Every day has been so short, every hour so fleeting, every minute so filled with the life I love
that time for me has fled on too swift a wing.
~Aga Khan III
Not one to spend just one designated holiday being thankful,
I strive to look for small miracles each day
and hold them in my mind and in my heart,
if only for a few brief seconds.
But time does not stand still.
The world is in perpetual flux.
Embracing gratitude keeps these
experiences with me,
long after the moment has passed.
~
Sharing with Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday.
The theme is Gratitude.
Also sharing with
Camera Critters, Macro Friday, Shoot Edit Submit, Weekly Top Shot,
Photo Art Friday, World Bird Wednesday
Photo Art Friday, World Bird Wednesday
Photo 1:
Kim Klassen's Phoebe @ 72% Multiply
Kim Klassen's Thursday @ 76% Multiply
Sterling Silver's Being Together @ 67% Overlay
HDR Filter applied in Pixlr
All textures erased from bird
Photo 2:
Kim Klassen's Phoebe @ 72% Multiply
Kim Klassen's Thursday @ 76% Multiply
Shadowhouse Creations Bruised Ego @ 60% Overlay
Kim Klassen's Thursday @ 76% Multiply
Sterling Silver's Being Together @ 67% Overlay
HDR Filter applied in Pixlr
All textures erased from bird
Photo 2:
Kim Klassen's Phoebe @ 72% Multiply
Kim Klassen's Thursday @ 76% Multiply
Shadowhouse Creations Bruised Ego @ 60% Overlay
55 Comments:
I really like your poem, a nice feeling of the season.
These two pictures are stunning. True art at it's finest. And your poem..Spectaular, Nancy. You having a beautiful way with words.
wow!!!!
Those are simply gorgeous..vintage postcard feel..LOVE them, Nancy!
Beautiful photos beautiful words!
xo Catherine
I love the photo of the bird with the texture. Very nice!
Great images and quotes, especially love that first one. Hope you're enjoying the holiday weekend.
Oh.my. Oh my oh my. That second photo, in context with the first, is just so... can't think of the right word, but it's just so deep in it's movement and texture. I would like to net that everyone who views that photo can hear the flapping of the wings as clear as I can. Wonderful capturing and skillful editing.
I really like the texture treatment for both shots, but when surrounded by the words of Aga Khan III and your own, this becomes an amazing post.
I LOVE that second shot!
Great use of textures!
I too, have taken on more of an attitude of gratitude these past months. I have everything I need and then some... what's not to be thankful about?!
Incredible. B
Stunning and beautiful words, too! Happy Critter Day!
wow.....beautiful female house sparrow. i like what you did to her!!
if you start taking bird pictures, i'm screwed!!
Wonderful post both photos and words together.
Happy weekend to you!
Really nice pictures and sentiment!
Have a most lovely day!
Beautiful picture with a lovely poem! This bird enthusiast is thrilled!:)Take care and have a wonderful weekend.
Wow - what a gorgeous post!
Great shots and I do love this post. The texture you put on your photos is just beautiful!
Great theme! You captured it beautifully!
love that first shot and the effect you gave it, but always appreciate a good 'fly bye' shot as well! :)
Beautiful work - images and words!
Lovely shots to illustrate your prose... days indeed are fleeting. In one's 20s the future seems to stretch out forever but now in my early 60s the end of the road seems much closer and each day therefore more precious and the need to spend each one well and with gratitude...
Good point, Nancy. I spent an hour today bonding with a tree. Silly, but I needed some strong shelter, and the tree was there for leaning on.
The whole post is beautifully poetic from the words to the textured photos. It definitely creates a mood!!
Your photography, quote and words are beautiful and poignant.
A beautiful thought and stunning photos and so appropriate as we mourn the loss of Jake who as you know was with us for too short of a time.
hi nancy.. i am passing on THE LOVELY BLOG AWARD to you.. you can pick it up on my site....
daphne
nice post...love what you did with the photo....
Oh Nancy, I love birds and just love these photos and what you did with them! Fabulous, hope you had a wonderful holiday!
awesome editing :) so beautiful! xxo
Wow stunning texture use and processing, I really love the first shot!
Very pretty.
beautiful pictures!!
Lovely words and photo to go with them. Have a great day!
Beautiful post, and wonderful image Nancy!
beautiful @ gratitude and time, such worthy subjects
Thank you, Nancy for participating in 'Weekly Top Shot!' I do love the textures you chose to enhance your little house sparrow...
So true, this made me weepy, seems right now everything is making me weepy. No doubt its loosing Kota but how true...every minute of happiness, love and life... a wonderful thing.
Inspiration once again Nancy...lovely post!
Stroll into your farm in this lazy Sunday morning.
I am rewarded with surprises: your words and the photos.
It is a very good morning.
Gorgeous texture work and the words are illustrated so well with these two images, Nancy.
Absolutely lovely! Thank you.
WOW! Both photos and words profound. Thanks to you, Nancy.
Beautiful pictures.
Love both the pictures and the poem. Everyday should be celebrated! :)
You know - I thought I left a comment early this a.m. (right after Kathryn Dyche) I must have clicked away before a word verification or something. So glad I came back to thank you for sharing these beautiful pieces with Photo Art Friday. I so enjoy visiting here and seeing your amazing artwork.
love both-pictures and words!
absolutely beautiful!
I like the use of the two images with the quotation - very creative. thanks for the lovely texture work and terrific composition. kareninkenai {texture tuesdays}
still love it - coming from PAF now... smiles. kareninkenai
Just gorgeous! Wildlife photography of any kind impresses me with the patience needed to capture the critter being still. All my efforts look like your second shot. Your first one looks very painterly and elegant.
I do believe that photo has a perfect place to live in my family room...with the words to that beautiful poem framed with it.
Awww, lovely words, Nancy! A fab texture work and terrific image. Thanks for sharing :)
Great textures! Beautiful photos!
You are such an artist. I love the painting like quality the texture give the photograph. Nicely done.
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