Tag: Recreation

365 Snap Shots of Life Blog Challenge: Day 48

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 – EVA SANTIAGO copyright 2012

When You Wish Upon A Star lyrics

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do

Fate is kind
She brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of
Their secret longing

Like a bolt out of the blue

Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true

Fate is kind
She brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of
Their secret longing

Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true

[ From : http://www.elyrics.net/read/d/disney-lyrics/when-you-wish-upon-a-star-lyrics.html ]

365 Snap Shots of Life Blog Challenge: Day 43

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In December of 2008 a wonderful thing happened…it snowed where I live. I am not a big fan of snow. However, given the fact that I live in the desert,  it made the rare weather occurance feel almost magical. Had this happened back in Atlanta where I lived 11 years ago, I wouldn’t have even taken picture. But snow in the desert… brought out the little kid in me. What a day that was! At one point late at night, I went outside and the whole neighborhood resembled something eerie almost like a scene right out of  Steven King‘s THE SHINING.

Looking back on this photo reminds me how glad I am to live where I do. Moments like these are few and far in between and that’s how I like snow to be for me.

Have a great Sunday everyone 🙂

-EVA SANTIAGO copyright 2012

365 Snap Shots of Life Blog Challenge: Day 24

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January 24, 2012

I was looking through some pics for today’s post and I chose this one because it made me realize how many pets we have adopted through the years. Our first family pet was a  Jack Russel Terrier who just happened to come into our lives at the worst time. All of my kids were under 10 years old with my youngest just having turned 2 that year. I felt like Bosco was another child I had to look after and I was already spread out past thin. It broke my heart to have to give him away to a neighbor but it was what was best for him as well. After that, we didn’t have any pets because I thought it best to wait until the kids were older and handle taking care of a pet. Then entered our rabbit phase. After the 6th rabbit died we decided to take another break from owning a pet.

This Desert Tortoise was a gift from our neighbors to my son. That boy adores turtles. I think that Snap, as he named him, was THE gift of his 12th birthday. But unfortunately Snap didn’t last long because someone stole him not too long after. So here is to you Snap, wherever you are, Jojo still misses you. 🙂

SNAP!

 

-EVA SANTIAGO copyright 2012

365 Snap Shots of Life Blog Challenge: Day 17

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January 17,2012

Sweet Spirit

Here is the horse I drew for Esther. At first her request intimidated me but I decided to try it. I found an image of a horse she liked online and I copied it. As I sat down to sketch out the horse, I kept running into some difficulty. Then I remember that I learned how to draw upside down when I was in the 8th grade. Mr. Atkins, my art instructor saw that some of us were having a hard time, so he suggested that we all turn the picture of the subject we were drawing upside down; in this way the left side of your brain won’t get in the way of what the right side is doing. I implemented it to draw this horse and I was glad I did. That night when her dad came home, Esther told him how I had drawn the horse up side down and he laughed in amazement. It’s mind blowing what we can remember from the past. I framed it  andnow it hangs in her bedroom.

365 Snap Shots of Life Blog Challenge: Day 12

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January 12,2012

Childhood is such a carefree time in a person’s life. When my husband and I first me we used to go to the park a lot. We’d pack a pic nic and go. It’s something we still do now that we have kids. Even though our kids are half grown, they still enjoy family outings to the park. A park is where you park it and forget about your troubles and just enjoy your life.

Round n Round

365 Snap Shots of Life Blog Challenge: Day 10

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January 10, 2012

We had rabbits as pets when my kids were younger. I learned quite a few things about them during those years. For starters, they eat their own poop and sit in their own urine to keep cool in the hot summer months. They also are very fragile animals; my oldest daughter who was 12 at the time, found this out the hard way. Her rabbit Mascara and the one pictured here, Shadow appeared to lead boring lives in their cages. So she decided to remedy the problem by placing a rather large wood planter in their cage, for them to play in. The next day she came in from feeding them and her glum expression told me something was very wrong. She found Shadow crushed underneath the planter. Yup, completely steamrolled. And that ladies and gentlemen is how she discovered that rabbits are not as tough or bored as they appear.

R.I.P. Shadow