HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2009!!!
It's a new year....2009.
There's no looking back to 2008 for anything....it's gone!
We only have to look forward to the future to determine our goals and plans for the new year. I have a lot of goals and plan to accomplish them all... I did say "plan to". Now, whether I accomplish them all successfully or not is to be determined by my will-power to follow through on those plans.
Will you look into your future to see what you'd like to accomplish and where you hope to be at the end of 2009? What are your goals and/or plans? I don't like to say resolutions because most people don't stick to them for very long.... It's sort of like trying to do something you know you won't stick to (like loosing weight) because you know you can't have it or accomplish it in the first place..... Know what I mean? LOL. Try making some realistic goals, start small and work up to the bigger ones.
I have three lists' of goals...one list is for my photography; one is for my art (paintings and sculpture); and the last one is a personal list. Each list is quite long, but if I can accomplish everything or almost everything, I'll be a much happier individual by the end of the year. And, by writing them down, I won't loose sight of my plans.
Here are a few of my goals I've set for myself:
Photography - * Update website weekly! I've been slacking
on this way too much...Time to step it up!
* Process all photographs that are in limbo
somewhere in my computer that are just
itching to be posted!
* Archive photographs by year and subject.
* Start showing my work in larger craft
shows like Oak Alley and Destrahan
Plantation.
Painting/Sculpture - * Continue with educational classes in oil
painting and sculpting.
* Finish work started in oils before starting
new ones.
* Start a new website for art work separate
from my photography.
Personal - * Debunk the Junk!
* Organize closets and get rid of
stuff not used.
* Finalize flower gardens and embellish
them.
* Restock fish pond.....lost all my goldfish
thanks to Hurricane Gustav!
These lists' are no where near what I actually have written down....they're just a starter to hopefully get you motivated to start your own list! Periodically, during the year, I'll update my progress or whenever I reach a goal I'll post it on my blog---whether it be a success or failure!
Now, on to the "good stuff".....
Check out the 15 new photographs I've uploaded to my website under the following categories:
Flowers/Plants: Amaryllis - "Red Lion" (2 images)
Magnolia with dragonfly at rest
Agapanthus - "Lily of the Nile"
White Shasta Daisy
Peace Lily
Churches & Cemeteries: St. Martin De Tours Catholic Church
"Evangeline" (famous romantic statue)
Plantation Homes/Old Houses/Barns:
Longfellow-Evangeline Plantation (2 images)
Longfellow-Evangeline Cabin (replica of cajun life)
Old red roof barn with albino horse
Lagniappe: Mosquito Bar (Stephensville)
Scenics: Stephensville Bayou, Stephensville, Louisiana
Cross tree (on short-cut road Dulac/Dularge)
Until next time......"Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler!"
Let the Good Times Roll!
~Darlene~
There's no looking back to 2008 for anything....it's gone!
We only have to look forward to the future to determine our goals and plans for the new year. I have a lot of goals and plan to accomplish them all... I did say "plan to". Now, whether I accomplish them all successfully or not is to be determined by my will-power to follow through on those plans.
Will you look into your future to see what you'd like to accomplish and where you hope to be at the end of 2009? What are your goals and/or plans? I don't like to say resolutions because most people don't stick to them for very long.... It's sort of like trying to do something you know you won't stick to (like loosing weight) because you know you can't have it or accomplish it in the first place..... Know what I mean? LOL. Try making some realistic goals, start small and work up to the bigger ones.
I have three lists' of goals...one list is for my photography; one is for my art (paintings and sculpture); and the last one is a personal list. Each list is quite long, but if I can accomplish everything or almost everything, I'll be a much happier individual by the end of the year. And, by writing them down, I won't loose sight of my plans.
Here are a few of my goals I've set for myself:
Photography - * Update website weekly! I've been slacking
on this way too much...Time to step it up!
* Process all photographs that are in limbo
somewhere in my computer that are just
itching to be posted!
* Archive photographs by year and subject.
* Start showing my work in larger craft
shows like Oak Alley and Destrahan
Plantation.
Painting/Sculpture - * Continue with educational classes in oil
painting and sculpting.
* Finish work started in oils before starting
new ones.
* Start a new website for art work separate
from my photography.
Personal - * Debunk the Junk!
* Organize closets and get rid of
stuff not used.
* Finalize flower gardens and embellish
them.
* Restock fish pond.....lost all my goldfish
thanks to Hurricane Gustav!
These lists' are no where near what I actually have written down....they're just a starter to hopefully get you motivated to start your own list! Periodically, during the year, I'll update my progress or whenever I reach a goal I'll post it on my blog---whether it be a success or failure!
Now, on to the "good stuff".....
Check out the 15 new photographs I've uploaded to my website under the following categories:
Flowers/Plants: Amaryllis - "Red Lion" (2 images)
Magnolia with dragonfly at rest
Agapanthus - "Lily of the Nile"
White Shasta Daisy
Peace Lily
Churches & Cemeteries: St. Martin De Tours Catholic Church
"Evangeline" (famous romantic statue)
Plantation Homes/Old Houses/Barns:
Longfellow-Evangeline Plantation (2 images)
Longfellow-Evangeline Cabin (replica of cajun life)
Old red roof barn with albino horse
Lagniappe: Mosquito Bar (Stephensville)
Scenics: Stephensville Bayou, Stephensville, Louisiana
Cross tree (on short-cut road Dulac/Dularge)
Until next time......"Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler!"
Let the Good Times Roll!
~Darlene~
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