Courage

Found the following quote by John Wayne

(and it fits in with the cowgirl theme! hehehe)

Celebrate

"Halloween is an ancient druidic holiday, one the Celtic peoples have 

celebrated for millennia. It is the crack between the last 

golden rays of summer and the dark of winter; 

the delicately balanced tweak of the year before it is 

given over entirely to the dark; 

a time for the souls of the departed to squint, 

to peek and perhaps to travel through the gap. 

What could be more thrilling and worthy of celebration than that? 

It is a time to celebrate sweet bounty, as the harvest is brought in. 

It is a time of excitement and pleasure for children before the dark sets in. 

We should all celebrate that."
-Jenny Colgan, Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams

Light

ignite the light

and let it shine

just own the night

like the 4th of July!

baby, you're a firework

come on show 'em

what you're worth!




Katy Perry's song....
my granddaughter
taught me the song.

It took a while
to enjoy the song
(i'm more partial
to country! hehehe)








It's inside of all of us,
a light shines,
if only we let it.
Stop being afraid
of being yourself,
stop trying to be
like others.
The best advice:
Be Yourself!

Sundays

It takes courage 

to grow up 

and become 

who you really are.  

~e.e. cummings

 

experimenting with my camera

made my Sunday feel 

as if i actually relaxed .... 

creativity to be myself

and of course 

have some fun

i hope your weekend

was as beautiful 

as the sun rising

in a warm morning sky. 

Country Gal

Just a few more

peeks of my

country gal side....

"There's a want and there's a need

There's a history between

Girls like her and guys like me

Cowboys and angels"

*song by Dustin Lynch

All Country

Country music sometimes has

a way of summing up a group

of feelings like no other genre:



"All I wanna do is get to holding you

And get to knowing you,

And get to showing you

And get to loving you

'fore the night is through

Baby, you know what to do

Country girl, shake it for me"




i saw Luke Bryan do

this song in concert

(with my sister and parents)

on a trip to California --

he sure can rock it!

which seems an odd thing

to say about country music!

She's Country

 

Country

from her cowboy boots 

to her down home roots

She's country, 

from the songs she plays 

to the prayers she prays,

That's the way 

she was born and raised, 

she ain't afraid to stay

Country

this was inspired by

the song by Jason Aldean

"She's Country"

(you can listen here)

“Country music 

is the poetry 

of the American spirit.”

-Steve Maraboli

(and so are country gals! *laughs* )

Courage

“When we least expect it,

life sets us a challenge

to test our courage and

willingness to change;

at such a moment,

there is no point in pretending

that nothing has happened

or in saying that we are not yet ready.

The challenge will not wait.

Life does not look back.

A week is more than enough time

for us to decide whether or not

 to accept our destiny.”

 -Paul Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym

every now and then,

i grab a little courage

and keep trying to

convince myself that

i'm not overexposed.

(i like the way the light

bounced off my hip

in the top picture)

BlkWht-5

“Always be 

a first rate version 

of yourself 

and not a 

second rate version 

of someone else.” 

-Judy Garland

Nothing makes

a woman

more beautiful

than the belief

that she is beautiful.

BlkWht-3

when i saw this pose
i thought,
boy, i look sad.
or maybe its
a defeated posture.
or just plain tired.
there has been just
too much life lately

The first step

toward being loved

is learning to love

what you see

when you look

in the mirror.

-Tadahiko Nagao

Body

just a few pix

shot in sepia

and even tho

i was feeling

'fat' today

.... i still post!

I looked up "feeling fat"

and found a doc who says

"Fat is not a feeling.

Technically, one cannot

feel fat any more than

one can feel yellow."
     (-Dr. Stacey Nye)

The cure?

Dress with care,

exercise,

and eat right,

and those feelings

should pass.

Went to the gym,

had salad for dinner

then undressed..... does that count?  *giggles*

Find Beauty

wishing you

a beautiful morning!!

no matter the weather

where you're at

go out and find beauty

somewhere in nature today!

--even if its just gazing at

a flower in the flower shop

*smiles*

I always find beauty

in things

that are

odd & imperfect -- 

they are much more

interesting.

-Marc Jacobs

People often say that 
'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' 
and I say that the most liberating thing 
about beauty is realizing that 
you are the beholder. 
This empowers us to find beauty 
in places where others 
have not dared to look, 
including inside ourselves.
-Salma Hayek

Wild Side

ahhh Fridays -

time to relax and unwind

from a very hectic work week


As a teen, I used to look

forward to Friday Night--

that was "date night"

 

I don't know about you,

but that whole

"date night" ritual

is pretty scary sounding

when you're about to turn 54!

so here it is,

a very warm

Friday night

here in the

Valley of the Sun --

I hope you're

enjoying whatever

you're doing --

Happy Weekend!

Sunday Morning

“My favorite color 

on canvas 

is nudity.

”

 --Jarod Kintz

"There is only you 

and your camera. 

The limitations 

in your photography 

are in yourself, 

for what we see is what we are."

--Ernst Haas

Hope

“Hope

Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,

Whispering  'it will be happier'...” 

-Alfred Tennyson

Just a quick note,

its been a busy weekend

here at Gal's house....

I hope you enjoyed 

your weekend!

Thanks for all

the traffic here - 

its always appreciated!

Be Fearless

 







“Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks.
Go where there are no guarantees.
Get out of your comfort zone
even if it means being uncomfortable.
The road less traveled is sometimes
fraught with barricades, bumps
and uncharted terrain.
But it is on that road
where your character is truly tested.
And have the courage to accept
that you’re not perfect
nothing is and no one is — and that’s OK.” 
~Katie Couric

Soaking up Sun

 A sensible man will remember 

that the eyes may be confused in two ways - 

by a change from light to darkness

 or from darkness to light; 

and he will recognize that the same thing 

happens to the soul.  

~Plato

just a little soul searching sort of quote

to suit my mood yesterday. 

Love the sunny windows

and the chance to make new pix






i think i like how

carefree i look in this one

as i lean back

and soak up some warmth

Light

All women are beautiful,

regardless of their looks.

You just need to

touch their soul

with respect and appreciation

for their inner beauty

and you will be

rewarded with joy.

The heart is

way more important

than the package.

By Request

"She imagined 

everything 

she had never 

imagined before, 

and she gave herself 

to all that was 

most base and most pure.”

 

-Paulo Coelho

Requested by Mr. Phx :)

Dance with me?

In the early morning sunshine

I felt energized,

dancing around

.... care to dance with me?

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul”

-Martha Graham