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Oh Thy Happy Place.
Thy bed my happy place…… Happy PlaceFiled under: WP Photo Challenge Tagged: Happiness, humour, life, photo, self care
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Costa Rica My Happy Place
Common tree and landscape, Costa Rica One of the most treasured memories that I have of my life is the year+ that I lived in Costa Rica. Although I was still barely a teenager at the time it was life...
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An (Extra) Ordinary But Most Essential Facility
An (Extra) Ordinary Toilet Facility. An (Extra) Ordinary Toilet. On the outside, it looks rather nice with the overgrown greenery and moss on the roof. Inside, however, didn’t fare so well....
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Careful Of My Serenity
My Tattoo: Serenity At my lower neck on my back. The photocopied template The symbols are not exact Chinese duplications of our English word serenity. However, they are the Chinese symbols...
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Carefully Chosen Treasures
Diamond Treasures Careful Filed under: WP Photo Challenge Tagged: Careful, diamonds, WP photo challenge
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Careful, I’m Little.
Persian Kitten, A soft new baby to carefully cuddle. CarefulFiled under: WP Photo Challenge Tagged: Careful, kitten, WP photo challenge
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A Monochromatic Teddy Bear
Monochromatic “A powerful monochromatic image is composed of a gradient of a single color.” MonochromaticFiled under: WP Photo Challenge Tagged: cat, shades, shadows, Teddy, tints
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Treats come in all colours and fragrances.
I used to love visiting my friend Margaret, especially in the summer. Margaret always had the most beautiful garden. It was a treat to visit. Flowers of every kind were always in bloom, and it seemed...
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Piles Of Treats And Bows
The Ultimate Day Of Treats Treat Filed under: WP Photo Challenge Tagged: Treat, WP photo challenge
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My Beloved Teddy: Linus
A wordpress photo challenge: Beloved. My teddy bear from the day I was born. He has travelled the world with me. At this point is is rather flat and tattered but I still keep him as a treasure. By...
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A Cat’s Ephemeral Lifestyle
WP Weekly Photo Challenge: Ephemeral ~ Adjective; lasting a very short time. Lasting but only one day. ~ Noun; Short-lived. Mia Break Time 1:06p.m. Nap time is over 1:07p.m. Time for Security...
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The Zen Of An Ephemeral Life
Life at times can seem to drag its feet propelling us ever so slowly through times of trouble and weariness. Yet in retrospect days are often only flashes and even years seem to connect into a...
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Mother and Child Having a Blur of Fun
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Blur Although not yet authorized in The United States or Canada this pair of Mother and Child seem to be thoroughly enjoying the latest in skateboard technology....
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Where Is Everybody?
WordPress Photo Challenge: Early Bird A rocking horse left with no one to rock it. Toys, pots, and chairs sitting without purpose. Swings and slides sitting silently. The road void of traffic, noise...
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London In Motion
I was born in London, England but have lived more than have my life here in Canada. Fortunately, I have had the pleasure of visiting England a few times over the years and London always deserves a...
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Westminster Abbey: Intricate Worship
As I mentioned in last week’s WordPress Photo Challenge I am currently investigating and trying to organise my files on my laptop. My main problem is that I have photos, pictures and assorted images...
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Snow, A Force of Nature
Toronto 2014 First Snow Fall of The Season There’s one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbours. ~ Clyde Moore quotes In Toronto, Canada we get a fair amount of snow...
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Enveloping Experts
I live in a house of cats. Five cats to be exact. My poor furnace would, however, claim that we have at least two dozen based on the amount of fur that we are constantly battling! Nevertheless,...
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Friendship: On The Way To The Future
BFFs since grade one and still going strong! Samantha, Celine and Isis met as three adorable little girls in grade one at the elementary school. An unlikely trio made up of twins Celine and Isis...
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Tea Time At Andy Warhols Granny’s House
A vividly fun photographic project by Amanda Ricks and Samantha Wilson Vivid: (dictionary.reference.com) adjective ~ Striking, bright or intense as color, light ~ full of life, lively, animated ~...
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We’re Not Off-Season, We’re Having Fun!
Chrismas Village Put up in December 2014. As it looks now on June 13. 2015!!! Yes, you are seeing correctly, and I am showing the internet world my shame. I still have my Christmas village from...
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Portrait Of A Muse
Thoughtfully, silently she gazes outside, What does she wonder, what does she see, A mystery seems to emulate from deep within, Centuries have made the Cat a Muse. ~ Amanda Ricks 2015 MuseFiled...
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Light and Dark
WordPress Photo Challenge: Half and Half Everyone has a dark side. A part of them that harbours their less attractive attributes, thoughts, feelings, desires and actions. Without our dark side, we...
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The Inspiration Of Emily’s Scars
A WordPress photo challenge: Inspiration. My daughter Emily who contracted endocarditis at the age of 12 and had to undergo massive heart surgery. Her story and recovery. By Amanda Ricks @...
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Today Was A Good Day In Chichicastenango
A photo essay featuring the beautiful Native market in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. Wonderful pictures are shown along with descriptions of the people and the area. By Amanda Ricks @surprisinglives.net
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A Good Day At The Mayan Ruins
A photo essay showing great pictures and writing about the beautiful and Mystical Mayan ruins and pyramids in Copan, Honduras. By Amanda Ricks @surprisinglives.net
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Pebbles From Every Angle
Pebbles Pebbles was carefully picked out by my then 11-year-old daughter from a shelter adoption agency as a special Elementary School Graduation gift. That was six years ago. Pebbles can look rather...
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A Passion Discovered Means Victory
A post for the WordPress photo challenge for Victory describing my passion for creating Photo Quotes. The opening of my new online store, writing my book and other future plans. By Amanda Ricks
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Trio ~ The Power Of Three
WordPress Photo Challenge For the word Trio. A photograph of three horses in the snow is shown and a short description of the power of three is also included. By Amanda Ricks
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Trio Of Kittens
Trio Filed under: Photos & Images, WP Photo Challenge Tagged: Amanda Ricks @ surprisinglives.net, Trio, WP photo challenge
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Action = Transition
This Photo Quote is available at Quotes About Life by Amanda Ricks Filed under: Photos & Images, WP Photo Challenge Tagged: Amanda Ricks @ surprisinglives.net, original quote, photo,...
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Gathering The Courage
A WordPress Photo Challenge for the word gathering. By Amanda Ricks
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Gathering A Secret Stash
WordPress Photo challenge for the word Gathering. By Amanda Ricks
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Celebrating The Weightless
A combination of the WP photo challenge for the word weightless and my daughter's 16th Birthday. My daughter has been through a huge amount of struggle in her 16 years and it is a tremendous weightless...
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A Journey Of Vibrance
A fun photography post relating to the WordPress Photo Challenge for "Vibrant." A gallery of intensely vibrant photos of the same Poppy are shown all in different hues and tones of bright photo edited...
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Life Or Art?
If you would like a copy of this please visit surprisinglywise.net Life or Art? Filed under: Photos & Images, WP Photo Challenge Tagged: Amanda Ricks @ surprisinglives.net, art, life, photo,...
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