Weekly Photo Challenge – Resolved / Jake’s Sunday Post – Goals
“I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
A few years ago my husband and I traveled to Cambodia. I was struck at the time by how simple life seemed, and wondered if perhaps it had been something like that here many years ago. It seemed a fitting theme going into a new year – resolving to better appreciate simple pleasures and to live life to the fullest every day.
“Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.”
Walt Whitman
“Forever is composed of nows.”
Emily Dickinson
“Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering”
Ida Scott Taylor
“Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.”
Albert Einstein
“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.”
Betty Smith
- Family Outing – Nikkor 70-200 @120mm, f/9, 1/50, ISO 400
- Boys in a boat – Nikkor 70-200 @200mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 400
- Girl at the Pump – Nikkor 70-200 @200mm, f/2.8, 1/320, ISO 400
- Friends Bare-footin’ – Nikkor 18-200 @200mm, f/5.6, 1/125, ISO 320
- Cycling Sisters – Nikkor 18-200 @200mm, f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 200
- Fresh Catch – Nikkor 18-200 @82mm, f/5, 1/40, ISO 200
- Braiding the Baby – Nikkor 18-200 @105mm, f/10, 1/80, ISO 200
- Joss – Nikkor 18-200 @105mm, f/6.3, 1/160, ISO 200
What a great portfolio of images. So glad I found your work via Dewitts page on FB. Off to look at other blog entries.
Thanks so much John!
Really thoughtful, sensative series of images.. Really like your work very much.. Hope you keep sharing on the Celebrate.. page.. Thanks for expressing life so well..
Thanks so much John! Appreciate your visit.
Lovely, evocative pictures!
Thanks Lindy, for your lovely comment and your visit!
I think that when you took these pictures you were full of genuine curiosity and love for the things and people that were near to you…They are great!!! And the quotes deserve a second thought!!!
…(Did I say I like it very much?) 🙂
You are my favorite new commenter:-). Thanks so much!
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Really spectacular! Love the black and white! Great thoughts! Joan
Thanks Joan! Happy New Year!
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l love the people shots! And black and white seems to make them even more special! Beautiful!
Thanks Angeline, now go get ’em!
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The soft tones lend such a peaceful quality to the photographs – beautifully done!
Thanks Dries! I spent a month in So Africa and Botswana a few years back. Magical!
Thanks Patricia!
Reblogged this on RD Revilo.
Thanks RD!
you are very welcome…peace
Beautiful pictures, Tina!
Thanks Stefano!
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A great goal. Beautiful photos.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Thanks Francine! And thanks for stopping by 🙂
Wow, I haven’t shot b&w in years! Thanks for the reminder to do some soon! ;o)
My pleasure Logan, and BTW i LOVE the title of your blog :0). Thanks for visiting!
The unauthorized part or the redhead part? Or both?
BTW, I usally write BeeTeeDubya to confuse people. . . ;o)
The unauthorized part – and it took me a minute to realize the Dubya wasn’t ex-pres Bush 🙂
Yeah, he’s still tricky after all these years! ;o)
Your photos are truly beautiful. It seems such a simple thought- why is it so hard to do? I tell myself every day “life is now”, but I still get despondent.
Thanks so much Johanna. Sometimes we try, but life gets in the way. Just gotta keep tryin’, right?
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Great post! Girl at the pump is one of your best shots. Lovely.
Thanks Jane! Fond memories 🙂
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Beautiful .. simple pleasures .. in people about daily life
Love the small babe reaching out as they do with a little pudgy hand 🙂
Thanks PT, I thought about naming that one” reach out” but went with braiding baby. Now I’m rethinking!
I’m for simple pleasures! Thank you for the beautiful post, Tina!
My pleasure :-). Thanks Amy!
I look at hundreds of photos but I think these are the nicest I’ve seen in a long time.
What a lovely compliment, thanks so much both for your comment and for visiting!
This truly shows the beauty of simplicity. Travel is almost a prerequisite to a more peaceful existence at home.
Thanks very much Lesley!
Beautiful post Tina I love it ,
Thanks for sharing your stunning photography 🙂
Thanks so much Jake! Loved the word 🙂
Tina, love these. Especially Girl at the Pump. I loved seeing the faces in Asia….such a beautiful variety.
Sharon
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Thanks Sharon! Are you back from Asia?
these are all awe-inspiring photographs. I was particularly taken by the quotes as well. my favorite is the one by Dickinson: forever is composed of nows. how true. 🙂
Hi Myra; thanks so much for your lovely compliment! I love that quote too.
WOW…..I have nothing to say….I am speechless….truly BLOWN AWAY by every one of these pieces of art….especially ‘girl at the pump’….
BREATHTAKING…..WOW…….
April, you rock!! Thank you so much for your lovely compliments!
I can feel through your photos how greatly you love Cambodia…
Your quotes made me want to pick up a collection of Emerson !
Thanks Dree! I did indeed love it 🙂
Wonderful photos of people. =)
Thanks so much!
Tina, really like the B&W. Seems to make the images pop and definition sharper.
Thanks Kath!
Lovely…it’s a challenge to make sure we appreciate all we have…. Thanks, AB
Thanks Alma, and belated Happy Birthday!
Very nice, Tina, especially in the b&w format. Simple, but effective.
Thanks Tom! Somehow your comment slipped into spam. Sorry about that!
Tina – I’ve been getting that a lot lately from other bloggers, too. Wonder why my replies end up in the “boneyard.”
Clearly you’ve ticked somebody off…LOL!
Really nice thoughts Tina!! Happy 2013!!!!
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Thanks Lynne, and Happy 2013 to you too!
Stunning images!
Thanks Julie! And thanks for visiting 🙂
Very beautiful images, thank you for sharing them!
Thanks so much Nina!
Beautiful pictures, and a very valid thought for the start of a new year. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your comment, and for visiting!
a heart touching tribute to Cambodia – it’s art – should be presented in a museum!
FT, you’re the best! Thanks for your comment.
Lovely set of images for the challenge and the quote is by a master of the heart and soul and the greater good.
Thank you Sally! Nicely said.
Wonderful photos!
Thanks so much!