Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The Song of the Ocean

We have visited the beach yesterday


Hot sand under your feet and sunshine on your skin and in front of your eyes the endless view of the Atlantic Ocean


I LOVE to listen to the waves!


Don't talk, don't say anything, just listen!


There were also some surfers enjoying the braking waves


Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Saint Augustine



Hi my friends,

I hope you'll enjoy these wave photos like I did it for real yesterday. Watching them it's for me like meditation, like medicine for the soul. Next time I'll make a video, so you will be able to hear the song of the ocean too.

Thank you all for your wonderful comments to my post yesterday :)

Don't forget my CALENDARS 2010 are ready to buy NOW - Christmas is coming soon!

See you tomorrow, at the same spot, at the same time....
Susanne

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Do you know the formula for success?


"Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success."

~ Thomas J. Watson ~




Hi my friends,

I'm late today with posting, I know. We have visited a friend and went out to the beach this afternoon - and it was very nice, but hot. I shot some beach scenes photos. It was overwhelming to listen to the sound of the breaking waves coming in to the shores, it was "high-tide" time. I will show you some of them maybe tomorrow, so be patience :)

Thank you for all the kind comments to my post from yesterday.
I'm glad you liked that nostalgic photo.

See you tomorrow, see you here!
Susanne

Monday, September 28, 2009

I don't know exactly where I fit in....


I feel like I've never had a home, you know? I feel related to the country, to this country, and yet I don't know exactly where I fit in... There's always this kind of nostalgia for a place, a place where you can reckon with yourself.

Sam Shepard



Hi my friends,

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments to my last posts,
your words always make my days!

I have not to much to say today. Life is good, the sun is shining, like always in Florida...*smile*... I'm happy with everything in my life, just now :)
I hope the same for you!

Come back to see my humbled blog, leave a message for me if you like what you see.

See you here again tomorrow?
Susanne

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Sunrise - Sunset

Sunrise in Key West



Sunset in California


out of "Sunrise - Sunset" Song with Perry Como

Sunrise sunset, sunrise, sunset,
Swiftly flow the days,
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers,
Blossoming even as they gaze . . .

Sunrise sunset, sunrise, sunset!
Swiftly fly the years,
One season following another,
Laden with happiness and tears . . .



Hi my friends,
it was overwhelming yesterday, to read all your kind comments and compliments
to my 3 years of blogging. THANK YOU so much!!!

Stay with me for the next 3 years - if I made it that long...*smile*....

Tomorrow is "My Wordless Sunday" again - come over and have a look and tell me what you think or what I could do better, I love to learn new things...*smile*...
See 'ya!
Susanne


My NEW Calendars 2010 are available to buy here!

Friday, September 25, 2009

3 Years of Blogging Today!


Yep, it's the 3th birthday of my blog....!

3 Years of a nice friendship with all of YOU out there - it's a great reason to celebrate.
YOU made it possible, thank you so much for your loyal visits and wonderful comments over these 3 years - it means a lot to me!

See you tomorrow on the same spot here on my "getting old" little blog.
I have still enough photographs to share with you! ...*smile*...

Susanne

Thursday, September 24, 2009

I can relax now...


I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.

Cathy Freeman


Hi my friends,
thank you for your visits and for the comments to my post yesterday. You always make my days with your kind words!

We stopped traveling for a while and are settled down now at the Space Coast in Florida's eternal summer - I'm back again to "my" palm trees and the ocean and I love it.


The NEW CALENDARS 2010 are NOW available to buy:

* THE “NEW KEY WEST” CALENDARS 2010

* Seeing America – What a Country CALENDAR 2010 (horizontal & vertical)

* The Magic of Santa Fe CALENDARS 2010 (horizontal & vertical)

* Riding Route 66 – The Mother Road CALENDAR 2010

* Sin City Scenes – it’s VEGAS Baby CALENDAR 2010

Have a CLICK and buy one. Make someone happy, the Holidays are coming soon!

Thank you in advance!

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Reflections on human nature?


What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
James Madison


Hi my friends,
thanks, thanks, thanks for all your comments from yesterday.
I have not to much to say today, everything is good, life is good to me!

I'm working hard on my new calendars for next year, just be in the finish of the next one, the "Las Vegas Calendar 2010" with photographs from my travels trough this
exciting and beautiful country AMERICA!

So stay with me, have a CLICK on my blog into the Calendars and make someone happy with a gift - and you'll make my day too :)
Thank you in advance!
Susanne

***

The NEW CALENDARS 2010 are NOW available to buy here:


* THE "NEW KEY WEST" CALENDARS 2010

* "Seeing America - What a country!" CALENDAR 2010 (horizontal & vertical)

* "The Magic of Santa Fe" CALENDARS 2010 (horizontal & vertical)

* "Riding Route 66 – The Mother Road" CALENDAR 2010


Under construction is still - coming soon:

Las Vegas CALENDAR 2010

Check it out, buy one, the Holidays is coming soon!


Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The wheels of time...


Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.

Brian Tracy



Hi my friends,

Thank you for all your visits to my blog, your comments are very much appreciated and I'm happy to share my photography with you.

3 days only and my little humbled blog will be 3 years old!
The countdown is here: 3 - 2 - 1

I have finished another CALENDAR 2010:
"The Magic of Santa Fe"
Have a click and buy one, make someone happy :)

In production is still the Calendar 2010 about the legendary "Route 66".

Monday, September 21, 2009

The best medicine in the world


Let me recommend the best medicine in the world:
a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.

James Madison


Hi my friends,

I knew it that you will like "My wordless Sunday" photo from yesterday :)
Thank you very much for all your kind comments!

I'm still working on more of my NEW CALENDARS 2010.
Two of them are already up in my online shop and available to buy - don't miss it, check it out. The Holidays are coming up pretty soon :)

Thanks for considering to buy one - they make a nice gift!
Susanne

Saturday, September 19, 2009

One of my Award Winning Photographs

This is one of my award winning photos back in 2001. I won the 2nd price with this one by AGFA. I'm still proud of that :)




Hi my friends,

thank you so much for your nice comments and compliments to my last post about the "sky and horizon and the horses". I'm happy you liked it so much.

Stay with me and come back tomorrow to my "wordless Sunday" picture. I still have some of "my specials" left for you....*smile*... See you tomorrow?

Susanne


P.S. I'm working on the NEW CALENDARS 2010. They are available to buy in my online shop. Have a look! Don't they will make a nice gift for somebody close to you to the coming Holidays?

Friday, September 18, 2009

The same sky....


We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon.

~Konrad Adenauer ~



Hi my friends,

It's me again with a new post.
I made this photo on our travels in South Dakota and I like the quote so much.

Thanks for all the nice comments again.
Come by tomorrow, see you here..
Susanne :)

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Simplify your life...


As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.

~ Henry David Thoreau ~



Hi my friends,

thank you again for every visit and for all your nice comments on my blog.

Of course, I appreciate also all the "I like it-thumbs up" on Facebook too. I think, Facebook is "stealing" some of my visitors from my blog here.... yes stealing...!
And I think I know the answer why. It's probably easier just to click on a pre made answer choice "I like" than to form some words of appreciation on your own... right? :)

Anyway, how ever it is easier for you, come here or go there and have a look and enjoy my daily posts. I'm happy to share my photos with you.

See you tomorrow!
Sunshine to you,
Susanne :)

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Spurs and Cowboy Boots


A spur
is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a horse to move forward or laterally while riding. It is usually used to refine the riding aids (commands) and to back up the natural aids (the leg, seat, hands and voice). The spur is used in every equestrian discipline. There are rules in most equestrian organizations about spur design, use and penalties for using spurs in any manner that constitutes animal abuse.

The very old word derives from Anglo-Saxon sputa, spora, related to spornan, spurnan, to kick, spurn; cf. Medieval High German Sporn, modern German Sporn, Dutch spoor, Frisian spoar. The generalized sense of "anything that urges on, stimulus" is recorded in English from circa 1390.

For more info about spurs read here



Hi my friends,

thank you for your kind comments yesterday!
Today I'm short with words... I'm on the way out to see some people.
Stay with me and see ya' tomorrow. Where...? ...here!...LOL...

Enjoy your day!
Susanne

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Waiting is painfull...

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful.
But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.


~ Paulo Coelho ~



Hi my friends,

thanks again for all the wonderful comments yesterday. It makes me proud to see how many people like my photography and it makes me happy to share it with YOU, day by day!

And do you know what? The countdown is on now to my next blog anniversary, that will happen in 10 days! I can't believe it that I will be blogging already for 3 years!
Where is the time gone so fast...? :)

I've started with this phenomena "Blog" back then when I was living down in Key West, looking for another, more vivid media than my website it was to show the world my photos, and not knowing anything about blogging and what I was doing at all. I was building up quick a great fan community. I got fans and I got also a lot of fantastic friends allover the world: YOU!

Without you my friends I never could get so "old" with this blog, because YOU ALL are the reason to keep me going! Come back and let's celebrate with me in 10 days my 3th Birthday, o.k.?

Stay with me, I have still a lot of pictures to share with you! :)
Susanne

Monday, September 14, 2009

About being strong...


A man (and women!) must be big enough to admit mistakes,
smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.


~ John C. Maxwell ~



Hi my friends,

I hope you had a nice Sunday too.

I met yesterday a very nice person again who I haven't seen for 18 years. The first moment to see each other again was very overwhelming and exciting. But after 5 minutes talking together it felt like there never ever has been 18 years in between, we had great discussion and laughter and of course there was a lot of memories to share together.

Do you had similar experiences too?

Stay tuned with me and thank you sooo much for all your wonderful comments again!
Susanne :)

Saturday, September 12, 2009

There are so many doors to open...


I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.

~ Elizabeth Taylor ~



Hi my friends,

I wish you ALL a very nice weekend with a lot of open doors for you!
Thank you for your wonderful comments to my recent last posts.
Susanne

P.S. don't forget my "Wordless Sunday" tomorrow - come back and visit me again, here on this spot at the same time...*smile*... :)

Friday, September 11, 2009

Remembering September 11, 2001


For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible.

~ Dustin Hoffman ~

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Minds are like flowers...


Minds are like flowers. If you let it sit there without soaking anything up, it will dry up.

~ Ken Hill ~


Thank you all for your wonderful, kind comments, my friends!

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Learning from the Ocean


Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.
~ John Lubbock ~




Hi my friends,

it's me again... :)

Daily life here, nothing to much exciting and I have not to much to tell you today, except: THANK YOU for your comments to my post, here and on Facebook too.
I'm happy to share my photography with you.

Stay tuned with me - see you tomorrow again, here on this spot!
I'm sending you our hot Florida sunshine! :)

Susanne

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Lost Love?


I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

~ Mother Teresa ~



Hi my friends,
thank you again for all those nice comments to my last post! I bet it's boring by now to hear this from me.....*smile*... but I mean what I say: Thank you!

Today is household day, you know... cleaning, laundry.... and cooking Hungarian Goulash, an old original recipe from my beloved aunt from Hungary who died way to young!
I'm still missing her....

I wish you all a fantastic, successful, relaxed, peaceful and a happy day - big hug to all!
Susanne

Monday, September 07, 2009

Leave Footprints in our Hearts


“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart”


~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~



Hi my friends,


Many thanks for all your wonderful comments to my last post, I do appreciate every single word from you, they make my day - every day! :)


We went today around in down town of Eau Gallie, Melbourne and have visited some art galleries and met new artists. I like that part of town. Next time I'll take also my camera with me, like the real photographers normally do....LOL... I forgot to take it with me...shame on me! :)


Stay tuned with me, see you tomorrow - I hope ...*smile*...

Susanne

Saturday, September 05, 2009

Don't break my Heart...


Achy Breaky Heart

Singer: Billy Ray Cyrus

You can tell the world you never was my girl,
You can burn my clothes up when I'm gone,
You can tell your friends just what a fool I've been,
And laugh and joke about me on the phone.

You can tell my arms go back to the farm,
You can tell my feet to hit the floor,
Or you can tell my lips to tell my fingertips,
They won't be reaching out for you no more.

But don't tell my heart,
My achy breaky heart,
I just don't think he'd understand.
And if you tell my heart,
My achy breaky heart,
He might blow up and kill this man.

You can tell your Ma I moved to Arkansas,
You can tell your dog to bite my leg,
Or tell your brother Cliff whose fist can tell my lip,
He never really liked me anyway.

Or tell your Aunt Louise, tell anything you please,
Myself already knows I'm not O.K.,
Or you can tell my eyes to watch out for my mind,
It might be walking out on me today.

But don't tell my heart,
My achy breaky heart,
I just don't think he'd understand.
And if you tell my heart,
My achy breaky heart,
He might blow up and kill this man.

***

Hi my friends,

I appreciate all your kind comments to my yesterday's post, thank you!!!

I'm happy, I'm back again to posting and to a great Internet connection, every day from now on. I'll visit your blogs, your sites and FB, SU and all the other social sites now more often than I could before on our travels - it was just not always possible. But, you know my story - and it's not an excuse :)

Just to visit all your wonderful blogs that I do follow is a big job, I think I will reduce this "work" to once a week or so... o.k., maybe twice per week... so be patient and stay with me!

Life is not just blogging, right...? :) We, Dave and I, have to build up a new business too to make the money back in again that we spent on our travels..... *smile*....

I wish you all a GREAT long weekend and see you next week again.

Susanne

Oh, btw... don't forget, tomorrow is "My wordless Sunday" again. Come by and be speechless...*smile*... :)





Friday, September 04, 2009

Have a cup of coffee with me :)


Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.


~ Orison Swett Marden ~



Hi my friends,

thanks for all the nice comments to my hummingbird photo from yesterday. I'm happy to share with you some of the "pretty, little things" in life, things (photos) that make you smile - I hope :)

It's weekend soon and it's for many of you a long weekend - you all deserve it, enjoy it! Life is to short not to enjoy, not to see all the beauty around us.

See you tomorrow! I'll have some cup of coffee for you... come over...I would say,
after 10 a.m. - is that o.k. with you?....LOL... :)

Susanne

Thursday, September 03, 2009

The Colibri and the Wasp

The Violetears are hummingbirds of the genus Colibri.
They are medium to large species found in the highlands and mountains of Central and northern South America.

Violetears have ample rounded tails and short or medium bills. Three of the species have mainly green plumage. The males have a violet patch running back and down from the eye, which is erected when they are excited, and a glittering throat patch. The female plumage is generally like the male’s, but the ear and throat patches are smaller

One species, the Green Violetear, although a mostly a resident breeder in Central America and the Andes, shows seasonal movements and wanders to the United States and even Canada.

Violetears build substantial cup nests into which two white eggs are laid. They have loud persistent songs, often repetitions of double notes.

These birds come readily to artificial nectar feeders, and show no fear of humans. They are aggressively territorial, and spend much of their time at feeders or flowering shrubs chasing other hummingbirds with their ear patches erect, rather than feeding.




No one can eat in peace and quiet! There was a wasp coming up bothering the cute hummingbird and of course, the fight for food get started.
Believe me or not, the wasp won! :)




Hi my friends,

thanks again for all the kind comments to my last three flower shots and I hope you'll like this one too :)

We are still at the Space Coast and we like it a lot! Should we stay for ever...?
Well, stay with me - I'm looking forward to your next comments.

Have a wonderful Thursday my friends - Labor-Day-Weekend is coming up soon!
Susanne

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Keep Love in your heart

“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.”

~ Oscar Wild ~




Hi my friends,

I love this quote from Oscar Wild!

Thank you so much for all your wonderful comments to the last post, I very much appreciate your words - you make always my day! :)

See you tomorrow - here again, on my blog... don't be late...LOL...
Susanne

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Flowers also on Tuesday ;)


Hi my friends,

thank you for the comments to my post yesterday. I'm glad you liked my flowers and I hope you'll like these new ones too :) I hope I'm not getting boring to much....LOL... but I'm also a big flower fan, I like not only palm trees...LOL...

Have a wonderful day and see you tomorrow again - same time, same place :)
Susanne

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