Friday, May 10, 2013

Focus on Life: Week 19 ~ Hope


Sally Russick of The Studio Sublime is hosting a year long challenge which is... sublime... as you'd expect with such a studio name. The challenge is named 'Focusing on Life' and every week Sally is sending a prompt on what should we focus the following week.

This week's prompt (when did 19 weeks pass by already?!) is one very dear to me: Hope.

I can probably talk forever about hope. I know a lot about it: from the dark times when hope was, sometimes, all we had to move us to the next day. From the better times of the present: when hope never leaves my side. I am wishful and hopeful and sometimes things happen (or I work to make it happen), sometimes they don't - but I don't loose the hope they will some day :)

Hope is the mother Robin waiting patiently for all her four babies to come out:

Focus on Life: Week 19: Hope: Robin's nest & babies :: All Pretty Things

Hope is the first ray of light after breaking the shell (yes, we managed to see part of the miracle):

Focus on Life: Week 19: Hope: Robin's nest & babies :: All Pretty Things

Hope is the huge beak opening for mama's (or daddy's - they seem to not care who feeds them as long as they are being fed) worms:

Focus on Life: Week 19: Hope: Robin's nest & babies :: All Pretty Things

There is hope :) you just need to look carefully and uncover it!

I hope you found plenty of hope around yourself - for more please visit Ms. Sally's, it's going to be a hopeful gathering today!

P.S. Wandering through a store yesterday (in the hope of finding a decent top, which I did find :) ) I discovered this and I had to stop and take a picture (under the looks of the others around me, eyeing me curiously):

Focus on Life: Week 19: Hope :: All Pretty Things

Hold on to hope, it's very precious!

27 comments:

  1. Oh how exciting. We have a pair that nest on our outside light but are too high up for us to see inside the nest. The cats watch the comings and goings with great interest. They've been there for 4 years now.

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    1. It is very exciting, indeed - we have only dogs so they are safe :) We fed them one worm - it was quite funny!

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  2. How pretty. I love watching birds. I have a feeder outside my window and I love watching and listening to the birds. Great post.

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    1. The chirping is insane - the nest is in a bush right outside our bedroom, it's a symphony of sounds every morning :)

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  3. Great photos of the robins") I love your out take on Hope.

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  4. What a great series of little birdie shots!! Awesome job!

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    1. Thank you, Stacie - I love this challenge, for sure!

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  5. Congrats step-mom! Bet those little ones give you lots of Hope!

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  6. Amazing photos of the robin, and I like your sentiments.

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  7. Very sweet and hopeful. Here's hoping they all take flight soon!

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  8. Oh, wow! What a cool experience! Thanks for sharing

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  9. Great photos! I didn't realize robins eggs were such a bright blue colour.

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  10. Outside my kitchen window, under the awning, is a box my father put there for birds to nest in. A robin moved in this year. *smile*

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  11. If I could get that close to a nest.. so could my cats! I hope we don't have any birds stupid enough to build that low! Great pictures!

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  12. So exciting being there to witness the babies being born!

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  13. Alicia your post this week is awesome. Great shots of the new babies. Living in the country I see lots of robin but I haven't see their birth. I have seen out cows give birth though.

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  14. Hope is such a great word! I love the photos of the baby birds emerging. Fantastic! Hold on to Hope is perfect!

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  15. How exciting to see a new life emerge!! Beautiful photos!!!

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  16. Oh my goodness, what amazing photos of the birds!! Capturing life, 'hope', like that is truly a gift! And the "hope" in the store window - fabulous!!

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  17. How amazing you got to see them hatch! Wonderful read, thank you.

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  18. Beautiful photos... love that blue! Great catch on the hatch. Ours haven't nested yet, but I hope to have one in our gutter again. : )

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  19. It is so much fun to see your robin family hatched and busy with feeding. I love to see the birds at this time of year.

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  20. YAY! The babies are here. I hope the wriggle around a bit and those shells fall where you can collect them. What a treasure that would be. So exciting that you were able to actually catch the moment. Beautiful shots

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  21. Amazing! So wonderful to see hope in action

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    1. how fun to see that the babies emerge! and that you could actually capture some of that in your pictures! too fun

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  22. Ce minunăţii !
    Îmi aduc aminte cum , acum mulţi ani, "inspectam" cloşca şi ouăle pe care le apăra şi le îngrijea. Iar când se apropia termenul să iasă puişorii, priveam fascinată , de când spărgeau puţin coaja , până ieşeau , umezi şi total nedumeriţi, nişte cocoloaşe aurii, roşcate, pestriţe, cu moţ sau golaşi !
    Dar experienţa cu păsări sălbatice cred că e şi mai interesantă !
    Felicitări şi mulţumiri pentru ce ne-ai oferit !
    mama.

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