team up thursday.....

team up thursday....

and it is already monday :)

haven't had the chance to post our collage for last week's theme

OLD....

i snapped a photo of OLD faithful while at yellowstone park last wednesday morning...so fitting for our OLD theme.

faith snapped this shot of an OLD cowboy man in an OLD saloon in tombstone arizona.

i am loving how the 2 photos compliment eachother.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 206...365 project.

sara...

the youngest of my 3 beautiful sisters.  i was admiring her "glamour" sunglasses while we were sitting hotel poolside in atlanta watching my 2 sons and 2 neices swim.

~*~

sara is 10 years younger than my~lovely~self.

she is gorgeous.

~*~

and cute as cute can be.

just a tiny little thing.

i love her essence.

it is

sara.

in beauty,

Pamela

***i am home from a week long gypsee traveling adventure and am catching up a bit before leaving again for a 5 day adventure/respite.  i will post as time allows.  i can hardly wait to share my journeys.***

day 200...365 project.

day 2...

devil's tower

in

wyoming.

in beauty,

Pameloa

day 199...365 project.

badlands, south dakota...

here i am :)

loving ALL of it!

in beauty,

Pamela

day 198...365 project.

traveling gypsee...

i am leaving early tomorrow morning for a little trip....about 2 1/2 weeks.

1st a road trip beating a path thru the badlands in south dakota, to devil's tower in wyoming, then onto my uncle's ranch in the big horn mountains and continuing on to coty, wyoming...where i will hop a plane to come back home to minnesota...not without a layover in salt lake city.

mmmm...earth work...i love earth work.  this 1st leg will be with my soul sister kathy and we will be meeting our other sister cathy and her friend shelli.

once back in minnesota i will join up with my children for a late evening and we will fly out early the following morning to atlanta, georgia for 4 days.  my beautiful sister kim will be marrying on the 27th in a lovely intimate garden setting.  my boys and i plan on road tripping it up to the mountains northeast of atlanta for a day before flying back home. i will be home for just a short period of time before leaving again for western minnesota to house/dog sit for a lovely couple who own a vacation lake home.

a peaceful

quiet

way to spend the last 5 days of summer.

i am positive my camera will be in hand the entire time.

computer also where internet is available.

i will post as able to.

mmmm...a traveling gypsee i will be....and so very excited.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 197...365 project

tubing....

day 196...365 project.

spokes...

love 'em.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 195...365 project.

tassels....

i love corn tassels. 

the little grains blowing in the wind...

singing

"look at me...look at me".

~*~

this is the original photo sooc (straight out of the camera)

the sun was setting...and oh! i do enjoy that magical time of day...

all things are alive dancing.

but

it wasn't what my mind's eye wanted to convey.

so i gave the photo a little boost.

i love the green leaves in this with the tassels and blue skies.

eye candy ~**~*~

~*~

and...i played with the corn some more....

i love the feel of this photo also.

it is a little subtler and soft....yet has depth and life.

~*~

but i have a fondess for the retro feel of this effect for my 365 project.

in beauty,

Pamela

kate m....

mmmm....i am so excited....kate's senior photos are done and ready for her. 
she was such a joy to photograph.  i am hoping to have a gallery up soon for others to enjoy her essence and beauty... and also for those who have chosen for me to capture theirs in the past and future.

in beauty,

Pamela

team up thursday...

this week's theme for team up thursday

BIG

my photo is on the left.

my partner the lovely~faith's is on the right.

that is one BIG tree....mmmm...i wish i could sit underneath it and gaze up at it and feel it's healing grounding energy...not to mention listen to the leaves speak in the wind.

i often limit the size of my dreams these days out of a thing called CAUTION.

not FEAR...but CAUTION

there is a difference.

fear:  a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.

caution:  alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness.

fear is an emotion that can be paralyzing.  i have been there.  we all have.  i am consciously choosing not to act or react out of FEAR.  it has taken alot of inner work to move from fear to caution. 

but

i am finding limitations in caution also these days....mainly in myself and following my dreams and what MY reality is.

and trust me, my dreams and reality are BIG...unheard of BIG....irrationally BIG.

caution has it's place....but i am choosing to change it from caution to an AWARENESS...a positive form...as information.

so

in my desire to keep moving forward on my path...i need to remind myself to walk gently with my~lovely~self out of CAUTION and INto AWARENESS.

BIG...and limitless.

and

most importantly

love mySelf and others as they ARE along

our 

journey.

we create our reality...and it begins with our thoughts and dreams.

reminder to self....

dream BIG!

in beauty,

Pamela

*** faith's photography can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/faithdamm

other beautiful interpretations of this week's theme can be found at http://www.mentalinventory.blogspot.com/ ***

day 194...365 project.

cowboy boots...

county fair...

ferris wheel...

i never tire of them.

~*~

they represent color eye candy.

~*~

~*~

sacred circles of beauty...

~*~

i love the large numbers on the carts.

i wonder if this couple is enJOYing

their view?

i took a little trip to the dakota county fair yesterday.

animals

carnival

fair food

4-H displays

tractors

a flashback...

in beauty,

Pamela

***sooc saturaday/sunday (for those of us moving at a slower pace in life) can be found at http://sluringlife.typepad.com/ ***

day 191...365 project.

hosta...

day 190....project 365.

county fair...

day 189...365 project..

storms rolling in last night at sunset...

~*~

the clouds were magnificent.

~*~

especially over the pine trees

~*~

the shades of blue were amazing.

~*~

and the sunlight illuminated the shapes...

~*~

heaven in the backdrop.

~*~

storm watching....

i love it.

in beauty,

Pamela

treasures....

treasures...

these are my girlfriend cathy's treasures.

i was lost in them when i had the pleasure of house~sitting for her the 1st part of june.

~*~

we have the same taste in treasures.

rocks

feathers...

~*~

bark

sticks

shells

berries

moss

~*~

she has a bird's nest.

while i was there i found a

bird's egg.

some little thing

was ready to BE

and left

an

egg

behind.

i added it to her treasures.

she still hasn't found it yet.

it makes me smile.

she hasn't been enJOYing her

treasures

lately

like i have.

she will....

then there will be

a surprise.

in beauty,

Pamela

team up thursday...

theme this week for team up thursday.....

MORNING

my partner faith and i were on the same page for this theme.

the top photo is a self portrait of faith laying in her bed.

the bottom photo is mine of my bed.

neither one of us wanted to crawl out.

in beauty,

Pamela

***team up thursday can be found at http://mentalinventory.blogspot.com/ ***

day 188....365 project.

weed...

i pulled well over a ZILLION of these in the last 2 days...

i love my job as a gardener.

~*~

this particular area i worked in was landscaped beautifully with pine trees, birch trees, trees i don't even know the name of and bushes.

~*~

a wooded garden

that had not been cleared, cleaned or touched all summer.

there were a ZILLION weeds.

8 full hours of weeds.

instant gratification once an area had been worked on.

i do love my job.

~*~

i took water breaks in the grass....

happy grass.

i prefer taking a break in the grass rather than in an office breakroom.

~*~

and

i

found

a

treasure...

in beauty,

Pamela

***a special note...i am in the process of transitioning my http://www.earthbeone.com/ website.  as with life, passions evolve and change.  i am a firm believer change is GOOD.  and i actually enJOY it very much....ALL of it.  please watch for a new tab on my earth...be one site that will link you to a new featured blog  http://walkinginbliss.blogspot.com/  it is a work in progress and is unfolding slowly.  i will continue to post my photos here on essence also.  my bliss blog will be similar to the bliss e-mails i sent out nearly a year ago... again...it is all unfolding at it's own pace.  watch for a new link to it on this site also. ***

a little of this, that and an obsession....

a good friend of mine was kind enough to accomadate my little obsession with horse legs...

one morning in early july he brought me into the "backside" of canterbury park.

translation....backside = where the horses are boarded, cared for and trained for race day.

i stumbled across this gentleman...

the farrier

he takes care of the horse hooves.

horse legs....lead to hooves

~*~

i had no problem watching him work...

~*~

it was fascinating.

i wish i would have asked him questions.

~*~

oh!  hello pretty.....

~*~

i love the stirrups on saddles.

i love how boots look in stirrups.

~*~

moving along ~~~>~>>~~~>

~*~

this is the practice track where horses train.

~*~

i was fortunate enough to stand (squat) right up it in order to photograph

my

obsession

~*~

horse legs....

~*~

coming and going ~~>>~~~>>>

~*~

i really cannot explain why

i am

obsessed

with

horse legs...

~*~

but they are magnificent

~*~

and i find

so much strength

and

beauty

in

them.

in beauty,

Pamela