Refreshing Music

Hi everyone :)
It's been a while since I've posted and that's makes me sad.  I do believe last time I posted I was ciked about Harry Potter.  Well, let me just tell you what I thought about it.  IF you have read the book, it will not be HALF as good.  It is very anticlimactic and they took out so many AWESOME scenes in the book. So, I was a bit disappointed, but now that I'm forgetting how much I didn't like it, I want to see it again and hopefully it will be better the second time.  Since I'm talking about HP, check out this song: Harry Potter Theme - Incredible Piano Solo by Jarrod Radnich

Last night I went to see Jon Schmidt in concert with my piano teacher, Michelle, and a friend, Carol (who runs the music store).   Oh, I loved it! It was EXACTLY what I needed.  A very nice refreshing experience.  Jon Schmidt is a pianist (in case you haven't figured that out yet).  Here are some of my favorites of his:
Michael Meets Mozart - Jon Schmidt I wanted him to play this one so bad! I love it!!!! Make sure you watch this one instead of just have it playing in the background.
Love Story Meets Viva la Vida - Jon Schmidt  He played this one last night. Amazing! He had to use a soundtrack for all the other instruments though.
Tribute (Rose-Anne's Song) - Jon Schmidt  This one was written for his sister who passed away when he was 19.  She taught him a lot on the piano and he looked up to her a great deal. Last night, he ended the concert with this song, the piano un-miced.  It was incredible.  It starts out sad, but transitions into happiness as if he has been reunited with her. 

Last, but not least, this is a picture that I edited last night.  I'm really loving black backgrounds...

Enjoy the music above... It's so refreshing, relaxing, inspiring and all that good stuff.  Just close your eyes, take a deep breath and let the melody wash over you.  :)

When Bored, BLOG!

Tonight is the magical midnight premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2! I am SO excited!  My friends are coming over to watch Part 1 beforehand.  I'm sad that it is almost over, but I can't wait to see it!  So, right now, as you can tell, I am really bored.  Yesterday during my "really bored" part of the day, I edited a lot of pictures of flowers that I have not posted on here yet.  And now, I am going to share them :) There is one in particular that I cannot wait for you to see! Here goes!

Something about this picture just fascinates me.  I have it saved as "The Living Among The Dead".  I strongly believe that people who are alive in Christ have to mix with the ones who are without Christ (dead).  We can't separate ourselves because if we did then the dead wouldn't know how to become alive. So that's what this picture makes me think about.

I took this one a long time ago.  I wish it was bigger because the detail is extraordinary.  And in case you're wondering what it is, I am happy to inform you that it is merely a weed with morning dew on it. Sometimes it's the "ugly" things that are extremely beautiful. 
"A weed is but an unloved flower." ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Orange.

Pink (:

POP of color!

Black and white effect.

Love this picture both ways.

Purplely-blue.

Once again, I am kind of fascinated with dead things.  Sounds weird, I know.  But there are so many beautiful dead things.  Like that dead sunflower, or this shriveled up flower.  It's such a quiet, disguised beauty.

Daddy picked a sunflower, Mom put it in an awesome vase and placed it in a blue tray.  Perfect.

Favorite.

Haha, this was one of my weird photographer moments.  I was at Belks with John, my boyfriend, and made him stand there while I took pictures of this tree outside Belk haha.

Beautiful autumn picture.  Sunlight is perfect. Color is beautiful.

Does anyone know what these are?

Vintage look.

White & Yellow

Dandelion.  I can't remember if I've already showed you this one or not..

Remember that one in particular that I couldn't wait to show you? Well, this is it.  The before and after.  I added the "after" again below so you could see it bigger.

Breath-taking.  I just love everything about it. I want to frame it.

"What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome. Are not flowers the stars of the earth, and are not our stars the flowers of the heaven." ~  A.J. Balfour

"If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses, what might not the heart of man become in its long journey toward the stars?"  ~ G.K. Chesterton

That's all folks! ;)