A Beautiful Metamorphosis

What a beautiful metamorphosis of a lot of beautiful women in the world! It's fun to watch - enjoy!

Wishing you all a HAPPY SUNDAY!
~Susanne

My Wordless Sunday - #14

Have a wonderful Sunday - Schoenen Sonntag allerseits - Buona Domenica per tutti - Je te souhaite une merveilleux Dimanche - Szep vasarnapot kivanom!

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The three great elemental sounds in nature...

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.
Henry Beston  

Hi my friends,

Thank you so much for ALL the wonderful comments and compliments to my post from yesterday! This photos above was made on the same spot at Cocoa Beach - but with a sight to the right side, where it was not that crowded at all. People here enjoyed more the silence, they preferred not to sit in a crowd of tourists.

I have something great to share with you and something what I'm very proud of it: 

I got an announcement this morning that my blog was chosen to be on the list of 

the 47 best photo blogs on the web. 

How exciting is that? I love messages like this - It makes my and my THANK YOU goes  out to those people who have chosen me. :)

Go have a look and read more about here! 

Have a wonderful day too!

Susanne

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Do you like window shopping?

My window shopping in Charleston, South Carolina

Do you like window shopping?


History of modern shopping

Fairs and markets have a long and history that started when man felt the need to exchange goods. People would shop for goods at a weekly market in nearby towns. Then shops began to be permanently established. Shops were specialized , e.g. a bakery, a butchery, a grocer. Then supermarkets appeared.

There have been three major phases in the shopping / trading world in the last 100 years. In a way, these link up into a full circle.

1. Customers would be served by the shopkeeper, who would retrieve all the good on their shopping list. Shops would often deliver the goods to the customers' homes.

2. Customers have to select goods, retrieve them off the shelves using self service, and even pack their own goods. Customers deliver their own goods.

3. Customers select goods via the internet. The goods are delivered to their homes as in phase one.

It was 1878 in Dayton, Ohio saloon owner James Ritty was not a happy man. He suspected that members of his staff were stealing from his business by taking customer cash and pocketing it. Unfortunately, Ritty had no way of proving that pilfering was the problem. The next year he did. With the help of his brother, Ritty invented and patented the first mechanical cash register, named “ Ritty’s Incorruptible Cashier ”.

The last ten years have been a wild time on the Internet, especially when it comes to online shopping. The e-commerce industry has seen rapid growth, a shake out of the market due to security concerns, and finally, a rebirth thanks to new technologies and innovative ways to shop.

Read more about window shopping and shopping behaviors in general, here.


Hello my friends,

Thank you all for the many immense nice comments to my photo "RED". It was overwhelming to read all your wonderful thoughts and compliments.
I appreciate every single one.
I hope you like this one today too.

Have a wonderful day.
Love you all!
Susanne



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Yellowstone Lake

Scene at Yellowstone Lake, captured in May 2009

Yellowstone Lake

is the largest body of water in Yellowstone National Park, The lake is 7,732 feet (2,376 m) above sea level and covers 136 square miles (352 km²) with 110 miles (177 km) of shoreline. While the average depth of the lake is 139 feet (42 m) its deepest spot is at least 390 feet (118 m). Yellowstone Lake is the largest freshwater lake above 7,000 feet (2,133 m) in North America.

In winter, ice nearly 3 feet (1 m) thick covers much of the lake, except where shallow water covers hot springs. The lake freezes over by early December and can remain frozen until late May or early June.

Read more about the Lake here




Hi my friends,

Thanks for your comments on my post a day before.

Dave and I, we had not such a great day yesterday. We spent again some hours in the emergency room. Dave felt VERY bad again. Now, we got new pills, new inhalers and I know, it will be better for the next some days - if there would be no nights. In the night his terrible cough came back again and he could not breath well. And, I ask myself if this will be good ever one day at all? I cannot see my husband suffering so much and it seems no one of the doctors are able to help him!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Susanne



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Happy Easter - My wordless Sunday #8

My Wordless Sunday # 7 in Charleston

My Wordless Sunday # 7

Single Palm at Smather's Beach in Key West

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This is a favorite picture of mine made in the final sunbeams at Smather's Beach in Key West. The waves are rolling gently to the shore and the shadows are getting longer and longer - can you see the moon coming up on the horizon?

Eines meiner Lieblingsbilder, eingefangen in den letzten Sonnenstrahlen an Smather's Beach in Key West. Leise Wellen rollen ans Ufer und die Schatten werden immer laenger. Siehst du den Mond aufgehen dort am Horizont?