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• Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!" ~ Dexter Kozen
  on Oct 30, 2009
  Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!" ~ Dexter Kozen, originally uploaded by Abby Lanes.Keep safe and have lots of fun!Remember to change your clocks, fall back, and enjoy Hallow...
• "The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want." ~ Ben Stein
  on Oct 29, 2009 in diptych dippy two photos together
  "The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want." ~ Ben Stein, originally uploaded by Abby Lanes.Until I looked up the word diptych, I always thought it referred to two photographs shown together, th...
• “The sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper, set the clouds to one great roof of flame above the earth.” ~ Elizabeth Coatsworth
  on Oct 27, 2009 in Pacific Ocean Beach
  Sometimes I wonder, why all the fuss over focusing in photography? Don't we all enjoy a little blur? Go ahead, break a few rules and see what happens.A beautiful sunset over the ocean often sparks my creativity......and a feeling of appreciation f...
• “Orange is the happiest color.” ~ Frank Sinatra
  on Oct 24, 2009 in colorful chakra Orange inspiration Shades of Inspiration
  Getting creatively challenged takes lots of paths, and for me this week, I've decided to use the color orange for inspiration. Checking in with one of my favorite flickr groups, "Shades of Inspiration," they did indeed inspire.http://www.flickr.com...
• "To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring." ~ George Santayana
  on Oct 3, 2009
  Happy Pink Saturday! Finally, my remodel is over! This summer flew by quickly, and I hope your fall is off to a good start. Please visit Beverly at "How Sweet the Sound' (link to the left) and participate in all the pink fun.Let's have a seat.....
• “When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" ~ Sydney J. Harris
  on Aug 15, 2009 in remodel addition ranch house bathroom project construction
  Several people have asked to see photos of my "construction project" so here they are. We live in a small ranch home, built in 1951, and it only had/has one bathroom. In order to get another bathroom, we built an addition into the backyard. This...
• A Calendar for Growing Flowers in Coastal Southern California
  on Aug 1, 2009 in gardening information Southern California Gardening gardening tips Palos Verdes Peninsula Palos Verdes Estates Florence Sullivan
  AUGUSTRemember, all beautiful color you see here in winter and very early spring should be planned about this time. The roots get a fine start and much of the best blooms come from this early planting. If your garden is full of mums now, and you lac...
• “I was raised in the West. The West of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California.” ~ George W. Bush
  on Aug 1, 2009
  “I was raised in the West. The West of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California.” ~ George W. Bush, originally uploaded by Abby Lanes.I took my first ever trip to Texas last week... Austin...
• “A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.” ~ James Dent
  on Jul 17, 2009
  Ah, the sentiments of a relaxing summer, like the quote above, are a dream for many people. For me, this summer is quite the opposite. My home is in construction, the windows they promised six weeks ago are still two weeks away. Construction worke...
• My first storyboard!!!
  on Jul 17, 2009
  If you haven't visited Sylvia Cook Photography, the blog, you have to see her beautiful storyboards. http://sylviacookphotography-galleries.blogspot.com/2009/06/storyboards-and-collages.htmlThis is my FIRST storyboard, and it took me nearly an hour.

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