Working on my photo’s for my book

Bear Mountain State Park

I started working on my photos for my book, in my software Microsoft Digital Image Suite and I played with only color, exposure, contrast, level, and exposure and lighting. What a difference I noticed, because the first camera I ever had, made the photos look like they had a lot of noise in them and they were like very dull, and spotty, like when you watch a channel on television that has a bad connection with snow. So far I only got one folder done, out of a million, LOL (Joking) and still have a lot more to go. Oh sorry, I forgot to take the date off the photo.

I know this is off topic but I saw this link and wanted to share with you because, I hate that Microsoft changed to Skype, because now you can’t log in and it tells you that you have the wrong email or password. It basically messed everything up. I like windows live messenger better. They have done it for windows 7 already.

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My Book and More…

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I am starting back to working on my books I started and I am also going to do some photo story videos, that one of my friends inspired me to do with my dreams and more. They will be posted on YouTube.
Also still working on tagging posts and visiting everyone’s blog, so have patience. Thank you

Notice that book on the picture, Best Ghost stories, I have that book. I bought it in Williamsburg, VA

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True stories

English: Goldfield Hotel (abandoned), Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, 4-11-1976 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

If any one likes to watch ghost stories and war movies. I recommend these movies to watch. Now, I am not a big fan of war movies, but this movie was excellent. If you are one of those that can not watch ghost movies, I suggest watching at your own risk, because this movie exceeds every other ghost movie I have seen.
Like I said these movies are true stories. So last night I was flipping through On Demand movies to watch and I found this movie called Ghost of Goldfield, and The Ascent. Anyway, The Ghost of Goldfield is about a hotel located in Goldfield, Nevada and there are five students who go to this hotel to help this student do a thesis for her Psychology class. This girl looks like the dead ghost of Elizabeth, the bartender looks like the guy Elizabeth had an affair with, one of the other kids, look like Elizabeth’s husband, also the girl who is doing her thesis is the younger version of her grandmother who betrayed Elizabeth by telling her husband about the affair she had and that the baby was not his. It gets really ugly. The Ascent is a true story and it’s based on Prisoners of War with the Germans, British, and Africans. This was an excellent movie to.

Back in those days Goldfield was very well-known for their gold and then the town died after this happened at the hotel. Now in the movie The Ascent, I am curious about something that I had noticed and that was that the prisoners shirts had a dark patch on the back, does anyone know what that meant.

English: Goldfield Ghost Town saloon on Apache Trail, Arizona, USA Français : Goldfield Ghost Town sur l’Apache Trail, Arizona, États-Unis (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

My Tale From A to Z

7 Lucky Gods of japan (Photo credit: Steve-kun)

 

My Tale From A To Z

 

A Tale of a Girl who got injured

 

Because she slipped in the snow and

 

Can’t function very well, but

 

Doing things are very hard, and

 

Every day is a struggle. I also

 

Forget a lot to. I pray to

 

God everyday to

 

Help me through this, But

 

I wake up every day, with some good days,

 

some bad, but more really bad days

 

Just tell everyone to stop telling me

 

it is all in my mind, don’t think about it

 

Kills me to tell them they have no

 

idea what I’m going through

 

Let Go, Let God, they say

 

Mainly being bored out of my mind

 

Not being able to work, and do the things I enjoy

 

Other than that I am going crazy

 

Particularly since the walls feel like they closed

 

in on me, and

 

Quality time with family has been less and less,

 

because I have to

 

Restrict my driving, because it hurts too much to

 

Sit for long periods at a

 

Time. So

 

Until I get the surgery, which I hope is soon

 

Very soon. I am

 

Watching what I do, so I don’t overdo it

 

XXXXXOOOOOO

 

You’ve all have been so patient since this

 

happened, and now I am going to

 

Zap on out of here

 

and go to bed

 

Good Night all

 

This was actually inspired by (dailypost.wordpress.com)

 

 

THE GHOST OF SPIRIT BEAR by Ben Mikaelsen

I actually have this book, and it is a great book.

ellisnelson

 

There are a lot of books available for teens today.  For a smart, discerning young adult, the range and quality of the work has never been better.  But I’m often dismayed by the lack of value (my judgment call here) a good portion of the popular literature offers.  At least, insofar as what sells best.  There are those books that entertain (and they should), and fill an afternoon, but don’t remain. Don’t challenge the teen, don’t teach the teen, don’t inspire the teen – in short, they’re fluff.  Like an ice cream sundae soon consumed and soon forgotten.  I know as parents, we’re just happy our kid is reading. There are so many who don’t.

That’s why when I find one of those quiet books, that don’t sell phenomenally well but offer something of depth for the soul, I want to highlight it. I read The Ghost of Spirit…

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How This Book Came Into the World

Well, I hope that you are doing better. I know how you feel. It’s amazing when something happens to a person, it changes you in ways you never imagined right.

ellisnelson

Several years ago I had a particularly bad year. My father died, my son was hospitalized, and I came face to face with my own health crisis. All in one year. My illness effectively took me out of the world and focused my attention inward. I returned to basics and found my interest in Buddhism waiting for me. Silent, I think, since at least my teenage years.

I began taking classes offered in faraway Dharamsala, India.  Thanks to the internet, I was able to study with a master who had fled Chinese-occupied Tibet to follow His Holiness, the Dalai Lama into exile in 1959. Listening to Geshe Sonam Rinchen’s patient lectures aided my understanding of Tibetan Buddhism. That along with my friendship with a young monk in India helped me to process and write, Into the Land of Snows.   The novel explores many of the themes I was exposed to as…

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Recommended Movies To Watch

 

I have some more movies for you.

 

           The Good Witch

 

            The Good Witches Garden

          The Good Witches Gift

            The Good Witches Family

 

              The Good Witches Charm

 

          Monster House

 

           Our Wild Hearts

 

            Andre

 

 

 

          Christmas In Canaan

 

          Christmas Comes Home To Canaan

 

          A Dog Named Christmas

Limitless Movie Review: Rise Of The Guardians

I liked the movie, I thought it was great. I also saw Legend of the Guardians and I loved that movie to

OhCarloBouh!

Rise Of The Guardians, 2012

If only I could give this movie 10 starts, I’d give this movie 10 stars! Undoubtedly the best animated movie of 2012, or probably since Wall-e. Truly, they saved the best for last, and the best way to end 2012 is watching this movie, full of hope, fun and surprises. I have never loved an animated film like this and it truly amazed me. Also, this film works best with IMAX or 3D, and it never let my expectations down, it gave me what I wanted, entertainment. What I like about this film is it played along the children inside it’s audience  That wonder with Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, Sandman and Jack Frost, they all blended together and assured the audience they are real and are here to guide us and bring joy to everyone. They all represent hope, wonder, dreams, memories and…

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My Own Thought of The Day!!!

look around you… [790] (Photo credit: brianjmatis)

OK, so  I was talking on the phone last night, and the conversation we were having led to this quote that came to my mind. My own quote, that I am pretty sure no one else has ever said. But it goes like this. A wise man once said,” Look around you, you might see something no one else see’s”.

By SAM (My Initials) LOL

So basically it means that more people need to not only look ahead, but also need to up. down and side to side, You would be pretty amazed by what you might see.

The land of painted Caves

Barnes and noble (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

If any one wants a good audiobook to read this is awesome . I got it at Barnes and noble. I was  waiting for it to go on sale and it did. I have wanted this book for the longest time and it is well recommended to read. This is one book you can’t put down after you start reading it, except in this case (stop listening) LOL

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What’s the verdict? Don’t judge a book by it’s cover only

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I tend to judge a book by its cover but I also read the insert to see if I would like the book. I like books you can read and never put it down or get bored with it.

 

 

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Amazon- A New Year A New You

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn– Available in DVD or VHS

For everyone who read the book, here is the movie version on Amazon.com

Brave- 3.99 on Amazon.com

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Day 14 – 30 Day Book Challenge-Required reading list

Reading list (Photo credit: jakebouma)

 

Day 14 – 30 Day Book Challenge-Required reading list.

 

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Inspiring Movies to Watch

These movies I mention, are movies that are inspirational, but at the same time they all have valuable lessons in them that we can learn from

TSO:
The Ghosts of Christmas Eve –

Narrated by award-winning actor Ossie Davis, the production takes us on a journey of a runaway little girl’s decision to return to her family after she enters a rundown theater for shelter and encounters an old caretaker who guides her on her journey. This magical story features appearances from recording artists Jewel and Michael Crawford.

I just watched this tonight and it was amazing. I missed part of it but I am recording it is on next week on the 12th, on the Hallmark Channel, recommend to see this . It gave me the chills actually

http://www.youtube.com

A Princess For Christmas –

At the invitation of an estranged relative, a young woman travels with her niece and nephew to a castle in Europe for Christmas where she unwittingly falls for a dashing Prince.

This was a great movie and very romantic, I cried

Lucky Christmas –

A terminally unlucky single mother wonders if she will ever be lucky as Christmas approaches.

This was a great movie, but greed was involved because a person who stole her car, thought he had dibs to her winning lottery ticket and the other person was trying to do right. No matter what, if you take something that does not belong to you, that does not men possession is 9/10th of the law, because you stole it, you didn’t find it, and even if you did ,it still not yours to keep. DO THE RIGHT THING

The Wishing Tree –

A special Christmas tree decorated with handwritten wishes helps Dennis and his group of orphaned students develop a connection and a sense of family.

This was a great movie and there is a lesson to be learned in this movie

The Christmas wish –

MARTHA EVANS has been abandoned by her ne’er-do-well husband, who took all their cash and left her homeless and virtually destitute with her two daughters and stepson…

Now this movie was inspiring because when there was a person who was left without nothing, a town of people came together to help her out, while one Grinch, kept making things harder for her, need more people like them.

The Princess Diaries

Mia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her 15th year.

Princess diaries 2: The Royal wedding –

Now settled in Genovia, Princess Mia faces a new revelation: she’s being primed for an arranged marriage to a English suitor.

I wasn’t sure I would like these movies, But I did, they were both really good

The Christmas Song –

Two New York City high schools merge, so the girls school and the boys school are now one, the Carter-Cresswel Academy. Each school had a music program, so the two teachers face the probably that they will become redundant, meaning that one will likely lose their job. They are forced to compete in a televised Christmas Carol competition. The competition may play a factor in who gets to keep their job.

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Inspiring Movies, and Books

I have some more interesting  and inspiring movies to share with you .        

• Duke- An inspiring movie about a man who was injured while in service and when he came home to his family, a dog had become part of his life and gave him hope. Till one day he didn’t want to burden his family so he packed him and his dog in his clunker camper and went to live on the streets. Till one day he thought the dog was dying and dropped him off in front of the vets and asked that he be put down so He wouldn’t suffer. Well this vet so that this dog still had some life in him and saved the dog. The she put ads out to find the owner of the dog, and when the daughter saw the ad, the family and dog were finally reunited.

• You Lucky Dog- A young lady returns home for her mother’s funeral to find out that she needs to save her home, and decides to stay and fix things. A sheep herder got rid of a dog who would not do the job he is supposed to, so this young lady took this dog and worked with him and entered into the sheep herding contest, and they won, and then the real test was that not only did everyone think the dog was worthless, but he ended up saving a camp counselor and some kids from a forest fire.

• A freshman father- a young man who finds out his girlfriend is pregnant and does the right thing by marrying her, they move in together, she has the baby, and when she thinks that the baby doesn’t like her because he won’t stop crying for her, but only him she decides to leave and in the end she wanted to give the baby up, but he insisted on keeping the baby so when they went to court, he finally got custody. He struggled to keep up college, raise his son and his job, with obstacles always in his way until the dean of college realized that he would go places because he worked so hard at school, work and raising his son.

• Accidental Friendship  This is a true story About a cop who befriends a homeless women and her dogs. She brings food for her dogs, and then helps her to find a place to live and get her life together and ends up getting married to.

• Undercover Angel  Her little girl plays matchmaker to a lonely freelance writer and her mother and if I remember watching this movie it is based on a true story

• Two kids set out across the Rockies to claim a piece of property before it is too late. When they meet a Man who is a gambler and helps them to get where they want to go and has then changed this mans ways of living in the end.

• Heartland-  Where a dairy farmer faces ruin brought on by European law and fights for the injustice of the system

These were really great movies to watch, and they are like really inspiring, because in these movies, if there were more people like these in the world, we would be living in a lot better place, than we are now. I think that in our world, I am sorry to say, but it is all about greed and how everyone is going to make their next dollar, and that is very sad .

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My Poems

 

My Poems I wrote and some of these were written from my dreams.and a couple of them were published to. I wish I could put them on here with the design but the program I use would take up to much space. Dreams, God’s Earth, and Ode To Christmas were published By international library Of Poetry (Poetry.com) and Eber & Wein

The Colors of Life: The International Library of Poetry [Hardcover] On Amazon

Forever Spoken (A compilation) [Hardcover] On Amazon

From a Window: Sights Unseen On Barnes and Noble and  Amazon

My Poem Shadows In The Dark coming soon

 

Dreams

Dreams can be beautiful
Dreams can be bad, but also sad.
Dreams can be colorful, also in black and white.
There are crazy dreams, and lazy dreams.
There are scary but also airy dreams, like floating on a cloud, where no one else aloud!
In your own world.
There are all kinds of dreams, pay attention, it seems! Because dreams do tell, so you might as well.
The mind is a strange place to be, because inside there so much to see.
So watch, wait and be ready to see, everything you never seen,
till you’ve seen it in your dreams

By Sherry Mastromarino

 

Moon Dreams (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

God’s Earth

God made this earth, Right!!!
So, why does everyone take it so light!
As a gift to us from God,
He trusted us upon his sod.
He gave mankind, kind hope and more,
that he has opened up this door
To have this gift from God is joy,
not just some little toy.
We act as though it’s a burden to us,
but most of all we never must give up on this great gift.
To lift up and share this special gift.
Mankind has taken advantage of God,
because they have not taken care of his sod.
Animals, trees, birds and more,
are crying for help like never before,
land and sea are asking for help,
but no one is really listening to what is dealt.
So listen close to what earth has to say,
as so one day there may not be anything to hear,
and this for fear is not good

By Sherry Mastromarino

 

Marriage (Photo credit: Lel4nd)

 

Marriage

I believe that marriage is a sacred vow,

 

 

 

but why do people forsake it now.
Is it a piece of paper? Or… is it love
No! It’s not a piece of paper or a convenience to one.
To some it’s just,to others it’s a must and then there is both.
You marry for love, honor, faith, trust and more- to honor your vows.
Marriage should be love, not convenience, till death do us part, not till you tear up the papers.
Some of us would love to have that special love, and others just throw it away like it meant nothing.
By Sherry Mastromarino

 

Christmas 2007 (Photo credit: paparutzi)

 

Ode To Christmas

I wish… I wish, Christmas

I wish that Christmas could be like the Christmas cartoons,
with the beautiful sparkling snow and moon. The animals
are running freely and leaving little pitter patters of feet
in the snow. The birds are chirping away so happily
as they flutter through the snow, playing with the chipmunks
and deer. I sit and watch, as if they have not a care
in the world, just free to play and scurry around
wherever they want.
I wish… I wish Christmas was!
I wish Christmas could be like the Christmas movies,
where the snow falls so perfectly
as each snowflake hits the ground and lands on the trees.
The icicles hanging from the limbs — branches,and the roofs
of the houses;they look like crystals glowing in the sun.
The houses so beautifully decorated with Christmas lights
and decorations. As everyone sits around the fireplace,
drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows,
while opening their gifts.
I learned that “Christmas is not what is; it’s what it’s about.”
I remember being in Vermont;
as I was sitting in the restaurant, the view of the forest
was covered with beautiful, pure white snow,
as I sit and watch the squirrels, blue jays and cardinals in
the snow scattering around, thinking how free they must feel
out there. I wish… I wish Christmas

By Sherry Mastromarino

 

Christmas stars (Photo credit: mararie)

 

 

Troubled Waters

Your mind is like troubled waters…

Always flowing like a stream.
Like a Dream!!!
Even, during the day, your mind has something to say, Or, mostly at night
after!!! you turn out the light.
Open your eyes to disguise these bad dreams, but never works because the dream still lurks.

By Sherry Mastromarino

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Inspirational Movies

English: tricolor sash of a french police officer (superintendent) Français : écharpe tricolore d’officier de police judiciaire (Commissaire de Police), France (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Freshman Father- Based on a true story of a boy from Iowa about to enter college and finds out his girlfriend is pregnant, he tries to do the right thing by marrying her, going to school, until she leaves them. But he struggled to stay in school, and take care of his son, till he finally graduates.

Accidental Friendship- Based on a true story of a police officer who becomes a guardian and friend to a homeless women who loves her dogs and in the end changes her life for the better after helping her get her life together, and now has a beautiful husband and family, with a home

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Write About What You Know

I like this Christian

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GREAT SUBMISSIONS SO FAR

Can I submit one of my poems I wrote

Focus On: Fiction and Poetry Blogs

Focus On: Fiction and Poetry Blogs.

Pick a Book…Any Book

Pick a Book…Any Book.

A Step-By-Step Guide to Making Your Own Paperback : ISBNs, Interior & Cover Design

Thanks for the info, I want to mention hp also recommends blurb books to and

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The Portrait of a Writer (3): More than Words

I know how you feel, I have the same feeling. I wrote 8 poems that came from my dreams 3 are published but I want to put them in a book and also to write a book about my childhood. basically what ever you want to write about just do the 5 W’s and get your info together and then prepare your outline how you will start the book

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My Favorite Quotes

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift. That’s why it is called the present. (Unknown)

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk. (Unknown)

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. (Albert Von Szent Gyorgi)

The Best way to predict your future is to create it. (Unknown)

Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day. (Will Durant)

Without mistakes there is no forgiving, without forgiving there is no love. (Mother teresa)

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose Joy  and keep choosing it everyday. (Henry Nouwen)

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. (Abraham Lincoln)

The voice of nature loudly cries, and many a message from the skies, that something in us never dies. (R. Burns)

Take time everyday to do something silly. (Phillipa Walker) 

If you can dream it, you can do it. (Walt Disney)

I believe in justice and ‘truth, without which there would be no basis for human hope. (His Holiness the Dalai Lama)

Be grateful for every meal, no matter how simple. (Barbara Ann Kipfer)

‘”Just living isn’t enough,” said the butterfly, “one must also have freedom, sunshine, and a little flower.” (Hans Christian Anderson)

Mile by mile it’s a trial; Yard by yard it’s hard; But inch by inch is a cinch. (Anonymous)

Always be nice to people on the way up; because you will meet the same people on the way down. (Wilson Mizner)

Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity. (His Holiness Dalai Lama)

Bedtime Prayer

There are 4 corners of the bed,

There are 4 angels at my head,

Mathew, Mark, Luke and John,

Bless this bed I sleep on. (Christian)

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up, figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. (Michael Jordan)

Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth. (Charles A Dana)

When we see that we have gone wrong, it is our duty to retrace our footsteps and proceed again on the right path. (Mohandas Ghandhi)

Independence is never given to a people, it has to be earned; And having been earned, it has to be defended. (Chiam Wiezmann, Modern Founder of Zionism)

Never go to a doctor who’s office plants have died. (Erma Bombeck)

I’d rather be a failure at something I enjoy then a success at something I hate. (George Burns)

 

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Prefer the book over the movie.

My Friend gave me the book and I couldn’t put it down. The movie was not portrayed like the book at all.

Two In Love

Eat, Love and Prey. The book is definitely better. But the movie was ok.

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I started my first book, I am using the Blurb Software to write my book

Well, for the longest time I have been deciding to write a book and have been worried about what others will think, now I am going to go through with it. so, I plan 2 write at least 2 books.

I now officially have 3 poems published. Two are published through the International Library of Poetry through Poetry.com and the other is published by Eber & Wein and can be bought on Barnes and Noble

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