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Pink

August 2, 2019 by Melodye Shore

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.–Audrey Hepburn

Today’s theme for #AugustBreak2019 is PINK. Susannah Conway founded this event several years ago; and while I’ve always enjoyed the artistic challenge, I love best that when I scroll through my social media feeds, I’m meeting up with creatives who, like me, are exploring ideas and techniques that move them past their comfort zones. Not to mention, it’s so much fun to peer through their windows on the world!

Here’s the deets…wanna join us? Just create a photographic image that somehow illustrates the theme of the day, and then share it on your favorite social media networks. Easy-peasy. No need to use a high-end camera–a cell phone snap is totally fine! Simple or abstract, fancy or straightforward…you get to translate the daily prompt however you want. It’s group play, but even better, because you get to make up your own rules!

Posted in: #AugustBreak2019, 2019, Audrey Hepburn, garden, gardening, miracles, Photography, photography challenge, pink, quote, rose, social media, Summer, Susannah Conway, writing Tagged: #AugustBreak2019, Audrey hepburn, garden, New Zealand Rose, photography, pink, rose

Summer Solstice 2019

June 22, 2019 by Melodye Shore

Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun. –Kahlil Gibran

On Summer Solstice and every day, I’m wishing you the bright warm glow of sunshine on a field of day lilies, and the sparkly magic of fireflies in the moonlight.

Posted in: flowers, Summer, Summer Solstice, writing Tagged: day lilies, day lily, flower, kahlil gibran, summer solstice, yellow

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes…

June 21, 2018 by Melodye Shore

Above the hills, along the blue,
Round the bright air with footing true,
To please the child, to paint the rose,
The gardener of the World, he goes.

–Excerpted from “Summer Sun,” by Robert Lewis Stevenson

Happy Summer Solstice! ‘Tis the season for flip-flops and sandy beaches, iced tea and sun-soaked memories. And light, too–we could use more of that. Hope you’ll savor every sweet, juicy moment, and that you’ll share a slice of summer with me, here!

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Posted in: Poetry, quote, Quotes, Robert Lewis Stevenson, Summer, Summer Solstice, writing Tagged: poem, poetry, quote, Robert Lewis Stevenson, summer, summer solstice, Summer Sun, Summer Sun by Robert Lewis Stevenson, Sun

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