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Thursday, October 9, 2008 by Karen Walrond 
"Friends are the sunshine of life."
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Happy Love Thursday, everyone. Please leave you links to your images of love in the comments below, and be sure to check out these great photographs depicting friendship by earthandskye and Pink Sherbert Photography.
And don't forget to hug a friend today!
Thursday, October 2, 2008 by Karen Walrond 
Over the last few months, I've been going through a bit of a transformation -- and it culminated yesterday, when I formally turned in my resignation at my job: I'm going to be leaving the practice of law to pursue a more artistic and creative living.
As you can imagine, it's been a bit of a tumultuous ride -- it still is, and likely will be for a while, until I get my groove on. That said, it gets better every day: a few months ago, while I was still formulating my plan, I was in a pretty emotional state. But as it happened, I decided to take a few days vacation from my life: I went to a place I'd never been, with a bunch of women many of whom I didn't know, and rested and reflected.
It was there that my decision to leave law, a career about which I was never particularly passionate, was solidified. It was also there that I wandered into a little shop, and found the tiny silver pendant you see in the image above. I bought it on the spot, and made the decision that I would wear it every day until I submitted my resignation, as a reminder to stay true to my heart, and to my soul. And I have, too: because sometimes, even while we take care of our partners, our children, our friends and our families, it's good to take a little time to show yourself a little love, too. For me, it was good to have this little token on me to remind me to do just that.
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Happy Love Thursday, all. Please leave your links to your images of love in the comments below -- and if you have them, images of the little messages you've come across that help remind you to show yourself a little love. The images uploaded by she saw things and barilynn8 into the Shutter Sisters Flickr Pool are great examples.
And try to remember to show yourself a little love today.
Thursday, September 25, 2008 by Karen Walrond 
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.
Thursday, September 18, 2008 by Shutter Sisters 
1. HBW : lights at the beach last night, 2. evan, 3. You know, I'm sick of following my dreams, man. I'm just going to ask where they're going and hook up with 'em later..., 4. admire, 5. Sparkling Duet, 6. 260-366 in a field, 7. IMGB_LauraMontage, 8. Bella08_38, 9. n38, 10. fall love, 11. Untitled, 12. "masquerading....., 13. my favorite cupcake..., 14. Sulo, 15. 309/365 - Geranium Gorgeousness, 16. 300_7073-1, 17. day 289 : september 7 • intoxicating, 18. Summer moments, 19. 365/253 And then it rained some more, 20. barn owls, 21. pair, 22. nest i, 23. 2 year old moment, 24. ~ fifteen candles ~, 25. a family who plays together, stays together., 26. k & w .1., 27. petals, 28. FGR - Peek A Boo, 29. happy love thursday!, 30. sweetness, 31. { Lucky }, 32. Where Were You, 33. girls best friend, 34. There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise., 35. Bride and flower Girl
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
In honor of all the love that swirls around here in our Sisterhood on Thursdays (and every other day for that matter) we thought it would be fun to create a little love collage a la the wildly popular and super-fun Big Huge Labs. If you've never played over there, you should. It's a great way to have some fun with your photos. To discover the talent that lies behind each of the photos above (all chosen from our Flickr pool) just click on the links above.
So, no matter how you choose capture your love, show us what you've got this week. Thanks! Love ya!
Thursday, September 11, 2008 by Tracey Clark 
surprise! look what kelly rae found one early morning in oregon.
There are some days when Love greets with the morning sun; sure and steady.
Other days Love comes bounding in with joy and hope, right when we need it most.
And some days it just whispers to us, softly, sweetly the messages that only Love can carry and that are for our ears alone.
How is it that Love finds you?
Share you words and pictures with us today so that we may discover Love together.
