Freedom, flight,victory

Ekphrasis Post. On Day 1 we discussed that images can help tell stories, but on the flip side images can also inspire stories. Today’s challenge is one for the eyes. 

FREEDOM, Sweet Freedom!!! The freedom to be who I am no matter where I am in life or where the journey takes me. Always be true to the self....Rise above the challenges put before me. A seagull in flight soaring higher, aiming higher....I thought of Jonathan...Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

No matter the challenge before me I will work through it, overcome it and claim victory over it.

I will not allow it to keep me chained down. I will not allow anyone to contain me, to put me in a box and I refuse to conform to what or who anyone believes or thinks I should be. 

I am me

Momma always said I danced to the beat of my own drum. Momma was a smart, a beautiful woman and my best friend. I not only dance to the beat of my own drum, I am my own drummer. 

I will not be defined by society's rules and regulations. I am a free thinker, a free-spirit, a hippy chick and  I, I define myself...

The image below evoked a sense of freedom, soaring to new heights, no barriers, no boundaries, nothing to stop me from doing or being or reaching for my dreams and goals. 

Seagull soaring upwards in a blue sky - I felt the breeze on my face as he flapped his wings flying higher and higher - Freedom, Glorious Freedom!!!  YES!!! 

I could smell the crispness in the air and hear the gull cry and waves lapping the salty ocean waters on the shore. 

This post was written as part of HAWMC – 30 health posts in 30 days:

http://blog.wegohealth.com/2012/04/05/hawmc-day-5-2/

Rescued Treasures...

#NHBPM #HAWMC Day 21 Prompt: Ekphrasis post. Ekphrasis (writing about another art form) – Find a Flickr Image in Creative Commons that inspires you in some way (positively or negatively) and free write about it. Give yourself exactly 15 minutes to write without stopping. Don’t think! Brave bonus: Publish to your blog without editing! (You can include a disclaimer)

Below are photos I have rescued from TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA and there are over one hundred all together. I chose these for today's blog post...
Faded photographs, rescued treasures. I wonder what would have become of these treasures if I had not spoken up and asked to take them home with me. The small shed like building they were currently housed in with so much trash and a few other likely goodies were going to be taken to the dump. So many books were mildewed and old clothing strewn about, broken glass from picture frames that would have hung upon walls behind couches in living rooms at one point. So sad to see these lovely pieces of time frozen among them all. 
I was given the green light to bring the photo album home. I was elated! To me this was so important and I cannot understand how it meant nothing to others, never will understand. 
So many questions swirled in my head. Who are these people in the photos? Where were the taken?  I saw a few place names and researched those. MOUNT MAJOR - That is in New Hampshire. The SECOND ADVENT Campground I am not familiar with. This was a goldmine and I wanted to get it returned to some family member of the whoever was in these photos as soon as possible. I had visions of a website, putting the photos up and circulating them for all to see in the hopes of reaching a relative of someone in the photos. 
I have had the recent blessing of reuniting a set of most awesome photos with relatives not long ago. It gives me a wonderful feeling to do that. They are all some folks have to their family and family history. We all, of most of us, have this desire to know where we come from, who do we look like in our families, who is related to who and the list goes on....
Maybe I can reunite them this Christmas...a gift for someone...That would make my day<3 

Postcard Below addressed to the MURPHY FAMILY of PITTSFIELD, NH from CHAS ROGERS. 

 VERY INTERESTING HOUSE BELOW...My personal guess is that it was Very near water and therefore built up on stilted foundation to keep from being flooded during storm weather.

 PHOTO TO LEFT TAKEN AT MOUNT MAJOR, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Mount Major is a mountain located in Alton, New Hampshire, south of Lake Winnipesaukee 

LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE MOUNT MAJOR

PHOTO ABOVE TOP LEFT: SECOND ADVENT CAMPGROUND ~ UNSURE OF LOCATION.


This post was written as part of NHBPM – 30 health posts in 30 days: http://bit.ly/vU0g9J