The Brushmaker at Work

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Around the Island Photography!

(Can you guess what it is?)

Spotted at the Zuiderzee Museum.

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My photography is available for purchase - visit Around the Island Photography and bring home something beautiful today!

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If the photo you're wishing for is something you've seen here on the blog which isn't in my etsy shop yet just let me know and I'll happily list it for you.

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Dona Nobis Pacem

BlogBlast for Peace 2010

Pink Petals

Buy this image now from Around the Island Photography.

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My photography is available for purchase - visit Around the Island Photography and bring home something beautiful today!

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If the photo you're wishing for is something you've seen here on the blog which isn't in my etsy shop yet just let me know and I'll happily list it for you.

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Life is for living

It's hard to sit here, just two days after RivkA's funeral, and blog as if nothing happened, as if we haven't just lost one of our brightest shining stars, but if there's one thing that RivkA taught us it's that life is for living. Each day is a precious gift that should be treasured, not squandered. So yes, I am grieving for the loss of my friend, and no, my world will never be the same without her in it, but at the same time there is a life out there to be lived, a family to love, friends both here and absent to treasure, and a world full of beauty to discover. RivkA somehow always managed to focus on her blessings, not her burdens, and by doing so inspired countless others to find the best in themselves, to be the best that they can be. That is RivkA's gift to me, and I will honor it as I know how - by loving my family and my friends, by telling them - YOU - so as often as I can, and by continuing to seek out and create beauty in the nooks and crannies of creation.

For RivkA



One of the things RivkA used to say that always made me smile was how even though she wasn't "a photography person" she loved looking at my photography.

I'm republishing this one for you my friend, on the day that we must bid you farewell, because I know you loved it, and that makes me smile through my tears.

White Lisianthus, processed with Florabella's beautiful Memory texture (how appropriate) at 20% and Vignette at 26% from Texture Set 1, plus a little extra fairy dust and lots of good thoughts.

She's gone. Baruch dayan ha'emet

Fly free RivkA bat Yeshaya, to a place free from pain, free from cancer.

You will be so very missed. May all those who loved you find comfort in the memory of your warm smile, your heartfelt hugs and that wonderful, contagious laughter. It was an honor and a blessing to call you friend, and I know that your memory will continue to inspire us all. 

Baruch dayan ha'emet.