2018 Sunday challenge

Don't Worry, Be Happy :-) Here is a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don't worry be happy In every life we have some trouble When you worry you make it double Don't worry, be happy...... From the Movie "Cocktails" Performed by Bobby McFerrin www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU The Sunday Challenge Letters U R K (In the context of this group "to URK" is to kind of complain about something, or be unhappy about doing something.) Letters from pngtree, with my background(2017) and balloons :-) Composite image created 9th June 2018.

It's hard to imagine now, but at the beginning of the 19th century Christmas was hardly celebrated. Many businesses did not even consider it a holiday. However by the end of the century it had become the biggest annual celebration and took on the form that we recognise today. The transformation happened quickly, and came from all sectors of society. Many attribute the change to Queen Victoria, and it was her marriage to the German-born Prince Albert that introduced some of the most prominent aspects of Christmas. In 1848 the Illustrated London News published a drawing of the royal family celebrating around a decorated Christmas tree, a tradition that was reminiscent of Prince Albert's childhood in Germany. Soon every home in Britain had a tree bedecked with candles, sweets, fruit, homemade decorations and small gifts. In 1843 Henry Cole commissioned an artist to design a card for Christmas. The illustration showed a group of people around a dinner table and a Christmas message. At one shilling each, these were pricey for ordinary Victorians and so were not immediately accessible. However the sentiment caught on and many children - Queen Victoria's included – were encouraged to make their own Christmas cards. bbc.co.uk/victorianchristmas/history.shtml Sir Henry Cole was a senior civil servant who had helped set up the new ‘Public Record Office’ (now called the Post Office), where he was an assistant keeper, and wondered how it could be used more by ordinary people. TSC Traditions

TSC end... of challenges in 2017 Explored

Peregian Beach, Pacific Ocean, Queensland. TSC Take a photograph from behind the subject you are photographing. Explored

TSC Worm's eye view Explored

2022 HFF :-) Sunday challenge... Favourite archive shot and why. 2018 - Our own garden design in Queensland. 2022 - We now live in New South Wales. . We had the posts concreted in by a landscaper, then we created our own fence. Meanwhile the crepe myrtles I planted earlier grew and blossomed. Now in December 2018, flowering again...

TSC Everyday object abstracted. Original in note. Explored

Queensland TSC contrasting colours Explored

Australian Magpie TSC black & white Explored

TSC Make your own rainbow Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet Explored

TSC flames/fire Explored

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Noosa Marina TSC Knots Explored

Last night, in Queensland TSC Healing powers Explored

Arrival at Main Beach, Noosa, Laguna Bay, Queensland. I took this photo from the deck of the Noosa Surf Club. Photos of the Queen's Baton in comments :-) 38 Noosa residents took part in history as relay runners for the 2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton. The motif was carried 7km through town, with community parties celebrating its departure from Tewantin, and its arrival at Noosa Main Beach. noosanews.com.au/news/noosa-ready-to-be-a-part-of-games-history/3354564/ TSC Mirroring... I used PicMonkey through ipernity.

Sunday challenge ...your challenge this week: ALUMINUM FOIL in whatever way you wish to use it. (as a background, crumpled, twisted, flat, make use of your creativity) Archive in note. Black Swans are widespread throughout much of Australia, and occur wherever there is a wetland, from river estuaries, bays and great lakes to inundated pasture and water-meadows. In some places, where the wetlands are permanent, Black Swans are sedentary, remaining throughout the year. However, where the wetlands dry out for part of the year, swans are forced to disperse over wide distances in search of suitable water, and have even been recorded swimming in isolated waterholes surrounded by vast tracts of arid stony desert. Explored

Taken for International Earth Day. Earth Day 2018 - April 22 - to help end plastic pollution. Plastic is threatening our planet's survival, from poisoning and injuring marine life to disrupting human hormones, from littering our beaches and landscapes to clogging our streams and landfills. Together, we can make a difference. earthday.org

TSC Inspired by an Artwork ... Man in a Bowler Hat, 1964 by Rene Magritte www.renemagritte.org/man-in-a-bowler-hat.jsp My husband graciously acted as the model, and the seagull is extracted from a photo taken in 2013, in notes