Saturday, May 22, 2010

Unexpected Inspiration


 Searching for inspiration, I looked to my left...

~a favorite bentwood chair~

then further left...

~ceramic rose art~

then to my right, out the front door...

~a Texas sunset~

Behold, impromptu sunset photo shoot.

Enjoy!












What inspiration lies in wait just over your shoulders?


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68 comments:

  1. the same Texas sunset! After a cloudy start, it turned out to be a beautiful (a little windy) day. The trees and the grass were so green in the sunshine. It made me want to go out and do some things in the yard. Love your chair by the way.

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  2. What a simply delightful post! I love stopping by! Anne

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  3. anne, only YOU with your TALENT could make a bentwood chair gorgeous!!!!!

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  4. Glad I stopped by to catch up on your site. Lovely the way you did this chair.
    Hope your doing well.
    Love
    Maggie

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  5. Anne, I love taking my camera and seeing through the lens! It can take some ordinary and make it beautiful depending on how you 'see' it! Love this post!

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  6. Looks like you're having fun with your new camera, Anne! Beautiful images. I've been talking to Handsome about a new camera. He's a retired photographer, and just told me I can use either of his cameras whenever I'd like (D200 or D300). Can you hear me "whoopin' up and down"? I was pretty excited. I'm going to play with it in the next few days and see what I can come up with.
    xoxo
    Happy Sunday.
    Donna

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  7. Aloha Anne,
    so fun to drop in and see how you are doing, I have been so crazy with life lately!
    you always inspire me,
    all my Aloha
    Brandi

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  8. Charming photos~ just love your inspiration!

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  9. Hey Anne. Seeing everyday items through your eyes and camera lens makes the most ordinary objects beautiful. Not that these items are beautiful to me anyway but I love seeing how you combine them and make them a treasured beauty.

    Have a blessed Sunday. xo's...Tracy :)

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  10. Hi Anne,

    What beautiful photos you have taken today... you must be loving your new camera.
    I just see your wonderful wedding photo on your side bar, that I have not noticed before ~ you are a beautiful couple.

    I hope that you are having a happy weekend,
    Hugs
    Carolyn

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  11. Anonymous22 May, 2010

    Love the rustic and the fragile...great inspiration and beautiful photos! That's why I love coming to visit ~

    xo Sarah

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  12. I love this. The plate (?) and roses, what a wonderful adornment to this chair. This is a beautiful picture.

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  13. Oh those are both LOVELY and together...FABULOUS! I love to mix things up and see what I get creatively! GREAT JOB

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  14. Your photos are beautiful. My favorite one is the 4th one...it would look beautiful framed.
    Jane

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  15. Anne, you always take such beautiful photo's!!! I hope your having a wonderful weekend. Blessings~~~Daphne

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  16. Sweet! Always a treat awaiting when I stop by to visit.
    Happy Weekend! ~ Sarah

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  17. Sooooo beautiful, Anne! Love when you share what inspires you...And I would LOVE to see a Texas sunset! I love our California beauties, but I imagine the wide-open Texas sky would offer some stunners!

    Hope your weekend is wonderful!

    Julie

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  18. Anonymous22 May, 2010

    Hi Ann...
    inspiration is all around us! and i just love finding it here in blogland too!

    these are great photos..so pretty!

    come have a peek in my corner of the world too!

    ciao bella!
    creative carmelina

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  19. Thank you Anne for stopping by, your comment means alot to me!
    I love visiting your place you always inspire us.

    See you soon.
    xx
    Dore

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  20. Hi Anne,
    A great combination of two beauties!
    Happy day!
    xojanis

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  21. Just lovely I have enjoyed the photos very much :0)
    alicia

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  22. The Nightingale singing, and my husbond just planting a beautifull Paradise apple tree I got from him in mothers day present.
    Your inspiration turned out so wonderfull, dear Anne.
    Happy sunday,
    Hugs, Dorthe

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  23. Wowwwwwwwwwwww what a amazing post !!.i love this chair!!

    Thanks for your comment on my blog................hugs from Ria

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  24. Hi Anne, what a beautiful post you have created, love the chair and roses.
    Debby

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  25. Hello Anne,
    Your post is so amazingly beautiful. Your photos are inspirational and I'm ready to go out and create something lovely today.

    I find inspiration here from you and from all the other bloggers as well. We don't have to go too far from our fingertips to find beauty.

    hugs
    Sissie

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  26. Simply beautiful!
    Enjoy your day!

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  27. I love it! that is a wonderful piece of milk glass and love those ceramic roses....against the white chair.....so pretty!

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  28. Anonymous23 May, 2010

    So gorgeous Anne, thanks for sharing,and have a lovely Sunday!

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  29. Anonymous23 May, 2010

    Anne, Ouch! Don't sit on it! ;-) But you could if the flower were painted on the chair seat! What do you think? Or decoupaged!
    Beautiful photos and and interesting combination - the smooth and elegant along with the worn and rustic!
    Happy Sunday!
    Diane

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  30. lovely Anne! i got a lot accomplished yesterday so today i'm hoping to enjoy the day! hugs, susan

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  31. Nothing prettier than a Texas sunset...except maybe a Texas sunrise!
    Debbie

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  32. Anne, simply lovely contrast you made there. Don't sit down...hehe.

    xo,
    ♦Olive♦

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  33. well, that is just lovely...i meant to tell you last time...and i'm not sure i did...that your new banner is gorgeous!!!

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  34. What kind of imprint do you think that would leave on the keester if you sat on it? I was just wondering...

    :-D

    Girl - I'm inspired by my laboratory!!! I DID NOT REALISE that actually FOLDING fabrics and such made a difference? I think piles are very much under-rated. yep

    LOVE your photos!!!

    xoxoxo
    robelyn

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  35. And then inspiration hits... And creativity flows again... It's just the nature of the beast, no? :)

    xo,
    -maria

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  36. Hi Anne,
    Sooooooo pretty! Hope your having a wonderful weekend!Blessings to you.
    Elizabeth

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  37. i love the unexpected:) beautiful photos here -i need to catch up on your blog, anne!

    mary

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  38. Sweet inspiration! Love it! Have a blessed day dear Anne! HUGS!

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  39. Inspiring photo! You are really "goin' to town" with your new camera!

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  40. Hi Anne! You are getting some great use with that new camera! Lookin' good! Regarding Live Writer that Jodie recommended..it seems a little more user friendly than posting directly in blogger. It archives your posts easily if you need to correct them, you can specify a time you want the post to be published, more available fonts and has a lot of the font controls like Microsoft Word. I haven't used it much, just a few posts, but it was easy to use. (I need all the help I can get!)

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  41. Some chairs seem to have more personality than others, and even though this one is great by itself, you made it shine with the delicate rose art! My inspiration today was dirt (aka potting soil) so I potted up some flowers and herbs. I've never seen a Texas sunset, but they've gotta be big!
    Blessing,
    Laurie

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  42. I always enjoy reading your blog and I love the pictures that you post. Your picture combination is so pretty. Thank you for sharing your talent. Your Missouri Friend.

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  43. This comment has very little to do with your beautiful post......just wanted to let you know how very much I have enjoyed my time in the beautiful hill country. Texas is one of the friendliest in the lower 48.

    I know we'll be back.

    Hugs,Jo

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  44. Such beautiful pictures inspired by a sunset Anne, I love them:) Wishing you a wonderful week sweet girl ~ Tina xx

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  45. Just beautiful, Anne. I hope you had a great weekend too!

    Love,
    Sheila

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  46. What an absolutely beautiful chair! Thank you for stopping by Ada & Darcy too ! xx

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  47. A lovely photo shoot indeed! I enjoy the aged beauty of that chair very much.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and the compliments on my guest room reno!

    xo
    Naomi

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  48. Hi Anne!
    I love that bentwood chair, just gorgeous. Great photos, I love the light in the last photo especially. Your blog is great, I look forward to following!
    Janice

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  49. What a beautiful blog,even more so because you did it all yourself! Glad my tips could help! :)

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  50. Very nice, very very nice...I will be taking my camera out for the day soon in search of some inspirational places to hopefully capture some great pics.

    Enjoy the day!

    Hugs,
    Adrienne

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  51. Well there's an empty cereal bowl to my left, and a Canon photo printer to my right...

    Haha! Just kidding.

    Adorable photos! Love that chair.

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  52. My little TEXAS ROSE, why oh why do YOU need any photo classes? Your pictures continue to amaze and inspire me! I hope that you had a weekend as beautiful as this picture! xx P&H

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  53. Is that a plate? It is so pretty and it looks like Italian china.

    Have a great day!
    Pamela xo

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  54. Rustydiva24 May, 2010

    Great pics! You make something so simple look beautiful Anne. You really need to take that magic camera and your magic talent and get some shots of our gorgeous Texas sunsets for those folks that "don't live in these parts". (said in low gruff cowboy voice) I would love to see them though your eyes.
    K

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  55. Anonymous24 May, 2010

    Hi Anne! I have a thing for small chairs so you know I'm loving this! Oh how I love your state of Texas too. Two of my best friends live in the Woodlands (such a pretty area). My sister and I have made the last two Round Top shows and are now wishing we lived closer :) Maybe we can meet up soon. xoxox Susie

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  56. Happy Monday!! love that chair with little bit of pink sneaking out!! ahh the beauty you can find behind the lens is sometimes quite surprising! xo

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  57. ... I'm on overload ... better link over for a nada farm peek!

    (piles of bills to my right and syrup on the counter to my left)

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  58. Hi Anne! Thanks for stopping by my blog and saying hi! :) That was so sweet of you!

    It's so hilarious that all of us 'blogging sisters' out here must -- at all times to be sure! - have our cameras firmly in hand, our 'radar' going for another great photo op, and the best thing? -- We always see beauty in everything we look at as well as story to go along with it.

    I guess that's what makes this blogging adventure so much fun! I am SO loving floating in and out of all my 'sisters' sites and nabbing/sharing thoughts and ideas.

    Have a great day - and I'm looking forward to seeing more from you!

    Hugs ~

    laurie@heavenswalk

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  59. I'm always happpy when I visit your blog.
    Happy week ahead,
    Rosemary

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  60. beautiful Anne! I am so glad to be back on my computer to come say hi to you!!

    I see you are well and just as lovely

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  61. Hey Anne...so much beauty in this post. Simple things are so beautiful aren't they?

    Have fun taking your breather...love the pic to match that post!

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  62. I was looking at your LOVE IT list on the side. I should hang with you & watch some REALLY BAD reality TV. I love it too :)

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  63. You´ve got a lovely blog.
    I enjoyed looking in it
    Maria

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  64. That's beautiful!!!!

    My Show n Tell is my antiques...scroll down below the museum entry I have today if you decide to pay me a visit.

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  65. Love the bentwood chair painted white! I have 4 I would love to paint, just do not have the nerve (or time) yet. =)

    blessings

    barbara jean

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  66. How adorable and nice unexpected photo shoot! Love that chair!

    Donna

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