2011.11.29 Gratitude for the broken

(CoffeeShop Orton /  Kim Klassen EmptyPage colorburn70)

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2011.11.27 After Thanksgiving quotes and encouragements

Several from Henry Van Dyke:

Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except for the best.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

. . . and from others:

You are not here to merely make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope that leads to achievement. You are here to enrich the world.
~ Woodrow Wilson

Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
~ Isaiah 40:31

. . . do it all for the glory of God.
~ 1 Corinthians 10:31b

2011.11.24 Finding joy in . . .

enough land so that friends and family

can visit and bring motorcycles, offroad vehicles, or horses . . .

 (PSE B&W / CoffeeShop AutumnGlow action / PSE vignette)

(ShadowHouse Scratch1 softlight50 / ShadowHouse RusticCharm2 overlay100)

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Share the Joy at Meri's Musings

This or That Thursday at Deb Duty

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Well, it's back to cooking . . .

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the States.

2011.11.22 PSE indecision

We had a hard frost a week ago (brrrr),

so I took my camera on my mailbox walk

and shot some frosty photos on the way to and from.

One of the photos captured my attention . . .

It's mostly some shriveled hosta leaves on a walnut stump.

I liked the photo . . . the colors, the frost, the decay, the composition.

But, when I added textures . . . oh, my.

And that's where the indecision appeared.

Usually, one texture or one blending mode outshines all the others.

Not here.

And not my usual choices of saturated colors.

The results of my PSE indecision . . .

 (Kim Klassen AutumnBurst hardlight100)

  (Kim Klassen Mayzee exclusion100)

  (Kim Klassen Mayzee hue100)

  (Kim Klassen Mayzee linearlight100)

  (Kim Klassen Paper1 color100)

 (PictureSpeak blog by Roshanda Glenn TexturedSlate lighten100)

All textures except the last one are by Kim Klassen.

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2011.11.19 Quote for Thanksgiving and everyday

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. 
― Melody Beattie, author