Best Wedding Proposal EVER!

Aussie guy proposes to girlfriend in packed cinema. 

Best wedding proposal EVER!

Forty Portraits in Forty Years - The Brown Sisters

In 1975, Nicholas took a photo of his wife Bebe and her three sisters during a family gathering.

When he repeated it the following year, he realised that there was something special happening, and asked the sisters if they’d pose each year. Ever since, he has photographed his wife and her sisters annually, always in the same order, the most recent picture being taken in 2014.

Sister Bebe's photographer husband, Nicholas Nixon
Bebe and her three sisters Heather, Mimi, and Laurie in The New York Times.

Forty Portraits in Forty Years
Photographs by NICHOLAS NIXON
The Brown sisters have been photographed every year since 1975. The latest image in the series is published here for the first time
To see the photos, click on link -
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/magazine/01-brown-sisters-forty-years.html

TWO VIDEOS TO WATCH - PICTURE TO PICTURE
AND
MORPH OF THE SISTERS -


VIDEO
The Brown Sisters: 

Portraits of four sisters every year 

for 40 years 1975 - 2014

VIDEO -

The Brown Sisters Morph:
40 years in 4 minutes

Sorry this is not available anymore - I have looked for it and it's just not to be found!

VIDEO
Photographer Nicholas Nixon speaks with curator Sarah Meister about "The Brown Sisters," an ongoing series of annual portraits of his wife, Bebe, and her three sisters, Mimi, Laurie, and Heather, and his recent foray into digital work.

YEAH . . . THIS FOR YOU!

LOOK UP

You may have recently seen this video posted on FB, I received this on May 5th and from then and now, the views are way over what’s quoted below . . . But is it making a difference?  Are people “looking up” more?

“Incredible”: Viral video asks what really matters in the digital age 

There’s an incredible new viral video that has racked up over 12 million views in a matter of days (an incredible views now!!!). Written, performed, and directed by Gary Turk, the video examines a society that is increasingly connected to one another through social media and technology, but individuals find themselves spending more and more time alone. Look Up' - A spoken word film for an online generation.

'Look Up' is a lesson taught to us through a love story,

in a world where we continue to find ways to make it easier for us to connect with one another,

but always results in us spending more time alone.

Watch the remarkable video:

Look Up | Gary Turk (Official Video)

Roses For You

 One Rose for 

Unconditional Love

 One Rose For 

Financial Wealth

 One for Everlasting Happiness

 One for Knowledge

 Several for Success

Another one for 
more Knowledge

 One for Beauty, 

inner and outer

 Many for Family

 One for Honesty

And the last one for

a long and healthy life

CELL PHONE CHALLENGE

I Hope You Dance

To those I keep in touch with regularly - enjoy.  

To those who hear from me only on occasion - I think of you much more often than you know.  

The older we get and, especially when we have lost someone for one reason or another who is dear to us, particularly without warning, the more this is true.  So, 'dance' while you can.  

'I Hope You Dance... '

 This was written by an 83-year-old woman to her friend.

The last line says it all. 

Dear Bertha,

I'm reading more and dusting less. I'm sitting in the yard and admiring the view without fussing about the weeds in the  garden. I'm spending more time with my family and friends and less time working.

Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experiences to savor, not to endure. I'm trying to recognize these moments now and cherish them.

I'm not "saving" anything; we use our good china and crystal for every special event such as losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, or the first Amaryllis blossom.

I wear my good blazer to the market. My theory is if I look prosperous, I can shell out $28.49 for one small bag of groceries. I'm not saving my good perfume for special parties, but wearing it for clerks in the hardware store and tellers at the bank.

"Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their grip on my vocabulary. If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now

I'm not sure what others would've done had they known they wouldn't be here for the tomorrow that we all take for granted. I think they would have called family members and a few close friends. They might have called a few former friends to apologize and mend fences for past squabbles. I like to think they would have gone out for a Chinese dinner or for whatever their favorite food was.

I'm guessing; I'll never know.

It's those little things left undone that would make me angry if I knew my hours were limited. Angry because I hadn't written certain letters that I intended to write one of these days. Angry and sorry that I didn't tell my husband and parents often enough how much I truly love them. I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives. And every morning when I open my eyes, tell myself that it is special.

Every day, every minute, every breath truly is a gift from God.

"People say true friends must always hold hands, but true friends don't need to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be there."

Life may not be the party we hoped for, 

but while we are here 

we might as well dance

April 2013

Especially for Women –

"ESTROGEN  ISSUES"
10  WAYS TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE "ESTROGEN ISSUES"

1.  Everyone around you has an attitude problem.
2. You're adding chocolate chips to your cheese omelet.
3. The dryer has shrunk every last pair of your jeans.
4. Your husband is  suddenly agreeing to everything you say.
5. You 're using your cell phone to dial up every bumper sticker that says: "How's my  driving".
6.  Everyone's head looks like an invitation to batting practice.
7.. Everyone seems to have just landed here from "outer space."
9. You're sure  that everyone is scheming to drive you crazy.
10. The ibuprofen  bottle is empty and you bought it yesterday.

TOP  TEN THINGS ONLY WOMEN UNDERSTAND

10.  Cats' facial expressions.

9.  The need for the same style of shoes in different colors.

8. Why bean sprouts aren't just weeds.

7. Fat  clothes.

6.  Taking a car trip without trying to beat your best time.

5. The difference between beige, ecru,
cream, off-white, ivory & eggshell.

4. Cutting your hair to make it grow.

3. Eyelash curlers.

2.  The inaccuracy of every bathroom scale ever made.

AND, the Number One thing only women understand:

1.  OTHER WOMEN 

NO WHERE TO GO & ALL DAY TO GET THERE !!

Enjoy Life -
It Has An Expiration Date

February 2013

Roses For You

  I added this one  for you too!                                        

One Rose for 

Unconditional Love

One Rose For 

Financial Wealth

One for Everlasting Happiness

Several for Success

One for Knowledge

One for Beauty, 

inner and outer

Many for Family

One for Honesty

And the last one 

for a long and 

healthy life

 February 2012

YOU'VE BEEN PINKED !!

YOU'VE BEEN PINKED !!

Have a perfect day!

You have been considered 

one of the prettiest ladies with a kind, 

warm and loving heart.

Hello, Pretty Lady!
You have been hit.

December 2011

Sisters

A  young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid  day, drinking iced tea and visiting with her mother. As they talked about life, about  marriage, about the responsibilities of  life and the obligations of adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in  her glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance upon her daughter.

'Don't forget your sisters,' she advised, swirling the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass.  'They'll be more important as you get older.  No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love the  children you may have,  you are still  going to need sisters. Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them.'

'Remember that  'sisters' means ALL the women - your  girlfriends, your daughters, and all your other women relatives too. 'You'll need other women. Women always  do.'

What a funny piece of  advice!' the young woman thought. Haven't I just gotten married?  Haven't I just joined the couple-world?  I'm now  a married woman, for goodness sake! A  grownup! Surely my husband and the family we may start will be all I need to make  my life worthwhile!'

But she  listened to her mother.  She kept contact with her sisters and made more women friends each year. As the years tumbled by, one after another, she  gradually came to understand that her mother really knew what she was talking about.  As time and nature work, their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, sisters are  the mainstays of her life.

After  more than 50 years of living in this  world, here is what I've  learned:

THIS SAYS IT  ALL:

Time passes.

Life  happens.

Distance  separates.

Children grow up.

Jobs  come and go.

Love waxes and  wanes.

Men don't do what they're supposed  to do.

Hearts break.

Parents  die.

Colleagues forget favours.

Careers  end.

BUT.........

 Sisters  are there, no matter how much time and  how many miles are between you.  A  girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach.

When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end.

Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside  you.....Or come in and carry you  out.

Girlfriends, daughters,  granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces,  cousins, and extended family: all bless  our life!

The world wouldn't be  the same without women, and neither would  I. When we began this adventure  called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we would  need each other.

Every day, we need each other still. 

DARN GIRLS!

I used to be like this...

Then I met a girl...

She was like this...

Together, we were like this....

I gave her gifts like this...

When she accepted my proposal,
I was like this...

I used to talk to her all night like this...

And at the office I used to do this...

When my friends saw my girlfriend,
they stared like this...

And I used to react like this...

But on Valentine's Day,
she received a red rose from someone else

And she was like this.

And I was like this.

Which later led to this...

and this...

I felt like doing this...

I started doing this...

Now look at me.

DARN GIRLS!

March 2011