Summer Splash!

A splash of cool water to ease the summer heat! 

A shot from earlier this week when the kids were having fun at the water fountain to ease off the summer heat...

Summer Splash - Fountain at Bedford Town Centre

Have a lovely weekend! 

Stay smiling!

Peace and love...

Livingsta :-)

Reflection...

Be a reflection of what you’d like to see in others!
If you want love, give love, 
If you want honesty, give honesty,
If you want respect, give respect. 
You get in return, what you give!

Weeping Willows - Reflection by the Embankment, Bedford

TGIF!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Peace and Love...

Livingsta :-)

Pretty daisies!

Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.

~Drew Barrymore

Pretty Daisies

Almost Friday!!!

Smiles...

Livingsta :-)

A rose is a rose is a rose.....

Editing a few pictures and this rose made me think of the poem by Gertrude Stein, the lines from Shakespeare and the song by Poe!!! So here I am, sharing my rose, 

A rose is a rose - pretty rose in pink!

the poem from Sacred Emily,

.....Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.
Loveliness extreme.
Extra gaiters.
Loveliness extreme.
Sweetest ice-cream.
Page ages page ages page ages.

~Gertrude Stein


lines from the Shakespeare

From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1600:
....What's in a name? that which we call a rose
      By any other name would smell as sweet;

and the song! 

Enjoy, and yes....have a lovely evening guys...

Night night...

Peace and love...

Livingsta :-)

Beating the blues with the blues!!!

So finally beaten the blues, the fact is, I am still feeling blue! :-/

The beautiful Iris at my friend's garden...

The Purple / Blue Iris

Hope you all had a good start to the week. Have a great week ahead!

Peace and love...

Livingsta :-)

Shadows will fall behind you!

Overcast with chance of showers.. for 10 sodden years

(But don't worry, chance of sunny spell in 2023)

Oh my my....I am upset!!!

With the weather predicted for the next 10 years, as years with wet summer, I've been sulking! No wonder why I'm feeling too low!:'(

Just glancing through the sunshine pictures and keeping me inspired!

Shadows behind!

Keep your face always towards the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. 

~ Walt Whitman


Trying to get inspired.....

Hope you all had a wonderful day! Can't wait for tomorrow till I finish work!

Have a good evening everyone, while I gaze through my window at the showers outside!!!

Peace and love.........

Livingsta

Something to inspire...

So another week is almost there, and the weekend has quietly slid past. We're almost towards the middle of this year and this makes me wonder, "Where have the days gone?"


"Do what you can with what you've got wherever you are."

Never look at others and worry about what you do not have, but instead, be happy and content with what you have and be grateful for that. Do your best, help when you can and wherever you can....

And, posting a picture from Summer 2012, as I still haven't got out of my little den to shoot pictures this Summer. I need to stay motivated......

These are from the gardens by the Embankment.

The pretty Dahlias by the Embankment in Bedford
From the Summer of 2012

I leave you all with these thoughts and hoping you all will be having a wonderful week ahead...

Sending you all some warm smiles...and it is a bit warm here today!

Peace and love...

Livingsta :-)

Where is Spring?

Just when I thought winter's gone, we've had some flurries again this weekend! Spring seems to be too far away this year, and we are still having frosty days with occasional snow or sleet. 

The weekend has started off a bit milder than last week, and hopes are there for Spring. I can even see a few bulbs of daffodils and crocuses that are in bloom. 

The Cherry blossoms!

Last year this time, all the trees and bulbs were in full bloom. I remember shooting spring flowers all through the month of March 2012.

The cherry blossoms in full bloom by the flats across the Embankment!

As I was looking through the spring photos from last year, I thought I will share a few from March 2012 as March 2013 is coming to an end!

These were the beautiful willows, in all their glory. We are still waiting for them this year!

The glorious willows!

This picture below was my desktop wallpaper at work for quite a while during spring last year!

Spring is when life’s alive in everything. 

~Christina Rossetti

So true to Christina's words, during the spring season, everything is so full of life as if they woke up from a deep slumber. All I remember about the spring season are the hustle and bustle of people, the happy geese and ducks by the river, the ice-cream vans, colours, the buzzing of the bees and my long walks by the river.

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.

~Hal Borland

So hoping that spring is not going to disappoint us this year :-)

Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's Party!"

~Robin Williams

Let's all stay in faith that spring is on its way, not really far away! Hoping you all have a blessed and holy weekend friends! 

Peace, Love and Gratitude...


Livingsta x

Frozen-White Spring!!!

So, this week started off with heavy snow and biting cold winds; 20 to 25 mph while the temperatures were between -5 and 1 degree Celsius giving a feel of less than -10 or even -14 degree Celsius. It's not that I do not like winter; in fact I love winter, for its beauty; the frost, the snowfall that brightens up the landscapes, the foggy days...

This was 2 days after the snowfall, something that I least expected!

The snowfall was heavier where I work, so last Monday, at work, I was taken by surprise; the thick layers of snow over the fences and hedgerows, while the alleyway and the front area of the building were covered in frozen sheets of ice, I call it a "lethal ice rink." This makes my colleagues laugh! Wonder why! Maybe ice rinks are not supposed to be lethal!

Peek-a-boo....has the snow stopped !!!

Well, this weather just did not help; in order to cheer me up, I walked down the road from my office at lunch break. I wasn't disappointed as I had a few beautiful shots to capture. Nature always has something for you; never fails to surprise you! It was fun, seriously fun; "Frozen Memories!"

Frozen surprises!

“Hope is the thing with feathers 

That perches in the soul 

And sings the tune without the words 

And never stops at all.” 

~Emily Dickinson

These buds are hope that spring isn't far away :-)

We are still having some flurries this weekend! But I am staying home! Hoping for the spring!

Hope you're all having a beautiful weekend !

Peace!

Livingsta x :-)