A Little Serenity

The words unruffled, tranquil, unclouded, bright, all describe serenity to me, and it also describes how I feel when I am out looking at, and admiring the beauty of the nature that surrounds me. As much as I am not looking forward to the cold snowy days of Winter, I do enjoy being outdoors with my camera. While I was out today after work, I thought I would throw in a selfie.

[janet gregory]

What better choice for the theme this week!

[Carolyn White]

Wonderful selfie, Rick! :0)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

This is a really nice shot Rick! Excellent selfie!

[Courtney]

Fab selfie! You look so happy

[Pam Hawkes]

Great selfie Rick. I like your thoughts too. I am in agreement as to your definition of serenity. Sounds great.

[Thom Mitchell]

Excellent selfie, Rick! Thanks for sharing it with all of us!

[BeckyS]

Nice self portrait!

[Kerri]

Great self portrait

[scooter]

Nice selfie and great theme shot!

[adobe waters]

so wonderful to met you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kate Klinck]

wonderful selfie!!

[Yousef I]

great shot Rick!
not as scary as yesterdays photo =) hehe
your words really hit home
the feeling is mutual

[Mary More]

This is such a great shot of you, Rick, and serenity is certainly projected. Love it.

[Margaret Tryon]

Wonderful selfie Rick. Lookin good.

[Carolyn Sue]

Great picture of you!!!

[Anne ❀]

wow, what a nice capture, it's great that you caught yourself doing something you love so much

[Sharon]

Great selfie Rick!! Love the fall colors too!!

[Shanne]

lovely serene selfie - and you've really dropped some weight from your profile picture and pictures earlier in the year - well done on achieving that

[Howard Steele]

great selfie shot

[Ade Akinyede]

you look exactly as your words. Lovely framed self potrait Rick :)

[cglist]

Wonderful portrait!

[argie]

neat pic .. =)

[Kass]

Looking good, Rick! :)

[Dione Giorgio]

Wonderful portrait.

[Denise]

Nice candid shot. Love the perspective including the steering wheel.

[seasnappi]

cool! you caught it beautiful :)

[Rick Schies]

@shanne Hey thanks Shanne. I did lose a total of like 42 pounds so far, but still have about 10 to go to reach my ultimate goal.

[Isis Weiss]

I am with you....I hate snow but I do love outdoors and nature...there is nothing more wonderful to me than being outside with my camera. It grounds me and makes everything seem small in comparison.

[Pat Knowles]

Great selfi Rick & you look a serene sort of guy yourself !!! Each season brings new things to look at so there will be winter nature things to focus on !

['Saint' kk4go]

Nice selfie, gives new meaning to the 'dash-cam'

[bruni]

A wonderful looking photo of you..you look very laid back, happy...just the way we know you. and congrats on all that weight that you lost..with your determination you'll make the next 10 pounds easy...the last 5 are a bit of a hurdle. Hans at one time lost 40 pounds by joining Herbal Magic.

[bruni]

Rick has all the recent snow melted away..were you afffected in any way with the power outage? I called my friends in Toms River and they oly had a springling of snow but the power was out for hours.

[Richard Schuster]

Cool selfie, Rick. I love driving and if I am not in a traffic jam it can be serenity for me :)

[Debbie Orlando]

and a nice selfie it is! I am about fall-pictured out at this point and am looking forward to the change of season to shoot something different. But, come end of January, I'll be tired of that and ready for spring. I love living where I can experience all the splendor of the seasons!

[FaerieMoon]

Well, hello there! A non-creepy selfie, heehee. I like it

[Rick Schies]

@bruni Most of the snow is gone, and we were one of the lucky ones not to lose power.

[Barbara Warner]

Very nice picture.

[Shirley Banford]

Excellent shot.

[Della]

a terrific shot of you :)

[Laurie Higgins]

Well, you certainly do look serene, Rick! Nice selfie. Nature does that for me too.

[Mary Tjeerdsma]

Very clever selfie! Looking good, Mr. Rick! Happy and content!

[Jane Hyde]

very natural shot

[Dylan Kaplowitz]

Great portrait. It would be a good profile picture

[Terry]

You and me both, good shot to highlight you caption.

[Meredith Butterfield]

I love this, with the car interior in the foreground - a man-made object - and the beauty of nature outside your window. A great shot of the photographer to go along with! :)

[alia_801]

Brilliant selfie - just great :)

[Alta D©]

Looking good there Sir! =)

[Dorrena Ortega]

Grreat shot, Rick! I love seeing these self-portraits thrown in because they bring the person into the project. :-)

[Rhonda Taormina]

Another great selfie, Rick!

[Netkonnexion]

A lovely selfie. You strike me a quite a laid-back sorta guy! Nice one.

[Lois P]

Goo selfie Rick - I like the composition of this.

[Mrs. Smith]

This is a perfect setting!

[Arnold Garza]

Excellent shot sir...well done!!

[Jane]

Gorgeous selfie and stunning setting... perfect for the theme ♥

[Laura Demko]

you look great - oh, my word you are so slim these days! i didn't think you were big before, but it's amazing. how much have you lost? well done and you are inspiring me to get back on track. thank you! and again you look great and this is a wonderful selfie!!

[Flydragon]

fabulous selfie - i really like the lighting

[Rafael Seño]

very nice selfie.

[Glenys Hardy (Mrs Moose)]

Always nice to see the selfies of you Rick.

[Rick Schies]

@pinktornado39 Laura, thank you. My next weigh in is comin gup on the 20th. I think i may have hit almost the 50 lb mark. I have leveled out and not much change the last few weeks. It feels so much better.