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		<title>Empowering Shifting Perspectives &#8211; Your View or Mine &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v8-5</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been following this blog for a while you undoubtedly are aware that I often find art in bird droppings on the boardwalks where I wander. You also know that one of our consistent themes in Picture to Ponder has been around querying the possibilities that open up from shifting perspectives. Today&#8217;s Photos and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bright Lights in Life &#8211; Sunset Paints Trees Orange in Green Cay &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v8-3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, a not-so-attractive face popped out at me for today&#8217;s issue of Picture to Ponder. Do you see the large, nose profile and the cone-shaped head covered with a hat? This one is a little different in that I first saw the face, when looking at the larger photo which you&#8217;ll see below. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orchid Light and Ocean Video Respite on Computer Desktop &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v8-1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though I did wish you a Happy New Year in the closing issue of Picture to Ponder for 2011, I&#8217;m moved to share the following photos and video for their light and aliveness. Continuing the celebration, these orchids are spilling light and joy into the New Year. May it be a wondrous one, full of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dew at Sunrise, Appreciation and New Year&#8217;s Greetings &#8211; Picture to Ponder v7-51</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walking in Green Cay past sunset today I had the sudden thought that it would be a great idea to acknowledge the year&#8217;s end with the day&#8217;s end in the place from whence so many of our Picture to Ponder photos come. Thus I grabbed my iPhone and set the video recorder to give me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visual Overload, Making Choices, Architecture in San Diego &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v7-49</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that intrigued me the most from my recent trip to San Diego was the contrast in the old and the new, particularly in the architecture. For those of you who know San Diego, we stayed in the heart of the Gaslamp District and had a nice walk daily to the Convention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AOS Gardens Closing in Delray Beach &#8211; Tribute and Gratitude for Its Contribution &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v7-issue 46</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s post carries with it the undercurrent of sadness on some losses in my life, plus a huge sense of gratitude for the opportunities and possibilities that were and are. Immediate for today&#8217;s photos and writing is what&#8217;s happening with my beloved American Orchid Society Gardens, in Delray Beach, FL. Two weeks ago, I learned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Blurriness Imperfection? &#8211; Ocean Moonrise at Sunset &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v7-41</title>
		<link>http://photographyandtransformation.com/is-blurriness-imperfection-ocean-moonrise-at-sunset-picture-to-ponder-v7-41/2011/10/19</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, walking at the beach at sunset, I thought of the full moon seen the previous night. It occurred to me that the timing might be such to see moonrise over the ocean. I pulled out my iPhone to check this on the online Sunrise/Sunset calendar and sure enough it was set to happen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shadows and Clouds &#8211; Darkness or Brightness &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v7-issue 40</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In last week&#8217;s issue of Picture to Ponder, we addressed &#8220;light and shadows.&#8221; For this week, I am once again pulled in by shadows, contrasted with bright, somewhat early, morning light. Today&#8217;s two photographs were taken with my iPhone camera and then enhanced using various &#8220;effects&#8221; in the FX Photo Studio application. The similarity/repetition in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Forward or Holding Back &#8211; Light and Shadows &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v7-39</title>
		<link>http://photographyandtransformation.com/moving-forward-or-holding-back-light-and-shadows-picture-to-ponder-v7-39/2011/10/06</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s photographs focus on light and shadows, our interpretations of them and the differences, if any, a slight shift in perspective makes. The only story behind these is that the photographs were the ones that popped out, requesting being featured today. Should you need more, I invite you to make up a story about them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perfectionism, Being Right and Light &#8211; Lessons from the Moon &#8211; Picture to Ponder &#8211; v7-issue38</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Finkelstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Picture to Ponder photos certainly seem like a strange mix. At least they do on this end. I&#8217;ve been sitting on several moon photos for over a week, thinking I&#8217;d feature them in the last issue. With a few possible queries and themes fighting each other in my head, I let it go and [...]]]></description>
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