love thursday: and suddenly, a heart appears

I always marvel at those of you who share your images for Love Thursday here, and comment, "I didn't even notice the heart when I took the picture."  That never happens to me!  If I take a picture of a heart, boy-howdy, I notice it.  It never magically appears.

Until this week.

I was looking through some old photographs I took when I was living in my homeland of Trinidad & Tobago (I'm feeling a bit homesick these days), and I came across the shot above, taken about 2-1/2 years ago.  This little cabin is in the small fishing village of Grand Riviere, on the north shore of Trinidad.  Grand Riviere happens to be the nesting ground of giant leatherback turtles, and every year my husband, daughter and I would make the 2 hour drive to this little cabin, so that we could walk out to the beach after dark and watch these huge animals lumber onto the beach and lay their eggs, before returning to the ocean.  It is one of my favourite memories of life in Trinidad, and one of my favourite spots.  I love this picture.

But it was only this week that I noticed the light in the upper right hand corner of this image was in the shape of a heart.

How positively fitting.

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Happy Love Thursday, everyone.  Please leave your links of love in the comments below, and be sure to check out these hearts that seemed to magically materialize in the images left by Snowfire11Ro and mainemomma2007 in the ShutterSisters Flickr pool.  

And may love suddenly appear in your lives today.

Comments

[Kirsten]

Lovely post...I am learning to just make love happen sometimes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/somethingcheeky/2884463574/

[bridge]

http://ridethewavesoflife.blogspot.com/2008/09/love-thursday-boy-and-our-dog.html
Great Shot! I had to look for a while but there it is. LOVE.

[Chocolate on my Cranium]

Love showed itself for a brief moment while my youngest ones took a breather from playing:
http://chocolateonmycranium.blogspot.com/2008/09/three-amigos.html

[xtina]

Here's one I've posted here last Spring but fits today's LT post. Can you find it in the shadows?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/appleofmyeyebaby/2498733314/

[Camilla]

In this picture love is´nt hidden. It is verry obvious.

[Camilla]

I´m so sorry forgotten the link.

http://rabarbermarmelad.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/love-thursday-2/

[tracey]

oh karen, what a magic capture. i just love it!
here's my celebration of love-
http://maypapers.blogspot.com/2008/09/love-takes-flight.html

[Cherrye at My Bella Vita]

Maybe that heart was hiding until you needed to see it!

I'm blogging about lovin' Italy and chance to win FREE Italian espresso ... YUM!

http://my-bella-vita.com/2008/09/25/love-thursday-loving-italia-and-bonus-calabria-pics/

[Marcie]

A floating heart:
http://bravo.unisonplatform.com/~marciesc/index.php?showimage=528

[michelle of bleeding espresso]

Finding a heart in a photo has only happened to me once--was a cloud floating by :)

Now here's one that I *did* notice:

http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/09/love-thursday-love-is-in-the-air.html

or

http://flickr.com/photos/13029497@N00/2702843907/

Happy Love Thursday everyone!

[Jessi]

I'd like to say that our bodies are forming the shape of a heart, but that's stretching it.
http://www.frozeneights.blogspot.com/2008/09/love-thursday_24.html

[Karin]

Love that picture and the heart just makes it magical - maybe you had a visit from the love fairy just then? I finally managed to notice a heart in a photo and am very excited!
http://karinstruwig.blogspot.com/2008/09/love-thursday-flamingo-dancing.html

[Jeana]

I love your heart of light! So beautiful. Happy love thursday!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanamarie31/2887439192/

[cindy k]

i see the 'heart' light and love when it appears unexpectedly. here's mine created just for 'love thursday'
http://quainthandmade.blogspot.com/2008/09/pics-love-thursday.html

[jag]

HLT friends!

This image is love-filled for me:
My mom - who I LOVE...
The coast - that I LOVE...
Lyrics by Jason Mraz - who I LOVE (and will be seeing in concert SOON!)
Reference to God - my LOVE above all Loves (and beyond my understanding)...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/2886750696/

xox

[shelli]

Sorry to hear you're homesick! But what a delightful image! Gorgeous place.

Here's a little love from Banjo:

http://www.mamaofletters.com/Mama_of_Letters/Camera_Happy/Pages/Nikon_D60.html#27

[jen lemen]

no hearts in my photo, but a lovely quote about love called
"the terror and the beauty"

http://jenlemen.com/blog/?p=500

[Wendy]

Beautiful!! Happy LT!!

http://wesnlani.blogspot.com/2008/09/love-thursday_25.html

[m. heart]

love appeared as a shadow on the side of a buidling sunday! happy love thursday!
http://secretnotebookswildpages.blogspot.com/2008/09/love-thursday.html

[margie]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/margela/

thank you. i went back through my photos early this morning and sure enough, i had missed the heart.

[Kathleen]

I didn't notice this one until I cropped it...found it along a path that leads to a little island.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/2874344310/

[ELK]

Karen what a beautiful cabin!

I just about tripped over it...can you see it?

http://redorgray-dependsontheday.blogspot.com/

[Kacey]

Lovely photo. So neat that you went back and found the hidden heart in the picture. (My son is scheduled to go to Trinadad & Tobago for work. I can't wait to see the photos he'll bring back. He shares my love of photography)

[Katie in MA]

I have to paint my pictures with words, but I am so inspired by your Love Thursdays that I have to join in each week. Thanks for inspiring all of us to focus on the beautiful and lovely parts of our lives!

http://cantgetthere.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/love-is-patient-kind-and-brings-you-kleenex/

[Debora Silkotch]

Enamored

http://dsilkotch.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/enamored/

[Wayfaring Wanderer]

I found a heart made from light, but it didn't translate so well to a photograph, so I don't have a heart shape in my photo this week.

However, I am currently in love with the idea of a "Window of Opportunity", and have been extremely motivated this week.

Check it out.
http://www.wayfaringwanderer.com/2008/09/window-to-wildflowers.html

[Kath]

I think all my Love Thursday posts have had a heart in them. Today it doesn't. The heart is hidden, but it is not in the photo at all, it is hidden in the maker of a marker.
Happy Love Thursday.

[Kath]

I do this every time though, I forget to link. Here it is:

http://3yrplan.typepad.com/soeursdujour

Cheers!

[FireMom]

I haven't had a found heart in awhile! Very nice, Karen.

http://stopdropandblog.com/2008/09/25/love-thursday-i-think-he-still-likes-me/

[Lan]

i did this one on purpose:

http://whatiseeclicks.blogspot.com/2008/09/heartlunch.html

[Nicole]

An oldie but goodie, a little bit of sister love

http://letinthelight.blogspot.com/

[ginny]

Found in Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas.

http://monkeymemories.blogspot.com/2008/09/shutter-sisters-love-thursday_25.html

[benzismama]

I've stepped over this heart every day for 3 years and never noticed it until today.
Happy Love Thursday!

http://flickr.com/photos/benzismama/2887720038/

[Jenna]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2887004957_31799bf95f.jpg

Here's mine- even the trees are in love.

[jessica]

Mine came to me through the gloom of the normal clouds, hanging over our mountain...check her out
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicamaier/2878876047/in/set-72157606584371351/

[Terri]

Happy Love Thursday Everyone

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mondaysmemories/2887059141/

[sandra]

"sweet love"
http://artfullife.ca/?p=325

[Secret Agent Mama (Mishelle Lane)]

I love how it's glowing! WOW.

Mine is something that happened as a result of candle light...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretagentmama/2859636806/

His expression is kinda silly, but i love those little hearts.

[AscenderRisesAbove]

The Love Shack! (B-52's)

The Love Shack is a little old place
where we can get together
Love Shack bay-bee! Love Shack baby!
Love Shack, that's where it's at!
Huggin' and a kissin', dancin' and a lovin',
wearin' next to nothing
Cause it's hot as an oven
The whole shack shimmies!
The whole shack shimmies when everybody's
Movin' around and around and around and around!
Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby!
Folks linin' up outside just to get down
Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby
Funky little shack! Funk-y little shack!

mine:not so exciting; poor little guy bucked off his horse, now a band-aide on this nose
http://ascenderrisesabove.com/wordpress/?p=4282

[claudia]

sometimes finding a heart has more meaning than what it is,
http://gnubee.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/dont-have-a-heart-of-stone/
sometimes it's just an unexpected smile maker,
http://flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/2886856837/

[Kyla]

What a gorgeous photo! It must be simply BEAUTIFUL there. At least you've got some wonderful photos and memories to go with them.

Here's my Love Thursday shot; just in time for Halloween.

http://thekreativelife.blogspot.com/2008/09/love-thursday-little-dyl.html

[Jeanette]

How clever!!! Love the heart shaped ray of sunlight.
Here's my post for the week... http://www.jeanetteverster.com/?p=688

[gonzomama]

wow.

[Ane Lagerqvist]

A wet heart...
http://bilderurlivet.rular.se/blogg/lovethursday.html

[Robin-bird]

Mine appeared in the garden along with a new friend...

http://robinbird.typepad.com/bird_tweets/2008/09/day-171-heartwo.html

happy love thursday!

[Erin]

Beautiful shot!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/erinfayephotography/2885518946/
OR
http://erinfayephotography.blogspot.com/2008/09/love-thursday.html

[Jakki]

A little blurry but it's perfect ....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/valeenwashington/2886859598/

[Robin]

Amazing shot.

http://www.accidentalbeauty.net/index.php?showimage=266

[Shalet]

Today I'm loving nature - fall flowers bravely blooming against autumn's chilly pull.

http://peculiarmomma.blogspot.com/2008/09/estate-sale-room-is-full-of-books-all.html

Happy Love Thursday Everyone!

[jeanie]

It is a privilege to join the Love Thursday group this week for the first time! I look forward to visiting other beautiful and "lovely" links.

http://themarmeladegypsy.blogspot.com/2008/09/shutter-sisters-suddenly-heart-appears.html