Showing posts with label photos of kenya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photos of kenya. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

I'm Back to Wish You a Merry Christmas

Welcome to Rhonda who became my 51st follower.
 
After a long break from blogging I'm happy to pop in and say "hello" and "Merry Christmas" to my readers. I  did not plan on being away so long and meant to post some blogs while I was on holiday in Kenya.  However, I had limited time for blogging as  most of you will understand. Then when I did have time to blog, the power did not cooperate.

I've been home for a week now.  I had hoped to log on and blog a bit sooner but despite taking two cameras and three memory cards with me on holiday,  I had no access to photos!  After several false starts to recover the photos, I did at last find a reasonable digital photo recovery program and have recovered at least half of my photos.  I lost a second memory card,and so those images will forever be lost to me.

If any of you ever find yourself in a similar situation, I can recommend the reasonably priced "Digital Photo Recovery (DPR)" software. It allows you to download a demo program before you purchase and enables you to preview how many of your photos are recoverable. Also the recovery program doesn't modify or overwrite your original data. I tried several free programs (File Scavenger, Recuver and some others), including those with demo capabilities before purchasing DRP software.  None of the other programs recovered anywhere near the photos I had taken.  Even the DPR program did not recover many of my  photos but enough were saved to make me feel that some of my holiday memories were captured.  Now enough about photo recovery.

The main purpose of this post was to say "I'm back" and "I missed blogging - a little". But mostly I wanted to send you the very warmest wishes of the Christmas season.

This tree is located in Schipol Airport, Amsterdam. I like the theme of red and gold decorations.

An African Christmas card.

May you all have a safe and blessed Christmas season.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

My World Tuesday ~ Inspirations

I felt like some inspirational words today.These are a few of my favourite quotes and inspirational thoughts, as well as some new ones I've recently read. I've interspersed them with some beautiful scenes of my beloved Kenya which you can click on to enlarge.

The truth shall make you free. -- John 8:32

Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing. -- Sir Winston Churchill

Life isn't easy for any of us. It is up to us to be cheerful and strong, so others may draw strength from us. -- Rose Kennedy

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning. -- Lamentations 3:22-23

[En route to Lake Naivasha, Kenya.]

It isn't what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart. -- Unknown

Be a blessing to someone today -- Proverbs 11:25

If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. -- Arabian Proverb 

Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others? -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. -- Thomas Jefferson

Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man how to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime. -- Ancient Proverb

He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner. -- Benjamin Franklin

 [Overlooking Lake Naivasha, Kenya.]

A politician thinks of the next election - a statesman, of the next generation. -- James Freeman Clarke

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished? -- Lee Iacocca

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. -- Zig Ziglar

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place. -- Nora Roberts

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -- Mark Twain

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know; the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.  -- Abert Schweitzer

Reflect upon your blessings, of which every man has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. -- Charles Dickens

[Naivasha Golf & Country Club grounds.]

When we hurt each other we should write it down in the sand, so the winds of forgiveness can make it go away for good. When we help each other we should chisel it in stone, lest we never forget the love of a friend. -- Christian H. Godefroy

Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. -- 1 John 3:18 NRSV

No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. -- Mary Kay Ash

If you're sincere, praise is effective. If you're insincere, it's manipulative. -- Zig Ziglar

Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they're on the same side. -- Zig Ziglar


Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.--  Leo Buscaglia

You were united to your wife by the Lord. In God's wise plan, when you married, the two of you became one person in his sight. -- Malachi 2:15

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams.-- Dr. Jonas Salk

If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.  -- Chinese Proverb

[Birds singing on my patio "spring is here".]

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self. -- Aristotle

He who is filled with love is filled with God himself. -- Saint Augustine
 [Photo credit: Edit Free Zone]
 

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