Expect the unexpected

I’ve probably discussed this before, but when it keeps happening then you talk about it again. It can be a learning experience. We don’t know what the future holds and certainly not day to day. We just have to take things as they come and deal with them the best that we can. For some of us it can feel like dejavu all over.
Yesterday I was talking with someone that is part of the evacuation preparedness program. The city has employees that are part of a first responders group. They will work with EMS, firefighters and the coast guard in the event of a hurricane. As most of us know we can practice and be told things in advance, but no matter how much we prepare when it is time for the actual event we are not always as calm and collected.

Our personal lives can do the same thing. Once our parents took care of us and many people are finding themselves having to care for their parents or other elderly relatives. Every situation is different, but it still means a change in the way you do things.
In some cases it’s a new person in your home. Both parties then have to adjust. Everyone has to feel comfortable.

Life has been divided up for us in phases, but they don’t effect us all the same way. We are all children, but some of us have to grow up faster than others. There are the teens years, where it’s the greatest time of your life and for others it is the most miserable time. Once you become an adult things change for some of us and others just keep on living the way they always have. Some people get a formal education and get degrees and others take another route. Some people are just more focused than others. They have goals, an agenda in life if you will.

Just because you become a person of a certain age doesn’t mean you have to stop doing certain things if you can still enjoy them. Despite the reports that more people are obese, there are quite a few older people who aren’t and they are living longer. There is a certain mind set that goes along with keeping oneself healthy. In order to do that one has to be happy with where they are in their life. You have to want to see another day. You want to see your family, see your dreams come true. You just can’t give up. Of course those words are easy to say because when you’re actually in a situation it all changes.



Taking it one day at a time and keeping the faith.

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Coming Up: Thoughts from an Artist Part 2, What happens next?(Army Corps Eng), Cutting back, Entering contests, Selling Stuff,

Arranging and framing photographs.

This is a shot of a rainbow inside a fountain at City Park's Popps Fountain in New Orleans. It's currently going through some renovations. I've used this location for several photo shoots.

So many people have photographs and it can be overwhelming and expensive to put them into frames. You have to decide which type of frame you want to get. One to hang on the wall or a table top frame. That decision can be made by the size of the picture. Anything larger than 8 x 10 should be hung on the wall. The same style of frame in different sizes can work as well as different colors. If color isn’t your thing then go with basic black, silver or gold.

You have to do what makes you comfortable. You don’t want the wall or table to feel cluttered. Using the same types of frames even in different sizes is a great solution when trying to decide on a frame. Once you have the frame you need to decide on the image that will go inside the frame and then decide on the matting. Matting is used so that the image doesn’t touch the glass. Should there be moisture the image could stick to the frame when it dries and if you try to remove the picture it could rip.

If you chose a colorless frame, then you could go with colored matting. The matting can match something in the picture or you could match the décor in the room. It allows you to express who you are.



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