My Round Robin Photo Challenge is on Reflection

Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.

~George Bernard Shaw


The only service a friend can really render
is to keep up your courage by holding up
to you a mirror in which you can see
a noble image of yourself.
~George Bernard Shaw

"When the power of love
becomes stronger than
the love of power,
we will have peace."

Jimi Hendrix

Both my Journals are celebrating the 2nd Anniversary of Round Robin, so stop by Photograph & Memories on AOL to view my entry on Nature.
Happy Anniversary, Robins!

As you may have guessed from the subject line, the Round Robin Photo Challenges are two years old this month! Yes, on the weekend of April 2nd, 2005, Carly and Karen challenged each other to photograph "A Special Part of Your Hometown." There were three of us for the next Challenge, "Tacky Hometown Souvenirs," and the whole thing just took off from there.

So, in honor of our two year anniversary, we're interrupting our usual rotation of topic suggestions for a special "Best of the Round Robin Photo Challenges"

Early Spring 2005

The day the Lord created hope
was probably the same day he created Spring.
~Bern Williams


The seasons are what a symphony ought to be:
four perfect movements in harmony with each other.
~Arthur Rubenstein

Southampton, LI

Shinnecock Bay, October 2006

The Butterfly

"Let us not look back in anger,
nor forward in fear, but around us in awareness."
- Leland Val Vandewall

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Shinnecock Bay 2006

Working with images in Photoshop using layers & blending modes.

Autumn Tree

2005

Muscoot Farm, Somers 2006

My AOL Photogarphs & Memories
has the same photo but I edited in Photoshop.
Check it out & let me know which one you like.

The Mill 2006

Colorgenics Test

Take this test by clicking on the above link.
this is mine below. This is me at the moment

At this time you are feeling 'uptight' and you are urgently in need of rest and relaxation; but perhaps even more than that you need to overcome that feeling that you have been 'hard done by' and treated with a complete lack of consideration. Maybe you have, but whatever may have been the cause of your inherent anxiety, you regard the situation as intolerable. Your are, however, sufficiently competent to turn that situation around - you have overcome similar problems in the past, and really this one isn't too different.

You are working extremely hard trying to improve your image. You need for those people in positions that matter to recognise your potential and to acknowledge you.

Your confidence has been shattered. There are so many things that you would like to do with your life, so many dreams to be fulfilled - and you know that your hopes and dreams are not just figments of your imagination, they are real and you are looking for reassurance from someone. Basically your fears are such that you may be prevented in attaining your hopes and dreams. Even now you would like to broaden your fields of endeavour but in order to develop your 'inner- self' you need peace and solace. You are distressed by the fear that you may be prevented from attaining your goals. What you really need at this particular moment in time is quiet reassurance from someone close to you to restore your confidence.

As of late, you have been experiencing untold stress and this is a result of continuous frustration. You haven't been taking care of all your physical needs and it's beginning to show. It would seem that you have a need to find someone to whom you can really relate - someone perhaps whose standards are as high as your own. You want to be different - to be individualistic - to stand out from the common herd. Your inherent control of your sensual instincts is restricting your ability to give yourself to open up freely but this being on your own, being lonely, often makes you feel the need to give up some of your strict standards to surrender to the general flow - to be like everyone else; a part of the herd. Deep down you regard such instincts as weaknesses to be overcome. You would like to be loved or admired for yourself alone. You demand recognition and tender loving care.

You have so many ideas that you would like to revitalise but you need to realize a stable and peaceful condition to do so. Once you can free yourself from all the aggravation and tension around you, you will make strides that may amaze you. You will not be prevented from achieving all the things you so desire.

A Buck At Fire Island

I really was this close to the deer, It was amazing how people friendly this deer & other deer were at Fire Island. I posted my lighthouses on my AOL journal. Click here to see them.

Croton Dam Falls

October 2006

Croton Dam Falls

October 2006

Waterfalls

My first attempt at waterfalls. 2006
To view my other shots on waterfalls
Click here

Wildflower

None can have a healthy love for flowers
unless he loves the wild ones.
- Forbes Watson

click on here for My Butterflies on my AOL

TEATOWN LAKE

click on image for a larger view

Photoshop painting of a photo I took on Oct 2, 2006. The original is on my AOL Journal.

John Scalzi's Monday Photo Shoot: Color Opposites

Your Monday Photo Shoot: Color Opposites

Your Monday Photo Shoot: Post a picture that focuses on the contrast between two opposing colors. What colors are opposites? Green and red are opposites, as are blue and yellow, and orange and purple. So a picture that has something purple in front of something orange would work, or a picture that features blue and yellow in alternating stripes. The subject of the pictures could be anything you like -- but there have to be opposing colors in there.

For more color opposites click here -Photographs & Memories AOL

Autumn

I've decided to post an autumn photo here & a summer photo on my AOL. It felt like summer today, but the next few days will feel more like fall. For my summer entry click here AOL Photographs & Memories

This was taken in 2005 at Muscoot Farm in Somers, NY

Sunset On Golden Bay

Round Robin Challenge: Transportation

Round Robin Challenge: Transportation

I know I haven't participated in a while & I hope
I don't get yelled at either...; )
But...I want to play too...; )
At least for the moment.
I have been away the past couple of weeks
& I am on my daughter's computer, so It's not Me friendly.....; )

I edited this photo in Photoshop & posted it on my AOL blog.

Make your own Tombstone & post it on John Scalzi's Blog