BLACK and WHITE ~~~PICTURE PERFECT FRIDAY

Picture Perfect Friday Theme:

BLACK and WHITE

White cold Frozen Vanilla Yogurt,

covered by dark Dove Chocolate fudge,

Chocolate so dark and so rich,

it is black.

Camera is a Kodak Easy Share

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The first bowl, the Dove chocolate just did not look right on the ice cream, so I had to eat it.

The second bowl, the ice cream settled under the weight of the chocolate, so I had to eat it.

The third bowl, well after taking the shots, I had to eat it. Needless to say I am not wanting dinner tonight, but strangely I do want another bowl of ice cream!!!

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(I borrowed the rules from PICTURE PERFECTS 360 page, please join in)

Welcome to

P i c t u r e P e r f e c t.

Each Wednesday

a theme will be posted!

On FRIDAY,

you get to post a photo on your own page

with that theme in mind,

just one pic per page,

It should be an original picture, and not lifted off the internet!

Feel free to post a comment in Picture Perfect's comment box, or leave a comment below too so that everyone can link to your pages and view your pictures.

A brief description and the type of camera you used is an optional extra!

Its a fun exercise, no voting, no prizes, and no one winner, just a chance to show your creativity and enjoy a general camaraderie.

The post here will be up all week, so feel free to drop in and visit as many sites as you can.

Light De Candle

All the Darkness in the World, cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

--St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)--

Thanks to Windi and Lisa for bringing to mind Randy Stonehill and memories of the past.

FLY ME TO THE MOON

I have always been fascinated by the view of the Earth from the moon. One would have thought it would have given us a different view of ourselves as human, sharing this small little planet.

RHO OPHIUCHI CLOUDS

ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. (Psalm 19:1 NIV)

The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi
Credit: Adam Block, KPNO Visitor Program, NOAO, AURA, NSF

Explanation: The many spectacular colors of the Rho Ophiuchi (oh'-fee-yu-kee) clouds highlight the many processes that occur there. The blue regions shine primarily by reflected light. Blue light from the star Rho Ophiuchi and nearby stars reflects more efficiently off this portion of the nebula than red light. The Earth's daytime sky appears blue for the same reason. The red and yellow regions shine primarily because of emission from the nebula's atomic and molecular gas. Light from nearby blue stars - more energetic than the bright star Antares - knocks electrons away from the gas, which then shines when the electrons recombine with the gas. The dark regions are caused by dust grains - born in young stellar atmospheres - which effectively block light emitted behind them. The Rho Ophiuchi star clouds, well in front of the globular cluster M4 visible above on far lower left, are even more colorful than humans can see - the clouds emits light in every wavelength band from the radio to the gamma-ray.

Van Morrison--INTO THE MYSTIC

A LOSS

A wave of melancholy has swept over me the past week.

I lost a good friend. Far too young to be gone. I first met him in the 70s when he was stationed here in the Navy. I met a great group of people who were stationed here. Some of us have kept in touch. Some of us are gone. Some of us disappeared into life somewhere along the way.

We had such a fantastic reunion in Iowa at his farm in the 80s. It seems like only yesterday, where does the time go. That was such a good time. I visited him and his wife to be on several other times over the years, combined it with some of the group who lived in the Minneapolis area. There is talk now of another reunion in Michigan.

Loren was one of the most unselfish people I have met, always watching out for the other guy, truly a heart of gold. And funny! Lord we all could laugh.

Although this song is at the core a song about lovers, the main sentiment is so true. Loren, we will remember you. I am not afraid to say I loved this man like a brother, I think most of us did. Loren, this song is for you.