Random 5/ Friday Finds/ and some sky

It IS Friday!!!

Combining three memes today…

Skywatch Friday

Random 5 Friday over at A Rural Journal

Friday Finds at Kim Klassen's Cafe

I hope you will take some time to follow the links  

and enjoy the work of the many talented people who participate! 

Here we go...

One

I have always been an early riser.

I love to watch the sun come up…

This year I decided, again in an effort to motivate myself,

to record the sunrise every morning with my camera.

Somehow, I began getting up later and later

and as the sun started rising earlier in the summer I missed a lot.

But I am pleased to say I am back at it now!

Partially because I am getting up earlier again…

and partially because the sun is rising later 

(how nice of it to help me out like that!)

Using Skywatch Friday

as a motivator! 

Yesterday I was fortunate to capture both the sunrise...

and the moon rise!

Two

It snowed!!

I am not a lover of winter…

but photography makes it bearable.

I love the way the snow arranges itself

in the gardens...

I spent some time wandering my gardens 

and taking some photos on Wednesday morning

after our first snowfall of the year

Three

I am a quotaholic!

I have notebooks dating back to the 60s

(yes, I was alive then!)

filled with quotes that caught my fancy.

It is an addiction from which I have never recovered…

needless to say I have a lot of notebooks!

Interestingly, when I am looking for quotes

for my quotography,

it is those notebooks that I turn to rather than the inter webs.

So I was delighted to come across this quote.

It seemed to fit one of the snowfall photos perfectly…

I was so delighted to discover the snow

resting across this grass…

The combination of these little discoveries led to the creation of this week's 

Friday Find

Processed in Lightroom using Kim's kk_lettherebelight preset

Four

Losing both my parents in such a short time frame 

and dealing with all that comes with being an estate executrix

I have found it difficult to find the time, energy and motivation 

to create…

my camera, once my trusty always-at-my-side companion

spent a very long time on the shelf

…not a nice way to treat such a good friend!

I enrolled in Kim Klassen's Beyond Beyond e-course 

to push myself to take it out again! 

That got me motivated

but there was something still holding me back... 

This week I have been attending an e-gathering called

"Come as you are and leave more you"

hosted by creativity catalyst Tracey Duncan.

I have found it extremely valuable

in moving forward with my creative endeavours!

It feels good to be where I am now…

not where I eventually want to be, but a lot further ahead than I was,

and with a better understanding of what is tripping me up 

and a clearer vision of where I am going!

Five

My mother used to love to sit in our living room

with our two dogs laying on her lap…

All three of them would fall asleep for an hour every afternoon!

We call them the  'grand dogs' as they belong(ed) to my daughter 

before she had to move into a place where she couldn't keep them..

I love dogs and have had them all my life 

but had decided not to get another after the last one 

because we now travel more and more at the last minute.

We couldn't see them separated or given up

so we took them until her situation changes.

That was about two years ago.

The Mister and I have gotten attached…

I don't think she is getting them back!

Here they are, just after their visit to the 'spa'

Thank you so much for visiting!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Janetxo

 

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