This week our theme for Sunday Stills is celebrations. Let’s celebrate something by capturing special moments.
“Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel
So far 2023 has been a busy year! Not only have we traveled to new places, but we have also been busy planting, building, and improving our home and property and I’ve shared some of those images with you.
Celebrating on the Road
In early August, we took an overnight trip to visit Kimberley and Radium Hot Springs in British Columbia while my brother and BIL were here. We had so much fun that we stopped in Kimberely twice! Our first stop was for lunch. Then we strolled (quickly) through the Bavarian-inspired streets and had to stop at the Happy Hans Cuckoo Clock.
For a Canadian dollar, you can make Hans Happy—both of them.
On our drive back, we stopped for wonderful take-and-bake pot pies from Bears Pie Factory. If you are in Kimberley, stop by and order these excellent pies. The Guinness Steak and Mushroom pie is very tasty as well as their mini-dessert pies. We loved both the blueberry and the strawberry rhubarb! Delicious!
“Pies mean Thanksgiving and Christmas and picnics.”
― Janet Clarkson
Janet “JJ” and I really struck a chord with each other and became fast friends as our smiling faces attest.
Celebrating Milestone Wedding Anniversaries
I feel at age 63, that every day is a tiny celebration when I wake up each morning. I am very healthy as my doctor told me this week, but I feel the effects of 63 years on my physical body. Does anyone else know what I’m talking about?
“Your face is marked with lines of life, put there by love and laughter, suffering and tears. It’s beautiful.” – Lynsay Sands.
My husband really knows how to celebrate! He has got to be the happiest, most positive person I know!
“It’s a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning.”
― Jimmy Buffett
I digress.
In July, I had taken a short blog break to host my family while they visited us from Arizona and Southern California.
We had just celebrated the new deck and patio cover which were major construction projects and it was a relief to have them ready by the time the whole family showed up.
While we had the whole gang here, we christened the deck (figuratively) with bottles of bubbly and a nice toast to the three collective, milestone wedding anniversaries.
My youngest brother and his partner celebrated five years on July 15 (which is also our dad’s birthday).
My brother (pictured below on the left next to me) and his wife celebrated their 20-year anniversary on July 13. Their long RV road trip from Southern California culminated in a celebration at our place with their four adopted daughters (3 teens and a toddler)!
My youngest daughter married on April 1, 2023, so she will also celebrate the 5-year milestones with us!
In August 2013, my windsurf gal pals threw a surprise wedding shower for me at the Sacramento Delta the week before our wedding. We all paddled on our kayaks and SUPS down the river to a spot and enjoyed champagne and goodies. Probably my first time celebrating in a wetsuit!
We’ve been married 10 years on August 22, 2013.
“Celebrate who you are in your deepest heart. Love yourself and the world will love you.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree
Tanka Tuesday Celebrates Yellow!
Each month I have been collaborating with Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge to provide an inspirational photo for the prompt. As I read these wonderful poems inspired by images I’ve shared, I like to feature my favorite. The sunflower-inspired poetry was so gorgeous and heartfelt and I enjoyed all of them. I am proud to feature Robbie Cheadle’s poem this month as she celebrates the sunflower with this poem:
Sunflower Salvation
Sunflowers
Salve for broken hearts
Uplifting
Allowing
Spiritual convalescence
Nature’s floral smile
By Robbie Cheadle
Inspiring Photo Challenges This Week
Each week I find inspiration from my fellow bloggers’ photo challenges. I enjoy incorporating these into my Sunday Stills weekly themes.
- Cee’s Flower of the Day
- Johnbo’s CellPic Sunday
- Lens-Artists: Faces
- Marsha’s Wednesday Quotes: Fun (coming 8/23)
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
The Sunday Stills weekly-themed photo challenge is easy to join. You have all week to share and link your post.
- Remember to title your blog post a little differently than mine.
- Please create a new post for the theme or link a recent one.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Tag your post “Sunday Stills.”
- Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post.
- I also recommend adding your post’s URL to the comments.
- You have all week to link your post!
This Week’s Featured Bloggers
Sunday Stills is a wonderful community of bloggers, poets, and photographers who desire to connect with one another. Below are this week’s links from bloggers who shared their photos of celebrations. I add these all week as new links are posted.
You kept me very busy last week with all your wonderful yellow images (38 links– a new record and another reason to celebrate)!
- YOUR BLOG’S NAME GOES HERE…
- Always Write
- Bushboys World
- The Day After
- Deb’s World
- Deb’s World
- Denyse’s Words and Pics
- Easin’ Along Image shared in comments
- Frost on the Moosedung
- Gfpacificbee’s Insights & Photography
- Graham’s Island
- Hugh’s Views and News Image shared in comments
- Life According to Sassy
- Philosophy through Photography
- Quaint Revival
- Stevie Turner
- The Showers of Blessings
- This is Another Story
- Travels and Trifles
- Travel with Me
- Wandering Dawgs
- WillowDot
- Woolly Muses
- Working on Exploring
This week, show us and tell us about your past and current celebrations. Cheers!
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