Capture Your 365 (December 26-31)

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365 Daily Photo Challenge, Capture your 365 project, CY365, food, photography, tea

Happy New Year to my many friends in the blog world! Your encouragement has meant so much to me over the past year. My mother woke up this morning, ready to tackle the new year, but I woke up not sure I’m quite ready to let the old one go. First, I’d like to finish what I’ve started, so therefore, I am posting the final prompts in the Capture Your 365 Project for 2014! Click on the photos to read the quotes.

Cozy Indulgence: “All you need is tea and warm socks.”

Party: ““Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.” ~Ernestine Ulmer

Seasonal Attire: ““You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet.” —Christian Dior

Up In the Air: ““We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay…But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.” – Tom Brown, Jr.

I made it! Now to decide what “project” to tackle in 2015 – I suppose it should be New Year’s Resolution(s)?

Resources:

http://www.quotegarden.com

http://www.brainyquote.com

http://www.harpersbazaar.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%27s_Chocolate_Orange

 

Capture Your 365 (December 12 – 25)

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365 Daily Photo Challenge, Capture your 365 project, chocolate, Christmas, CY365, holiday, humour, Photo Challenge, photography

I’ve nearly made it to the end of the Capture Your 365 Project for 2014…and wondering what “project” to undertake or goal to pursue for next year! Any suggestions? Merry Christmas & Happy Weekend!

Click on the photos to read the quotes.

 

Naughty or Nice?: “Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip.” – Gary Allan

Sad Santa: “I am intrigued by the smile upon your face, and the sadness within your eyes” – Jeremy Aldana

Peppermint: “Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips.” ~Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound

Aftermath: “I am a veteran of the War on Christmas. I am just emerging from a battlefield strewn with dead trees and torn shreds of brightly colored wrapping paper.” – Henry Rollins

Lights: “In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” ~Aaron Rose

In the Kitchen: “Christmas cookies and happy hearts, this is how the holiday starts.” – Anonymous

Christmas Cards: “And none will hear the postman’s knock/Without a quickening of the heart./ For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?” – W.H. Auden

Capture Your 365 (December 1-12)

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Someone has kindly shared their cold with me and consequently, I don’t feel like doing anything and the cold medication is making my head fuzzy. So while I stare into space for the next few hours, take a look at the next installment of photos (and maybe click on them to read the quotes).

Moonlit: “Moonlight is sculpture.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne

Warmth: “Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.” – Anonymous

On the Table: “Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.” – G.K. Chesterton, Brave New Family: G.K. Chesterton on Men and Women, Children, Sex, Divorce, Marriage and the Family

Peace: “Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” – Ronald Reagan

Favourite Ornament

GIving: “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward

Happy Wednesday!

References:

http://www.brainyquote.com

 

Capture Your 365 (November 19-23)

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365 Daily Photo Challenge, Capture your 365 project, children, Christmas, CY365, Fall, family, nature, photography, tea

Last night, driving to the final swimming lesson, Little Guy was convinced that the Christmas lights at one house spelled out words. I assure you, they did not. But I can see how he thought that…it was dark, snowing and windy…and he was wearing his swim goggles…

I am happy to see November behind us, with its roller coaster of temperatures and its fading colours. It’s time to put the last of November’s 365 Project challenges behind us too. Here’s the final installment – click on the photos to read the quotes. Once I recover from Laser Tag, I’ll get started on December. Happy Wednesday! 🙂

 

Family: “Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life!” – Albert Einstein

Companions: “No road is long with good company.” ~Turkish Proverb

Enough to Share: “When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that’s when I think life is over.” – Audrey Hepburn

Dramatic Skies: “The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I’ve seen ecstasy…” – Rita Dove

“Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.” –Dale Evans

Comfort: “Children’s literature is one of my joys, and it’s also my mental comfort food.” – Gretchen Rubin

Holiday Season: Comfort: “Children’s literature is one of my joys, and it’s also my mental comfort food.” – Gretchen Rubin

Colourful Scenes: ““Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways. ” – Oscar Wilde

Quote References:

http://www.quotegarden.com

http://www.brainyquote.com

http://www.verybestquotes.com

Capture Your 365 (November 10-18)

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365 Daily Photo Challenge, Capture your 365 project, CY365, nature, Photo Challenge, photography

Today is National Sardines Day…which just sounds fishy to me. I will not be celebrating. Will you?

Instead I will be doing the usual Monday running around. I’m thankful that, after our unexpected wintry weather, we’re experiencing a day of warmer temperatures and melting snow. It feels like Spring and I hope to take advantage it and snap a few more pictures to finish off November’s Capture Your 365 prompts. Here’s the next installment – click on the photos to see the quotes. Happy Sardines Day!

Beauty in Nature: “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

Memories: “Summer will end soon enough and childhood as well.” – George R.R. Martin

A Hand to Hold: “A wondrous subtle thing is love, for here were we two, who had never seen each other until that day, between whom no word or even look of affection had ever passed, and yet now…our hands instinctively sought for each other.” – Arthur Conan Doyle

Interesting Displays: “Never rob a bank directly across from a diner that has the best donuts in three counties.” -movie, 2 Guns

Home Cookin’: “There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves.” – Tom Wolfe

Final Stages: “One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.” – Tryon Edwards

Capture Your 365 (November 1-9)

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Dear Out-of-Province Aggressive Driver:

Thank you for honking behind at me at the red light – I didn’t move because there was on-coming traffic. Thank you for tailgating me, even though I was driving 10 km over the speed limit. And thank you SO much for intentionally cutting me off in such a way that I had to slam on the brakes and swerve toward on-coming traffic. I particularly liked the way you flipped me “the bird” when I slammed on my horn once I knew I wasn’t going to die! I like feeling like Bruce Willis in a Die Hard movie as I make my way to the school after…well, a hard day!

While I wasn’t able to get your license plate number (because you didn’t have one on the front of your car and I only saw the province name and (coincidentally) an “F” and “K” as my life passed before my eyes), may I remind you that your vehicle was still plastered with your company’s internet address …and they have plenty of ways for me to contact them through the social media realm.

Please enjoy these pictures and click on the photos to read the quotes…while I work on a polite response.

Yours truly,

*Jenn

Where I Stand: “As we accept our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live them.” – John F. Kennedy

Movement: Light in Nature creates the movement of colors. – Robert Delaunay

Little Things: “Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” – Shannon L. Alder

Sun to Light Your Path: Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. ~Maori Proverb

Interesting Light: Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb

Yourself: You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me. – C. S. Lewis

References:

http://www.quotegarden.com

https://www.goodreads.com

http://www.brainyquote.com

Capture Your 365 (October 19-31)

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365 Daily Photo Challenge, Capture your 365 project, CY365, Photo Challenge, photography, sweets

I was singing “Let It Snow” all Saturday morning because…well, it was snowing. Hard to believe we had just endured trick-or-treating in the rain the night before! I was also baking cookies – shaped like high-heeled shoes…Holly Homemaker stuck her nose in the back door, quietly whispering that while I was at it, I should bake orange-cranberries muffins since I bought the cranberries two weeks ago, or perhaps something with the jack-o-lanterns rotting on the front porch. I threatened her with the rolling pin. So the sneak bothered Big Guy. Big Guy taught Little Guy how to cook scrambled eggs, which meant that lonely egg white in the bowl, got used after all. Score a point for Holly Homemaker!

Here’s the final installment for October for the Capture Your 365 Project. Hello November!

Click on the photos to see the prompts & quotes. Happy Monday!

Where I Stand: “My sorrow, when she’s here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane.” – Robert Frost

Drive By: “”Marriage is a relationship where one person is always right and the other is the husband.” – Unknown

The Loot: “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles M. Schulz

Gray: “When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.” – Chinese Proverb

Sweets: “Happiness is a warm puppy.” – Charles M. Schulz

Costumed: “If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.” – Douglas Coupland

Spooky: “Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn’t something that …has nothing to do with you. This storm is you.” – Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

References:

http://www.brainyquote.com

Capture Your 365 (October 6 to 18)

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365 Daily Photo Challenge, Capture your 365 project, CY365, Fall, nature, Photo Challenge, photography, pumpkins, trees

This weekend, I received a very high compliment from The Nest. Not only was Evil Squirrel kind enough to call me an “avid photographer” (as opposed to what I really am – a “wanna-be” with a fancy camera I’m not sure how to work properly), but he also showcased some of my backyard beauties (and my overgrown garden) on his Saturday Squirrel post! I say backyard beauties because black squirrels are abundant here, but not so in other parts of the world, and I never realized it before. Cheers to all creatures great and small!

While I patiently waited on my back porch to snap my furry friend (he’s been taunting me for months), I managed to fulfill a few more Capture Your 365 Project prompts as well. But I’d better hurry…October is over in less than 3 days. Click on the photos to see the prompts and quotes I chose to go with them. 🙂

Leaves: ““Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.” – Elizabeth Lawrence

Yellow: ““Pan, who and what art thou?” he cried huskily. “I’m youth, I’m joy,” Peter answered at a venture, “I’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg.” – J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Vibrant: ““Change is one of the most vibrant elements we can use to create a different tomorrow.” – Steven Redhead, Keys to The Laws of Creation

Frolic: “99 dreams I have had, In every one a red balloon” – Carlo Karges, 99 Red Balloons

Lingering: “There is the kiss of welcome and of parting, the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual one; the kiss of love, of joy, and of sorrow; the seal of promise and receipt of fulfillment.” – Thomas C. Haliburton

Distorted: “Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley

Pumpkin Time: “I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” – Henry David Thoreau

References:

http://www.brainyquote.com

https://www.goodreads.com

http://www.bestoflovequotes.com

http://www.quotationspage.com/

 

Capture Your 365 (September 23- October 5)

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It’s OK. I may have eaten several slices of pie this weekend, but I worked some of them off yesterday…mall walking…between stores! My wallet got a small workout too, but I don’t get to shop very often so I’m avoiding feeling guilty. Guilt will only lead to more eating…

Click on the photos to see the quotes.

 

Signs of Fall: “Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.” – Pablo Picasso

Out of Focus: “Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.” ~Jean Giraudoux

Fairyland: ““The child alone a poet is: Spring and Fairyland are his. Truth and Reason show but dim, And all’s poetry with him.” – Robert Graves, in “Babylon” in Fairies and Fusiliers (1917)

Street View: “You can take for granted that people know more or less what a street, a shop, a beach, a sky, an oak tree look like. Tell them what makes this one different.” – Neil Gaiman

Lines: “What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains.” – Tennessee Williams

A Friendly Face: ““There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

Coloured Bokeh: “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Wednesday!

Capture Your 365: September 16-24

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365 Daily Photo Challenge, Capture your 365 project, children, CY365, Fall, garden, nature, Photo Challenge, photography, trees

I know…it’s October 1^st and I’m still working on September’s prompts. Feel free to judge me! The good news is…the Halloween candy is out!

Click on the photos to see the quotes. Happy Wednesday!

The Eyes Have It: “I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.” – Pope John XXIII

Goodbye Summer: “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus

Circles: “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs.” – Philip James Bailey

A Reflection: “The trees reflected in the river—they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne

Between: “The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.” -Arnold J. Toynbee

Where I Stand: Somewhere between 41 and 42

References:

www.searchquotes.com

www.brainyquote.com

www.rivers.gov/quotations.php