Which way to Connemara?
Amanda and I found this back road (and will probably never be able to find it again) on our recent trip to Ireland. I thought it would be perfect for Cee’s “Which Way Challenge”.
See more roads taken or not at:
http://ceenphotography.com/2014/11/19/cees-which-way-photo-challenge-2014-21/
Winter put in its first appearance this morning. It was gone by noon but left all of Winchendon MA in anticipation of the first big storm!
Check out Nancy’s photo blog to see how her other contributors interpreted the weekly theme: ANTICIPATION
You can find lots of achievements by going to
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/achievement/
Here is a pictorial display of some of mine.
The band Cloverton played to a nearly sold out house in our church last week.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
My daughter Melanie married the man of her dreams last Saturday
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
I achieved the goal of travelling to Ireland this fall.
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
Autumn Snows
The promise as seen from Galway bay.
“Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it’s essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.”
― Douglas Pagels, These Are the Gifts I’d Like to Give to You: A Sourcebook of Joy and Encouragement
My daughter is getting married this afternoon. So I am choosing my sliding color with great joy today!
Check out other oddities at
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: Week 36
Dead faces at Blarney Castle.
This week’s word challenge from Sue is: RECLINE
See how everyone else has laid down the challenge at:
http://suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/a-word-a-week-photograph-challenge-recline/
Here are my shots at reclining:
Me reclining after walking up the “Rocky” stairs at the Philadelphia Art Museum.
Reclining in Delft
This is how we recline at Vacation Bible School
Howdy-Do! This week’s Fun Foto Challenge From Cee is: BARK OR LEAVES
http://ceenphotography.com/fun-foto-challenge/
Here’s a little leaft over from my trip to Ireland. Don’t worry the bark is worse than the bite.
A tree by the River Martin
The bark at Torc
Giant leaves in the rock close at Blarney
A storm is brewing! We can only run for cover. There is only one safe place!
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Many times over the past week’s I have felt to remind my readership of these facts. Cling to them people they are all that is unshakeable!
This week’s challenge from Nancy is: LIVESTOCK.
Check out more livestock pictures at
http://nadiamerrillphotography.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/a-photo-a-week-challenge-livestock/
All I can say is that it is a good thing I went to Ireland recently. I may live in the country but I still spend more time behind a desk and in the office than I do around barnyards.
I guess the good Lord knew this opportunity would be coming so He chose to slow me down with a flock of sheep
In the mountains of Connemara
This photograph brought this Psalm to mind…
1 Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!
2 Worship the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing with joy.
3 Acknowledge that the Lord is God!
He made us, and we are his.
We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving;
go into his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the Lord is good.
His unfailing love continues forever,
and his faithfulness continues to each generation.
Lillie-Put 