Any Material Thing....

 

Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.

~Mark Twain~ 

Hi my friends,

It's Christmas Day! I hope you got all your wishes nice wrapped as a gift :))

It's a wonderful lovely day in FL - a good reason to take a walk at the beach.

Have a wonderful Day of Christmas!

~Susanne

http://tinyurl.com/yatdh5x (Susanne's Photography on FAA)

http://tinyurl.com/2wf9qsh (my Calendars 2011 and my Fine Art Photos)

http://tinyurl.com/2bsfvk9 (mygall Germany Kalender 2011 +meine FineArt Fotos)

http://tinyurl.com/37ckddf (MyFine Art Photos + David's paintings)

http://tinyurl.com/37jkbtz (David's Fine Art Paintings on FAA)

My Wordless Sunday - #47

Still searching for a gift?????

http://tinyurl.com/yatdh5x (Susanne's Photography on FAA)

http://tinyurl.com/2wf9qsh (my Calendars 2011 and my Fine Art Photos)

http://tinyurl.com/2bsfvk9 (mygall Germany Kalender 2011 +meine FineArt Fotos)

http://tinyurl.com/37ckddf (MyFine Art Photos + David's paintings)

http://tinyurl.com/37jkbtz (David's Fine Art Paintings on FAA)

Ask yourself....

Captured in Silver City, New Mexico

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.
Ayn Rand

Hi my friends,
I hope you all stay warm and protected from the cold temperatures we have just now! Yesterday I wore the first time my winter coat and the warm closed shoes - no flip-flops anymore :)) But, for weekend it should be warmer again, the weather man says that - I hope he will be right!

I know, Christmas is just around the corner - kids can barely wait and we adults have still so much to do, we are busy like crazy with running around for the right gift. Take some time in between your rushes to relax, enjoy good music or read that book you've always wanted to read. Well.. o.k. I sound like a life coach now... I will stop my preaching... You know the best, what's good for you, right? :))

Happy Holidays.
~Susanne


And, if you're still searching for THAT special gift, I have the answer:

@ http://tinyurl.com/yatdh5x (Susanne's Photography on FAA)

@ http://tinyurl.com/2wf9qsh (my Calendars 2011 and my Fine Art Photos)

@ http://tinyurl.com/2bsfvk9 (mygall Germany Kalender 2011 +meine Fine Art Fotos)

@ http://tinyurl.com/37ckddf (MyFineArt Photos + David's paintings)

@ http://tinyurl.com/37jkbtz (David's Fine Art Paintings on FAA)

Baby, it's cold out there...!

 

It's cold also in Florida...

 Hi my friends,

It's cold also here in Florida! Our small electric oven is running and bearly warming up the living room :))

I simply must go - Baby, it's cold outside
The answer is no - Ooh baby, it's cold outside
This welcome has been - I'm lucky that you dropped in
So nice and warm -- Look out the window at that storm
My sister will be suspicious - Man, your lips look so delicious
My brother will be there at the door - Waves upon a tropical shore
My maiden aunt's mind is vicious - Gosh your lips look delicious

Well maybe just a half a drink more - Never such a blizzard before 

brrr.... stay warm everybody!!!

~Susanne

It's Christmas Time!!

Give someone you care about a nice gift. Buy my art framed, 

printed and on Canvas - or buy one of my NEW Calendars 2011 here:

@ http://tinyurl.com/yatdh5x (Susanne's Photography on FAA)

@ http://tinyurl.com/2wf9qsh (my Calendars and Fine Art Photos)

@ http://tinyurl.com/2bsfvk9 (mygall Germany Kalenders+FineArt Fotos)

@ http://tinyurl.com/37ckddf (ImageKind FineArt+David's paintings)

@ http://tinyurl.com/37jkbtz (David's Paintings on FAA)

My Wordless Sunday - #46

Nice Christmas gifts are available here:

@ http://tinyurl.com/yatdh5x (Susanne's Photography on FAA)

@ http://tinyurl.com/2wf9qsh (my Calendars and Fine Art Photos)

@ http://tinyurl.com/2bsfvk9 (mygall Germany Kalenders+FineArt Fotos)

@ http://tinyurl.com/37ckddf (ImageKind FineArt+David's paintings)

@ http://tinyurl.com/37jkbtz (David's Paintings on FAA)

You're an Oldtimer....

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech.

Franklin P. Jones

Hi my friends,

Nice to see you again! I had no time yesterday to post anything. Once a week I have to do also my "homework" and that means: shopping, cleaning etc. all that stuff I don't like to do... :))

Thank you very much for your kind comments and visits, I appreciate it.

I hope you like my today's photo and the quote :)

Have a wonderful Thursday everybody!

~Susanne

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It's Christmas time, time for giving a gift to someone you care about. As you know, I have some fine art photos for sale and I believe they would make a nice gift to that special one - or why not giving a gift to your self? Decorate those walls in your office, give some colors to your life!

@ http://tinyurl.com/yatdh5x (Fine Art of America)

@ http://tinyurl.com/2wf9qsh (my Calendars and Fine Art)

@ http://tinyurl.com/2bsfvk9 (mygall Germany Kalenders+FineArt)

@ http://tinyurl.com/37ckddf (ImageKind FineArt+Davids Paintings)

Looking trough the gates of Heaven

Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.
John Lubbock

 

 

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Henry Rollins

 

 

Hi my friends,

Two days ago we had such a wonderful sunset at the river - and happily I had my camera with me to get these two shots above - I hope you'll enjoy. Sunsets are always magical to me.

 

And yesterday, there was such a wonderful, almost double rainbow against the BLACK sky to the ocean

and you won't believe it,  I had NO camera with me!! :(

Thank you for the kind comment(s) from yesterdays "My Wordless Sunday" post!

Happy Monday everyone!

~Susanne

All my CALENDARS 2011 are available to buy here:  

http://www.redbubble.com/people/susanne49/shop/calendars

Christmas Gifts you can order any times over these links:

@http://tinyurl.com/yatdh5x Fine Art Photography

My Fans in Europe buy my Photography here:

@ http://tinyurl.com/2bsfvk9

Make your mental blue print

Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. 

Make your mental blue print, and begin to build.
Robert Collier

Hi my friends,

I like this quote very much and it's true. 

Everything in life begins with a mental blueprint. 

Let's start today!

Thank you for all your kind comments, they are like always, very much appreciated.

~Susanne

I have created some NEW CALENDARS 2011 - they make a nice Christmas gift, don't you think? 

Now, they are all available to buy too!

My friends and fans in America buy it here:

http://www.redbubble.com/people/susanne49

My European friends and fans buy my calendars here:

http://www.mygall.net/calendars.php?calendar_id=1021 Amerika

http://www.mygall.net/calendars.php?calendar_id=1013 ZEN

http://www.mygall.net/calendars.php?calendar_id=1018 Memories

The Tradition of Christmas Gifts

There will be a also a gift for you


The custom of giving gifts to relatives and friends on a special day in winter probably began in ancient Rome and northern Europe. In these regions, people gave each other small presents as part of their year-end celebrations.

In the United States and England, children hang stockings on their bedpost or near a fireplace on Christmas Eve, hoping that it will be filled with treats while they sleep. In Scandinavia, similar-minded children leave their shoes on the hearth. This tradition can be traced to legends about Saint Nicholas. One legend tells of three poor sisters who could not marry because they had no money for a dowry. To save them from being sold by their father, St. Nick left each of the three sisters gifts of gold coins. One went down the chimney and landed in a pair of shoes that had been left on the hearth. Another went into a window and into a pair of stockings left hanging by the fire to dry.

No one was really in the habit of exchanging elaborate gifts until late in the 1800s. The Santa Claus stories of giving gifts to good children, combined with an amazing retailing phenomenon that has grown since the turn of the century, has made gift giving a central focus of the Christmas tradition.

Source



Hi my friends,

thanks for liking my yesterdays post so much with all your kind comments!

Today something about the tradition of Christmas gifts.
Have a wonderful day!
Susanne



Talking about gifts:
The CALENDARS 2010 are for sale and it's still NOT to late to buy one!

Christmas Eve...

Christmas eve is the time when we used to celebrate in Europe the arrival of the Christ Child, an angel like figure who brings all the gifts under the decorated Christmas tree. And this believe is still actual and celebrated today in many countries in Europe.

And eight years ago, coming to the U.S. I had to learn new, it's no the Christ Child who brings all the gifts, it is SANTA, an old fat man climbing into chimneys and working hard with big stress on his neck, to be in time to every household in the States and to make the kids happy! How the "heaven" is this old red faced man able at all, to do this in his old age...? :) These will remain open questions for me.... every year, every Christmas.

MERRY CHRISTMAS
to my kids and family in good old Europe and I want tell you that I'm missing you so much - not only at Christmas time!

And MERRY CHRISTMAS
also to all my friends in oversea and here, where ever you are!

I'll Be Home For Christmas
Kim Gannon, Walter Kent (c) 1943

I'll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
and presents on the tree

Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams

Water has no taste....

Water has no taste, no color, no odor; it cannot be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself. It fills us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses.

~ ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY (1900-1944) ~
Wind, Sand, and Stars, 1939

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beautiful Christmas present!

* KEY WEST CALENDARS 2009

* CHARLESTON CALENDARS 2009

* FLORIDA CALENDARS 2009

* FLOWER CALENDARS 2009

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