Recognizing another blogger's post on Swans

While I was looking for something on my blogger dashboard I ran across a neat site I hadn't visited for awhile and discovered there were some very neat swan photos and associated articles on some of the topics I wanted to pull together on swans at this link: http://dailyphotoisleofman.blogspot.com/2009/03/wing-tips-critters.html at a Blog called Ramsey Daily Photos by Babooshka Akhsoobab. The entry shows some swan wing tips and they are gorgeous. In addition if you read through her article there are some red links to other related swan postings. Babooshka is a very good writer. One of the links is a blog entry about swan songs and some description about what they mean and how they may relate to swans...try this direct link: http://dailyphotoisleofman.blogspot.com/2008/10/banking-its-no-swan-song-for-isle-of.html which also includes another wonderful photo of a swan spreading it's wings.....She is an incredible photographer and writer....wouldn't you agree?

Ahh, they say there is nothing new under the sun...yes, it looks as if she has done the Swan blog gallery in her way by linking to several postings. My approach will be a little different in that I will have a photo of a forest path breaking into a three pronged fork in the path..( still need to actually find the path and take the photo...but I know it exists somewhere....LOL). This entry will lead into the three gallerias:

-The Lost Lagoon

- The Glass Menagerie

- The Swan garden planters

My goal as mentioned before will be in each entryway for there to be signs and paths to take you to the original creations, the colorful pop art spinoffs, the cartoon art posters, possible glitter and animated creations or slide shows and billboards with poems or quotes....with a secret window allowing you to look back to the beginning if you would like to take a different path with a different focus.

Several years ago shortly after graduating from college I was very engaged into making stained glass creations but decided to quit doing work on them for various reasons. During that time, I did produce a stained glass swimming swans leaded glass window which I still own. The enclosed photo below is a snapshot of the window with light shining behind it to give it that glowing look.

This was an interesting time of my life and I made several stained glass planter boxes and a few windows. Also some smaller hanging objects. The last project was a hummingbird window which I ended up hiring someone else to finish. I'll be saving that for my hummingbird galleria..:)

Others' works inspire me. I don't get discouraged if they are better photographers or writers. I hope to learn from them and maybe I can offer something that they also can learn from. To move forward I recognize that I'm in a state of improvement. The attitude and committment to learn and improve is key to maintaining a productive and optimistic approach. Just as our fingerprints distinguish us as unique from each other so does our thinking. Our perspectives and approaches to living out our dreams and passions are all different!

One final thought: giving credit to the talents and perspectives of others while discovering our own is very important. If you didn't get a chance to visit Babooshka...please do now at one of the links above.. you never know what you will learn when you least expect it to help you along your way!