{ Retreat: final thoughts & a winner }
In the last post I shared some thoughts on retreat. And after reading through 300 comments, I see that this desire is common among us. To retreat means to recharge, reflect, recommit, review, remember … RENEW. To retreat helps (most of) us be a better spouse and parent and friend and giver. When we make a little effort to create soul-nurturing time, we are better for it. And everyone else around us benefits. Most importantly, our family.
So thanks for sharing your thoughts. Thanks for telling us how you retreat. And as always, thank you for stopping by and being a part of my blog. You are dear to me.
Now. People. All this talk of who needs a getaway scrapbooking retreat and it’s killing me. You ALL deserve one! So thank goodness this is a completely random selection because I could never hand-selected one winner based on their comment. Congratulations to Angela! Angela, your cousin Teressa nominated you and said this about you: “She is the toughest person I know. Her husband had an accident a year ago and has a very serious brain injury. She not only has cared for him, her 5 kids and all their school and athletic activities but also has had to take on a full time job. She could use some time because she is the most amazing woman I know.”
Angela, go ahead and email lorimuse2@yahoo.com and they’ll hook you up with free admission to a much-needed scrapbooking retreat in Utah next month! Teressa, you are thoughtful and selfless and a obviously a dear friend to nominate Angela. Thank you for your example.
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{ Photo Challenge }
I want to emphasize again why I do this. The purpose of the occasional photo challenge is to inspire you to try something different with your camera … to keep photography interesting for us all … to encourage you to take more pictures of your everyday life.
This week’s challenge? LOOK STRAIGHT DOWN. Look at the difference between these two pictures:
Is one picture better than the other? Most certainly not. But I personally find the top view more interesting and more of what my actual view is when ironing clothes.
Another example:
Anything wrong about the regular view of Claire’s closet? For sure not. Again — it’s just trying a different angle.
So this week, stand directly above something or someone to take a picture. It may mean getting on your tippy toes. It may mean standing on a chair. Be sensible and careful. I don’t want any emails telling me you got on top of a chair and toppled over and cracked your wrist. None of that, okay? If you’re interested in submitting a picture to me, email it to projectlife@beckyhiggins.com. Submissions due by Saturday 10/9. I’ll post my top 10 favorites next week … for the love of sharing off your talent and keeping us all inspired.
If you’re not interested in going with the challenge or submitting a picture, perhaps you’ll at least now feel inclined to take a picture of something as mundane as your ironing table or closet. I would have loved to have a picture of my mom’s clothes in the 60s. Or my own clothes when I was little. Just something to think about.
Tags: closet, ironing board, photo challenge
Yay! Love your photo challenges.
brenda
I love this idea! I’m also impressed that you actually iron clothes. I only do it in dire moments. lol
I enjoy these too, Becky. Always looking for ways to get a different perspective, to add interest, or just see/think about everyday things in a new way. Thanks!
Becky, I’m going to do your photo challenge this week. Just stopping in to comment on how much I adore your blog. You make me think about how to be a better person, how to enjoy life, and how to capture so many wonderful day to day memories. Thank you!
I love this idea! Will definitely try this angle today! And thanks for showing me that I am not the only one who irons anymore! It’s such a tedious task but one we must do at times!
I love this idea! I am so impressed that you iron clothes! It has to be seriously wrinkled for me to get the iron out!
So pleased someone like Angela won,very deserving
Congratulations to Angela for winning the retreat!! She so deserves this! And thanks for your photo challenges. I can’t wait for the next. I’ve done everyone so far and already I’m thinking of a shot for this challenge.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for your generosity! I’m so excited that i’m in tears right now! We had to tell Angela 20 times before she could believe that she won a scrapbook retreat ! But it finally sunk in and she has already requested the days off work!
I really apprecitate this!
Thanks for your photo challenges and for making us stretch our photo taking ideas! Love you for that! You continue to be an inspiration to so many of us. Thank you!
so fun Becky!
Thanks for the photo challenge idea. I’m going away this week-end with old high school girlfriends to celebrate all of us turning “50″ and will use this angle…love the idea of the closet too.
Great photo challenges! I just took some fallen leaves pics yesterday from the ground and loved how they turned out…now I have a new angle to pursue!
LOVE this idea, will definitely be trying out this angle.
Also love your blog becky, it really is so inspirational, even all the way over here in Sydney Australia, feels like you’re right there.
Love it! I’m looking down!
I always take ‘straight down’ photos of my son’s birthday cakes
You are amazing girl friend. Love you!
Thanks for these challenges — I would never think to take a photo from this perspective! I will try it and send a sample.
So totally off subject, but where did you find wooden hangers with grip on the top??
Would love to find some of those!
Thanks for the inspiration too! ;0-)
rachel
Thanks for the great info here on your blog, Becky! I was just wondering when/if you were going to organize Claire’s clothes as you do yours, by the roy g biv method? Just kiddin’.
Where did you get those darling hangers? What does your closet look like?
I love your challenges. It makes me think differently than usual. THANK YOU for that!
Nine times out of ten you are simply inspiring. I adore so much of what you post on this blog. Then there is the occasional time where I just want to ask “Who ARE YOU?”. Who has all wooden hangers in their 4 yr olds closet? Seriously. (My intention is not to offend, please accept my comment in the spirit of humor that I intended it.)
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P.S. Great picture by the way!
Very cool idea and I love your images!! The comp is awesome!!
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