Happy 2014: Where Love Lives

Happy New Year
Happy Birthday 2014

May this coming year bring you Love, Happiness, Good Health & Prosperity, and above all love



PS It is NOT my birthday!! 

So sorry once again Facebook has announced to the world it is. If only the darn thing would let me change it. But never mind. Lucky for me every New Year I receive all your lovely kind thoughts and best wishes on my 'fake birthday'. Maybe I should just enjoy the attention though I always feel a little guilty. So again, thank you so much and I'm sending you all love for a FABULOUS 2014

This has been another Ruby Time Production©

Artwork from original photography: [beingRuby©] 

Location: Where Love Lives

To The Moon Alice: July 2011

I'M LATE

... I'm Late Late Late For My Moon Post .. 

Perhaps it's the world of indecision I'm living in at present.. or just the fact the moon is hiding behind rain clouds .. but  either way I'm late for the Full Moon which was TWO DAYS AGO ...   Heaven Forbid!!! The world is going to come to an end... !!! The biorhythms of blogland will be out of balance.. A tilt has been detected... So I will correct the imbalance 'tout de suite' by putting a bit of pink in my think with a lack of blue in my view!!!  by bringing you 'Pink By The Bay' to brighten up your day!!

All the above shots were taken at twilight along the bay where I live..  and yes, these are the actual colours... Pink Seas, Pink Skies and a little lavender to please the eye...  Lucky for me I get to see this in the flesh.. I wish though.. that I could see this from my window.. because I am greedy!!! and I want it all!!! I'm tired of second best and want the world laid out at my feet for my choosing !!! [Ok getting carried away now]

In the spirit of pinking up the world and chasing the blues away.. 

I've given the Blue Lady a little Pink makeover.. 

I think she likes it!!.. 

She looks pretty darn happy to me.. 

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and ....

 Put A Bit Of Pink In Your Think

Thanks for indulging my need for Pink

We will be returning to Le Tour Coverage next post...

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS:

Moon & Bay Images: [beingRuby©]

Blue Lady/Pink Lady: alterations [beingRuby©]

original painting found at Soulful Adornments

Sea & Roses

Arrivederci Rosa

Well summer's almost at and end here in Sydney... the day's are becoming cooler, the air has that crisp edge and the sun has shifted to the north..  signaling the change of season and casting deeper shadows across my path. Already I find myself chasing the daylight to take shots, of what I suspect will be the last roses of the season.. Just a few pink blooms and a little fun with photoshop.. creating different moods and hues from the same batch.. This way I can trick myself into thinking there are more.. that the abundance of summer is still with me.. and the scarcity of winter is only a passing thought.

Summer's last hooray has me craving full bodied colours. The vibrant pinks of the rose and the deep moody blues of the sea  .. Happy partners in my make believe season, a celebration of summers gifts.

Have a lovely week everyone 

And enjoy the fruits of the season... whether that be the last of summer here in the south of the planet.. 

... or the celebration of spring for our northern neighbours ... 

I'm linking up with  Good Life Wednesday Hosted by the lovely Sarah from A Beach Cottage

A place to celebrate the good things in life

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS

All photography, text and artwork [beingRuby©]

EMBRACING IMPERFECTION

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This was going to be a post about my little Penguins!! Penguin Books that is.. but as you can see the roses took over... I don't mind their imperfect, slightly mangled look.. they still smell just as sweet, so I have decided to embrace their imperfection.. The irony is ... I couldn't decide which imperfect image of imperfect roses to post.. So I posted them all!!

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I'll bring you more of these book covers in a later post.. but for now.. as it is Sunday [and the noisy neighbours are making me bonkers!!! AGAIN!!! ] and the sun is finally shining in old Sydney Town.. I'm going to go out to smell the roses!!

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IMAGE SOURCE:

Text & Photography by Being Ruby©

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Myopia Utopia or Focus Pocus

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Myopia Utopia or Focus Pocus

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This weeks photo challenge over at Chania's blog Razmataz was to 'Get up close to your subject'... To play with the blur that exists in up close shots. Sounds like a perfect assignment for a myopically challenged individual like me.. My whole world has blurred edges and indistinct backgrounds.. and lately some of the reverse.

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The first shot is clearly not clear at all.. Neither foreground, nor background is in focus.. but being an outcast of perfection, I love it all the more.. The overall blurry effect appeals to me on some psychobabble level.. A haven of blur in the sharp reality of existence.. [or .. I just find it pretty] ... And.. it's a bit like my eyesight at present..

... neither here nor there!! ...

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A Bit of Focus Pocus

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Oh... here we are back with my lightbulb obsession.

Yes this shot clearly meets the challenge requirements, but ... a tad boring?

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A little cheating and voila!

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Have a fun weekend everyone

And thanks Chania for keeping me focussed!

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And thanks everyone for your continued visits and kind comments.. My internet took a vacation last week and forgot to take me along! Hopefully this week will be better although I think I've been saying that a while now? Non?

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IMAGE SOURCE:

All text & photography by me - [Being Ruby©]

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Post Updated For Katherine!

[see comments]

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[Please: No-one ask me to take a shot whilst jumping off the gap!]

[and can someone lead me to my retinas I seem to have misplaced them after this shot]

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Ode To Spring: Come Back We Love You!

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Spring Is On My Doorstep

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Bye Bye Winter

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Hello Spring

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... You are finally here my friend...

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Not just a favourite season.. but also a frame of mind..The flowers know it is spring....everywhere I look spring is blossoming out all over... and with that comes the feeling of excitement and renewal ... new growth... new adventures... new hope... ... a clean slate!!! and the world coming alive with colour!! ... Even the weather has changed on cue!! Longer days & warm breezes heralding springtime....I've gone to sleep in winter.. and woken with the spring!!!

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Time to spread my wings and dream a little dream. To make like a butterfly and flit from flower to flower... to swim in the salty goodness of the sea and cleanse my body and spirit... to be a wild thing.... and run bare footed in the fields... To dream a little dream.....

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... Thank you spring.. You have come back into my life ...

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To all my readers in these great southern lands

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Happy Spring!

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[photography & artwork by me - beingRuby©]

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Spring Has Stage Fright

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THE DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES: It seems spring its a little shy... September 1 she burst onto the stage, adorned with blossoms and sunshine.. Her opening number of warm breezes and bird song was a huge success... The crowds cheered and adored her with a standing ovation, thrilled to witness this long awaited spectacle.. And then.... as the sun set on the first performance, she hid under the protective cloak of mother winter... Seems stage fright had set in.. The bright spotlight sun had dazzled and confused her.. Spring is missing and hasn't returned for her second act.. I'm sure she'll be back... Sure it was just first day jitters... So my post today is for you dear Spring.. Sweet child of the seasons... Don't be afraid.. we loved you from our first sighting and know you will be a tremendous success.... Come back little spring.. your faithful bird friends and loving audience await you!!!

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Thank You Fabulous Readers and Followers

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Thanks to everyone for your continued support ... and hi out there to new followers!!!!

The 'Julies' thank you all for your fabulous response to the giveaway and wish you all good luck with the draw.. and if you haven't had a chance to enter yet ...Just click on the button below

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entry is open till midnight Friday 10th September [sydney time]

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IMAGE SOURCE:

All Text, Photography & Artwork by me - [Being Ruby©]

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THIS HAS BEEN ANOTHER RUBY TIME PRODUCTION:

Produced in association with: 'Spring', The Colour 'Pink' and 'MAC in the box'

'Spring Blossoms' prefer to stay at Ritz Carlton during production shoots

[Ruby would prefer to stay at the Ritz Carlton too!]

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'Spring Blossoms' and are;

Dressed by: Nature

Footwear by: Mother Earth

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