Down On The Ground. - a photo on Flickriver

A view from down below.. I was Literally ON THE GROUND (on my painful rocky driveway).
But I wanted to take a great photo of these gorgeous purple minis that popped up in my driveway.
>>After words... When I came inside, I said to Juan..
, " I would be extremely shocked if our neighbors didn\'t think I was crazy already.. but IF they didn\'t... THEY DO NOW!
...>>I was talking about me all over the ground yesterday taking photos of nature in my yard. Neighbors outside enjoying the weather, (SO WAS I).. on my knees and elbows in the dirt/rocks. I came inside COVERED in dirt/leaves and harsh red marks from the rocks. But it was definitely worth it!!
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Yesterday in New Jersey was GORGEOUS! Thursday was nice too.. but Friday was even nicer! I\'m not 100% sure exactly what the temperature was- BUT my thermometer in the window said 80s.. *then again it runs hot sometimes, because of the sunlight*. I was outside in a tank and pants.. and enjoying it! We even took a walk in the evening before dinner! >>Poor Reese *My dachshund* is still tired! - Next time we won\'t go our normal distance, since it\'s been a while! We\'ll ease into it next time! *Hoping we can go for a walk later when I\'m done work if we have time, we\'ll see!*
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I hope that everyone is having a beautiful day!
I have been literally struggling to get in all of my challenges, at least with something that I\'m SUPER proud of.. *like my 52 Frames, it\'s OKAY.. I submitted it yesterday.* It is DEFINITELY better than I thought it was going to be.. and it\'s not CARS (for slow shutter).. which is what I felt like it was going to be.. it\'s a colorful image of a guy doing repairs to the Walmart sign.. everything is in focus except for the flag which is blurred/in motion because of the "SLOW SHUTTER" subject I had to use. It came out okay.. the colors are nice. I really had an issue with that.
>Now I\'m having issues figuring out EXACTLY what I\'m doing to do for my 52WEEK Challenge .. "MULTI-EXPOSURE". I have plenty of images.. I\'ve been doing a lot of nice photos.. so we\'ll see what I figure out for that one.. I\'m actually INTERESTED to see what I create and ultimately decide on.. (I\'m sure I\'ll make several before making the decision final, like I ALMOST always do!
-Wish me Luck!
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I very well could have used this photo for my 100x *100 Favorite Places that I love to take photographs in Southern, New Jersey, USA... However for the full year of 2021.. I only have to do 100 photos... AND I\'m already at 35 I think.. so I\'m definitely going to take a break from that for a while! From now on I think I\'m only going to submit NEW - DIFFERENT places.. UNIQUE and BEAUTIFUL photos.. lol since I have 9 months and like 18 photos left.... So let me try to do 2 a month then.. *pshh!!* (rolling eyes) lol!
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>>>I hope you all are having a fantastic weekend! Enjoy your Saturday & Sunday!
My Saturdays are like MONDAYS for me.. Since I usually have off Thursday and Friday.. TODAY I\'m back to work! I\'m getting ready to leave now!
I was very happy with my past two days off from work. I had a lot of stuff to get done.. and I\'m grateful that I GOT MOST OF IT DONE!
>>I am very grateful for my new vacuum cleaner that Juan got me a while back. I actually forgot about it.. until Thursday. I was about to sweep & I remembered that I had a new vacuum! So I opened it up and used it.. and Juan came out immediately to see how I liked it. JUAN, I LOVE IT! I am so happy with how great it works. So much easier than sweeping and I got a lot of pollen and dust out of our area rugs *we have all hardwood/laminate which is why vacuums are not super important*. I usually just sweep/mop. But man oh man.. I\'m in love with the vacuum! Definitely going to be using that from now on.. instead of going crazy sweeping everything! & It made my area rugs look like new. *wheew!!* ((happy face!)) Well.. this is just another reminder of my adult-hood. When a vacuum makes me that super happy.. Maybe even happier than my new coffee pot.. *but I\'m not 100% sure which one is better.. because everyone knows how much I love my coffee..

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OKAY, Enough babbling on!! It\'s been quite a while since I\'ve blogged on here.. SOOO.. It was time! I feel like I \'blogged\'. Feeling great about my photo.. and now I\'M OFF TO WORK!
>>I shall return comments this evening/tomorrow- when I can!
I appreciate you all & all of your nice and supportive comments.
>>ALSO.. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORTIVE COMMENTS TO JUAN! cayey021265
I believe your uplifting comments and support will help him to continue on his photography journey.. He\'s very talented and creative.. and I love seeing what he comes up with next. He\'s always so helpful with my photography and my challenges.. I don\'t know where I\'d be without him! So I do appreciate all of your kind words and comments to him.
If you haven\'t yet, please check out his flickr.. and leave him a comment!
-->>Remember he\'s still learning.. He\'s BRAND new to Flickr!

Thanks everyone. Have a BLESSED - SAFE - & HEALTHY DAY!!!

Taken on: March 26, 2021

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