Not everything is carved in stone
There will be moments in your life when everything feels like it’s written in stone..the moments when you feel there’s nothing you can do..in these moments..remember that stones can be carved..destiny is yours to define..not fate..
-Andy1076
“Zottel is Back”- Alps, Switzerland – John Wilhelm – Featured Photographer
“Zottel is Back”- Alps, Switzerland – John Wilhelm – Featured Photographer.
Something about this goat’s eyes really caught my attention lol!
Life’s most profound lessons..
The most profound lessons in life are not learned through pain..not through regret..not through fear..nor through reflection..they are learned by simply accepting everything for how it is and living with the decisions that come after..
-Andy1076
Tag, you’re It!
Alright, So Cafe23! alright alright. Janice! (chuckle) and Aurora Morealist tagged me yesterday on their blog, Apparently? I’m it! so now I am tagging all of you! Wait, what’s that? there are rules? sigh! ok! what ARE the rules? let’s see shall we?
Rules
1. You must post the rules
2. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then create eleven new
3. Tag eleven people and link them on your post
4. Let them know you’ve tagged them!
Alright, Now with the rules aside I’ve been tagged by two wonderful writers. What shall I do? I know, I’ll pick one from each blog and make it 11 questions! 
1. If there was one thing you could tell people about you that might surprise them, what would it be?
A) I tend to not listen to my own advice (insert dramatic gasp sound effect)
2. What is your alcoholic drink of choice?
A) Grey Goose
3. Have you ever known true love and how did you know?
A) Once in my lifetime, I just knew without a doubt
4. Where would you most like to live?
A) Japan, I love the culture
5. Do you believe in God?
A) Faith is the basis on which a balanced life stands on
6. What one thing do you wish you did when you had the chance?
A) To have made the right decision in my earlier years
7. You have a choice between two questions: a) Which person’s blog do you enjoy reading the most, and why? or b) If you could meet any blogger in person, who would it be and why? (
A) This is from cafe32 by the way lol! I enjoy Anita Mac‘s blog a lot. Why? because I envy how she is travelling all over the world and doing all these amazing things I could only dream of.
8. What will get you angry?
A) Dishonesty and being led on by someone but I think those are the same things right?
9. If a stranger knocked on your door and asked for food or shelter, what would you do?
A) Offer food and shelter for the night or day and find them somewhere more permanent
10. Why did you name your blog the name you named it? =P
A) A good and close friend of mine helped me name it, given I was born in the year of the water dragon and well! It went from there lol!
11. Are you glad or ticked off that I tagged you?
A) Glad I did by two wonderful bloggers, because now I get to ask the awkward questions lol! 
My Questions:
1) What’s the one thing you have yet to tell your readers?
2) If there was anywhere outside of your country you could be, where would it be?
3) Who do you wish you could meet in person out of all the blogs that you follow?
4) What would be your ideal kind of partner?
5) If you had to do one thing in your life you never imagined you would, what would it be?
6) Why did you name your blog the name you named? (Borrowing this from Cafe)
7) Describe yourself in three words (Borrowing this from Aurora)
8) What is the one thing you would never sacrifice no matter what you would get in return?
9) If there was one movie to describe your life’s hope, what would it be?
10) What is your strongest trait?
11) If you could only choose one fruit or one vegetable on a deserted island, what would it be?
Now that I have set these questions, I shall begin the tagging process! muahaha!
11. Pete Armetta
As always, the participation is completely up to you but I thought this would be fun for everyone. Networking, You know? have fun! 
Oh Snaps! It’s An Award!!
Yay! It’s the time for award! I received the award from my dear friend Mystery Coach. Why mystery? I’m not sure, You’ll have to ask her. Wait, I got a mystery! what’s her real name? anyone? I’ll give a cookie! no? throw in a donut for the answer?
So, turns out there are rules to accepting this award. Now, Let’s see!
1) Nominate 15 fellow bloggers. (Not sure I have 15 that I get to on a regular basis…so I’ll do the best)
Inform the bloggers of their nomination.
2) Inform the bloggers of their nominations.
3) Write 7 things about you
4) Thank the blogger that nominated you (Elo!!)
5) Put the versatile blog logo up top (points up)
Seven Random Things About Me
1) I can be blunt as a sledge hammer and some people find it too honest.
2) I don’t just do regular photography but also various types of effects, photography evolves after all does it not?
3) I have a terrible addiction to hot new electronics
4) I have a bit of an accent that some enjoy and some downright hate
5) I am a health freak from what my closest to me friend says
6) It bothers me when I miss one day of my workout
7) I run out of things to write (Hey it’s a valid point)
NOMINEE’S ARE (In no particular order)
2) Sara No “H”
6) April Denton
9) Facehookin
11) Larzsita’s Blog
12) Seasons Poetry
13) Camera Vagrant
15) Anything Visual
Thank you everyone for your ever kind support and for anyone who has yet to visit the above listed blogs? take a look at their awesome posts, I know you will enjoy them all as much as I have!
Alina’s fairy tale story part 2
In this next part of the story, Alina has moved deeper into the twisting woods. Lost but confident she will find her way, she walks into a tunnel of leaves. The leaves seemed to sit still, but she could feel the wind circling around her. Ever so gently they whispered “Who are you?” Alina found herself startled and confused, leaves don’t talk do they? well. She woke up in a giant forest, why not? she thought. ” My name is Alina and i woke up here” the leaves rustled and waved about. Alina grew concerned sliding her fingers together, just before she begun to speak the leaves spoke yet again. The same voice said “Head down this tunnel to the very end, there’s someone who can help you” Alina looked down concerned, she couldn’t trust the word of a talking tree leaf could she? the path seemed so dark and she was alone, she hesitated and looked back.
Then, Seemingly out of nowhere rays of light entered this long winding tunnel “Do not worry, we will show you the way. Just follow the light, the forest spirit will answer your questions” Alina stopped before she took the next step “Wait, what spirits? I am not a fan of ghosts!”. She exclaimed but got no reply, the only way out was forward, where would it take her and who’s this spirit they are talking about? the only way to find this answer, was by moving forward which she did hesitantly. What will she find further down? find out, with each post every Wednesday!
I will be there..
If you ever need a shoulder..I will be there..If you should ever need someone to talk to..you have but to ask..If you ever wonder if i can accept all you say..remember..i have loved you all this time..If you ever wonder whether or not i miss you..i still wait for your calls late into the nights..If you should ever doubt my love..remember the first time i looked in your eyes..
-Yoshi1076
Joke 334
A man walked along a Californian beach and he stumbled across an old lamp. He picked it up and rubbed it and out popped a genie. The genie said, “OK. You released me from the lamp, blah blah blah. This is the fourth time this month and I’m getting a little sick of these wishes so you can forget about three. You only get one wish!” The man sat and thought about it for a while and eventually said, “I’ve always wanted to go to Hawaii but I’m scared to fly and I get very seasick. Could you build a bridge …
LOL This is the truth!
Cyoot Kitteh of teh Day: Haters Gonna Hate
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What Nature Teaches You
There’s no teacher with more wisdom or grace than nature..give her time to show you her art and you will be rewarded with the lesson of patience..learn the lesson of patience and she will grant you the best gift of all..the chance to see her paint the world before you..
-Andy1076
My Very First YouTube Post ^.^
One day I looked at all of the pictures I’ve been editing and posting, turns out it was taking a lot of space on my iPad so I needed somewhere to store them, didn’t really feel like paying WordPress for more space. So! I decided to make a video on YouTube, hope you will enjoy it as much as I did making it
Traversing through the path of pain and sorrow
In the moments when life is leading you down a path of pain and sorrow..stay true to yourself and always put your faith first and foremost..it will show you the way..every time..
-Andy1076
Random Fun With Photography
Today, work was really dragging for way too long and I was insanely bored. So, I decided to go through my iPhone’s old pictures to look for ideas to follow up my last blog of Alina’s adventures, for some reason this picture caught my eye instead. It must be because the building is so boring and well quite frankly? bleh! the turquoise doesn’t look lively at all. It needed a little something, The wheels inside my head started spinning.
So, I decided it needed a little colour. My first choice? this little park trail that I took a walk through in an early morning, It’s from a park nearby where I live. But, what can I do with this?
An idea came to mind, remember the application I mentioned called Tiny Planets? I have to confess to being very addicted to it. Just so much fun! It created this, so alright. I have colour now for the bleh boring building, but how do I blend them?
I then went back to condominium picture and applied the same effects, which produced this fun picture after I stitched the top and bottom using another app called Autostitch.
It almost looks like I squeezed it and it stayed that way doesn’t it? still, something was missing though! because well. Now it just shows just how much more bland it looks. What if i was to throw a ball at it?
How’s that for a good throw huh?? alright, so I just didn’t know where else to put it. The shape looks like a couple of fan blades doesn’t it? how about we kick it up a notch?
There, now I can confidently say I created a fan. It doesn’t really look like it’s spinning though, so let’s see what we can do about that shall we?
There we go, a little bit better. I wanted to crop the light blue away but wanted to keep the hint that what you see is the condominium a couple or so frames ago. Don’t suppose they would build something like this in real life? Thank you so much for reading this post and I hope you enjoyed your visit
Versatile Awards
I have been nominated the Versatile Blogger Award by Sue at A word in your ear. Yesterday, I do apologize for taking so long! I guess I let my photo editing addiction get the best of me on time management lol!
So, the tradition states that the only way to accept this award. Is if I list 7 things about myself and list 15 blogs which I enjoy reading from, Let’s get started shall we?
7 Things About Me (Insert dramatic thriller movie sound here)
- I am a photography addict
- I do 95% of my photography and editing on my iPad and iPhone
- I am a single dad to the world’s sweetest daughter
- I am so not ready for what’s coming in her teenage years lol!
- I am starting school hopefully next month again
- I enjoy offering first aid assistance at the arena
- I am crazy addicted to new electronics
Having said all those things about me, Now you know why my blogs are so random and never just one theme. What can I say? I grab life by the handful as the saying goes! So, onto the next part of the rule! I have to pass the award onto 15 blogs. So, In no particular order? because I enjoy them all?
15 Blogs I Enjoy
If you have yet to visit any of these blogs, I really recommend you give them a visit! I’m confident you will enjoy them as much as I do, Have a wonderful rest of the week everyone
An Adventure Armed With Imagination
In the recent months, I found myself more and more in love with Photography. It became a passion as I saw everything around me become my canvas, everything from simple tree branches to sunlight and the side walk marks. I don’t have a DSLR but I figured as long as I had my Iphone 4, I could work something out. So, I started with taking simple pictures such as the tree that I saw on the way home.
I sat below it for a little bit, looking up the branches and wondering what my daughter must of seen in her younger years. The branches seemed endless and they all lead to their own little paths like never ending mazes, so it gave me the inspiration to use an app called Tiny Planet. Which, allowed me to create something unique.
The iPhone / iPad app created a tunnel of branches and leafs. It took a few tweaks and eventually I created what I saw on my mind. But, then it made me wonder even more when I saw the path in the centre. Where would it lead? I needed inspiration and the curiosity of a child, so I looked through my beautiful daughter’s pictures when she was only three. She had so many questions, so much to discover and so much to try. Just imagine, at her age everything is a new discovery.
This gave me an idea, what if she was to take a walk through the tunnel and discover a new world? what wonders would she find? will she find the mythical world of the giant above the bean stalk?
Stay tuned! more updates to follow in the little lady’s adventures through the unknown! there’s a world out there to discover still!
Happy Valentines Day!
Happy valentines day everyone! May it be both joyous and filled with memories for you and your loved one!
I love you more each day..
Memories…are what we made together..dreams are what we share every time we bid goodnight..feelings are what we talk about every waking moment..I can’t imagine myself ever not reminding me how much more I love you each and every day..
-Andy1076
Tilt shift miniaturization anyone?
I was wondering. If anyone knows anything about tilt shifting miniaturization apps for IPhone? I bought two apps that promised to do the job, but quite frankly? I don’t see the differences! Are there steps or rules to this? thank you kindly in advance!
Life..
Every so often..life will give you a chance to hold onto a perfect moment..There’s no telling when it comes..Just have hold on and make the best of it..
-Andy1076
