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.
This challenge is simple: step back for a few minutes each week to find a lovely thing, a precious moment, anything you find lovely. Then post about it. You can just post a picture or you can go into detail and tell it as a reflection, story or poem.
It could be anything:
a smile…a rainbow…a flower…a kind act…a tasty treat
Welcome to week 25 of the Pull up a Seat Challenge in 2022.Happy summer!
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It is always fun to see the variety of ideas this theme evokes.
Continue reading Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2022-Week 25
For Wordless Wednesday and Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Landscapes or Waterscapes.
This challenge is simple: step back for a few minutes each week to find a lovely thing, a precious moment, anything you find lovely. Then post about it. You can just post a picture or you can go into detail and tell it as a reflection, story or poem.
It could be anything:
a smile…a rainbow…a flower…a kind act…a tasty treat
I’m late. Lost a couple of days because we headed over to Dad’s to enjoy the low tides.
We live a block below the good views. Here is a random gallery of photos taken within walking distance of my house or my dad’s house, my two centers of orbit in response to last week’s lens artists challenge: Local Vistas.
To see any photo larger just click on it.
Welcome to week 24 of the Pull up a Seat Challenge in 2022. Is this year going fast for you? I feel like I am getting whiplash. Nothing much going on but boy is time whizzing by!
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It is always fun to see the variety of ideas this theme evokes.
Continue reading Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2022-Week 24Due to the lunar nodal cycle we had the lowest low tide in 13 years yesterday. We spent the day over at my Dad’s. He lives on Vashon Island. For fun I took a series of photos from about the same vantage point to show the dramatic difference over the course of about twelve hours starting about 6 in the morning.
Clearly the weather wasn’t much: the sky was pretty much flat gray.
This challenge is simple: step back for a few minutes each week to find a lovely thing, a precious moment, anything you find lovely. Then post about it. You can just post a picture or you can go into detail and tell it as a reflection, story or poem.
It could be anything:
a smile…a rainbow…a flower…a kind act…a tasty treat
Welcome to week 23 of the Pull up a Seat Challenge in 2022. Is this year going fast for you? I feel like I am getting whiplash. Nothing much going on but boy is time whizzing by!
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.
It is always fun to see the variety of ideas this theme evokes.
Continue reading Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2022-Week 23Raindrops on roses: I am fascinated by the different shapes of the drops and how some of them act like magnifying glasses to show detail in the rose.
This is the palest of the roses in my yard. I do not know the variety. It was here and well established when we moved here 35 years ago.
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