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Sunday Post: Simplicity

This is my selection for today’s Sunday Post: Simplicity.

To join the challenge: Jake Sprinter’s–Sunday Post: Simplicity

January 20, 2013 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, Butterfly, D90, Delicate, Hollis Garden, Nature, Photography, Photooftheday, Post a Day, Sunday Post | Tags: authentic, Beauty, Butterflies, Butterfly, D90, delicate, Hollis Garden, lakeland fl, Nature, Nikon, outdoors, photography, photooftheday, postaday, Sunday Post, tree, Tree's | 2 Comments

Sunshine

These photographs were taken at the end of September 2012. It seems like yesterday that these sun beauties were glistening and inviting. I have missed you all and hope you enjoy!

January 12, 2013 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, D90, Flowers, Hollis Garden, Nature, Photography, Photooftheday, Post a Day | Tags: arts, authentic, beauties, Beauty, D90, delicate, flower, flowers, Hollis Garden, lakeland fl, Nature, outdoors, photographs, photography, photooftheday, plants, postaday, sun | 4 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry

Setting up Christmas lights at Lake Mirror – taken with iPhone 4S-edited with Instagram.

Here is the Weekly Photo Challenge link for “Geometry”

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/

November 8, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, iPhone, Photography, Photooftheday, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tags: authentic, blogging, christmas lights, dailypost, editted, Geometry, iPhone, Lakeland, lakeland fl, mobile, photooftheday, technology, Weekly Photo Challenge | 2 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

Here is the Weekly Photo Challenge link for “Silhouette”
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/weekly-photo-challenge-silhouette/

October 21, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, Black Swans, D90, Nature, Photography, Photooftheday, Post a Day, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tags: authentic, Black Swan, lakeland fl, Nature, photography, photooftheday, postaday, Silhouette, Weekly Photo Challenge | 6 Comments

The theme for this Week’s Photo Challenge is: HAPPY! This was the last picture I took of the evening. Afterward, I just stopped and observed the pure joy this couple felt by feeding these ducks. It is always such a pleasure to watch people giving.

To find out more or participate in this week’s challenge, visit the Daily Post, at wordpress.com. I hope you enjoy and thanks so much for stopping by!!

Please visit and enjoy some of the other entries this week:

October 9, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, D90, Nature, Photography, Photooftheday, Post a Day, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tags: authentic, Beauty, D90, ducks, Florida, giving, Happy, joy, lakeland fl, Nature, photography, photooftheday, postaday, Weekly Photo Challenge | 6 Comments

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Glistening Curves

October 5, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, D90, Photography, Photooftheday, Post a Day, Tree's | Tags: authentic, Curves, D90, Glistening, lake bonny park, lakeland fl, Nature, outdoors, photography, photooftheday, postaday, tree | 6 Comments

Spread your Wings

October 4, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, D90, Delicate, Photography, Photooftheday, Post a Day | Tags: authentic, Beauty, D90, Heron, lakeland fl, Nature, Nikon, outdoors, photography, photooftheday, postaday | 7 Comments

Unique

I think this duck is beautiful. When I spotted this duck I was in awe. This was the first time I have laid my eyes on a duck with this type of unique marking. Simply beautiful. I hope you enjoy.

I also wanted to thank all of my supporters. I noticed that I have had close to 1500 likes! Personally, I do not aim for likes but must admit, it sure feels good to know that my photograph’s affect so many of you. Thank you all so very much!! With gratitude 🙂

October 3, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, D90, Nature, Photography, Photooftheday, Post a Day | Tags: authentic, awe, Beauty, D90, Duck, Florida, lakeland fl, Nature, Nikon, photography, photooftheday, postaday, purple mark, unique | 2 Comments

Peaceful

I have been editing this picture for sometime. The original was taken in color and I converted to B&W. When I took the picture, I felt peaceful and felt the B&W depicts how I felt better than the color image. I hope you enjoy! Thank you for stopping by!

October 2, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, Black and White, D90, Photography, Photooftheday, Post a Day | Tags: authentic, Beauty, Black and White, D90, Florida, lakeland fl, Nature, Peaceful, photography, photooftheday, postaday | 3 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitary

Below is the picture I selected for this Week’s Photo Challenge: Solitary. I was sitting on a bench on the other side of a lake and spotted this woman looking so peaceful in solitude. I hope you enjoy!

To find out more or to participate in this week’s challenge, visit The Daily Post at WordPress.com. Thank you again for stopping by.

Please check out some of the other photograph’s submitted below:

September 24, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, D90, Photography, Photooftheday, Post a Day, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tags: authentic, Beauty, D90, lakeland fl, Nature, photography, photooftheday, postaday, Solitary, Weekly Photo Challenge | 16 Comments

More White Peacock’s

September 23, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Butterfly, D90, Delicate, Photooftheday, Post a Day | Tags: authentic, Beauty, Butterflies, Butterfly, D90, delicate, lakeland fl, Nature, Nikon, photooftheday, plants, postoftheday, white peacock, white peacock butterflies | 10 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday Life

TIA

My kitties are part of my everyday life. Tia, is our oldest and oh so beautiful tigress 🙂 Shadow, is our middle kitty. She is ever so fluffy, and Angel is our new addition. We would like to find a home for him and have decided to keep him until then. I found him at my last job. I was happy to find out he was a boy – after all how would you explain the goatee on a female 😉

SHADOW

ANGEL

To find out more or to participate in this week’s challenge, visit The Daily Post at WordPress.com. Thank you again for stopping by.

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September 16, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, D90, Photography, Photooftheday, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tags: authentic, Cats, D90, Everyday, Kitties, kitty cat, mother nature, photography, photooftheday, Weekly Photo Challenge | 25 Comments

Weathered

Lessons from a Dragonfly

A dragonfly accepts it’s brevity of life
With its gossamer wings feeling the breeze
Full of freedom it watches our joy and our strife
Its wisdom learned flitting from water to air to trees
With wings that shimmer showing purpose and duty
Obedient to all of life’s changes in flight
Modestly it shows us its outer beauty
Always gracious, mindful and full of delight
So whether what life gives you is good, bad, or sad
Show others that inner beauty counts and matters
Make your actions amount to many smiles and be glad
For the dragonfly knows it lives a brief life this way
So I learn from this creature to live wisely each day
And make every minute special to those that you love
As the dragonfly watches our actions from above

~Ruth O’Neill

September 12, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, D90, Photooftheday, Post a Day | Tags: authentic, brevity, D90, dragonfly, FL, gossamer wings, inner beauty, lake bonny, Lakeland, Nature, o neill, outer beauty, photooftheday, postaday, water | 8 Comments

In Honor

September 11, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, D90, Photooftheday | Tags: 9/11, authentic | 1 Comment

Viceroys

This picture was taken at Lake Bonny Park. We ventured off the trail a bit and I saw these two butterflies fluttering around and land on this high bush/tree. I wish I could’ve caught them both in view. I love the beautiful color. I hope you enjoy and thanks so much for stopping by.

September 10, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, Butterfly, D90, Nature, Photography, Photooftheday | Tags: authentic, Beauty, bonny park, bush, Butterflies, D90, lake bonny, Lakeland, lakeland fl, outdoors, photography, photooftheday, viceroy, viceroy butterfly | 5 Comments

Gulf Fritillary

“The little caterpillar creeps

Awhile before in silk it sleeps.

It sleeps awhile before it flies,

And flies awhile before it dies,

And that’s the end of three good tries.”

~David McCord

“The Gulf Fritillary is named after the colorful, orange-red fritillary flower.”

“The reference to the Gulf is due to the fact that this species is common in the states around the Gulf of Mexico.”

“The Gulf Fritillary is a Native of Florida. They fly year round in southern Florida and recolonizes in northern Florida after cold winters.”

I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by.

Reference

Emmel, T.C., & Kenney, B. (1997). Florida’s Fabulous Butterflies. Tampa: World Publications.

September 8, 2012 | Categories: Beauty, Butterfly, D90, Nature, Photography, Photooftheday | Tags: authentic, Butterflies, Butterfly, D90, gulf fritillary, lakeland fl, Nature, photography, photooftheday | 8 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Near and Far

I hope you enjoy the photograph’s that I have selected for this Week’s Photo Challenge: Near and Far. Both of these were taken at Hollis Garden in Lakeland, FL. If you are a follower of my blog you will notice that a great deal of my work is inspired by this beautiful garden (in my opinion, a masterpiece) found in the middle of downtown Lakeland, FL.

To find out more or to participate in this week’s challenge, visit The Daily Post at WordPress.com. Thank you again for stopping by.

Please check out some of the other photograph’s submitted below:

September 7, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, D90, Photooftheday, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tags: arts, authentic, D90, lakeland fl, Nature, Nikon, outdoors, photo, photography, photooftheday, Weekly Photo Challenge | 27 Comments

Serenity

September 6, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, D90, Nature, Photography, Photooftheday, Post a Day | Tags: authentic, D90, fountain, Lakeland, Nature, photography, photooftheday, postaday, serenity, water, water fountain | 7 Comments

Polydamas Swallowtail

I hope you enjoy these pictures. This was a very challenging butterfly to capture. They flutter their wings so fast it can be difficult to capture. Thanks so much for stopping by!

September 5, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, Butterfly, D90, Delicate, Flowers, Nature, Photography, Photooftheday | Tags: arts, authentic, Beauty, Butterflies, Butterfly, D90, delicate, Florida, flowers, lakeland fl, Nature, Nikon, outdoors, photography, photooftheday, wings | 3 Comments

Liberty

The Land of Liberty
~ Author Unknown

I love my country’s pine-clad hills,

Her thousand bright and gushing rills,
Her sunshine and her storms;
Her rough and rugged rocks, that rear
Their hoary heads high in the air
In wild, fantastic forms.

I love her rivers, deep and wide,
Those mighty streams that seaward glide
To seek the ocean’s breast;
Her smiling fields, her pleasant vales,
Her shady dells, her flow’ry dales,
The haunts of peaceful rest.

I love her forests, dark and lone,
For there the wild bird’s merry tone
I hear from morn till night;
And there are lovelier flowers, I ween,
Than e’er in Eastern lands were seen,
In varied colors bright.

Her forests and her valleys fair,
Her flowers that scent the morning air–
All have their charms for me;
But more I love my country’s name,
Those words that echo deathless fame,
“The Land of Liberty.”

September 3, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, D90, Gratitude, Nature, Photography, Photooftheday | Tags: authentic, author unknown, Beauty, D90, Gratitude, hoary, Honor, Humble, lakeland fl, Land of Liberty, Liberty, Nature, Nikon, outdoors, peaceful rest, photography, photooftheday, wild bird | 2 Comments

Sunday Post: Reflection

Downtown Lakeland, FL – South Florida Ave.

Please visit Jake Sprinter’s, Sunday Post to find out more and to view some beautiful photo’s from other bloggers. I hope you enjoy and thank you for stopping by!

September 2, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, D90, Photography, Photooftheday, Sunday Post | Tags: authentic, bloggers, D90, lakeland fl, Nikon, photo, photography, photooftheday, south florida ave, Sunday Post | 5 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Free Spirit

The theme for this Week’s Photo Challenge is: Free Spirit.

Please visit the daily post to find out more about the Weekly Photo Challenge. Click on the links below to see some amazing photo’s from other bloggers! I hope you enjoy and thank you for stopping by!

September 1, 2012 | Categories: Authentic, Beauty, Butterfly, D90, Nature, Photography, Photooftheday, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tags: arts, authentic, Beauty, Butterfly, D90, Florida, mother nature, Nature, Nikon, outdoors, photography, photooftheday, spirit express, Weekly Photo Challenge | 44 Comments

Mysterious

When I took this photograph the first word that came to mind was mystery. I felt this even more when I was processing. I hope you enjoy and thanks for stopping by!