Weekly Photo Challenge: AFLOAT…
“I have often been adrift, but I have always stayed afloat.” David Berry
Weekly Photo Challenge: AFLOAT… lotus pads, a boat and ducks in a pond
Weekly Photo Challenge: AFLOAT… lotus pad
Weekly Photo Challenge: AFLOAT… lotus pads, a boat, balloons, and ducks in a pond
There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always choose yourself, and turn your parents into whatever it takes to keep you afloat. Anna Quindlen
“Never set a child afloat on the flat sea of life with only one sail to catch the wind.” D.H. Lawrence
Weekly Photo Challenge: AFLOAT… boats and birds and pods and balloons floating
Weekly Photo Challenge: AFLOAT… ducks in a pond
There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures. William Shakespeare
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“Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one’s balance and keep afloat.” Eric Hoffer
Weekly Photo Challenge: AFLOAT… bridge, a boat and ducks in a pond
Weekly Photo Challenge: AFLOAT… boat on the Hudson River
Your shallowest help will hold me up afloat,
Whilst he upon your soundless deep doth ride;
Or, being wrecked, I am a worthless boat,
He of tall building, and of goodly pride.
William Shakespeare
My fellow bloggers were equally creative with their selections. Check out how others interpreted the theme below.
This post was inspired by a prompt from WP Daily Post: Weekly Photo Challenge: AFLOAT This week, share a photo that’s afloat. How do you interpret the word afloat? It could be the expression on your son’s face as he jumps on the bed. Maybe it’s your daughter’s triumphant smile after tossing training wheels to master her two-wheeler. It could be a beautiful cloud formation, pollen on the breeze, or an errant birthday party balloon making its escape into the sky. So looking forward to seeing what afloat means to you.
Positive Motivation Tip: Life is about ups and downs… no matter what, stay afloat.
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PHOTO CREDITS/ATTRIBUTIONS: All Photos from my Personal Collection.
Until Next Time…
Ask. Believe. Receive. ©
Elizabeth Obih-Frank
Mirth and Motivation
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I like that Barry quote and I love the lily pads. They’re so enormous!
janet
Thank you. They are quite huge. 🙂
Love the quote from David Berry, very apropos.
Great choices for the theme! I love the balloons. Classic…
I love them too as they add color to the others which were taken on not so sunny days. TY
Those lotus pads are so cool. It reminds me of an obstacle course type thing at a water park we go to that my kids love.
Afloat: A Poem by C&C
Life took me out on a boat
She left me stranded
Tired, hungry; I demanded
She come back. I demanded. I wrote.
I rolled it up
I sent it out in a bottle
I watched it float
Away. And I waited with frustration
Until I felt the syncopation
In me; how it rewrote
The story of my life.
And my heart wasn’t where it wanted to be
And my rhythm was off, afloat
In the midst of life’s ocean.
I think she held the notion
That I could emote
My lack of her
Until I lacked of her.
And then I found the antidote
To my affliction
It was my addiction.
It was her.
This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing your poetry!
Beautiful pictures! Those lotus pads are unreal.
Nice photos and good motivational tip. Those big lotus pads always amaze me.
i like the one with balloons.. it somehow represents that in life, we must stay positive and see things in a colorful light and perspective.
At times, life is like the rough seas. We have to find ways to keep afloat and stay up against the tides.
Love the opening quote! Such a good distinction to make in life…between staying afloat and occasionally being adrift! 🙂
There’s some sweet and relaxing pictures there, but to be honest…ducks scare the bajeezuz outta me 😉
I loved all of the photos. I I need to take the kids to the park and feed the ducks.
The balloon photo is so cute, my son asked if it was for a birthday party, or always there?
The Lawrence quote is very poignant Elizabeth.
Quite… yes.
My feeling… trying hard to stay afloat and happy while I’m struggling beneath the water 🙁
Nice photos, very fitting for the theme word afloat. Thanks for sharing!
lovely shots and quotes! I especially like the bird onto the shopping trolley
These photos look amazing, especially the lotus pads!
You too beautiful shots. I LOVE the lilies the most.
Very cool pic of floating. Especially love the balloons pic!
I love this quote- “Life is about ups and downs… no matter what, stay afloat.” That pretty much sums up what I think afloat is. The ability to just keep going. Stay positive.
We all have our own ways to keep afloat during the difficult times. I find prayer and faith as the best lifejackets. – Fred
I love how you used those photos. Your quotes really work well too.
Gorgeous click !! Specially the lotus as I love them so much.
Your positive tip is so inspiring.
Wow! Great job, all your photos are awesome and clear. May I know what camera / apps that you are using.
Love these photos. The lotus pads in particular are stunning. They don’t even look real! I’ve never seen lotus pads with a lip on them like those.
afloat for me means charming smile of my daughter when she gets a chocolate from me.
Nice photos and challenge! My fave is the lotus pads 🙂
Those are very beautiful pictures and so are the quotes that accompany it. I interpret the word “afloat” as living life every day. The problems make the body sink yet my head is still above water surviving.
These are beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing.
I love how you captured the ducks in the pond. They looked so calm and they are a good reminder to pause for a while in the midst of a busy lifestyle.
I love these wonderful photos! The Floating Lotus looks so gorgeous and the ducks in a pond looks very pretty as well. Thanks for sharing it.
Nice bird in flight picture. I like the lotus pads too. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any in person.
I am always impressed with how well you do on the photo challenges.
So those are lotus pads, I thought it’s bilao, a native product here in PHL
These are such lovely photos. The lotus pads are amazing!
I always dream that I was floating…something like this “AFLOAT”, floating in water. And I ask my mother what is the meaning of that, she answered..that I am drifting to something..moving ahead without guidance. So I have to be very careful with my decisions in life.
I love the thought for this weekly photo challenge. When I was in my grade school years, back when I was in our swimming team, our coach would always tell us to keep ourselves afloat; not just in the water but also keep our hopes & dreams afloat. That way, we were able to accept lost competitions and appreciate the ones we won in. 🙂
Yes, in the challanging times we need to stay afloat by keeping our heads above water as they say. I try to always remain positive! Have a great day!
These nature images are just lovely. They really help to get one in a calm and stress-free mood.
Thank you Maria, one of them (waterlily pads) was taken in your neighborhood at the botanical gardens. 🙂
YOur photos are always so wonderful! I love the lily pads- gorgeous!
“I have often been adrift, but I have always stayed afloat.” David Berry …I really feel like this right now.
Love the pictures and the message! Great post!
Love those photos specially that of the swan on the pond. This quote did caught my attention . Never set a child afloat on the flat sea of life with only one sail to catch the wind.” So true indeed.
What a beautiful metaphor for life! Love the photo of the lily pads, it’s so calming! 😀
What a fun and beautiful place to visit. I cant even believe those lilly pads are real!
That lotus pad photos is awesome. I am loving these photo challenges.
Those lotus pads are just gorgeous!!!
I love those lotus pads, what an amazing picture!
Such a lovely place to visit, I love all of the captures, the place is perfect for relaxation.
My favorite photo has to be the ducks, mainly because I don’t see that here, only in pictures in magazines. i think you captured afloat really well, especially with the lily pad!
I can relate to all of that float stuff. Have a great weekend!
I could lose myself there for days! Those large lily pads are so beautiful! Peaceful 🙂
Thank you. It was taken at the Bronx Botanical Gardens. They have a greenhouse for plants like this and other exotic flora.
lovely photos . . . those pads are my best pick