The Winner of my Regular Monthly Drawing is.........

Congratulations to AUDREY!  You have won a $10.00 gift certificate to be spent in either of my shops.  Please convo me before you purchase in case I need to set up a special listing for you.  You can shop at

My Art Shop  (Right now there is a huge sale going on.  Read the sale details in my shop announcement.).

My Photography Shop  (no sales here at the moment)

Congratulations again...have fun shopping. :)

Please pick-up your prize within three days.  Thank you very much for following my blog.:)

Shadow Shot Sunday

This is an old pump I shot here in Florida.

Hey Harriet's Blog

Ginaphoto Created a Lovely Treasury. Have a look.

Treasury Link

Ginaphoto's Shop

Thank you, Gina, for including my Jellyfish.  This is a beautiful Treasury.

Give it some love. :)

Ginaphoto Created a Lovely Treasury. Have a look.

Ginaphoto's Shop

Please give this a little love and check out Ginaphoto's Shop.  Thanks, Gina, for selecting my jellyfish to include in your lovely Treasury. :)

My Monthly Drawing is Tomorrow!

Everyone who is following my blog as a chance to win a $10.00 certificate from either of my shops.  Wow!!

Thank you loyal followers!

Be sure to post today.  It is the last chance you have for this month. :)

Veterans!

I went to Tapestry's blog today and she posted a lovely blog about our veterans and I just feel awful that the whole thing slipped my muddled mind as far as posting something about it on my blog.

I would first like to thank the veterans in my own family.

My Dad served in WWII as a transport pilot flying C-130's. He was stationed in England for most of the war, although he did do some ferrying of aircraft back and forth from the states as well. He spent his career in the Air Force and retired from the Air Force after 28 years in.

My oldest brother who is 10 years older than me served in Vietnam flying Hughey Helecopters. He also spent 20 years in the service and retired from the US Army. He graduated from West Point in 1959.

My younger brother served in Vietnam as an Tank Commander in Vietnam. He is five years older than I am. He went in the service right out of college. He too remained in the service for over 10 years and then got out.

My husband flew Warthogs in Vietnam. His missions were mostly flown out of Thailand. My husband also spent a career in the Air Force.

So, I would like to thank them for their service to our country.

In addition, I want to thank all the men and women who risk their lives every day defending our country. There just can't be enough said about that. They are all heroes in my book.

And how do you ever thank those who have already sacrificed their lives. It just is not possible.

God Bless their families and loved ones and may they find some peace with their losses.

Scrapbooking Night!

Tonight I will have 12 girls over to scrapbook. Half of us are in our sixties and half of us are in our Thirties. Guess which I am....LOL....nevermind. :)

The Thirties got together and asked me to host a monthly scrapbooking group. I knew it would be fun, so I did just that. I knew for the girls it was a chance to get away from it all for a few hours.....no kids, no husbands.....a safe place to talk, to share. Their conversations usually focus around their husbands, their kids, books and movies, and yes, even scrapbooking. :)

And we love to share recipes.

Along the way, I started to bring in my friends and it is just such an interesting mix. The older ladies also talk of husbands, and usually grandkids, or just what is happening in their lives. We, however, are not really escaping.....well maybe we are......we all call it "playing."

By whatever name you call it, it is fun for all of us. I know the older ladies get a real kick out of the younger ones. Can you believe I've been invited to the midnight showing of NEW MOON....and I am going too....even if they do have to nudge me awake occassionally. These young ones keep you on your toes. Well, they introduced me to the book series TWILIGT which I practically inhaled....so now I am hooked and looking forward to each movie.

Magmoment's Treasury

Thanks for including one of mine in your lovely Treasury. We have some wonderful POE Photographers.

Please give this TREASURY some love. :)

All those beautiuf aceos need a beautiful frame!!!

I would love to hold a new Aceo in my arms....

Click HERE for another choice of frames.

Click HERE for a third choice.

Continuing With My Romance Theme....

Now you can visualize the intensity of the movement.

Are we nuts or what to do this?

Do we have a romance with danger?

Arms out...relaxed

Head back....brave

Hair flying...enjoying

A bird

Exilleration!

Comfortable with themselves....

Where lovers can be found...

Where daredevils can be found....

Where flyers can be found....

Where most everyone can be found.....

Where children can be found....

What can be more romantic than going to the fair on a fall evening with your husband, boyfriend, or significant other. Bright lights, a bright moon, screams from people riding terrifying rides, laughter, animals, games and challenges and greasy foods.......wow a fair appeals to all of our senses at once.