Focus on Life: Outside - Look Up!

....what I found there.

Look there, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane... oh, it is a plane!

Our Focus on Life prompt for this week is "The View of Above."

Last weekend, I was walking past our tiny local airport and saw two people tinkering with an ultralight aircraft. I watched for a while, but they seemed to be more interested in tinkering than flying, so I walked on. Of course I was wrong. I looked up and there was the ultralight. They take off really quick!

Pre-flight Check.

Another angle. 

There she goes!

 And since I can't leave well enough alone.......

This morning's sky.

Let's see what is over our friends' heads!

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Focus on Life: Outside-Getting my Fresh Air

While Getting Some Fresh Air and Sunshine, I Try to Keep My Eyes Open

The Focus on Life theme for August is Outside, and this week we are encouraged to get some Fresh Air!

So here are some colorful sights I found while I was "taking the air."

This cardinal was pretty shy, I couldn't get too close. 

One of my favorites, wild chicory.

Blue herons hang out at our stream, waiting for fish.

Same bird, different pose. 

Another day,

A goldfinch, cooperating for once.

Another favorite, queen Ann's lace. 

Let's get some more FRESH AIR!

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Focus on Life: Outside - Outside the Box

Thinking outside the box....Literally? Figuratively? 

August's Focus on life theme is "Outside." And this week's prompt is "Outside the Box." 

One of my least favorite Late 20th Century Catch Phrases. "Thinking Outside the Box." Usually meant that the supervisor could not think of a solution to your problem, and you were just going to have to "Think Outside the Box" to solve it. 

But in this context, it can mean...anything. I looked through some recent shots and came up with these. 

An actual box. These Bluebird Boxes contributed to the return of New York State's Official State Bird from near extinction. 

Plants growing in a creative place, the sawed-off

"stump" of a power pole. 

My favorite farm market was giving away potatoes. They happened to be purple. Viola! Purple potato salad. Dressed with lemon juice and olive oil. 

So these are the pictures I chose because they illustrate something whether thought out, or accidentally; ending up out of the box. 

What else can be said to be "Out of the Box?"

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Celebrate Me!

I'm pretty good, How are You? 

Sally Russick of Focus on Life set us a task for this week:"Celebrate You."  We were to document a moment of our lives, to celebrate it. Well, I always have to give things my own twist, so I documented the moments leading to and leading from my work day (which I am not allowed to document.)

Let's go for a walk. 

Here we go.

Did I forget to brush my hair? 

Arriving at work

Leaving for home!! Weekend!

What parts of their lives have the others chosen to celebrate? 

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Focus on Life: Let's Celebrate - Celebrate Sweetness!

Some Random Sweetness From My Day!

This week's Focus on Life prompt asks us to show some sweetness. I had already decided: NO MORE FOOD! So, I just kept my eye out for the sweetness around me. Here's what I found.

Sweet kitty Merry

Bebop says sweetly, "You gonna give me the cookie, or what?"

Wild Roses, so sweet!

Random yellow flower, pretty sweet. 

Let's see what others did with Sally Russick's  prompt.

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Let's Celebrate! Celebrate the Season.

More Food. Summer's bounty!

Can you handle another week of food pics? This is the way I celebrate the season. Sally Russick sent us another celebration prompt for this week's inspiration. I found a way to get even fresher produce than the Farmer's Market ...because this is the farm where they are grown, and it's right down the road from where I work. 

Garlic scapes, shell peas, and green beans. and a peek at the lettuce

My friend Lynn and her daughter Tyler help out every Tuesday

Had to sneak in a picture of the summer bounty I have produced with the help of Heather Powers of Humble beads. I am taking her Art of Color Polymer Clay Bootcamp Class.

What other summer celebrations have we found?  

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Focus on Life: Let's Celebrate! - Celebrations

What to give a friend who has turned 50?

That is the dilemma we had at work several times this year. We came up with a breakfast - and it happened twice. First, L gave a breakfast for K's birthday, and then K organized one for L when she turned 50. 

We coworkers each brought something, and I had seen these "fruit cakes" on the internet. They really aren't all that hard to do, and look and taste wonderful. 

The pictures of my offerings seemed perfect for this week's Focus on Life "Celebrate!" prompt, kicking off our monthly theme: "Let's Celebrate." I might even make one of these for my family later in the holiday weekend - right now I am preparing for an arts show.  

For K's birthday. My first try!

Really love the blackberries.

My second try, for L. I got fancy and made a filling. 

Thanks to the Internet, and aspic cutters, I made quite an impression.  I liked playing with framing and background colors of the images in PicMonkey too. 

Let's see if anyone else has come up with a tasty celebration image. 

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