Patsy's Photos

Photo Challenges...

2013-03-02T13:20:00.000-08:00

" Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. "
~ Robert Frost

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Unique Exposure's Weekend Challenge

"Wood"

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Patsy

Along the River....

2013-03-02T11:57:00.000-08:00

“Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.”
- Emma Smith

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The Weekend in Black and White-

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Patsy

Coffee Break....

2013-03-02T08:07:00.000-08:00

" I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. "
~ T. S. Eliot

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Sepia Saturday #166 -

52 Photo's Project- "vintage"
Photo Friday- "mornings"

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Patsy

The Earliest Bird Catches the Worm...

2013-02-28T11:47:00.000-08:00

“When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.” - Phyllis Bottome

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Vintage Thingie Thursday ~

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Thursday Challenge - red

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Alphabe Thursday ~ "O"

"o" is for over-looked..

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a great day...
Patsy

The Field Holds Water....

2013-02-26T17:16:00.000-08:00

“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”
– Pamela Vaull Starr

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Barn Charm #124

Ruby Tuesday 2~ Rednesday~

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Today's Flowers #235

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Macro Monday

I Heart Macro ~

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Sweet Shot Tuesday ~

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Mosaic Monday ~

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Patsy

Possibilities Shiver

2013-02-25T14:06:00.000-08:00

“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”
– Henry David Thoreau

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday -

1- paint

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2- green

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3- eye lashes

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4- shapes

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5- clouds

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Patsy

Rainy Days and Mondays....

2013-02-25T11:32:00.000-08:00

“Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.” - Buddha

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Photo-blog Challenges
Monthly Challenge #2- Triptych

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Patsy

I Heard a Neighbor Bellow....

2013-02-24T14:28:00.000-08:00

" Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome. "
~ Angela Carter

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The Weekend in Black and White ~

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Patsy

Weekend Photo Challenge

2013-02-24T12:20:00.000-08:00

" A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green." ~ Francis Bacon

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Unique Exposure's Weekend Challenge

"green"

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Patsy

The More Things Change... the More They Stay The Same...

2013-02-24T11:16:00.000-08:00

" Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable. "

~ Hugh Mackay

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Weekend Reflections #178-

flamingos

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Sepia Saturday #165-

a diving spot.?.

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Camera Critters-

a Coopers Hawk..

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Photo Blog Challenges Theme #8 - Snowy

"final clearance"

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Saturday Photo Hunt - "upper"

"upper shelf"

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I have been missing for a long while.. I had so many things to do.. a million steps to take.. and more and more songs to sing..I thank all who visit here.. I welcome both comments and followers.. I hope you have a wonderful day.. Patsy

A Cold Wind Blows...

2012-10-29T15:04:00.001-07:00

“The winds grow high; Impending tempests charge the sky; The lightning flies, the thunder roars; And big waves lash the frightened shores.” - Matthew Prior

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Mosaic Monday~

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Blue Monday~

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Macro Monday ~

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Mellow Yellow Monday #197 ~

Today's Flowers

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Thanks for stopping by my world today.. It has been cold to me for most of today.. but I will still.. gladly call this a good day.. I welcome both comments and followers.. Have a wonderful day!

Patsy

Stirred Up Some Dust Today...

2012-10-08T15:50:00.000-07:00

" Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout."

~ Irish Proverb

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Blue Monday-

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Photo-blog Challenge - Theme #41
- Begins with V or W

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Macro Monday-

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Mellow Yellow Monday-

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Mosaic Monday

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Thanks for stopping by my world today.. so many things have been occurring here lately.. I have enjoyed a cooler day today.. I welcome both comments and followers.. have a great day!
Patsy

Counting Out a Hundred Steps...

2012-10-07T10:52:00.000-07:00

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Monthly Project #9- 100 Steps..

100 Steps: Prepare a short itinerary you would like to explore, and once there, stop every 100 steps and find something to photograph around you.

Destination-

companions-

Bamboo-

Dave in the Bamboo-

Cooper spotted this

Lazy creek

persimmons -

beautiful

Cooper and Shy- looking for a new

home for Kermit...

Vines blaze their own trails-

ancient guard rails-

the swamp below us-

The "New" road.. Highway 301

Lichens -

Feeding turtles from the bridge

through the guard rails-

Lots of these out here -

Palms -

climbing the tree-

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Thanks for stopping by my blog today..It is just my luck that I have waited to late to post this where I wanted too.. please visit Photo- Blog Challenges anyway.. I am sure you will find something there you will like.. I hope you enjoy my walk along the Highway 301 Green-way .. we had a great time.. next trip I will plan better and be already home before dark.. Have a wonderful day..

Patsy

Somehow I Lost a Day..!..

2012-09-28T10:55:00.000-07:00

“In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!” ~ Homer

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Black and White Wednesday-

Black and White Wednesday -

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Patsy

Another Day.. Not Another Dollar..

2012-09-13T13:30:00.000-07:00

" Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge. "
~ Lord Byron

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Photo Friday - "On the Horizon"

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Patsy

I Treasure Secrets..

2012-09-11T14:06:00.000-07:00

" Don't look at me in that tone of voice. "
~ Dorothy Parker
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Barn Charm #102 -

Rednesday ~
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Sweet Shot Tuesday #118 ~

Macro Monday ~
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Mosaic Monday ~

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Mellow Yellow Monday #190 ~

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Photo-blog Challenges Technique #18- POP9

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Patsy

Photoblog Challenges ~ Challenge Me

2012-08-23T08:08:00.000-07:00

" Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible."
- Augustine of Hippo

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Theme #34 ~ Beach

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Technique #17 ~ Black and White of Nature

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Creative Project #17 ~ Light Bulb

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Patsy

Sometimes I Sit.. in Wonder...

2012-08-09T20:04:00.001-07:00

" Wisdom begins in wonder. " ~ Socrates

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Nature Footstep - Waters #34

Water World Wednesday- Wordless Wednesday-

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Signs ... Signs

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Rednesday ~

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Outdoor Wednesday -

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White Wednesday #164 ~

Sweet Shot Tuesday ~

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Black and White Wednesday ~

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Patsy

Some Days Are Easier Than Others..

2012-08-06T15:33:00.000-07:00

" What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost. " ~ Tryon Edwards
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Macro Monday ~

I Heart Macro ~
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Blue Monday ~

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Shadow Shot Sunday 2~

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Friday Fences #44

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Mosaic Monday~

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Mellow Yellow Monday ~

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Patsy

Photo Challenges...

2012-08-06T12:10:00.000-07:00

' Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. "
~ Plato

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Unique Exposure's Weekend Challenge
~ "Upwards"

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Patsy

Challenges From Here and There...

2012-08-04T10:50:00.000-07:00

" There's something really appealing about the simplicity of black-and-white images. "
~ Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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The Weekend in Black and White~

Black and White Wednesday ~

It's Wednesday... Black and White~

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Patsy

I Love a Challenge

2012-08-04T08:45:00.000-07:00

" Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. " ~ Russell Baker

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Photo Blog Challenges ~ Monthly Project #8-
" In Summer "

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Patsy

Another Month Marches Through...

2012-07-31T10:55:00.000-07:00

" A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation. " ~ Saadi

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Mosaic Monday ~

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Mellow Yellow Monday #184 ~

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Sweet Shot Tuesday #112

Macro Monday ~

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Rednesday ~

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Quotography ~ "Storm"

" God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm. " ~ William Cowper

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Barn Charm

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Patsy

Photo Challenge ~

2012-07-31T09:35:00.001-07:00

" Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep. " ~ Matthew Henry

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Earth Wonder Photo Challenge- "Colours"

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Patsy

Sometimes It's Sink or Swim....

2012-07-25T09:15:00.000-07:00

" Nature and wisdom never are at strife."
~ Plutarch

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Mosaic Monday~

Today's Flowers

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Rednesday ~

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Quotography ~ Swimming

" I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it."
~ Stanley Baldwin

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Barn Charm ~

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Macro Monday~

Photo Blog Challenges- Technique #15
Macro of Everyday Objects

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Sweet Shot Tuesday~

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Thanks for stopping by my simple world... we are suffering through the summer heat here.. I welcome both comments and followers.. I pray you have a great day!
Patsy