Ixtapa Sunset Memory

Hello all!  I am so glad to make an entry today....although it will be a short one...and will need to be updated with the larger photo when my FTP Space becomes available.  The sunsets in Ixtapa were really incredible.  I am biased though since I think all sunsets are incredible.   This photo was begging to be put into some kind of advertisement...so I decided to advertise the sunset!   The haziness adds to the lazy aura of the evening...just resting and watching the sun turn red, pink, purple, yellow...and finally it was gone.  There is a story that just before the sun sets there is a green flash....it is a bit of a myth since noone seems to be able to capture that on camera.  In as much as it may be raining and grey here in Seattle  it's also sunny and warm when I look at this sunset memory!  Have a great day all....I know the weather in the East is still crazy!   Take care, maybe a little tropical sunset will help you get away for a moment or two to a world of warm breezes and cool dreams.

Maria

Reflections of Mexico and Spotlighted!

Hi, all!    

I have been Spotlighted on the PhotoTrek journal by Greg Kiser!  It's really an honor ..just take a look at his photos:  The Phototrek Journal and his gallery at: Four Forty Six Photography He made some very nice comments about my trek through 'photojournography'  (my word).  He reflects on his photos like I do but is way more accomplished.  I was thrilled to hear that he thought enough of my photos to do a special on them.   I keep working on improving my techniques not only for posting on the web but also for printing and framing.  Maybe one day I'll graduate past church bazaars...LOL.   Mostly just haven't had the time to make inroads on that.   Greg has a great gallery that I'd like to emulate one day and all this while working full time. 

                              

Here are three photos I took in Mexico all related to reflections and framed in black.  The first one of an egret that caught my eye both above the water and in it's reflection.   He/She (how can I tell?) was standing in water although a bit greenish in color that had little schools of fish just waiting to supper...:)    The second photo is one of a sunset reflection in our little pool on our deck where we stayed.  The colors were so pink and the black  shadows seemed to make the reflection just pop out.    The third photo is one of a pair of sunglasses sitting on a table reflecting the water sparkles in the ocean.  There are many kinds of reflections...these photos all bring back the moment as if I was still there....especially the last one....

 

It sometimes takes me a few days to get the photos ready...I have more and will be posting 2 or 3 of the trip I took to Mexico every few days over the next week or two...stay tuned for more to come.  Hope you enjoyed these!  Seeing the little things may be as easy as catching a reflection...it doubles the beauty of the original view.   Adios, amigos.

Maria

Happy Valentine's Day and Mexico

all! 

 

I've been gone on a wonderful trip to Mexico...

so I haven't had an entry for awhile.   It was wonderful...a great place to have a glass of wine for two...

I have some wonderful photos to share!  Today I did want to send all a special Happy Valentine's day message...take the time to do a little thing..even if it's just a card or a scribbled note...be creative...make a heart with flower petals on your bed..have a bottle of wine and a candle waiting after dinner in the living room..put on a nice CD for background music.  Take time to appreciate the ones you love!

 

 

Tulip and Rose Time

Hello all!  I'm thinking about Valentine's day and Donna's string of hearts tag was such a great way to start my entry!   I love all things about this day...the hearts, red, flowers and especially roses and tulips.   

I've added a little tune from the B-52's called Love Shack!  Hope you all like it!

Here are a couple of photos from my collection! 

 

 

Tag by Dianna

                           

Winter, a door and Tulips

Hello, all and a good Thursday evening or Friday morning to you!....depending on which coast you are  closest to here in the USA..... I was looking for a theme in my photos and I found a winter picture that made me think of Spring!....Our door has beveled tulips in the window inserts along with the side windowpanel.   I've been seeing Tulips in the stores too and at my sister-in-law's house over the weekend...Spring is just around the corner....you have to have Winter before you can have Spring!   It's just the way things are and maybe that's why contrasts happen....so we can appreciate them so much more.   Remember that there is always a door to the next season and when the door leads to Spring...bring those tulips in the house!

      

         

              

               

           

       The animated tulips are compliments of  Chris at
                                                Cab's Creations:                    

                                                                                      

   Mousepad nametag compliments of Missie at Chat2Missie

Clouds and Wooden Carving

 

One more entry...I had taken this moon and clouds photo a few days before the big snow...the clouds looked like something...something that might just swallow the night sky...with that mooneye staring at me....what do you think? 

Then later on my walk in the wetlands I saw this wood carving of a fish head on a tree trunk..it looked like it wanted to swallow something...maybe me...

I wonder how many walkers by were startled by this art object...gasping for air....  Luckily for us the little woodmoon fairy is watching over things....thanks to D's Designs... 

               

   Sometimes the day seems to swallow me up.   It just ticks away until the night comes so quickly.  I have protection though...in my slumber I come out the other end into a bright new day guided by the fairies of my hopes and dreams for a better outcome and a brand new day!   Maria

Theler Wetlands - 2

            

 

Hello all! I finally got my Thelar wetlands photos to post..however, I'm doing it in a roundabout way......whatever works.  I can usually find a workaround if I have to do it!   The dragonfly woodcarving really got my attention..it's huge!  Instead of changing my previous entry I've created a new one.   The lesson on these photos is to be early wherever you go because you will never know what you will find on the way to enjoy and learn from.  Even if you don't take photos...take the walk, explore the place, jot down some notes on your reflections,  journal about them.  I realized during this walk that even in the depths of a grey and wet winter, when the snow has melted, there are extraordinary things all around us.  I was open to them this day...I'm so glad I stopped.....took the time...such a simple little thing..only took an extra 30 minutes which I had because I was early!   What's in your area?  What paths have you yet to take?

 

 

  Maria