My Photo’s someone’s Quote: Day 59

“It’s not what you do once in a while; it’s what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.”

Jenny Craig

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My Photo’s someone’s quote: Day 43

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“Success is achieved by development of our strengths, not by elimination of our weakness.”

Marilyn Vos Savant

My Photo someone’s quote: Day 19

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

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September 2012, West Coast National Park, South Africa

My Photo someone’s quote: Day 17

“If you will make a deliberate decision to develop a positive attitude toward opportunities and obstacles, you are on your way toward having what is the most important quality in education: the power of positive thinking.”

Robert H. Schuller

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My photo someone’s quote: Day 16

“Cherish your yesterdays, dream your tomorrows and live your today’s.” -Unknown

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Very Inspiring Blogger Award

The Rules: 

1.  Thank the person who nominate you.

2.  List 7 things about yourself.

3.  Nominate 15 bloggers and inform them.

 

A while back I received a nomination for  Very inspiring Blogger Award. I was so busy that to date I had not had the chance to properly accept the award.

1. Thank you Eva of Healthy Glow Nutrition for my nomination. Sorry for only accepting now.

2.  7  things about myself:

  1. I am a Wife, a Mother and a self taught  Photographer.
  2. I love my husband and two boys with all my heart.
  3. Photography is my passion.
  4. I love to be outdoors in nature, but unfortunately I can’t do my editing in the middle of a field.
  5. I love wearing black, blue and earthy colors.
  6. Respect and good manners is very important to me and I my boys have been taught the importance of it. ( Everywhere I go I get lot’s of compliments on my boys behavior)
  7. I love music and the radio is on 24/7/365

I must be honest it is very difficult to choose only 15 bloggers. Every one of the blogs I follow are brilliant and I love each and everyone of them.

3   My nominations for this award:

Frankfurtmalin

Serendipity 13

Muse and Sparrow Photography

Living, Loving, Laughing

Ramblings

Cee’s Life Photography

The Neophyte Photographer

Clanmother

My Beautiful things

Photo Nature Blog

Frames and focus

A Nature Mom

Wind against current

Lagottocattleya

ilargia64

 

 

 

 

Project 365 Photo a day: 365/240 – My Daddy

 

My photo’s everyone’s words… Week 32/52

“If you don’t start somewhere, you’re gonna go nowhere.” Bob Marley
“You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.” Charles F Kettering
“When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.” Kevin Costner
“Failure is the foundation of success; success is the lurking place of failure.” Laozi
“If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.” Henry Miller
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” Henry David Thoreau
“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.” Audrey Hepburn

 

My photo’s everyone’s words… Week 31/52

Table Mountain, Blaauwberg, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012

“Sometimes, the most important lessons in life are the ones we learn the hard way.” Unknown

Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2010

“Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.” Dame Edna Everage

Alpine Heath, Drakensberg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa,2012

“Peace can become a lens through which you see the world. Be it. Live it. Radiate it out. Peace is an inside job.” Dr Wayne Dyer

Country View, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa,2012

Appreciate those who love you. Help those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Forget those who leave you.

Country View, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa, 2012

“The days you are most uncomfortable are the days you learn the most about yourself.”  Mary Louise Bean

Lupine, Kraaifontein, Western Cape, South Africa,2012

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” Robert Brault

Clara Anna Fontein, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

 

 

My photo’s everyone’s words… Week 30/52

Potsberg, West Coast National Park, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012

“The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.” Henry Ward Beecher

Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2010

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sandbaai, Hermanus, South coast, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012

“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.” Buddha

Country View, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa, 2012

“Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.” Leo Buscaglia

Kraaifontein, Western Cape, South Africa,2012

“Enjoy all you have while pursuing all you want.” Jim Rohn

Country View, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa, 2012

“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Saint Francis of Assisi

Kraaifontein, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012

“Those who possess strength have also known adversity.” Byron Pulsifer

 

 

 

 

My photo’s everyone’s words… Week 29/52

Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa,2010

“Dreams are the touchstones of our character.” Henry David Thoreau

Country View Estate, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa,2012

“Four very powerful words to say to your child: I Believe in you.” Kevin Heath

Kraaifontein, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012

“Dreams are necessary to life.” Anais Nin

Potsberg, West Coast National Park, West Coast, Western Cape,South Africa,2012

“By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.” Grenville Kleiser

Blaauwberg, Western Cape, South Africa,2012

” You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations.” Zig Ziglar

Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2010

“The more you care, the stronger you can be.”  Jim Rohn

On Route to Bloemfontein, South Africa,2012

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

My photo’s everyone’s words… Week 28/52

Blaauwberg, Cape Town, South Africa,2012

“Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.” Benjamin Disraeli

Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa,2010

” An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind.” Albert Schweitzer

Hermanus, South Coast, Western Cape,South Africa, 2012

“It is health which is real wealth, not pieces of silver and gold.” Gandhi

On Route to Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa,2012

” All you have is now. The measure of our  peace of mind and the measure of our personal effectiveness are determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment.” Andrew Matthews

Warthog,Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2010

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye.” Helen Keller

Kraaifontein, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012

“Life flows on within you and without you.” George Harrison

Potsberg, West Coast National Park, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” Mahatma Gandhi

 

 

My photo’s everyone’s words… Week 27/52

Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Province, South Africa,2010

” You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.” Zig Ziglar

Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Province, South Africa,2010

“Lost time is never found again.” Benjamin Franklin

On Route to Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa,2012

“People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.” H Jackson Browne

Karoo, South Africa, 2012

“The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.” Dalai Lama

Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Province, South Africa,2010

“Happiness is something that you are and it comes from the way you think.” Dr Wayne Dyer

West Coast National Park, West Coast, South Africa, 2012

“As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.” Les Brown

Blaauwberg, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012

“Believe deep down in your heart that you’re destined to do great things.” Joe Paterno

My photo’s everyone’s words… Week 26/52

Natal National Heritage Park, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 2012

 

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” Native American Proverb

Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2010

“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” Bruce Lee

Alpine Heath, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 2012

“Go forth, under the open sky, and listen to Nature’s teachings.” William Cullen Bryant

West Coast National Park, West Coast, South Africa, 2012

“What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” Henry David Thoreau

 

Benoni, Country View, Gauteng, South Africa, 2012

“Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.” Wally Amos

West Coast National Park, West Coast, South Africa, 2012

“You can choose to focus on the difficult or on the joy, but when you concentrate on the special delights, the little heart-melting moments of raising a child, you realize what a magnificent path you have chosen.” Judy Ford

Country View, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa, 2012

“One of the most satisfying experiences in life is a deep appreciation of Nature.” Dorothea Kopplin

 

 

 

My photo’s everyone’s words… Week 24/52

West Coast National Park, West Coast, South Africa, 2012

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have don what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bear, Pretoria Zoo, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa,2010

“Don’t let the past steal your present.” Cherralea Morgen

Orange River, Free State, South Africa, 2012

“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, Not events, have the power to make me happy of unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just on day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”  Groucho Marx

Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2010

“Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.” Eleanor Roosevelt

West Coast National Park, West Coast, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012

“One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.” Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Seagull, Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa,2012

“Happiness is not  something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”  Jim Rohn

Sunset, Hope field Road, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012

“One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire at achieve.” George Allen

My photo’s everyone’s words… Week 23/52

Elephants drinking, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2010

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day.
Dalai Lama

“If we couldn’t  laugh we would all go insane.” Robert Frost

Potsberg Private Nature Reserve, West Coast National Park, West Coast, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012

“Happiness is a state of mind not what’s in your wallet.” Byron Pulsifer

Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State, South Africa, 2012

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.” Vince Lombardi

Potsberg Private Nature Reserve, West Coast National Park, West Coast, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012

“If daily you feel a sense of gratitude for the blessings of this life it will be a cushion & buffer when challenges arise.” Rose W-T

On route to Bloemfontein, Groot Karroo, South Africa, 2012

“At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a wife, a friend, a child, or a parent.” Barbara Bush

African Daisy, West Coast National Park, South Africa, 2012

“Flowers are those little colorful beacons of the sun from which we get sunshine when dark somber skies  blanket our thoughts.”  Dodinsky

Project 365 Photo a day: 365/161

Wild Flax, West Coast National Park, West Coast, South Africa

Project 365 Photo a day: 365/160

African Daisy, West Coast National Park, South Africa

My photo’s everyone’s words… Week 21/52

Dassie, Avocca, Kirkwood, Eastern Cape, South Africa

“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Lake Arthur, Eastern Cape, South Africa

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” C.S. Lewis

Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa

“Change your thoughts, and you change your world.”  Norman Vincent Peale

Sterkfontein Dam, Free State, Drakensberg, 2012, South Africa

“That best portion of a good man’s life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.”  William Wordsworth

Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa

“If you wait for perfect conditions before you do something, those conditions may never come.” Gina Mohammed

Water, Howic Waterfall, KwaZulu Natal

“In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.” Leonardo da Vinci

Golden Gate HighlandsNational Park, Maluti Mountains ,Free State,South Africa

“To focus on the people who do not like you and the things you cannot change is like climbing an infinite mountain; instead focus on the people who love you and the things you can change and you will find you can move mountains!” Michelle Ghislaine Ambler