No Picking Allowed!

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For #floralfriday  
Of course you can't pick them!  It's our state flower… the California Poppy.

I never get tired of seeing these pop up all over the Napa Valley in early March. It means that our brutal winter weather is headed out…
(ok, perhaps brutal isn't quite the right word… we hit 80 degrees in the valley today..)

Floral Friday is curated by: +Tamara Pruessner, +Beth Akerman, +Eustace James, and +Kiki Nelson.

#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Jim Warthman +Kevin Rowe +Johan Peijnenburg +David Heath Williams +Tom Hierl +Carolyn Lim +Tom Sloan +Howard L. Smith +Kai Kosonen +Tony Heyward +Sheila B. DuBois +Sandra Brown +Vishal Kumar +Toshi Nakamura +David Pilasky

#hqsplandscape , +HQSP Landscape curated by +Michael Garza +Nader El Assy +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Luca Ferroglio +midori chan +Craig Loxley +Rob Tilley

#floralphotography  

No Picking Allowed!
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For #floralfriday
Of course you can’t pick them!  It’s our state flower… the California Poppy.

I never get tired of seeing these pop up all over the Napa Valley in early March. It means that our brutal winter weather is headed out…
(ok, perhaps brutal isn’t quite the right word… we hit 80 degrees in the valley today..)

Floral Friday is curated by: +Tamara Pruessner, +Beth Akerman, +Eustace James, and +Kiki Nelson.

#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Jim Warthman +Kevin Rowe +Johan Peijnenburg +David Heath Williams +Tom Hierl +Carolyn Lim +Tom Sloan +Howard L. Smith +Kai Kosonen +Tony Heyward +Sheila B. DuBois +Sandra Brown +Vishal Kumar +Toshi Nakamura +David Pilasky

#hqsplandscape , +HQSP Landscape curated by +Michael Garza +Nader El Assy +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Luca Ferroglio +midori chan +Craig Loxley +Rob Tilley

#floralphotography  

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Sentinel in the Mist

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 For #treetuesday ,  I just love my backyard redwood  tree…. it's right outside my home-office window, and catches my gaze whenever I'm pondering the deeper things of life…

#TreeTuesday ( +Tree Tuesday )  Curated by +Christina Lawrie ,  +Shannon S. Myers , +Allan Cabrera , +Ralph Mendoza and +Kim Troutman

#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Jim Warthman +Kevin Rowe +Johan Peijnenburg +David Heath Williams +Tom Hierl +Carolyn Lim +Tom Sloan +Howard L. Smith +Kai Kosonen +Tony Heyward +Sheila B. DuBois +Sandra Brown +Vishal Kumar +Toshi Nakamura +David Pilasky

#hqsplandscape , +HQSP Landscape curated by +Michael Garza +Nader El Assy +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Luca Ferroglio +midori chan +Craig Loxley +Rob Tilley

Sentinel in the Mist

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Better Late than Never

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Here in the Napa Valley, we usually get the wild mustard blossoms carpeting the dormant vineyards in late January… This year, due to the lack of rain until February, things are coming in a bit late… 
  Now all we need is a couple of days of sunshine to get our full-scale yellow overload!

#floralfriday   +FloralFriday theme was created by +Tamara Pruessner and is co-curated by +Beth Akerman, +Kiki Nelson, and +Eustace James.

#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Jim Warthman +Kevin Rowe +Johan Peijnenburg +David Heath Williams +Tom Hierl +Carolyn Lim +Tom Sloan +Howard L. Smith +Kai Kosonen +Tony Heyward +Sheila B. DuBois +Sandra Brown +Vishal Kumar +Toshi Nakamura +David Pilasky

#hqsplandscape , +HQSP Landscape curated by +Hallie Guilfoyle +Michael Garza +Nader El Assy +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Luca Ferroglio +midori chan

Better Late than Never
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Here in the Napa Valley, we usually get the wild mustard blossoms carpeting the dormant vineyards in late January… This year, due to the lack of rain until February, things are coming in a bit late…
Now all we need is a couple of days of sunshine to get our full-scale yellow overload!

#floralfriday   +FloralFriday theme was created by +Tamara Pruessner and is co-curated by +Beth Akerman, +Kiki Nelson, and +Eustace James.

#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Jim Warthman +Kevin Rowe +Johan Peijnenburg +David Heath Williams +Tom Hierl +Carolyn Lim +Tom Sloan +Howard L. Smith +Kai Kosonen +Tony Heyward +Sheila B. DuBois +Sandra Brown +Vishal Kumar +Toshi Nakamura +David Pilasky

#hqsplandscape , +HQSP Landscape curated by +Hallie Guilfoyle +Michael Garza +Nader El Assy +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Luca Ferroglio +midori chan

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Vikingsholm Between the Storms

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This 38-room mansion was built in the 1920s at the edge of Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California.
As the approaching storm was kicking up brisk winds, and snow began to fall, we took the mile-long trek down the trail from the parking area above and enjoyed our own private views of the bay and this stately old home. I doubt the weather would have allowed us to make the trip tomorrow.

#landscapephotography  curated by  +Margaret Tompkins 

  #hqsparchitecture  +HQSP Architecture +Carlos Montes +Valesa Diamontes & +Jean-Noel Nicolas 

#laketahoe   #emeraldbay  

Vikingsholm Between the Storms
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This 38-room mansion was built in the 1920s at the edge of Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California.
As the approaching storm was kicking up brisk winds, and snow began to fall, we took the mile-long trek down the trail from the parking area above and enjoyed our own private views of the bay and this stately old home. I doubt the weather would have allowed us to make the trip tomorrow.

#landscapephotography  curated by  +Margaret Tompkins 

#hqsparchitecture  +HQSP Architecture  curated by +Carlos Montes +Valesa Diamontes 

#laketahoe   #emeraldbay  

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Flocked for a Fleeting Moment

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We don't often get snow here on our little hill above the Napa Valley, but I enjoyed the short-lived flocking of the remaining dead leaves clinging to my neighbor's Japanese Maple tree yesterday eve… but all was melted away by morning.

#TreeTuesday ( +Tree Tuesday )  Curated by +Christina Lawrie ,  +Shannon S. Myers , +Allan Cabrera , +Ralph Mendoza and +Kim Troutman

#landscapephotography  +Margaret Tompkins 

Snow-Dusted Maple

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Prime Rib & Mud Pie $17.99

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I take a lot of weekend trips, but am too tied up with travel and "busyness" that I don't get a chance to shoot…except…
…Out the Hotel Window…
Anyone know where I am?

#landscapephotography  

Prime Rib & Mud Pie $17.99
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I take a lot of weekend trips, but am too tied up with travel and “busyness” that I don’t get a chance to shoot…except…
…Out the Hotel Window…
Anyone know where I am?

#landscapephotography  

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How's Your Vision?

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This is a lovely photo from +Robin Griggs Wood, but even more important is the text!
Take a couple of minutes to read this… don't just keep floating wherever life takes you…
  This is not my photo… please comment on +Robin Griggs Wood's post.

Reshared post from +Robin Griggs Wood

Revealing Your Vision

Do you have a vision for your life? What is it? Do you actually know?

What is "vision"––you know, when we're not talking about something which might involve your optometrist?
The definition of "vision" I'm talking about is:
"The ability to visualize, think about or plan the future."

So, back to: Do you know what your vision is?

If you don't, I can at least tell you what your vision was yesterday, a month ago, a year ago.

Ready?

You're sitting in it right now.

Yep, that's right.

The course, direction, circumstance of your life, as it is right this very minute, is the vision you've been working on. It's the one you've been holding in your mind and it's manifesting itself today.

Do you want to change that?

Here's the how-to. 
First, think about what you want to have or do.

Next, write out a list with those aspirations on it leaving enough space on the side of each to write the obstacles preventing you from getting them. Those items next to your goals will be anything that is not contributing to, or is destroying, what you want to have in life. Include all the things that are stealing your attention, making you angry, sad, nervous or distracted. Include in the first column on the list the things you would be doing "if only __". Include all the "if only"s at the side of each of those, too. Be honest and be as thorough as you can.

As you are writing out your list, notice that everything that you've written to the side of your goals is what you are putting your focus on instead of your goals. Those things are your current "vision" for your life; they are what you are thinking about instead of the vision you really want.

It should be easier to see your vision for your life now, once you weed out the stuff that isn't part of your vision.

The cool thing is, every one of those things you wrote on the side of your goals is an actionable item.
You can actually do something about each one of them. Once you do the actionable item, you don't need to have your focus on it anymore.
Some of them you can even toss away completely! Things like too much web-surfing, horrifying news stories, TV or games that don't contribute to your vision.
(If one of those things you want to toss away is your mother-in-law, you're going to have to be clever about it, though … ;o7)

Don't think that all the FUN is going to go out of your life when you get rid of things that aren't contributing to your vision, just be sure to include "Enjoy life" on your list … :o))

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Love posting to themes? You might enjoy these great themes with excellent curators! Themes and hashtags are not necessarily about getting more attention, but are a valuable indexing method, which help others find relevant posts via clickable links as well as a great way to meet like-minded people. I tend to only promote those themes with active, caring curators.

#PortraitTuesday +PortraitTuesday with thanks to +Laura Balc and +Tana Teel 
#SeaTuesday with thanks to +Julia Anna Gospodarou and +Sea Tuesday

#BreakfastClub with huge thanks to +Gemma Costa and +Breakfast Club
+10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS / #10000photographersaroundtheworld  with thanks to +Robert SKREINER
#promotephotography with thanks to +Nikola Nikolski +Naghmeh Khadembashi +Gittan Beheydt +Milena Ilieva and +Promote Photography
#TheMagicOfLight  +The Magic of Light with thanks to +Ray Bilcliff

#LandscapePhotography with thanks to +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +Jim Warthman +David Heath Williams +Kevin Rowe and +Landscape Photography

#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos #hqsplandscapes #hqspportraits

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Please feel free to ask me,
if you would like any of my images 
available for print at robingriggswood.com

Revealing Your Vision

Do you have a vision for your life? What is it? Do you actually know?

What is “vision”––you know, when we’re not talking about something which might involve your optometrist?
The definition of “vision” I’m talking about is:
“The ability to visualize, think about or plan the future.”

So, back to: Do you know what your vision is?

If you don’t, I can at least tell you what your vision was yesterday, a month ago, a year ago.

Ready?

You’re sitting in it right now.

Yep, that’s right.

The course, direction, circumstance of your life, as it is right this very minute, is the vision you’ve been working on. It’s the one you’ve been holding in your mind and it’s manifesting itself today.

Do you want to change that?

Here’s the how-to.
First, think about what you want to have or do.

Next, write out a list with those aspirations on it leaving enough space on the side of each to write the obstacles preventing you from getting them. Those items next to your goals will be anything that is not contributing to, or is destroying, what you want to have in life. Include all the things that are stealing your attention, making you angry, sad, nervous or distracted. Include in the first column on the list the things you would be doing “if only __”. Include all the “if only”s at the side of each of those, too. Be honest and be as thorough as you can.

As you are writing out your list, notice that everything that you’ve written to the side of your goals is what you are putting your focus on instead of your goals. Those things are your current “vision” for your life; they are what you are thinking about instead of the vision you really want.

It should be easier to see your vision for your life now, once you weed out the stuff that isn’t part of your vision.

The cool thing is, every one of those things you wrote on the side of your goals is an actionable item.
You can actually do something about each one of them. Once you do the actionable item, you don’t need to have your focus on it anymore.
Some of them you can even toss away completely! Things like too much web-surfing, horrifying news stories, TV or games that don’t contribute to your vision.
(If one of those things you want to toss away is your mother-in-law, you’re going to have to be clever about it, though … ;o7)

Don’t think that all the FUN is going to go out of your life when you get rid of things that aren’t contributing to your vision, just be sure to include “Enjoy life” on your list … :o))

–––––
Love posting to themes? You might enjoy these great themes with excellent curators! Themes and hashtags are not necessarily about getting more attention, but are a valuable indexing method, which help others find relevant posts via clickable links as well as a great way to meet like-minded people. I tend to only promote those themes with active, caring curators.

#PortraitTuesday +10121585149280412897 with thanks to +Laura Balc and +Tana Teel 
#SeaTuesday with thanks to +Julia Anna Gospodarou and +Sea Tuesday

#BreakfastClub with huge thanks to +Gemma Costa and +Breakfast Club
+10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS / #10000photographersaroundtheworld  with thanks to +Robert SKREINER
#promotephotography with thanks to +Nikola Nikolski +Naghmeh Khadembashi +Gittan Beheydt +Milena Ilieva and +Promote Photography
#TheMagicOfLight  +The Magic of Light with thanks to +Ray Bilcliff

#LandscapePhotography with thanks to +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +Jim Warthman +David Heath Williams +Kevin Rowe and +Landscape Photography

#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos #hqsplandscapes #hqspportraits

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Please feel free to ask me,
if you would like any of my images
available for print at robingriggswood.com

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