Kim's Thoughts
Just a few thoughts I feel worthy of jotting down!
May 12, 2024 Daily Photo Challenge
May 12th: “Open Door”
Happy Sunday and Happy Mother’s Day!!!
May 11, 2024 Daily Photo Challenge
May 11th: “Cups”
May 10, 2024 – Daily Photo Challenge
May 10th: “Clock”
This is the clock on our Main St downtown! It’s a lovely clock! I would have liked to include the historic Erie Canal just beyond this spot in the photo, but the lift bridge is being rebuilt and restored and there are all kinds of barriers and signs and construction equipment and vehicles and a half finished lift bridge…..didn’t make for a very pretty photo! So, I angled the shot to just get the clock and part of one of our oldest buildings, which is right on the canal.
The forecast for today was cooler and rain most of the day…..well, it was a bit cooler (60-ish), but it didn’t rain!!! It was actually a pretty day! I got some work done at the church and then had lunch and went for a pedicure….then took my car through the carwash and came home for a nap! Great way to enjoy a Friday!
I see tomorrow’s topic is “Cups”…..hhhhmmmm…….wonder what I’ll capture for that!!!???
May 9, 2024 – Daily Photo Challenge
May 9th: “Framed”
I love this rabbit…..especially his eye glasses! I had someone ask if he was old and where he came from. Well….I don’t really know…..I spotted him in an antique shop years ago and just had to have him….beyond that, I have no idea what his “story” is!
I often use him and some of his “friends” to meet a photo topic. I knew I wanted to do something with him for this topic, but had two ideas in mind….the one above won the debate…..here’s the alternate shot:
I call this one:
“I’ve been FRAMED!!! I’m innocent, I tell ya!!!”
May 8, 2024 – Daily Photo Challenge
May 8th: “Busy Street”
Cloudy, windy, yucky day….but still managed to see enough cars at our main intersection in town to satisfy today’s topic! LOL And, no I did not get out of the car in the rain to get the photo — I shot it through my windshield parked in the drug store parking lot….like it or not, that’s what you get, today! 😉
May 7, 2024 – Daily Photo Challenge
May 7th: “Friendship”
I had this idea for today’s topic….a couple friends holding hands with a nice background – just showing the hands clenched. But, I needed help to make it happen! Enter my friend, Marsha, into the story! She suggested the “Welcome Friends” sign and helped me stage the photo on the altar at our church….she also used her much longer arms than mine to snap the photo! LOL A little cropping later and there it is….a photo that represents “Friendship”….and “Collaboration”, for that matter! The photo looks a little more like a handshake than two friends holding hands, but it is what it is…..and I’m happy with the results!
As I’m sitting here writing this, I am looking out at another gorgeous spring day — the colors are so striking!!! Especially my beautiful pink dogwood that is in brilliantly full bloom!!! I see in the forecast that it is going to be cooler and rainy the next few days, so I’ll enjoy this while I am able. I’m publishing this post and heading out to my deck to soak up some sun and read a bit.
May 6, 2024 – Daily Photo Challenge
May 6th: “Morning Routine”
“It’s A Beautiful Morning” The Rascals
It’s a beautiful morning, ahh
I think I’ll go outside a while and just smile
Just take in some clean fresh air, boy
Ain’t no sense in staying inside
If the weather’s fine and you got the time
It’s your chance to wake up and plan another brand new day
Either way, it’s a beautiful morning, ahh
Each bird keeps singing his own song, so long
I’ve got to be on my way now
Ain’t no fun just hanging around
I’ve got to cover ground, you couldn’t keep me down
It just ain’t no good if the sun shines
When you’re still inside
Shouldn’t hide, still inside, shouldn’t hide
Ahh, oh
(Shouldn’t hide)
Ah, ah, oh
(Do, do, waa, do, do, waa)
There will be children with robins and flowers
Sunshine caresses each new waking hour
Seems to me that the people keep seeing
More and more each day, gotta say, lead the way
It’s okay, Wednesday, Thursday, it’s okay
(Ahh)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, weekday, ah, ah, ohh
(Do, do, waa)
Ah, ah, oh, oh
(Do, do, aah)
Woo, ooh, ooh, oh, oh
Oh, ah, wo, do, waa
Ohh, oh, oh, oh
May 5, 2024 – Daily Photo Challenge
May 5th: “Love”
I’m always amazed when the Daily Photo Topic turns out to be a perfect prompt to get a photo during Sunday Worship!!! One of our scripture readings this morning was John 15:9-17, which reads (two different translations of the same scripture):
John 15:9-17 – Good News Translation
9 I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love. 10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
11 “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you. 13 The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them. 14 And you are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 I do not call you servants any longer, because servants do not know what their master is doing. Instead, I call you friends, because I have told you everything I heard from my Father. 16 You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name. 17 This, then, is what I command you: love one another.
John 15:9-17 – The Message Translation
9-10 “I’ve loved you the way my Father has loved me. Make yourselves at home in my love. If you keep my commands, you’ll remain intimately at home in my love. That’s what I’ve done—kept my Father’s commands and made myself at home in his love.
11-15 “I’ve told you these things for a purpose: that my joy might be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. You are my friends when you do the things I command you. I’m no longer calling you servants because servants don’t understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I’ve named you friends because I’ve let you in on everything I’ve heard from the Father.
16 “You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.
17 “But remember the root command: Love one another.
Enough said!
May 4, 2024 – Daily Photo Challenge
May 4th: “City Lights”
OK, so I failed already……hahaha!!! I promised myself I would try to not go to my archived photos for these Daily Photos! I would do my best to get a fresh photo each day to satisfy that day’s topic. Of course, sometimes, it just isn’t possible to get a fresh photo, so I know it might be necessary to choose something from my archives on occasion……BUT……if it is possible, I was committed to always use a fresh photo!
Then, today……I didn’t even consider waiting till night time to get a photo of our downtown area lit up…..I went right to my archives because I absolutely LOVE this photo I took from my hotel room window looking out over Honolulu the night before I got on the Norwegian Spirit of America to take a Hawaiian Cruise in January 2020!!! The second I saw today’s topic, I immediately saw this photo in my head! To be fair, I did try to resist….but, it didn’t work….obviously!
I will reset my promise to myself starting tomorrow and try to have better willpower going forward! 😉
Today was another amazing Spring day……mid-high 70s, light cloud cover, calm breeze…..I spent the day organizing a supply room at the church, meditating in our lovely sanctuary by myself for a bit, a nice lunch, and then did some work, reading, and sun worshipping in my yard! A totally wonderful day!!!
May 3, 2024 – Daily Photo Challenge
May 3rd: “Music”
Oh what a beautiful day!!! Mid 70’s….sun shining full force….stunning blue sky with stark white clouds!!! Just what the doctor ordered!!! I spent the day just enjoying life…..I popped in at the church to take this photo for today’s daily photo topic…..met up with a friend to go for a ride to get gas at the Rez and have lunch at the Indian Falls Log Cabin Restaurant……ran a few errands…….mowed my lawn……and now I’m writing this and will go outside on the deck to sit and read for a bit when I’m done!
About this photo — I opened our hymnal to the first hymn – “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”, which is one of my favorites and just felt right for today – a day full of joy and beauty!!! I put it on the music stand on the piano in our sanctuary and focused on the view over the pews to the stained glass window of St. John. It was deliberate to fade the focus on the hymn…..not to diminish it, but to show that the music is fills the room. I also took the same shot with the music in focus and the background out of focus – I’ll post it below – but, decided my first instinct for the photo is the one I really wanted to go with. Although, both photos represent today’s photo topic well….just from different perspectives!
So, I’m posting this and heading out to my deck to read and soak in some more of this glorious day!
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