Picture of the Day for 365

Taken at Longwood Gardens

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I have another giveaway that will start after this weekend;
this should be in time for your Valentine's Day!

Good Night Sweetheart

has graciously offered me as well as one of my readers a set of

Good Night Sweetheart Cards

Couples Edition

{pictured below}

I am really looking forward to reviewing

this item and to giving one away to one of my fabulous followers!

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The snow is coming down heavily over here along the East Coast.

I really like the snow-hubby doesn't so much.

He tells me if I had to shovel the snow than I wouldn't like it so much either.

He is probably right-but for now I will stick to liking snow.

Well, I think that is it for my post.

Have a wonderful day!

Here is my photo for the day:

Frost is so beautiful isn't it?!

Linking up here:

Wordless Wednesday and ?/365

It seems to me that keeping track of my days for my photos is a struggle...

So with my theme of no stress this year

I am going to just post photos without a number.

It is only a number right?

The whole goal of 365 pictures is to challenge you to pick up your

camera and take pictures everyday

so....

I am not counting my photos anymore

{this might be good anyways since I tend to take a gazillion of photos of one item!}

I will just post them.

Sound fair enough?

With that being said; off to post Wordless Wednesday.....

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Sunday Morning I woke up to find

an amazing display of frost on my window!

When I looked out I was speechless at the intricate detail in the frost.

I knew that God had put it there just for me; I stood in awe of His handiwork.

So after staring at my window for 10 min

I took my camera and started clicking away.

It was amazing to go from this view:

To this view:

AMAZING.....isn't it?!

Then I added a verse to this next one:

I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!!!

14/365

Yummy Homemade French Bread

{it is so yummy that I am making 8 loafs today- for next week}

12/365 Brrrrrr!

It is cold and rainy outside!!

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!

Just for the fun of it-I took the "sludge" of snow and

created frozen "snowflakes" and "ginger" men

Here is the altered with texture and a "phrase" added

to it for a photoshop class that I am taking...

Isn't his smile so cute!?

Well, off to bed for tonight-can't wait to see what photo ideas I come up with tommorrow.

11/365 and Rue La La

If you received a Rue La La email from me today-be sure to know that your $10 credit doesn't get applied to your account until 24 hours.

If you want to sign up hurry before there credit deal runs out!  Sign up {HERE}

I like to sign up for these and wait....wait...wait for a great deal!  Patience gets you some fabulous things!! 

An here is my photo for today-Food-Wonton Soup-My Favorite!!

Linking up here:

10/365- Carnation Pink

We went to the farm show on Friday-it was a lot of fun.  We saw many animals and ate lots of food!

Greg's parents were there with us; it was really fun!

So now I am going through my pictures to find things that have carnation pink;

First off

a

Hen and her mohawk and double chin flaps

Next, a bunny's nose

and ears

This adorable goat has a twin and they both have a collar of pink on 

"I'm all ears" ewe

I think there were quite a few carnation pink choices and I could't settle on one.

This was a peak at our enjoyable farm show

hope that you enjoyed!

Here are the twins jumping on mom-they were adorable!

9/365-another drop in the bucket

I made the colors a little darker...what do you think?

8/365

Here's my photo for today

I never realized how difficult taking a picture of a water drop would be!

But, I succeeded!

I was so excited when I found out that I got this photo!

Have a wonderful Friday!

We are going to the farm show sometime tomorrow-hope everyone has a wonderful Friday!

Playing with Photoshop again...hehehehe photoday 7 of 365 photodays

Here is the Straight out of Camera or the

SOOC

This is the image I played with yesterday:

A little vintage type style-and I was working on my 

signature for my photo 

And this is what I made today:

I think this one is the best!

What do you think? 

6/356-I missed the Smiles deadline...

{here is my photo for my Unwordless Wordless Wednesday}

I heart faces was having a challenge called smile;

unfortunately I missed the cut off.

This is okay because I probably wouldn't have made the winners circle;

I have plenty to learn before I win a feature on that site!

I was working on a photo of

-you guessed it-

my niece I think you will enjoy it-tell me what you think:

Here is the AFTER

before the before

*hahah*

I wanted a warm feeling with the photo-I will have to go back and just edit it to get the

exposure right...another day another time

Before editing SOOC

{Straight out of camera}

A smile that would warm even the coldest heart....

Have a warm night-it is snowing here-the beautiful white and fluffy kind.

I even got my *winter's kiss*

we got to have a "date night" this evening

thanks to my wonderful in-laws.

Well, I am gonna say good night and I hope all of you have a wonderful rest!

SNAPWARE WINNER!!! Congrats!!! 7/365

For my "celebration"  of another day the Lord has given to me

I am going to post some pictures

of my wonderful dad.

But first a little bit of dialog

♥

I miss my family a lot!!!

They live 6-7 hours away-not by choice but for reason of vocation.

I usually only get to see them once a year.

Sometimes I see them twice a year-rare but it does happen.

My parents are parents;

they make mistakes just like anyone else out there.

The difference?

They are the ones who brought me up to be me;

and they taught me that everyone makes mistakes.

&

It isn't the mistakes that make us who we are,

but it is what we learn from our mistakes that help to mold and make us

into what the Lord would have us to be.

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My dad is someone who chose to be my dad.

He chose everyday to say "Hi & I love you"

& he meant it.

Is he perfect?

No, not in the sense of being perfect....but is anyone of us perfect?

We all have areas that need a little tweaking;

that is part of life-learning from the mistakes we make.

I am the first to testify that I am not perfect

and I am sure a few others will get in line behind me to say the same

{haha;either about me, or about themselves}

But he was the "perfect" father for me-God had a purpose and a plan.

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While growing up things were hard at times-but he never gave up.

He kept fighting and working hard to take good care of us.

Often he would come home with an armful

of gifts to lavish upon my mother and I.

Haha, my mom would tell him not to-but it didn't stop him any;

he was taking care of the girls that he loved so much.

My dad worked many jobs to be sure that we had money for food and other things.

When he would come home late;  it killed him to leave me asleep

he wanted to wake up his"pal"

{even if it was 3 in the morning}

just so that he could share his day with me

&

this would also give him a chance to play tea party,

dress-up and all the girly little things that I wanted to play.

He dreaded missing anything about me growing up.

{I remember when I was little my mom was going into labor with my brother...

the lady who was babysitting me forgot to brush my hair-boy I looked like a ragamuffin!

My mom wasn't to happy about it-but it is a memory that is funny.

 I think it took like 2 hours for her to brush out my hair}

My dad was so excited to see a new baby that he forgot to brush it out before Mom saw...

it is a funny memory and it is mine and I am going to keep it.

My Daddy loved me and he still does-and that is what is most important to me.

I know that if my dad has a bad day-I have the power to make things all better for him.

I can make him smile with my goofiness and antics

{I can be crazy weird sometimes} but it is worth it if I can make him smile!

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My dad doesn't have an easy life;

his broad shoulders carry a lot of weight of stress and caring for his family;

There are a lot of people who do not know or realize how much burden he carries.

This man would give anything in the world to protect his family from harm!

He is a strong man...

but the only reason that he is a strong man is

because he has God who gives him the strength from the day to day.

 

He lives by example; every morning he reads from the Scriptures.

I remember getting up and getting ready for school; and he would be at the table reading his Bible.

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Some other memories:

There was a time when he would wake up really early just to go running with me before he went to work

and I had to go to school.  What a sacrifice-it probably would of been easier for him to say no and sleep in; but he chose to be a Dad to me.

***

I love his good hearty laugh and miss hearing it everyday!

I wish that we lived closer-but at this time this is what the Lord has for us.

And we are happy and content to be in the Lords will.

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 As you can see I am very thankful for my dad

and I could keep going on-but I will digress for now

{because if I don't-I won't have anything to share later on this year}

♥Daddy, I love you this much!!!♥

{hahaha-actually a lot more than that}

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Okay would you like to know who won?

Random Number Says:

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 Amy From Nine Ninety One is the winner!!

You have 24 hours to contact me

Congrats!!

I look forward to bring you some other giveaways soon!

Have  a wonderful Monday!!

Remember Snapware Giveaway ends tonight!! 6/356

HURRY- RUN - GO MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR ENTRY IN THE SNAPWARE GIVEAWAY!!!

IF YOU ARE READING THIS RIGHT NOW YOU GET AN EXTRA ENTRY-JUST PUT MIDNIGHT MADNESS EXTRA ENTRY

Cutie-Doo picked out hearts for her lights-my nephew picked stars

his photo will be up tomorrow-can't wait to show you

5/356-photo challenge "anything"

My adorable niece

"Cutie-Doo"

4/365

This picture challenge of mine-isn't off to a good start-I am so sorry,

Things have been so busy here!

We just finished redoing all of the ceilings in our home.

What a mess!  But, we finished tonight-and the ceilings are wonderful!

So, I will end tonight with my photo for the day:

{course this is a shot from Christmas}

My beautiful niece

2/365 Wordless Wednesday

Just for fun....

Linking up here:

1/365

I am going to try the 365 post a picture everyday for the year challenge

I might do some archival pictures-since things get so busy around here

but I will try to have a new shot that I have taken everyday.

Oh-and I was gonna do a shout out to find out if any of my readers know how to create a watermark in

Photoshp CS5-I would really like to have one so that I can put it on my photos-thanks!

Do you have any 365 challenges that you are taking?

Leave a comment at my giveaway posting-I would love to know!