. 

The border is made with acrylic paint. A white chalk message is written over the navy center. The colors are painted atop an up-cycled kitchen cabinet door. 

Happy Fall!

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Friday, September 8, 2017

Edelweiss - A Twist!



Looking forward to seeing this flower in person one day! 


When viewing some of my great aunts' memorabalia I found a paper with these words featured:

Grace
(Edelweiss Melody)

Bless our friends,
Bless our food.
Come, O' Lord and sit with us.
May our talk
Glow with peace,
Come with your love and surround us.
Friendship and peace -
May it bloom and glow,
Bloom and grow forever.
Bless our friends.
Bless our food.
Come, O Lord and surround us! 

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Monday, August 21, 2017

Movie - Risen


The journey is incredible for each believer... the Truth sets humans free from the trappings of this world. To come to know Christ as one's Savior is THE pursuit that all should experience. Risen is a film that captures the emotions perfectly of the recognition and realization of what has transpired in our history. Believe!

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Monday, August 14, 2017

US Total Solar Eclipse - Aug. 21 2017!


It hasn't happened in a century but what goes around comes around! :)

To celebrate the US Aug. 21, 2017 Total Solar Eclipse many festivals are happening in the towns along the moon's path. Do read the details in the link in the previous sentence for further information.

Plus, the US postal service created a groovy 2017 Total Solar Eclipse stamp that is triggered by heat to change the image on its front. Very creative!

If you look at the eclipse, remember to wear specially issued sunglasses when you look towards the sun. Have a fun day! 

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

A Proper Hand Shake Makes a Positive First Impression!



Negative first impressions are hard to un-do so please please please do yourself a favor and learn how to shake hands correctly! 

Social etiquette matters and leads to more positive encounters.

Check out this web site for more details: 

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Thursday, August 3, 2017

One Man's Trash... Someone Else's Treasure? Let's Hope So!


Wow - so I finally saw the movie Wall-E and what a creative effort! 

Not only that, those who wrote the script filled it with lots of topics for the average human to consider.

Stuff, stuff, stuff - when will we make too much? What about all those plastic bags, glass bottles, newspapers, etc. that should be recycled?! And of the items that are not recyclable, are they available for others to re-use them?  Where is all our trash going to be placed if it is not able to be destroyed or re-used in a different way?  

Love - Loving your neighbors matters... have you met them? How are you able to support and help each other in times of need? Do you practice patience and make the effort to try and understand what others might be going through?

Our planet Earth - are we making good decisions on how to care for it? Or as in this movie Wall-E, will we allow it to become uninhabitable for a period of time due to our Stuff creating unbreathable air, lack of space and plant suffering/degradation? 

Many themes to consider.
What are we each able to do in our own community to make our world a better place to live? 

Think about it! :) 

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