Princess Jewels

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Who isn't distracted by shiny things?

I was just bopping around the house looking for something shiny and I remembered the "jewels" in "The Princess Potty" (aka - my daughters' bathroom). This is a better picture than the one I have in my header. Yes, it's the same jewels, I just think this was way better lighting, color, and degree of shininess :)

Please join in the fun and show us all your shiny stuff. All I ask is this:

1. Post on Thursdays - Mr. Linky is available now - so jump right in.
2. Choose your favorite, because only one picture is allowed each week.
3. Use the button code below in your post (putting it in your side bar is optional, but much appreciated).
4. Visit all the other distracted photographers out there.


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Please sign up with Mr. Linky and leave a comment (I LOVE comments). Can't wait to see your shiny stuff!

If you haven't played before, take a gander through your archives - I bet you've got something shiny in there :)




PS - Please stop by my ETSY store. I'd love to hear your opinions. Do any of my photos on "Picture This" cut the mustard as store worthy? Let me know.

Razzle Dazzle

I have Raspberry Razzle Dazzle Crape Myrtles in my front landscaping and they have just burst into flower. This is just one stem. Eventually, the entire bush is covered in these flowers.

There is information on this plant at my gardening blog. If you would like to see these flowers in your yard, read up on the plant and see if it's right for you.

Please visit the virtual flower garden - click here.

Park

11th on the Sweetsauer Photo Hunt #2

The Rain

The sun did not shine.

It was too wet to play.

So we sat in the house

All that cold, cold, wet day.

I sat there with Cow*.

We sat there, we two.

And I said, "How I wish

We had something to do!"

To wet to go out

And too cold to play ball.

So we sat in the house.

We did nothing at all.

The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Suess

*changed to fit the picture

Greek Poet Sappho

Greeks included Sappho in the canonical list of nine lyric poets. Her birth was sometime between 630 and 612 BC, and it is said that she died around 570 BC. The bulk of her poetry, which was well-known and greatly admired throughout antiquity, has been lost, but her immense reputation has endured through surviving fragments.
~Wikipedia

Photo: Sapho Longwing

Tickled Pink

THE EFFECTS OF THE COLOR PINK

How the color pink effects us physically and mentally

• Stimulates energy



• Can increase the blood pressure, respiration, heartbeat, and pulse rate



• Encourages action and confidence



• Pink has been used in prison holding cells to effectively to reduce erratic behavior

~ Kate Smith, founder & contributing editor of Color Senesation