tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46488394115011067902024-03-04T23:48:58.010-05:00A Rose in God's Garden PhotographyCapturing beauty wherever God plants meMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-92044167409093313202011-10-21T23:12:00.000-04:002011-10-21T23:12:17.396-04:00PuppyWell, while at college this year I haven't been taking as many pictures because I've couped myself up in the practice rooms a whole lot. But, when I went home for fall break, I couldn't help but take pictures of our puppy.<br />
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Remember this cute little girl?</div>
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She's gotten really big.</div>
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She and I had a lot of fun together.</div>
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Aren't puppies so much fun?</div>Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-60354385441192468232011-09-18T09:28:00.001-04:002011-09-18T09:28:25.501-04:00Fabulous Nails<div style="text-align: center;">
I have a friend who loves painting nails. She's pretty awesome at it. </div>
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I've never really gotten into nail polish since I have to keep my nails short and clean for playing piano. But my friend has given me a number of fun "manicures" which I've loved.</div>
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She's given me strawberry nails:</div>
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I think I'm a compulsive flower photographer.</div>
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Does anyone know what kind of flower these are? I found a pot of them in my Granny's garden, and they are simply gorgeous! Any guesses?</div>
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I think it's amazing how many different kinds of flowers God has made.</div>
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My Granny's garden is one of the most beautiful ones I have encountered.</div>
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She has beautiful lupine flowers:</div>
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The pods of the lupine flowers, like furry gloved fingers:
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Not sure what these are, but they're also gorgeous (and very photogenic!)</div>
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A couple of weeks ago, our power went out for about two days. We lit candles, and naturally, I took pictures.</div>
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You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, so they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. {Matthew 5:14-16}</blockquote>
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(Linking this last picture up to Breathe: a Photography Challenge)</div>
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I've always thought it would be cool to make a daisy chain. So one day I tried it, and I found (to my surprise) that it actually worked! </div>
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I braided the pliable stems of the daisies, and added new ones every other twist or so. </div>
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Join them together, and you have a crown.</div>
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I had great fun modeling with it out in the woods, like some woodland fairy.</div>
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<br />Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-15453641044598396702011-07-11T22:54:00.001-04:002011-07-20T22:52:57.921-04:00In the gardenThere is so much beauty in the summertime.<br />
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Purple bachelor buttons, full of character and a delicate beauty all their own: </div>
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Chives with purple flowers like crinkly pom-poms:</div>
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<br />Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-19236292428149491552011-07-02T22:59:00.000-04:002011-07-02T22:59:45.588-04:00Blue Beauties<div style="text-align: center;">I found these tiny blue flowers in the midst of our front garden as I was weeding, and could not help taking a picture or two.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-48625241823093100562011-06-28T07:15:00.001-04:002011-06-28T07:15:00.820-04:00Just a tad whimsicalEver wanted to be a princess in a forest? <br />
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That's my philosophy, anyway. ;)<br />
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You don't know how many times I'll be making something in the kitchen and all of a sudden rush out of the room on a frantic search for my camera. My mom (and many of my dormmates) thinks I'm crazy, but hey, anything for that awesome picture, right?<br />
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This next shot was my roommate's granola and yogurt. Before she stirred it up I yelled, "Wait, let me get a picture of it!"<br />
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<i>Does taking pictures of food appeal to you, or am I crazy here? </i>Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-72942392586762826552011-06-16T20:16:00.001-04:002011-06-23T13:59:20.448-04:00Cheerful Like Yellow<div style="text-align: left;">Yellow is such a cheerful color. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yellow seems to be my new color this year - I had hardly any of it in my wardrobe last year, and yet this spring I've been attracted to it a lot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">When our forsythia bush was in bloom, I had the bright idea to make a crown out of its branches and pretend I was a woodland elf.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Even our cat looks good in yellow, don't you think?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">What's a cheerful color for you?</div>Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-3651385505649475182011-06-13T21:14:00.000-04:002011-06-13T21:14:12.489-04:00Cheerful like Yellow - sneak peakHere's a sneak peak of a photo shoot I did the other day with a crown I had woven out of forsythia branches. This is for i heart face's challenge this week - Bright and Vivid! Go over to their <a href="http://www.iheartfaces.com/">website</a> to see other awesome entries. :)<br />
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</div>The title says it all.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Linking up to: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://manyrandommusings.blogspot.com/search/label/Lovely%20Photo%20Wednesday"><img align="middle" alt="Lovely Photo - Wordless or Not-So-Wordless Wednesday at Aspire" hspace="none" src="http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/ElvishAuthoress/LovelyPhoto.png" vspace="none" /></a></div>Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-84271549372695384512011-06-01T15:54:00.000-04:002011-06-01T15:54:13.064-04:00Pink and White<i>Apologies for my lack of posts lately - my computer was down for a while, and I didn't have access to my pictures! Rest assured, I will be posting quite a bit more often now that I have it back. :)</i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have you ever noticed how perfectly beautiful pink is against blue?<i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or red against blue, for that matter? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvJsOVTpJasA3KfVoc_sHkaR3AIvJQDsnfQcxXo6bw1FtcOfS4lzjpe2SSihuOPRsPhItLLDOKpS1qvpAi40zaFPjMGab-PGfqxj6dC_Fr071KfdWn-4vZLAGT4ay8hP5fL8R_tijaw4a/s1600/tulips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvJsOVTpJasA3KfVoc_sHkaR3AIvJQDsnfQcxXo6bw1FtcOfS4lzjpe2SSihuOPRsPhItLLDOKpS1qvpAi40zaFPjMGab-PGfqxj6dC_Fr071KfdWn-4vZLAGT4ay8hP5fL8R_tijaw4a/s640/tulips.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And there's something about this soft cream against the dark green that is perfectly exquisite: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTU_TNJ9bR-gVUwD1baDiuwQY6SV_jq9STuM_L0yfEp_B72qJSlpP8I9xchdVFlgmvzEJIcgZlBi5sWZ9K0RZSB0mun48us_ahqPzoYEUn5P_ReA9sCCRs9JmPunVwK-2PnG3tTAEAiyH3/s1600/white+and+pink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTU_TNJ9bR-gVUwD1baDiuwQY6SV_jq9STuM_L0yfEp_B72qJSlpP8I9xchdVFlgmvzEJIcgZlBi5sWZ9K0RZSB0mun48us_ahqPzoYEUn5P_ReA9sCCRs9JmPunVwK-2PnG3tTAEAiyH3/s640/white+and+pink.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Can't forget black and white - so raw yet delicate: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZVF7Y4ziW1bokG66ECSrJYSpBkuB71mualZmvK-K_zo_dUwRoggVp-1Q7jFvm3AFNTLiPhvGd2NqEA3g6Y-X_zaH11OEdOpja5AcD9GxwZCUykiVj0MRGF542iRvwMWAh8Dq6tdz4Cg5/s1600/white+on+white.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZVF7Y4ziW1bokG66ECSrJYSpBkuB71mualZmvK-K_zo_dUwRoggVp-1Q7jFvm3AFNTLiPhvGd2NqEA3g6Y-X_zaH11OEdOpja5AcD9GxwZCUykiVj0MRGF542iRvwMWAh8Dq6tdz4Cg5/s640/white+on+white.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><center><a href="http://daniellespaperheart.blogspot.com/search/label/captured"><img src="http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z356/photographybydanielle/captured-1.png" /></a></center><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(linking this pic up to Paper Heart's photo challenge)</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">What's your favorite color combination?</div>Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-16597058185654424122011-05-22T21:47:00.000-04:002011-05-22T21:47:25.252-04:00Of Shadowy Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaVz8LU4zFxZGix_YlQedbHOVo_kkChYxKJEswTA4ZgVsmz0Jk6EX3fyy44PZdFVwVWqUW1lsFG-3ggirZp_6CAV3csc9SRhDz70d32UkhbZIUWsl1hTaR15xhzzUgBZp-hiBOjmXmA3T/s220/tumblr_lju2u3syqZ1qhnm73o1_400_thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaVz8LU4zFxZGix_YlQedbHOVo_kkChYxKJEswTA4ZgVsmz0Jk6EX3fyy44PZdFVwVWqUW1lsFG-3ggirZp_6CAV3csc9SRhDz70d32UkhbZIUWsl1hTaR15xhzzUgBZp-hiBOjmXmA3T/s220/tumblr_lju2u3syqZ1qhnm73o1_400_thumb.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br />
Raquel and Lucia are hosting a photography contest (which ends tomorrow!) on shadows and silhouettes. I thought this sounded like a pretty creative idea, so I looked through my archives until I finally found two photos I liked. I had to go pretty far back, too: this first one is from 2010, and the second one is from 2007. <br />
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</tbody></table>My shadow on the deck, as I'm holding a rose. <br />
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So, I found this blog recently called "Me. That's all I have to be." And Megan, the author, is doing a really neat photo meme called "Macro Life." Each week, you post a macro picture of something small that is of great importance to you. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to link up.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">New Growth. </div><br />
Spring comes slowly to my part of the country, unfortunately, but seeing the first buds and green leaves is always so precious. I love every season, but there's just something about Spring that makes me glad to be alive. And I can't wait to see more growth and green and flourishing things!Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-44981130125130103092011-04-27T21:32:00.000-04:002011-04-27T21:32:16.273-04:00Best face forward<a href="http://fashionandmodesty.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd15/riversong14/4button.jpg" /></a><br />
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So, there's a photo contest at "life is too short not to wear red shoes," and it's just too good to pass up. The theme is portraits. I don't do many of these, but I would love to do them more often. Below are my two favorites!<br />
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First, came the soft-as-cotton buds:<br />
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Then, they began to open:<br />
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And get bigger...<br />
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Until they were beautiful white flowers:<br />
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And the whole tree was fragrant with white blooms:<br />
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But then, the rains come...<br />
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Shredding the flowers <br />
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Leaving the petals crushed and fallen by the roadside... <br />
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A blue sky equals a blue lake, and this is especially interesting when the lake was still slightly frozen over.<br />
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See the difference between the two shades of blue in the water? That's the line between the receding ice (which thankfully is all gone now), and the water. It certainly gives an interesting effect!<br />
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Even wet parking lots turn blue in the twilight.<br />
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Hopefully all predictions prove true, and we get real Spring weather soon. I'm definitely ready for it!Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-57358312887144754752011-03-22T23:06:00.000-04:002011-03-22T23:06:23.935-04:00Signs of SpringI finally have some flower pictures to share with you all! Unfortunately, all of these flowers were indoors (and many were blooming during winter), but I know soon they will be blooming outdoors as well!<br />
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This flower is called a "Star of Bethlehem." I had never seen it before. Isn't it beautiful? <br />
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This red rose was in the music lounge left over from someone's bouquet, and so I decided to take pictures of it. I thought it was ironic that such a pretty flower had been placed in a Chipotle cup. <br />
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These pictures are from a lady's tea outreach I went to. The centerpieces for each table were gorgeous - old books, gilded teacups, and beautiful (though fake) flowers. :)<br />
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Hope you enjoyed those - and I hope to see flowers in the landscape soon!Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-33821994531827514982011-02-20T00:45:00.001-05:002011-07-11T22:59:17.943-04:00Ice-Transformed WorldSo, in my last post I promised some pictures of the ice storm we had a few weeks ago. There were so many of them that it was hard to get through them all! Though the ice was not fun to walk on (or through), it transformed the world into an incredible array of beauty. <br />
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Even gutters get a touch of elegance:<br />
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The grass turns into something else completely. (It almost looks like fish underwater or something!)<br />
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Benches receive frills of icicles:<br />
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Leaves become even more crunchy:<br />
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The lovely clock we have on campus got a whole new shade of elegance:<br />
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And these insignificant little buds turn into works of art:<br />
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Isn't an icy world pretty?Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-46736863351651065922011-02-05T23:19:00.000-05:002011-02-05T23:19:57.682-05:00Winter WanderingsThere are some pictures you just never get around to sharing until it's really past the proper time.<br />
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Take this one, for example.<br />
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And these:<br />
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My brothers and I have a tradition to make paper snowflakes and suspend them from our living room ceiling each winter. We were spraying some with a fixative to make them more stiff, and I liked the way the design was left behind.<br />
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Like my blue fingertips? My brother and I made gingerbread cookies, and we decided to see what food coloring and sugar would be like as a topping. It worked moderately well... but left an interesting tint on our fingers. ;)<br />
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One day I pulled out the cord to charge my mp3 player... and this was the shape it was in:<br />
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Even my seashells are photogenic in wintertime:<br />
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And last, but not least, two random outdoor winter pictures that I simply love. <br />
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Thus wraps up my random winter wanderings! Tune in next time to hear and see more about a certain <i>ice storm </i>that encrusted my world last week. Though the walking was treacherous, the world was breathtakingly beautiful. :)Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-42610476293925775622011-01-29T13:54:00.001-05:002011-07-11T22:56:04.309-04:00Four Seasons in OneI would never have thought it possible. How in the world could I capture a picture that accurately shows all four of the seasons at the same time? <br />
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But yet, on the first day of this year, I found one:<br />
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(This is SOOC, only the contrast is upped a little.)<br />
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Spring on the left, with the dripping water and ivy, Summer next to it, with the green yew bush, autumn next right, with the brown leaves suspended in the bush, and then winter on the very right, with the bright snow.<br />
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Isn't that cool?Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4648839411501106790.post-88374095027611971922011-01-22T00:56:00.000-05:002011-01-22T00:56:26.363-05:00Memories, Dreams and Reflections Part Two<div style="text-align: center;">I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get this post up! <a href="http://aroseingodsgardenphotos.blogspot.com/2011/01/memories-dreams-and-reflections.html">Here</a>'s part one. <br />
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15. Celebrate! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomDfBcqpxBMFdUiBdFbMBpNSTIyEteceEj114yYaGYVcHQMT2MqsuJ2ud_ZRPX02soZ-9UxcWOoYTS_F1UEXz2b9P0D7VYWPmCH_7EsczgVZbHGoU-iy00WuMbujdGFBsCCM2eVpmIjI5/s1600/celebrations.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomDfBcqpxBMFdUiBdFbMBpNSTIyEteceEj114yYaGYVcHQMT2MqsuJ2ud_ZRPX02soZ-9UxcWOoYTS_F1UEXz2b9P0D7VYWPmCH_7EsczgVZbHGoU-iy00WuMbujdGFBsCCM2eVpmIjI5/s640/celebrations.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Putting up the Christmas tree is always a cause for celebration!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">17. I Miss You<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">18. Beautiful<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">19. Dress Up<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">20. Macro <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mmdBlsH81Z5q6cfmRpk01adrvSzN8FYB4bUjJRt9AEbjZJqn72tuTvMg7jo_d-YXe6aYzHb0GqWNeEA-I4vJPKq-ojrHzM22Xu0bkDupmaA1XC7ozRMtBXs1vBZ_9qnEnePqXMvyMBaE/s1600/macro.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mmdBlsH81Z5q6cfmRpk01adrvSzN8FYB4bUjJRt9AEbjZJqn72tuTvMg7jo_d-YXe6aYzHb0GqWNeEA-I4vJPKq-ojrHzM22Xu0bkDupmaA1XC7ozRMtBXs1vBZ_9qnEnePqXMvyMBaE/s640/macro.JPG" width="520" /></a></div>I love taking pictures of eyes - and this one just turned out rather clearer and scarier than I thought it would. It certainly is striking, is it not? <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">21. Holidays<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyJnl90rrcpsSxoX3ppqKZTV1fMd_AG524ZrZpUb9X4lPX6mPY1L7fkZGNGB9zK_ZqsFSOGqMpye8vrCbUE1g4i0sevtxFpMEGJ5oc3c7m1WJGcZMA9q3z6XqTcxOH4zGRaL-op9Ok8Fy/s1600/holidays.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyJnl90rrcpsSxoX3ppqKZTV1fMd_AG524ZrZpUb9X4lPX6mPY1L7fkZGNGB9zK_ZqsFSOGqMpye8vrCbUE1g4i0sevtxFpMEGJ5oc3c7m1WJGcZMA9q3z6XqTcxOH4zGRaL-op9Ok8Fy/s640/holidays.JPG" width="474" /></a></div> My family has a tradition to make beaded cross ornaments to give as gifts at Christmastime. I love the way they remind us about the real reason Christ came to earth - to die for our sins.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">22. My Favorite<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaMnP0usZz6GBXASJ2HeupjAvd07Ju9hsiaST0X1YBBP-zqUAp5ElePUFmC6vz1JTDm_LmNqqkLv3t3HZzS6fp9zpmQuN56t3EBcg7G5anMj1lioDI3ilOZnVi4CjN5Y63Epz6cxkI8yN/s1600/my+favorite.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaMnP0usZz6GBXASJ2HeupjAvd07Ju9hsiaST0X1YBBP-zqUAp5ElePUFmC6vz1JTDm_LmNqqkLv3t3HZzS6fp9zpmQuN56t3EBcg7G5anMj1lioDI3ilOZnVi4CjN5Y63Epz6cxkI8yN/s640/my+favorite.JPG" width="480" /></a></div> This is my absolute favorite picture I have taken this year. I love the color palette... the soft, radiant innocence of the white rose against the warm, rich background and the muted green of the leaf. So Gorgeous.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">23. Don't Ever Change<br />
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25. Hopes and Dreams </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_W1djQIDGtU57sDK2300jVyU6Y6jr4HOF65f-vpFtsr3mE0zwsOX0O0rQ3NJjtMy9XinFGEMd7oVFnyBMDEHqdLxuO700XAczMBgWt0xta4MB84yZXgRol21X5unwzCqBTn0sg1xmHwkA/s1600/hopes+and+dreams.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_W1djQIDGtU57sDK2300jVyU6Y6jr4HOF65f-vpFtsr3mE0zwsOX0O0rQ3NJjtMy9XinFGEMd7oVFnyBMDEHqdLxuO700XAczMBgWt0xta4MB84yZXgRol21X5unwzCqBTn0sg1xmHwkA/s640/hopes+and+dreams.jpg" width="486" /></a></div>For 2011, my hope and dream is to be an impact. I desire to first of all be satisfied in Christ, and then when I am, I can pour His life out through mine to others. I want to be real and deep and genuine, so I can show others that by God's grace they can be the same.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Well, there is my year in pictures! I hope you've enjoyed the brief overview, and that you continue to come along for the ride in 2011. :) </div></div>Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04152541298969330161noreply@blogger.com1