Friends by olivetreeann

Friends

The final word of my treasure hunt-friends! And boy do I have a treasure chest full of them. I look back through the years and take such joy in the great people God has brought into my life- and blessing upon blessing- there are too many to name! So to represent all those wonderful people I pulled out two little friendship treasures- one from the past and one from the present. The picture was taken in 1999 when my friend Sue (on the right), Betty (on the left) and myself (center) traveled to California to visit Sue's sister. We had so much fun in one of those photo booths on the Santa Monica pier getting that picture- the three of laughing like school girls while the camera clicked away. The friendly little birds were a gift this Christmas from my swimming buddy Dianne. It reads "Friends: Life's Cherished Blessings". And my friends have certainly proved that to be true!
True friends are the best possession to have. Lovely photo to acknowledge your friends and congratulations on finishing the challenge.
January 24th, 2012  
Lovely shot
January 24th, 2012  
Friends are the best! :)
January 24th, 2012  
Much love and joy captured in this shot
January 24th, 2012  
Yes, friends are truly a blessing! Great memories here and lovely composition, Ann.
January 24th, 2012  
Wonderful tribute to them. I couldn't live without my friends....and that includes you, my 365 friend!
January 24th, 2012  
@nicolecampbell Thank you Nicole- and of course now I have all my 365 friends too!!
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri!
@potsbypam Thanks Pam!
@pandorasecho Thanks Dixie!
@karenann Thanks Karenann!

Thanks to all of my "newest" friends here on 365- you are definitely among those many cherished blessings!
January 24th, 2012  
@mrssmith Sweet words from one of my newest "cherished blessings"! Thank you Carla- I treasure you as well!
January 24th, 2012  
Lovely!
January 24th, 2012  
Like the composition and the message portrayed, speaks for it's self.
January 24th, 2012  
@lacedxxoo Thank you so much Lacy!
@rhubbard Thank you Richard!

One of the great things about 365 is meeting and making friends with folks like you as each comment is made!
January 24th, 2012  
@olivetreeann - you certainly do :0)
January 24th, 2012  
Such great meaning in this image. This reminds me of the Brownie scout song, "Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold."
January 24th, 2012  
@allie912 I used to love singing that song in Scouts. We sang it as a round I think. I had also thought of the Joan Walsh Anglund book- A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You, but I couldn't get to the box in my attic with it easily enough this evening. Maybe some other time! Thanks Allison! So glad to have met you on 365!
January 24th, 2012  
Love the message you portrayed!! Great tribute to your friends!
January 24th, 2012  
Great tribute to friendship, Ann! Good work!
January 24th, 2012  
What a great way to honor your friends
January 24th, 2012  
Great tribute! I'll have to toast that!
January 24th, 2012  
Cheers to true friendship........and you just made me call a friend I have not spoken to in a while, see it is infectious.
January 24th, 2012  
Well done on getting through the treasure hunt - I still have lots of words to go! Lovely that you have such amazing friends, and I love your little birds too :)
January 24th, 2012  
That is a happy little setting
January 24th, 2012  
This is very nice! A picture of another great picture, full of nice memories.
January 24th, 2012  
@twinsplusone Thank you Sharon- friendship is easy to write about when you have good friends!
@dbjohnson Thanks Dean! Not my best picture, but not bad for how sleepy I was feeling yesterday!
@bkbinthecity Thanks Brian!
@kloud Thanks Bonnie- I hear the clanking of my glass against yours.
@melorac Thanks Carole- well, that's great! It's nice to know this shot was an inspiration to you!
@alia_801 Thanks Alia! I'm glad this one's finished for now. I'm going to take about a week off just to take whatever I want and then I've been wanting to do the "found alphabet" (see the science picture of my treasure hunt for a visible explanation of that). And I'm going to pull out my old slr and do some shooting with that too under the Film Challenge. Let me know if you want to make the "Found Alphabet" official when you're done with the Treasure Hunt and I'll wait for you.
@digitalrn Thanks Rick! Some items in my house were moved for this shot- but that is the book shelf where that picture usually sits.
@woot Thanks Davide! I wasn't going to do something so similar after the one from the other night, but that wasn't part of this challenge, so I bent my own "rules"!
January 24th, 2012  
Bev
Well done! Love this decoration. The birds are cute!
January 24th, 2012  
How clever. Love anything with birds and the friendship theme ties in so well.
January 24th, 2012  
@prttblues @cimes1 thank you Bev and Carole! My friend Dianne knows I love watching the birds at my birdfeeder, so it was the perfect little knick-knack for me.
January 25th, 2012  
Friends are the greatest treasure. Nice shot!
January 26th, 2012  
@kezzam Thanks Kerry! Yes- they are!
January 28th, 2012  
awww, that is so sweet, ann. i have very few friends but all of them proved to be great treasures. such sweet shot.
January 29th, 2012  
@summerfield Thank you Vikki! I've been very blessed with some great friends- and now I can count my 365 buddies among them!
January 29th, 2012  
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