Showing posts with label Shutter Sisters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shutter Sisters. Show all posts

Sunday, April 5, 2009

195 Hope Springs Eternal

Cliche as that sounds, it is true. Hope can be found everywhere! If you open your eyes you can find its signs even in the dirtiest and grittiest of places. I know I have posted a ton of pictures from our walk in downtown Memphis, but over at Shutter Sisters they were asking for pictures of "hope - raw and real" and you can't get much more raw than downtown ANYWHERE! If you can find beauty in the broken down and unused areas then it can be found wherever you may look.

A tree fighting its way from the brick and mortar that surround it to LIVE!
Even with a chain trying to choke its very life, this tree survives and THRIVES! It too has scars.
This bird, building its nest on an inch or two of wood, making the best of its urban situation. Heck, what birds in the woods have a roof over their heads?


Life and Hope will find a way, no matter the circumstances they WILL thrive! Humanity will persevere, and we will find hope.

So, everyone out there ... what unlikely things have brought you hope lately?

Saturday, March 28, 2009

182 Unwrap A Smile

Over on Shutter Sisters today they asked "If today could speak to you, what would it be saying?" and so I thought I would share one of the pics from the mini-photocation through downtown Memphis. This was actually shot at a stop along the way. My Shutter Buddy saw it on the way up and we stopped on the way back home. It was outside a convenience store, in a pile of trash. There was an old broken couch, a lion pillow, and an end table that had been destroyed. It was a strange conglomeration of crap!

So, these are my words to you ...

Believe me, it is the nicest sentiment we found that day :)

Friday, March 13, 2009

173 Peace and Happiness


Karen Walrond's (Chookooloonks) post today was called:



One of her tips was "Grab your camera or camera phone and take a photograph of something pretty."

So, I DID!

Thought I would share with all of you as well :)
She cross-posted this article on Shutter Sisters as well!