Pictures - and a meme

"Heron Eclipse"

The words have been used up today. I did think of sharing a short story I've been messing with but, well, just but... Maybe another time, eh?

"Floral Notes"

Instead I'll share with you some dabblings from the digital darkroom and a meme-thingy which I found over at Rob's Inushuk Adventures some time ago. I've been saving it up for one of these "wordless" days. Feel free to do it if you haven't already.

It's the 100 Things I Have Done meme - the things I've done are in blue. Those which I haven't are in black.

I HAVE...

1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (I've jammed with friends but I'm not sure that counts)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower (no, but I've wished on many shooting stars ie meteors)
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightning at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb (I've held a cheetah cub, does that count?)
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (both)
31. Hit a home run (so long as Rounders counts!)
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language (we-ell, I've tried...)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (was born there and still live there...)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing (I always wonder how deep the sea has to be qualify to answer this sort of question - and I caught a great white, not a marlin...)
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (not to the top, only halfway up!)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud (you should have seen those mud pies!)
54. Gone to a drive-in
55. Been in a movie (does it count that I scripted and directed it and it was corporate video production and not a real movie?)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (does starting a small NGO count?)
58. Taken a martial arts class (I'm hoping to start Qi Gong soon, if that counts...)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (no, but I was a Girl Scout/Guide)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (no, but I have visited Yad Vashem the Jewish Memorial to Holocaust victims in Jerusalem)
67. Bounced a check/cheque
68. Flown in a helicopter (but I have flown in a light aircraft)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (never saw the point of that one)
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (not yet!)
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible (just the New Testament)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (do fish and shellfish count? If so, yes.)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (does saving my own life count?)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (no, but I've paddled in the Dead Sea!)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee (no, but I talk to bees and they sing to me...)
100. Ridden an elephant (no, but I've walked hand in trunk with an elephant!)

"Through Time"

And here's wishing all of you a very happy and loving Valentine's Day!