Xingfu means happy and blessed in Chinese. Even though 2014, the year I started this blog, was a busy and, at times, difficult year that is the word I thought of for this space. Mama not because I have many children but because I seem to fall into a caregiving role. Sometimes I feel like Mama to the world.
The name XingfuMama means Happy Mama with undertones of being blessed.
Welcome to week 8 of the Pull up a Seat Challenge in 2019. Take a load off and share a favorite perch by linking your post to this one, either with a comment or ping-back. For more detailed directions go to Pull Up a Seat page.
Continue reading Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2019-Week 8
I don’t know the name of this one. Orchids come in an amazing variety of shapes and sizes. This was one of many at this year’s Flower and Garden Show. It opened today and I went to get a breath of spring.
Welcome to week 7 of the Pull up a Seat Challenge in 2019. Take a load off and share a favorite perch by linking your post to this one, either with a comment or ping-back. For more detailed directions go to Pull Up a Seat page.
Continue reading Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2019-Week 7Jenn at Wit’s End Travel has a thoughtful article and challenge about eyes. This has made me really conscious of eyes as I have both taken and post processed pictures this past week.
I was really surprised at how much difference a single eye can make to a picture. Great Blue here is trying to keep warm in a tree. I’m not sure why s/he (I don’t know how to tell with herons) popped an eye out to see what was going on.
I really noticed that the direction the eyes point give a lot of the meaning in a photo. Examples of this below.
Even at that there is something nice about pictures where the eyes are on the camera.
A couple of weeks ago this display at Fred Meyer caught my eye. I hope at least some of these flowers are making it through our sudden winter-y weather spell.
Now it is barely a contour in the white landscape.
Sometimes the land shapes what humans do and sometimes human endeavors shape the land, sometimes a bit of both.
Welcome to week 6 of the Pull up a Seat Challenge in 2019. Take a load off and share a favorite perch by linking your post to this one, either with a comment or ping-back. For more detailed directions go to Pull Up a Seat page.
Thank you to everyone who participated this week. It is always fun to see the variety of ideas.
These were photographed in Buenos Aires about two years ago.
These roads are the southernmost end of the Pan-America Highway (Between Harberton and Ushuaia on Tierra del Fuego). While the gravel roads are not technically part of the Highway they connect to it.
For Son of a Beach’s Which Way Photo Challenge
Illustration Friday challenge, artwork, mixed media, drawings, photo challenges
Exploring Through My Camera Lens
Love life! Sharing and caring!
People, Places, Nature, LIFE!
.... my journey to a healthy life, making new memories and so much more
Lets Go Nuts Together
...out of a digital shoebox
Mainly through the lens of a Nikon
gardening enthusiast & amateur photographer
~wandering through life in my time machine...you never know where it will stop next~
Sharing a world of joy with photos and words
Dil se Dil tak...
come on in, stay a while, but first wipe your feet (I just had the floor done)
Capturing the beauty of God's creation through the lens of a camera
Various Things On My Mind
My two cents about travel, life and easing into retirement
Life lessons from the beeline
My Journey through Still Life Photography
Flower photos and the mind
