Puffs of cotton

The sun is shining, the skies are blue, birds are singing, and signs of new life are all around!

I just want to drink in every ray of sunlight and be enveloped by the blue skies

and fluffy clouds...

It is amazing how circumstances, like the weather, have such an effect on people.

Suddenly I feel a renewed energy to be outside, I feel a spring in my step, and 

I could almost just burst out in song!  :)

Hello, Spring!

{life is good & warm sun textures applied}

Scripture Picture

I have been toying with this idea  in my head for some time now and so I finally decided to give it a try...

I thoroughly enjoy taking nature pictures and whenever I look back on them I am reminded of our God who has created such a beautiful world for us to appreciate.

And so I am working on adding scripture verses to some of my photos and then printing them off and getting them framed and matted.  I figure they would make nice gifts; what do you think?

Linking up to:

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Flashbulb Moment!

This past Saturday I had the opportunity to attend my first photography workshop hosted by Jack.  The flashbulb event was held in Chicago and we couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day.  After a week of rainy, cold weather, I was getting alittle worried, but the sun shone brightly and temperatures were in the 60's!  Jack is a great photographer, and I enjoyed learning from him and observing his style of shooting.

Some portraiture practice::

So glad my sisters were able to come along and model for us!

Jack.

You can view his pictures here.

So glad to have been able to meet Emily, Jack's sister; 

she is alot of fun and a great subject!

Jack gave us a few challenges:

 A "car" shot

Reflection shots

A food shot

Hancock tower shot

Architectural shot down the Chicago river

 Resting after standing in line over an hour to get to the Hancock observatory...

Some well-worth-it shots:

It was a great day full of laughs, good times, new friends, and fun-filled memories!

a touch of green

{textures used:  sweettreat, silence, & love}

fog

It is better to walk in the dark with God

than to walk alone in the light.

View more mosaics here

A sleepy town

 

The alarm goes off at 4:45 and I groggily stumble out of bed and through

my morning routine, careful to not awaken the rest of the household.

Most days, if not all rushing and hurrying around, but usually grabbing my

camera in hopes of capturing something picture worthy throughout my day.

I jump in my car and make the 10 minute drive to work.

Each  morning the view is spectacular and each morning

it is different.  My sleepy little town is cloaked in sheer goodness

and glory of heaven.  I scramble to grab my camera and some days

I get lucky as I point through the windshield and click...

{warm sun}

 

The book of Job

Recently I have concluded the book of Job in my devotional readings.

Through the reading of this Old Testament book I was reminded of Job's 

unwavering faithfulness and continual dependence in God.

He truly is to serve as a Biblical example to pattern Christians' lives after.

As I did with the book of Ecclesiastes,

 I thought I would share a few of the passages which spoke to my heart.

{Somehow whenever I take pictures of nature 

I am pointed to and reminded of  the wonderful Creator I serve; 

hence the "need" to picturize these highlighted passages...}

Hast thou considered my servant, Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feared God, and escheweth evil?

1:8

Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither:  the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

1:21-22

and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him with out cause.

2:3

 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

Which doeth great things and unsearchable: marvelous things without number:

Who giveth rain upon the earth and sendeth waters upon the fields:

5:8-10

Behold happy is the man whom God correcteth:

5:17a

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

6:8

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove/

6:25

Behold he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again:  he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

12:14

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

19:25-26

But he knoweth the way that I take:  when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

23:10

I have esteemed with words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

23:12

For God maketh my heart soft...

23:16

seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty?

24:1a

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth:

37:6a

By the breath of God frost is given:

37:10a

I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

42:2

I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

42:3b

And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends:  also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

42:10

So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning:

So Job died, being old and full of days.

42:12a, 17

{Linking  up a photo over here}