My Heart Goes Out

Destin, Florida July 2009

I am so sad to hear that the oil spill has reached the beautiful beaches of Florida today.  I have been looking forward to visiting Destin with my family again this July.  We all were looking forward to the soft powdery beach, the gentle surf, and the rays we could spot just off the shore in the crystal clear water.  The beautiful emerald water.  I'm so sad for what this means to the wildlife that lives in and around this water.  And the businesses.  And the thousands of families that will most likely change their vacation plans.  Some of the families that we met last year had been coming to Destin year after year.

God, I hope we all learn something from this.

Things I Love Thursday - Strange Dreams

Things I Love Thursday
Originally uploaded by Anna Dykema


More fantastic photographers on Flickr. All but one of these is Polaroid, it IS Roid Week and I just can't get enough....

However, the portrait on the bottom right is a "wet-plate" process.  Go here to see more of this photographers amazing portraits.  They are all quite haunting.

Restless

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Been feeling like getting on a plane and going somewhere. Maybe I have spring fever or something. Found this the other night. It is delicious in every way. My little escape.



Anita O'Day = Amazing. This is from Jazz on a Summer's Day.
Bye!

Yay: Etsy Front Page!

My "Fly" print made it to the front page of Etsy this morning. Yay! What a wonderful thing to wake up to. :)

Gosh, I LOVE those boots! And that necklace. And those earrings....

Monday Inspiration

The Layers

by Stanley Kunitz

I have walked through many lives,

some of them my own, and I am not who I was,

though some principle of being

abides, from which I struggle

not to stray.

When I look behind,

as I am compelled to look

before I can gather strength

to proceed on my journey,

I see the milestones dwindling

toward the horizon

and the slow fires trailing

from the abandoned camp-sites,

over which scavenger angels

wheel on heavy wings.

Oh, I have made myself a tribe

out of my true affections,

and my tribe is scattered!

How shall the heart be reconciled

to its feast of losses?

In a rising wind

the manic dust of my friends,

those who fell along the way,

bitterly stings my face.

Yet I turn, I turn,

exulting somewhat,

with my will intact to go

wherever I need to go,

and every stone on the road

precious to me.

In my darkest night,

when the moon was covered

and I roamed through wreckage,

a nimbus-clouded voice

directed me:

"Live in the layers,

not on the litter."

Though I lack the art

to decipher it,

no doubt the next chapter

in my book of transformations

is already written.

I am not done with my changes.

Things I Love Thursday

Things I Love Thursday
Originally uploaded by Anna Dykema

Yes, it is becoming a habit! Here are some of my favorite images from Flickr.

Have a beautiful Thursday. :)

Getting Lighter

It's Spring time. Time to go through your closets and get rid of the things you no longer have a use for. Time to give up habits that no longer serve you. Time to shed old opinions and see things in a new way. Time to lighten up!!!

Isn't he a little cutie? This is what I did to my husband today. He was sweet enough to pose so I could finally do the before and after I've always wanted to.

I've used a film made for my Polaroid SX-70 by The Impossible Project called TZ-Artistic Paul Giambarba Edition. I love the muted tones in this film. Here's another from that film pack.

If you want to see more photos taken with this film, go here. Also, I am shooting this pack of film with a beautiful Polaroid SX-70 camera that I intend to sell in my new photography shop, as part of the grand opening in May. I have three of these lovelies and I need to lighten up. So stay tuned.....

Things I Love Thursday

Some fellow Flickrites that I absolutely adore. Click on the mosaic to see who they are.
Things I Love Thursday
Originally uploaded by Anna Dykema

Pacer Love

I don't care what anyone says, I love this little car. If I could go back in time, I'd make my parents buy one and hand it down to me. Just look at this cool commercial from the late seventies. Hey! I really dig that interior.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDbpmCla0Uk&feature=player_embedded)

So what if Time Magazine AND a Pulitzer prize winner lists the AMC Pacer as one of the 50 Worst Cars of All Time. I love it.

And that's THAT.

Weekend All Stars

Go here to find out who all the wonderful photographers are.

Can't wait to see these guys tonight at The Granada Theater in Dallas!!!!



If you can't see the video, go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rQzq-LnlVE

Learn more about the amazing Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars here.

News about my new shop next week.

Happy Weekend!!!