Will not be around much for a litte while

A little play with water and photoshop.

Sunset on the water.

This post is just to let you know that I will not be around so much on multiply except for odd blogs I might post, looking in on posts and group posts from time to time. I have not realy had the time the last few weeks and I can see this is going to continue for a little while yet! So if you are not seeing me then you know why!! It will however not be forever!!

I am developing an income through a contract cleaning business I am building at the moment. It has come to a critical stage where I have to devote more time and energy to this rather than my hobbies. It is not that I am overworked so much - in fact I am working less than an eight hour day. It is more that the work is a bit all over the place so some days are spent working long hours and others sleeping or doing other small cash jobs, gadening or painting or lawn mowing. It is like a small hurdle to get over before I can smooth it all out so I can enjoy sometime for me too. The work is spread across seven days as well so any spare time I have I have little or no motivation for my multiply groups and friends etc etc. But it will pass - just as I have said it is a critical time in the development.  I am really happy it is all going so well and am more than happy that I am able to maintain a good income so I can live here rather than have to return to the City for work. It is very different to do contract cleaning but man it is pretty lucritive and I can forsee having soon to employ people to do part of my contracts so I can have some free time - hopefully soon - but when I know things have settled.

Keith

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Next Shot Week 14 - Technique Candid Photography, Theme Street Life

Family

I chose this photo because of the intense energy being generated from the couple I have my own thoughts as to whats going on - what do you think??.





Click here for a slideshow of other Street candids for you to look at.
http://multiply.com/slideshow/cleaunz:photos:127

or Click here for a thel album.
http://cleaunz.multiply.com/photos/album/127/Album_for_technique_No_14_-_candids

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This post is for the new photography group 'Next Shot' created by Baz ( oceankinguk2003). This is the forteenth technique theme, created by Baz. Other members posts can be found below in the comments from other participants! If you would like to join the Members only group just let me know and I will send an invitation.

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Album for technique No 14 - candids

Picture Perfect - Idiom"

Water Under the Bridge

Water under the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Idiom Meaning - Something that has happened in the past and is no longer worth agonizing over

 Idiom Meaning         - A past occurrence, especially something unfortunate, that cannot be undone or rectified

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For the rules of the Group Theme

http://fotofriday.multiply.com/

To enter this Weeks theme
http://fotofriday.multiply.com/journal/item/532/PPF_Idiom_

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A few shots to share

Pentecost - The Breath of life

The Birth of a Church
Adapted from a blog by Katherine Willis Pershy

Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were

shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood

in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When He had said this, He showed

them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.So

Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And

when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

John 20 19 - 22

As humans, we are sustained by the same intimate inspiration God exhaled into Adam’s muddy lungs - breath that permeates every cell of our being, nose to toes, invigorating our bodies and minds and souls until it is ready to be released, silently, from the same nostrils through which it came. 

On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descends upon the believers as the life God breathes into the new born Church - the new born Body of Christ.  It is a gift from God to the church on the occasion of it's birth; it is, after all, the gift that brings the church to life. And just as a baby wails in surprise at his first breath, the newborn church inhales deeply of that intoxicating spirit and lets out a resounding holler. Tongues of fire guide the people’s awestruck tongues to speak in the languages of every nation under heaven. 

The believers are no longer cloistered, set apart from the world. They are thrust into the public, equipped with the divine power to communicate the gospel with anyone and everyone who needs to hear it. We are sustained by the same intimate inspiration God exhaled into the Church: people with a mission, unified and empowered by the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Are we still praying? Are we faithfully sharing the Good News with our actions and words?  Are we still enthousiastic to speak the name of Jesus Christ.

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Bits from recent days out wiith the camera

Simplest Facts of Flight

"Most gulls don’t bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight – how to get from shore to food and back again. For most
gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating."
Jonathon Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach


To view the Album
http://cleaunz.multiply.com/photos/album/126/A_few_shots_to_share

To view the Slideshow
http://multiply.com/slideshow/cleaunz:photos:126


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