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Take time to stop and smell the flowers.
There are so many things on my "to do" list and it's difficult for me to prioritize.  With each passing year I actually think the list gets longer!

Stop and rejoice in the sunset.
Currently I am quilting, reading multiple books for work and pleasure, and writing. Well, trying to squeeze in writing.  But how can you write a book if you aren't sitting in front of the computer, or pad of paper, and taking those words from brain to hard surface?  Admittedly, my brain could be considered a hard surface sometimes.

Some of you know my travel companion Roamin', who met a friend in Ireland in May.

I also have the photos from my trip to Ireland to organize, and create a book which the University can use for publicity next year, and the students would be able to own a copy.  On top of that, I have my own vision for what I want to do with my photos from the trip.  I haven't even been able to post blog posts about the trip because I just am not ready for the storytelling.

I love this quote - I wonder what kind of photo would make a nice backdrop?
Storytelling.  That's what photographs do, don't they?  They tell a story of a person, place, thing, idea, point in time...a feeling, an emotion, a life.  I love photography, and always have.  I need to find the photo of me receiving my first camera - on my 11th birthday.  It actually made it into a scrapbook!

And so I will continue to fight my undiagnosed multiple personality disorder (the mind-game a Gemini fights almost daily), and find solace that I can share my thoughts, ideas, confusion and photographs with all of you.

Thank you!
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S. Etole said…
I enlarged the photos and the sunset is striking.
June 29, 2014 at 9:15 PM
Jeanie said…
You are most definitely on a roll, Sandy! All good projects and fun ones! Happy summer -- don't you love it?
June 30, 2014 at 10:38 AM
joyce said…
Your brain sounds a bit like mine....I too am a Gemini, but my personality disorder is diagnosed. Not really sure if you were being serious or making a joke there. I took your words on my post to heart and started writing.....the introduction to my book of stories..problem is, I have many such beginnings lying around and not many ends!
July 1, 2014 at 12:09 PM
Relyn Lawson said…
Travel is number one on my to do list. How does it so often get shunted aside?
July 13, 2014 at 10:05 AM
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