NaBloPoMo - 6

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Daily Prompt: Google and Rescue Operation!

What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it? 

Well I am a day late with this post but I have a fun answer for the prompt so I'm going for it!  I am constantly searching for something online.  I love my computer and find online surfing very enjoyable and relaxing.  The last thing that I searched for was children's instruments.  I teach Kindergarten.  It is a full day program and I am fortunate to have the time to integrate both song and art into my day.  I love my job and feel very blessed.  Unfortunately my classroom isn't equipped with everything I want to have available for my children.  I want them to experience playing instruments.  So I am searching for triangles, castanets  tone blocks, maracas, bells and rhythm sticks.  I can't wait to use instruments with my students.  

Peace!

NaBloPoMo - 5

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Daily Prompt: Intense!

Describe the last time you were surprised by the intensity of a feeling you had about something, or were surprised at how strongly you reacted to something you thought wouldn’t be a big deal.

Last week after an abruptly canceled doctors appointment I found myself thinking of my mum.  Thinking of her is not unusual.  She has been gone for thirteen years and  is always on my mind. During my ride home I was overcome with sadness and tears.  I had the overwhelming feeling of just wanting my mum.  Sometimes nothing else will do... I have so much I would like to tell her and so many questions to ask her.  The feelings were intense and went as quickly as they came.   

These clouds came and went just like my feelings the other day.  

Peace!

NaBloPoMo 4

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Daily Prompt: If I had a million dollars...

If you found one million dollars in the morning and had to spend it by nightfall, what would you do with the money?

I love the idea of planning out how I would spend one million dollars.  The first thing I would do is pay off my mortgages and the mortgages of my family and friends.  If I had any funds leftover I would go to the mall with n and let her pick out clothes to her hearts content without looking at the pricetag!  That would be so much fun.  I would purchase updated macs for everyone and a mac to take to school.  If I had any money left after all that spending I would install new landscaping at home and at 40M and then bring the the landscaping crew to the cemetary and plant beautiful perenials around mum and dad's headstone.  

Oh to have a million dollars!  






Peace!

NaBloPoMo: 3

National blog post month originated with November posts.  Check out the links to many other blogs participating in daily posts here.   If you are interested in writing to a prompt each day check out The Daily Post.  

Daily Prompt: Placebo Effect

If you could create a painless, inexpensive cure for a single ailment, what would you cure and why?

This is a simple question to answer and speak to.  I would cure CANCER.  Although there are many different types of cancer,  I see it as one ailment that strikes fear in the hearts of anyone who has experienced it in their lives.  I think that would include almost every adult I know.  Cancer has taken the lives of so many people I love.  I know many who are fighting the disease right now at this very moment in time.  It is amazing that as a society we have come so far and have made so many advances yet cancer of all types are still killing people.  

One day we will have the cure.  

Peace!

Our Word View - Random

What is Our Word View?  A collaboration between two friends who lost touch over the years but have reconnected online.  We share a love of the ocean, photography, quotes, animals and family.  Often times our photographic interpretations for the word of the week are very similar.

This week the word random was chosen for our photographic interpretation.  I hope you will go over to Our Word View and see what Liz shares this week.

Random should have been easy but it was not!  I had several images in mind but I decided to go through my natural views folders to see what I could find.  I was not disappointed.  Anyone who has read my blog knows that I love photography especially taking pictures of nature.  Down the street from my home is a large house that has a lovely view of the ocean.  It is surrounded by a white picket fence.  Along the fence are a variety of grasses.  I absolutely love the way ornamental grasses look in landscaping.  I couldn't resist taking the following shots.  The first looks a bit random to me...

Peace!

NaBloPoMo: 2

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Daily Prompt: Conflicted

You’re in the middle of a terrible argument, and everyone turns to you to help resolve it. How do you respond? How do you react to conflict?

Oh this is an interesting topic to think about.  In general I dislike conflict and in my personal life I tend to avoid conflict rather than face it head on.  I think this goes back to my childhood.  There was a time when I was growing up when every holiday dinner and every Sunday dinner ended up in a huge family argument.  It was awful.  I can feel the physical anxiety it brought out in me by just thinking back to that time.  This is not to say that I am successful in avoiding all conflict.  I have learned to say my peace and move on in order to lessen the length of an argument.  I have also learned when it is best to stay quiet and listen.  It is like a dance.  You must know when to move forward and when to move back.  I am trying to teach my children the art of this communication.  It is important to learn how to have a conversation to solve problems before they turn into huge arguments.  This is a huge learning curve.  I think it is human nature to think that our position is the correct position.  Sometimes it is but there are times when we have to realize that perhaps our position needs some tweaking.  The funny thing about is that as a kindergarten teacher I encounter conflict all day long.  I am constantly in the moment teaching conflict resolution strategies to my students.  We talk about body language, I statements, feelings, rules and so much more.  I am always calm, cool and collected when I have to help someone else manage conflict.  This isn't always the case when confronted with my own conflict.  

The above image began as a photo of the traveling Vietnam War Memorial Wall.  As a country I hope we learn how to better manage our involvement in conflict around the world.  

Peace!

NaBloPoMo: 1

National blog post month originated with November posts.  Check out the links to many other blogs participating in daily posts here.   If you are interested in writing to a prompt each day check out The Daily Post.  

Today's prompt:

…for tomorrow we die. The world is ending tomorrow! Tell us about your last dinner — the food, your dining companions, the setting, the conversation.

What a depressing first post!  I guess it goes along with The Walking Dead craze that goes on in my house on a weekly basis.  That is a story for another post.  

Well certainly my dining companions would be my children, my husband and Flicka our dog.  The food would not matter so much to me but for my family the all time favorite meal is Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings.  We would share our meal around the kitchen table and enjoy the typical banter of a family of four.  If we knew what was coming perhaps we would talk about those we would see in the end.  That would bring about many stories filled with love.  

Stories filled with love would be the last words uttered before tomorrow came. 

Peace!

Our Word View - Quiet

What is Our Word View?  A collaboration between two friends who lost touch over the years but have reconnected online.  We share a love of the ocean, photography, quotes, animals and family.  Often times our photographic interpretations for the word of the week are very similar.

This week the word quiet was chosen for our photographic interpretation.  I hope you will go over to Our Word View and see what Liz shares this week.

There is something to be said for the quiet you experience when walking in the woods.  I love finding peace and quiet in nature.  

Peace!

Our Word View - Possibilities

What is Our Word View?  A collaboration between two friends who lost touch over the years but have reconnected online.  We share a love of the ocean, photography, quotes, animals and family.  Often times our photographic interpretations for the word of the week are very similar.

This week the word possiblities was chosen for our photographic interpretation.  I hope you will go over to Our Word View and see what Liz shares this week.

I recently saw a quote on a friend's wall on FB.  It read " If a caterpillar can become a butterfly... imagine what you could become."  

Imagine the possibilities.  

Peace!

Our Word View - October

What is Our Word View?  A collaboration between two friends who lost touch over the years but have reconnected online.  We share a love of the ocean, photography, quotes, animals and family.  Often times our photographic interpretations for the word of the week are very similar.

This week the word October was chosen for our photographic interpretation.  I hope you will go over to Our Word View and see what Liz shares this week.

Fall is perhaps my favorite season.  I love the cool weather and the beautiful colors that we see in nature.  The bright oranges, reds and purples against beautiful blue skies bring me such joy.  I have been observing the changes in one of the trees at my school.  It is an old tree that has seen better days.  It looks like it has incurred damage over the years yet it still graces us with such beauty.  

Isn't she a beauty?  

Peace!

Our Word View - Night

What is Our Word View?  A collaboration between two friends who lost touch over the years but have reconnected online.  We share a love of the ocean, photography, quotes, animals and family.  Often times our photographic interpretations for the word of the week are very similar.

This week the word night was chosen for our photographic interpretation.  I hope you will go over to Our Word View and see what Liz shares this week.

Night photography is not my forte.  I wish that I were better at nighttime photography.  Like anything it takes practice and typically at night I am not in the frame of mind to practice anything. Once and a while I will attempt to capture a shot of the moon or night sky.  Like most of my photo adventures I take many shots and am excited when I am lucky and capture a couple of good images.  

Here is one of my favorites lucky finds. 

Peace!

Our Word View - Motion

What is Our Word View?  A collaboration between two friends who lost touch over the years but have reconnected online.  We share a love of the ocean, photography, quotes, animals and family.  Often times our photographic interpretations for the word of the week are very similar.

This week the word movement was chosen for our photographic interpretation.  I hope you will go over to Our Word View and see what Liz shares this week.

My focus in photography tends to be on family and nature.  My first inclination was to use an image from a trip we took to the Marshfield Fair but after looking at my image I decided to go with something from nature.  I love taking photo walks.  I've gone on my own and with my daughter and cousins.  One of my favorite walks is down by the Jenny Grist Mill.  It is both peaceful and beautiful.  

Peace!

Our Word View - Light

What is Our Word View?  A collaboration between two friends who lost touch over the years but have reconnected online.  We share a love of the ocean, photography, quotes, animals and family.  Often times our photographic interpretations for the word of the week are very similar.

This week the word light was chosen for our photographic interpretation.  I hope you will go over to Our Word View and see what Liz shares this week.

This set of images is one of my favorites.  I love my front yard.  It is shielded from the street by a row of pines and surrounded by large oak trees.  These pictures were taken in succession.  I love the light in all of these images. 

Peace!

Our Word View - Ketch

What is Our Word View?  A collaboration between two friends who lost touch over the years but have reconnected online.  We share a love of the ocean, photography, quotes, animals and family.  Often times our photographic interpretations for the word of the week are very similar.

This week the word ketch was chosen for our photographic interpretation.  I hope you will go over to Our Word View and see what Liz shares this week.

It could be said in my hometown at least, that The Mayflower is the ultimate ketch.  It is such a majestic ship.  I am amazed by the beauty of it every time I walk the waterfront.

Peace!