Friendships.....

Friends & family sometimes one & the same, other times quite different.  Most of the time quite different,  family is always there for you no matter who you are, what you have or what you do.  Friends may be around but usually not often deep down inside for the really hard stuff.  Perception is key....as children often the friends are most important, the value on them is enormous.  Yet as adults we learn the value has often been misplaced.  In the end care is to be used in the choice & loving of friends & simply love & appreciate family no matter what it is made up of or how disfunctional it may seem.

The state of our humanity.........

One simple word I find to describe the majority is.......SELFISH......& don't deny it!  Everyone wants the bigger, the better of everything.  Yes it is a good thing in the beginning driving ambitions, creativity, etc. there wouldn't be the greatness we have if these things didn't exist.  Yet at some point it turns, & turns so ugly into greed, envy & selfishness.  So many people from celebrities to the businessmen have above & beyond what is needed to live a comfortable life, ooooh & they are so applauded for their tremendous contributions usually amounting to less than 10% of their worth.  Who puts this ridiculous value, of $20,000,000.00 on one actor for one movie & $10.00 an hour on a teacher who could be teaching the future actor or even the future President.  Someone who places the value of their car over the well being of a 7 year old who crashed accidentally into his parked car.......or people who feel money & material objects simply make them above others.....our society just has a warped sense of value.  People & who they are inside & what they share from their hearts is what truly matters @ least in my opinion...........

It's one of those days where you feel like you can take on the world, that you are bigger & stronger than anything you are put up against!  Then you find out it is all just your own mental deception.  So what now, let it shrink you, crawl back & hide in a hole, let the big bad world get you.  NO you don't, you stand strong take it all on, for it is what it is, & you are who you believe you are, the world is there for you, so enjoy it in all its good & bad, live it fully, LIFE!

True puppy Love!

Really what more can be said.....a boy & his dog!

Favorites....Black & White...& Mickey.....

Back to basics.....the joy of the beach!

Love is......

Bliss awaits....

Happy & new beginnings.....

Making a wish...a flower girl's dream.....

You're not suppossed to get a cold in the summer...this is what my children tell me.  That is just how I feel today!  Stuffed up & feeling icky, this is truly a feeling I think should be specially reserved for the fridgid winter, when piping hot teas & giant bowls of chicken soup make perfect sense.  They sure don't right now!  Well I'm off to the pool to enjoy this perfect summer day, tissues & decongestant next to my sunscreen............

Beach Closing..

Don't you hate that feeling the end of the day on the beach.  Only if I know the next day will be spent on the beach again do I not care.  As a child I always wished I could live on the beach, the sounds, the smells, & yes even the sand!  I love an empty beach the most, grew up going out to Jones Beach in Long Island NY...I'm sure you get the picture!  My parents weren't fans of the crowds either so we would set up camp on the soccer fields, w/ large groups of other Hungarian friends & family....a big eastern European speedo fest!!  Oh & I loved every minute!  Yet as I get older the need for peace & tranquility grows strong....the ocean is just my favorite place...one day I can set up for good somewhere on the shore!

Pride in your team....

Love the quiet simple moments.

Moments that make you smile!

Wish those moments came fast and often.....but of course the other stuff must often fill the day!

Simply precious....

This is what it is all about......

The Start of Something New

Life is changing & adjusting itself by the second..adding a 3rd dog to the mix hmmmm.  Not everyone agrees it's a great choice but for this bunch it is!  So here I go jumping in with both feet first into a new venture.....life is what it is & I'm trying to make the best of it!  Searching for that "it" factor in myself & I believe I've found it...Photography!! Always a part of my life so much so I took it for granted....just like an appendage....we don't appreciate it 'til it's gone!  Loosing my camera & then being gifted a gorgeous Nikon has gone & changed my reality...I am a photographer...............