HAPPY SUNDAY - # 9 - 2012

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, 

and it will come naturally. 

~ David Frost ~

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Have a wonderful Sunday

Schoenen Sonntag allerseits

Buona Domenica per tutti

Je te souhaite une merveilleux Dimanche

Szep vasarnapot kivanom!

Susanne

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My European fans buy my art here:

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and here >

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It's a choice you make...

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, 

not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. 

It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, 

but over and over again - and that choice is reflected

in the way you treat your husband or wife. 

Barbara de Angelis 

Hi my friends,

Thank you for all the kind comments to my post from last Sunday, they were happily appreciated.

Happily, I'm feeling better now after some really bad days.

A popular saying tells: "weed never dies", right? :-)

Wishing you all a good time and come back visiting me again, I love to see you (commenting) on my blog :-)

~Susanne

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If you have knowledge....

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.
Margaret Fuller

Hi my friends,

I have to say THANK YOU for all the kind comments to my post one day ago. I appreciate every single one. I want also say thanks for your loyalty to my blog over the year and in the last 4 years, since I'm now blogging. I have enjoyed your friendship very much. I loved to see new faces visiting and of course, I'm sad about those who never came back again. But that's how life works. People come and people go - that's fine with me. :))

This photo above is connected to the Christmas spirit what we all are in in these days, some of us are more involved, some of us less. And Christmas is coming fast... every years it seems for me, Christmas was just yesterday :))

I wish you all a great time and stay warm. It's warming up again in Florida, finally!!! yeah....!
Have a wonderful Friday and a great coming weekend.
~Susanne

Still looking for THAT special gift for Christmas????

Give someone you love 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 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)

Perhaps....

Perhaps it is because cats do not live by human patterns, do not fit themselves into prescribed behavior, that they are so united to creative people.
Andre Norton  

Hi my freinds,

I wish you all a very nice weekend - stay warm by all that cold and snow up there. 
We have very nice 62F and sunshine, like it used to be in the Sunshine State.

Thanks for all the kind comments and visits to my blog - don't forget: tomorrow is my "Wordless Sunday" again. Come back to see it :))

~Susanne

It's Christmas Time!!

Give someone you care a nice gift. Buy my art framed, printed and on Canvas - or buy one of my NEW Calendars 2011 here:

@ 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)

All the benches I sat before...

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Hi my friends,

Napoleon B' was a wise man too :))

Thanks for all your wonderful comments and nice compliments to my post yesterday. And because it was so nice to read your words, I stick with benches today too - to make you think, I like them so much...*smile*... and I do, really :)) I do love to photograph benches, I could fill a book with photos of benches only.

Let me know if you like these ones too, o.k...? 

oh, by the way: they were captured in pretty Charleston!

Have a nice day!

~Susanne 

 

 

It's Calendar 2011 time!!!! You know by now WHERE to get them and HOW to get them, right???

NO...???? o.k.... have a look in the right colums on my blog >>>> YES, there!!! :))

With a purchase you'll make my day - and someone else happy too!

My Wordless Sunday # 38

I have created new Calendars 2011 - all the links are available in the right column! 

Go and have a look, if you like it, buy one - it makes a nice gift.

My Wordless Sunday #32

How like a winter hath....

How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!
What old December's bareness everywhere!

~ William Shakespeare ~ "Sonnet XCVII"


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My NEW CALENDARS 2009 are available now to buy now!

* KEY WEST CALENDARS 2009

* CHARLESTON CALENDARS 2009

* FLORIDA CALENDARS 2009

* FLOWER CALENDARS 2009

Don't be late for a nice Christmas present!

Let's play again...

I was playing again with textures....

We all know that weddings are very enjoyable events for all participants, for the wedding couple, for the guests AND also for the hard working photographer, I had a thought to play with textures on some wedding photos I made. I have chosen a texture of a sheet of music, because it matches so well happiness and the loving ambiance
of a wedding day.

This last photo is a self portrait of an older lady, like me... :) I think the chosen texture overlay is perfect to hide
unwanted wrinkles in a women face....LOL...

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My NEW CALENDARS 2009 are available now to buy,
don't be late for a great Christmas present!

* KEY WEST CALENDARS 2009

* CHARLESTON CALENDARS 2009

* FLORIDA CALENDARS 2009

* FLOWER CALENDARS 2009

I'm learning every day....

My daughter Jeannine

Diana

Ursula with two texture layers

Ursula and another texture

I've learned something new yesterday after playing around for more than the half afternoon with PS and with layers and textures, using BW portraits I made some years ago.

I admit, it was tricky a little bit in the begin but pretty soon it changed to big FUN. I have had a very good online tutorial that explains in easy 7 steps how to do it. The only one thing is to find the right texture to your photo. There are many sites online they offer a lot of different textures for FREE and some of them are asking only for a back link.

My creations above are sure not the best and not perfect at all, but the girls are pretty, right?....LOL... It was my first try... give me a chance to do more and I will be better, I promise, because I know now the basics. :)

It's actually very easy my friends, try it too,
it's a creative way to pep up your photos!