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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Shadow Shot Sunday!

Get out the magnifying glass, get into your best sleuthing clothes and start prowling your environment looking for those wonderful, but sometimes elusive shadows. This fun and challenging meme is hosted each week by Tracy over at Hey Harriet! Click on the link under the blog title and sign up to play!!

It has been a summery week for the most part, still very mild temps -- which I love! And we've had lots of lovely skies and sunshine! I've tried to focus on the beauty -- as always, so much more fun than politics, politicians and the economy!! And here are some of the fun shadows I found -- the doggies, lovely trees on my street, the park at Bellevue and one of the displays at the arts festival!
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
       

Thich Nhat Hanh

39 comments:

robin. said...

a smile is always best...have a blessed weekend sylvia.

Ms. Becky said...

that's a most perfect quote. thanks for sharing. and your shadow collages are always my favorite. nice, dappled light in these. happy SSS to you Sylvia, I hope you're having a grand weekend.

Patti said...

Another lovely collage! The colorful display at the arts festival really caught my eye. I would be nice to buy one of those glass pieces.

The quote you shared is so true. When I smile I feel better, and I guess that leads to joy!
Have a great weekend, Sylvia.

Patti said...

*It would be nice, I meant to say!

Ralph said...

The dogs, both inside and out, appreciate the warm sun filtering down over them. Naturally, canine shadows are quite cool...

The sun may be a rare occurrence in SeaTac. Happily, you are ready for any sun and shadow, and all nicely captured always. Nice!

EG CameraGirl said...

I'm glad summer has finally arrived in Seattle so that you could take such great shadow shots. YAY sun!

Anonymous said...

A lovely collection of shadow shots. Perhaps if we smiled more, the world could be a better place!

Linnea said...

I hope that the sunshine and warmer temps stay around in the PNW for a while! Thanks for visiting! Enjoy the weekend.

Martha Z said...

I like those cool shadows on the grass. Summer has finally caught up with us in the central valley, time again to retreat to the mountains.

Annabella said...

What a great quote - so true but difficult to remember sometimes...beautiful shadows and love the one of your dog in the bedroom as well as the dappled tree shadows. Have a wonderful weekend Sylvia!

Genie -- Paris and Beyond said...

The shadow-laced lawn is my favorite but pups make great shadows and generate big smiles of joy... Hope that you have a lovely weekend, mon amie!

Bises,
Genie

Karen said...

A terrific shadow collage! Love the little guy in the first pic!

CanadianGardenJoy said...

Hey Sylvia girl that is a great collection of shadow shots !
Of course my favorite is of all the beautiful glass objects .. and the cute doggies too !
Joy : )

Francisca said...

What verdant greens, a sure sign of summer. Glad it's finally arrived to you (some people are already talking fall, for pete's sake!). The doggies give us shadows and big smiles. You too keep smiling, Sylvia!

Cildemer said...

Wonderful shadows and quote!
Thanks for sharing, Sylvia;o)

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Have a nice and happy weekend****

TexWisGirl said...

another great quote i might have to steal!

Dimple said...

Beautiful scene at the park, Sylvia!

Animor said...

A lovely quote to always remember. The photos were beautiful.

Hope u had a great weekend.

Maude Lynn said...

Fun shadows, Sylvia!

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

The Queen of Shadows strikes again. I love mojo, the shady streets and everything. Great shots as usual Sylvia.

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

The tree shadows on that vast expanse of green look so cool and inviting. Mind if I sit and rest my weary body for a while?

IF SHADOWS

If shadows could jump,
How high would they go?
As high as the moon?
Does anyone know?

If shadows could weep,
How long would they cry?
As long as it takes
To climb to the sky?

If shadows could laugh
And tell funny jokes
Would you take them home
And say, “Get this, folks!”?

If shadows could wed,
Would they prefer you
Or somebody else
To promise, “I do”?


© 2011 Magical Mystical Teacher

Shadows on this door and this

Unknown said...

Beautiful collage Sylvia, love the doggies.

The quote is awesome

SandyCarlson said...

Thank you for making me smile and being the source of joy!

Tom Hilton said...

Nice! Lovely tree shadows.

magiceye said...

lovely collage!

Paula Scott Molokai Girl Studio said...

Ah! The 'dog days' of summer! I love that quote too-so very true. One of those, "I wish I could remember it all the time" kinds of quotes.
Thanks for the lift!

The Summer Kitchen Girls said...

ohhhh....the art show sounds like a fantastic way to spend your time looking for shadows Sylvia!!
Wishing you a wonderful week ahead!

Tatjana Parkacheva said...

Very nice collage.

Regards!

Spadoman said...

Another nice array of shadow shots Ms. K. And I love the quote! Great job.

Peace

nsiyer said...

Sylvia, Loved the shadows and the one liner at the end. Have a great week end. Tomorrow is our Independence Day.

Sridharan said...

Needless to say, I loved the photos and the quotes..! Would love to rephrase like ....
"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but most of the times your smile can be the source of your joy."

Unknown said...

Beautiful colors, lights and shadows..
And wise quotes.
Costas

Hootin Anni said...

How I would have loved to attend the art festival with you. And......oh so very green is your park. Color me jealous. Bud and I just got back from walking for the morning and everything, sadly, is so brown, it's more like walking with winter kill instead of mid summer. Love poochy photos too.

Hidden Shadows

Thanks for popping by, I always appreciate you allowing time in your day to come on over TEXAS-way. :o)

Kelly said...

A wonderful collection of shadow shots, as always!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful collage.
Love the header!

Lisa's RetroStyle said...

Love the quote...and the collage!

NatureFootstep said...

nice shadows. :)

Teamgsquare said...

Wonderful post .

MyMaracas said...

Beautiful pictures, beautiful words. Love you collages!

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