Artsy fartsy

Nothing but some interesting pics to see here.. great place for street art! All art really!

I spy….

The meaning and origin of the expression: I spy with my little eye –

The game I Spy originated in Victorian England. It remains a common pastime played by children – albeit often initiated by adults to occupy bored children on car journeys and the like. One person secretly chooses an object that they can ‘spy with his/her little eye’ and the others take turns to guess what it is.

But let me now stop; I may be a little partial, and view every thing with the jaundiced eye of melancholy – for I am sad – and have cause. — Mary Wollstonecraft

Time Warp

I wouldn’t know a space-time continuum or warp core breach if they got into bed with me. Patrick Stewart

Have you ever traveled to a place that made you think you had entered another far distant past?  Consider me warped!!

Definition of Car: A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation. Most definitions of cars say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than goods.

“I did a week in Havana. The colors, the music, the beautiful men and the cars! I love vintage and antique cars and own a couple myself.” – Megalyn Echikunwoke

Faster than the sound of —

Time Warp; On the 13th Day of Blogmas…; 1947 Chrysler Windsor; Things in old cars; Dosa; classic cars; Time; Thursday Doors; Warp; It’s Not Easy, Being a Dinosaur; A Treasure Chest of Colorado 4×5 Glass and Film Negatives

Wintertime blues – NOT

We can all use a little more sunshine in our lives during the cool and dark days of winter.  So here ya go!!

“Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, ‘You owe me.’ Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.”  – Hafez

“Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.”  – Christopher Columbus

sunshine on a winter day

Scent of warmth; Seasons in the sun; Soul wedded in the sun; Southern Warmth; I am…; Flavor of warmth; The sun is battling the cold; Winter Sun – Haiku 2022; what warmth might be; Beneath the Big, Golden Sun;

Natsukashii

Natsukashii (Adjective) Origin: Japanese | A happy recollection of an event or memory.

The adjective originally described wanting to keep something close or wanting to express fondness for something. Over time, this term was used more to describe happy reminiscences, leading to the modern meaning. Take note that this is different from a nostalgic longing, but more of joyous remembrance of a past memory.

I was trying to find a single picture to go with this word.  I could not.  I have more joyous remembrances of times past than nostalgic longings.  I tend not to focus on the things that went wrong.  I do sometimes miss what is no longer there but I can honestly say that I would generally never want to go back to any period of my life.

I have no regrets. Do not wish for do-overs.  I believe in the butterfly effect.  If you were able to go back and change just one thing.. what would be different now? You could not guarantee it would be better.  As a matter of fact, it would likely be worse. (you really should watch the movie) I love the journey.

I’m not trying to say it has all been good.  I have had some extreme rough patches in life and at times I have been quite devastated by the twists life has presented.  However, even those times have shaped me to be the person I am today.  The one thing that stands out when I look back on my photos is that at every point in my life, even the worst of times … I smile.  I smile and it’s genuine.

When I was about 13 or 14, one of my best friends in junior high gave me a birthday card that read, “The one who laughs… lasts.”  (Thanks JoNelle) It was true.  I did. I still do.

It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today. So learning to enjoy today has two benefits: it gives me happiness right now, and it becomes a good memory later. George Foreman

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Happy memories:  Arristela; paradise; nzain; vrunda; Jane; plaridel; Brendan; Teresa; reluctant; Jaya; Tim; wandering; sakshi; supreet; chinhooi; scribble; hope