Seeing Green

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Challenge, coloryourworld, Community, Photo

Today’s #coloryourworld is the lovely sea green

Which is perhaps not so lovely, if you happen to be a duck

I cannot remember exactly where this was

But I do remember going there to visit a waterfall

It soon became clear that the brochure photographer had used a more ‘artistic’ license

 

Peach with permission

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Art, Book, coloryourworld, Community, fantasy, Game, Johnathan Green, knitting, photography, Puppy

After a long day I have enjoyed a little time to relax and flick through some photos and images, in the hopes of finding some lovely images for you and the #coloryourworld campaign.

Today’s colour is peach:

So I found a couple of favourites which I am hoping will be okay to use on here because they are ones which make me smile.

First up: The lovely Lady china looking peachy

Hopefully  my friend won’t mind me sharing the picture of one of her fur babies.
If you enjoy knitting / crochet then you might want to check out her projects over at ravelry too, she is very talented!

Melihermit

 

My second image found is one received from Kickstarter and also probably wanting permission but hopefully the advertising plug will be of use:

I so love this image and the book that it relates too. If you enjoy interactive game books, Alice in Wonderland, great writing, fantastic artwork or fantasy fiction (basically if you enjoy fun and / or admire talent) then I advise you go grab yourself a copy of this book – it’s amazing!

Alice’s Nightmare in Wonderland by Jonathan Green

And check out his blog: HERE

 

 

A bit of outrage-

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coloryourworld, combat, Community, Gladiator, History, Kelmarsh Hall, orange, Photo, photography

-ous orange that is!

I was very glad to have found these old pics to match today’s #coloryourworld prompt.

Nothing quite like a bit of gladiatorial combat to get the heart pumping!

Awooga!!

Rwaaar!

Clearly this is appreciation of the sport and not objectification of semi naked men *winks*

And lets not forget the wonderful jousting

If anyone was wondering these photos were taken at the History Festival held at Kelmarsh Hall, it was a wonderful event weekend but sadly is no longer held there.

Outer Space Lemur

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Animal, Art, Blogging, coloryourworld, Community, crayola, outerspace, Photo, photography

 

Ok, so he might not match the words but he matches the colour, and lets be honest we can all imagine this little guy with a space helmet on … can’t we??

 

My participation in #coloryourworld – find out more details over at

Jennifer Nichole Wells

Social Media: Friend or Foe?

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Appreciation, Blogging, Business, Community, Reading, Review, Social Media, Time, Twitter, Writing

After a strange kind of a day it’s only fitting that I rattle off a strange kind of post, and today I have been thinking a lot about social media and our (or rather my) use of it. It strikes me that a lot of my time is taken up with (or willingly given to) social media these days, even when I’m not being particularly sociable in my own world. In fact I think I would go so far as to say that when I feel at my most unsociable point in real life, this is when I enjoy trawling through social media such as Twitter or Facebook the most. It makes me  wonder if I’m alone in this or whether this is just the usual thing.

Are we all using social media to subconsciously interact with people whilst maintaining the stance that we are indulging in our ‘own quality time’ , or are we just looking habitually and secretly resenting the loss of time?

This thinking started after a conversation about the validity of a full time job,  purely in social media and if a business should recognise this role as a valid position within a company. Personally I think it’s becoming more important than ever for a company to have a virtual ‘face’, to get ahead they need to at least have a foot on a rung of the social media ladder just to be part of the modern world. For instance, if checking out a new place to visit or to make a purchase, the first thing I do these days is input it into Google. I’m not saying I am always swayed by reviews, however if the company doesn’t have an easily accessible website or information I can readily find online then I am less likely to want to trust them. I also know of people that put all their faith in review sites and only eat or shop at places that have what seems to be proven worth. But from what I can gather as a consumer we tend to read reviews more than we write them, and even then tend only to write them due to wanting to complain about something. I guess I should admit to falling prey to this way of thinking sometimes too.

The main reason I started to use Twitter was to complain, as it was the only platform which companies seemed to be listening to at the time. Since then I have received better results from customer services from making one angry tweet than I can get via a phone call, email or an online help desk: so it’s no wonder that we keep complaining in this manner. We also get to read all of the negative stories in the press about internet trolls and how they affect other’s lives, mostly read by people who don’t use the internet and therefore don’t get to see the other side of the coin.

Whilst I have been on Twitter I have at least attempted to put back in some balance to the negativity. Lately I’m making a conscious effort to review items I have purchased, or places I have visited. I know that there are many good bloggers, companies, places, charities and people in general contributing to social media that I interact with on a daily basis that seldom get the praise and appreciation they deserve.

So maybe it’s about time that the positive side of the coin gets shared.

Here are just a few posts/links I have read today that I have appreciated, so maybe you will too.

Inspirational places to visit

Inspirational people

MMO Games: Still in World of Warcraft

Damyanti Writes: Insecure writing

Brain pickings: How stress effects emotions

OlivejuiceJu : Growing up

Easter Crafts

Nerds & Geeks: How about we ditch the labels?

Felt me up designs

Epic Rap Battles: Stephen King vs Edgar Allan Poe.

Facebook: Little Silver Hedgehog – Animal hospital & silver jewellery

NB They are in no particular order and are quite varied in subject matter but I hope you enjoy anyway.

Just a little camp support

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CampNanowrimo, Community, Inspiration, Motivation

*waves pom poms for those getting through the first week of CampNaNoWriMo — you can do it!!!

Day 3 – Quotes challenge

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Challenge, Community, Motivation, Quotes

Last day of the quotes challenge – With a shout out to Smile Circulation for the nomination

My quotes today are:

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
― Helen Keller

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

*Reminder* Rules for the challenge are…
1. Post 3 of your favourite quotes each per day for 3 recurrent days. The quotes can be of any other people or it may come straight from your own heart.
2. Nominate 3 or more bloggers with each post to challenge them.
3. Don’t forget to utter a thankful word to the person who nominated you.

I thought it was best to leave my no 3 unanswered as I wasn’t sure who would want to do this however, if you fancy giving it a whirl then – I nominate you! 😀

I love to see a new batch of quotes popping up 🙂

Day 1 – Quotes challenge

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Challenge, Community, Motivation, Quotes

Some of you might have noticed the quotes challenge being passed around and I thought I would pin up mine too.

Thanks to Smile Circulation for the nomination

My chosen quotes are –

“It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able to adapt”
Megginson, L. C. (1963) – (Discussing Darwin’s writing)

 “Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”
Albert Einstein

 “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
Vivian Greene

I wasn’t sure about picking people for nominations due to peoples’s workloads or not fitting in with blogs so if you want to tag on your quotes – Then I choose you! 😀

‘Female’ fiction or ‘Adult’ fiction, where to go from here?

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CampNanowrimo, Community, Decision, erotica, femalefiction, fiction, Random musings, Support, Writing

So I noticed today that there are only ten days to go before the next CampNaNoWriMo begins to get underway and I am already in turmoil about which piece of writing to carry on with. All I know for sure is that I am looking forward to getting stuck back into the everyday writing and I hope that previous cabin mates will be rejoining for the July camp as they were so encouraging and supportive

*crosses fingers*

I know that I want to save my last storyline and perhaps get stuck into that for November (yes I am now a full convert to Nanowrites) and use this one for something different.

Lately I have been catching up with some poetry writing that tends to usually come in drabs and spurts yet lately I have been feeling somewhat inspired, obviously some weird conversations have aided me in this 🙂

I also had some wonderful and fun prompts given to me by friends both knowingly and unbeknown so that has been fun and some even taking me out of my usual style of writing. A few bits even leading into what could only be described as risqué, which is fun to write however it can be a little blush worthy to share.

So the question is do I just throw myself over the hurdle or reign things in and call it ‘female fiction’ which just sounds so lame.

Humanity is not just for animals..

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Community, Support

Last night was once of those nights where you suddenly realise that the inhumanity you see & feel around the world in everyday day life is actually not a true representation of how things could be. When it is proved that there are still many people who can join together and express great compassion and get results then it can restore our faith in humanity and set the world on balance.

Just to explain without trying to stir up any more heartache, in the early hours of the morning a tweet was sent out from someone in distress which sparked a catalogue of worried tweets within the Warcraft community. It didn’t take long for the word to spread around and people had put in some detective work to find details of a way to contact the person in order to send help if needed.
As a result of this wonderful community, today things are looking brighter and we can be reassured that the soul of humanity is still strong and thriving even though sometimes we are faced with the contrary popular opinion.

Whilst the press often give gamers a bad reputation and games are often demonised and being blamed as the source of influence for negative behaviour, it is good to see that that there are so many positive stories that often go unnoticed.

If fact I often believe that the gaming community spirit will often surpass those of everyday communities. All too often in life we are greeted with unpleasant behaviour or people that need our help. And regrettably these calls for help or violent scenes are often ignored or just brushed under the carpet, so we can all keep ourselves safe no matter what happens to others.

Perhaps in this instance I am thinking more towards scenes I have seen, unprovoked attacks that have occurred and instances where life has been devalued to a level that is just cruel.

There was a time that a brick crashed through the window on a bus and everyone got off but ignored the poor girl that had been hit with it. I remember actually swearing at people to call an ambulance (my phone was dead at the time) whilst they ran off or stood looking.

A time when a guy collapsed in a toilet at work and people were pretty much stepping over his dead body to be served and getting annoyed that I was refusing.

Another instance of an elderly gent fallen down in the road and the nearest flat concierge (my flat even) would not come to help me lift him due to ‘health and safety’

I know I am always in danger of getting on my soap box and I do understand that there are things that happen in the world which we see and we are scared of interfering or scared to be get involved due to fear of safety. I also am aware that we are now more aware of ‘rules’ during work hours for fear of getting sued or told off. But it does strike me that when some things happen in real time it is often the case that people will ignore situations rather than put themselves out. When all it needs is a little bit of common sense to prevail.

As a community in general I often feel like we are so disjointed and often work against each other when we could be pulling together and making a difference,

I  see animals that display more humanity than humans sometimes and that is a worry for future generations. Our world is changing, our sense of what is right and wrong, and what levels of inhumanity we are prepared to accept is changing.

Sorry rambling off there *steps off soap box*

All I really wanted to say was ..

I was so impressed by on the online Warcraft community for last night and this was not the first time I have experienced this and I am sure it will not be the last. We definitely look after our own and it is such a wonderful thing, would just be nice if that same compassion extended to people in the real world too.

Life is short, treat people as you would like to be treated yourself & remember that there is always somebody who does care, even if you don’t even know them yet.