Happy, Happy Friday, Folks!
Has it been a week already? Wowza! Time flies when you’re having fun.
This series is all about the pictures, so without further chit chat, the 2nd installment of
Pics of the Week!
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GOOD FORTUNE! (…IN A COOKIE, ANYWAY)
My mother ordered Chinese food, and I grabbed a fortune cookie. This was it. I choose to ignore that every March/April, I dream of being on a sinking ship (no plans to hop on a cruise, mind you ;P). Instead, I am grateful and elated that a couple of my lifelong dreams (those of a most splendid nature!) seem to be lining up nicely. And why wouldn’t they? Apparently, that is my destiny 
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BLACK AND WHITE DAHLIA
Natural beauty at its best. Perfect in every detail.
Exquisite.
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IF DOGS COULD READ…
Apparently they can in North Vancouver…and are bilingual to boot.
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TULIP SKIRT
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“I’LL HAVE A SMALL, GREEN CAR, IF YOU PEAS”
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GOODBYE, MS. RICH.
IT’S BEEN SWELL.
Couldn’t let this week pass without a final honouring of the inimitable woman and poet, Adrienne Rich, who passed away, at 82, on Tuesday, March 29 (see my tribute). Here she sits at Harvard, young, vibrant and brimming with all of her glorious potential. Much thanks, Ms. Rich…When I grow up, I want to be just like you.
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Fortune cookie image courtesy of Moi, Zen and Genki
Black and White Dahlia image courtesy of Cee Neuner
Attention Dog Guardians image courtesy of dullhunk
Tulip Skirt image courtesy of hongkiat.com
Funny Little Green Ball Car image courtesy of musclecars.faketrix.com
Adrienne Rich at Harvard image courtesy of the Harvard University, Radcliffe Archives
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If you liked this post, you may also enjoy: Pics of the Week 1: Magnolia Buds, Eggplant Shoes, Regrowth, Sea of Stars… and the Force
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What a lovely set of pictures. I think Tulip Skirt & Dahlia are my faves.
I’m partial to the Tulip Skirt myself
Thanks for stopping by, Milton!
love that cute little car – i’d like to have one like that, only then when I drove badly I’d be too recognisable!
All of these are fantastic! Love that tulip skirt, very cool photo.
Happy to hear you enjoyed the post! (Tulip’s my fave too
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Love it!!!!
Glad you liked them!
The dahlia took my breath away.
As it did mine, the first time I saw it -it’s pretty stunning
Great pics, love the dog sign, how funny Im sure all the dogs understand. Love the ballerina and flower as a skirt, beautiful. Cheers Callie
Thanks, Callie! You know what would be hilarious? If the dogs were finally thinking, “WOW, someone actually gets it – and made us a sign! How considerate!”
) Thanks for popping in!
Love these…every single one speaks to me in it’s own special way…
That’s a wonderful way of putting it
Me too.
Great pictures. I was trying to pick my favorite, but they are all equally unique and interesting.
Well, that is wonderful to hear
So nice to see you 
anne
I pinned the car photograph and i found out that 84 people had repinned the same. I was really astounded when i started receiving endless mails from pinterest detailing who had repinned my post. On esingle mail contained 43 names. Wow That was nice and my THANKS to you.
Well, that’s just about the niftiest thing I’ve heard all day! Talk about domino effect! Thank YOU so much for taking the time to come on over here to let me know. Made my evening (and made me smile
) Have a lovely week, Nadavu 
Imaginative and brilliant!
Loved the pics!
Thank you, Roshni!
great shots love the little green car
Thanks, Polly
My favorites are the Dahlia and Tulip Skirt. I love flowers because they are so perfect in their own unique way.
Agree 100%, Alex! I think they were my favs too
Cute post and love the green pea car..
Cute blog, will follow
Thanks so much, Jenny! Will check your blog out shortly!
Your welcome and thank you!!
Happy weekend!
These made me smile.
Glad to hear it! That made me smile too
wonderful!
Thanks!
“Look for the dream that keeps coming back to you. It is your destiny”
Cannot tell you how much this message touched me!
Oh, I’m so glad! One of the better fortune cookies I’ve ever had the pleasure of finding
Hi,
I love the photos, they are very well done, the black and white flower is gorgeous.
Thank You very much for visiting my blog and taking the time to comment.
Thank YOU! The black dahlia photo was taken by Cee Neuner (her website’s linked in the image credits) – her site’s got lots of goodies, but that was my fav too
Warm ans smiling photos.
That’s what I was shooting for- happy to hear they made you smile today
Reblogged this on Cee's Life Photography Blog and commented:
Zen and Genki used one of my dahlias in their blog for today. Check it out and other great photos for the week that they found!! ENJOY!
Love! Thanks!
I love the fortunate cookie, tulip skirt and dog sign…actually they are all great. Also thanks so much for using one of my photos. I’m totally thrilled and honored!
Hi Cee!
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks so much for the dahlia pic – as you can see it’s gone over quite well! Many kudos to your fine eye and sure shot! Such a pleasure “working” with you–looking to doing more of it in the future!
Love these!!
especially the dog sign and tulip skirt.
Thanks, Claudia!
beautiful pictures, espI loved the littlt green and tulip skirt. Thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks for lovin’
So happy the little green car seems to have struck a chord in people–I thought it was pretty awesome!
Lovely post! Love that little pea car! Hehe!
I’m glad! I was partial to that one myself! (Think you could fit a baby seat in the back? ;P)
Love the fortune cookie truth. I will add to it a quote I recently read: ” Never let your past harm your future. Your past can’t be altered and your future doesn’t deserve the punishment.” ~ Unknown
And of course as always I love your selection of pictures and commentary. You have an eye for beauty, wisdom, humour and profoundity. Keep ‘em coming.
Great quote, Shells
Thank you, as always, for your kind words…you make me happy to “keep ‘em coming”!