Welcome to my Quote Challenge Week 2 results! If you missed my post in April, this is what I decided to do for National Photography Month –
Here’s my challenge, and I’ll need your help, dear readers – please leave me one of your favorite quotes in the comment section below, and I’ll pair it with a picture I’ve taken. If you’re a blogger, be sure to leave a link as well, so I can give you a shout out. If you can’t think of anything this week, no worries – I’ll post results and ask for more quotes each Monday in May.
Thank you to everyone who has provided amazing words to pair with my pictures – I love doing this! I’m also pinning all the graphics on one of my Pinterest boards – please feel free to share them! Be sure to leave your own favorite quote in the comment section, and tune in again next week to see what I came up with.
Now, on to the graphics!
From Shilpa Arya (check out her blog HERE) –
“Never miss an opportunity to put a smile on someone’s face. It might be the only one they get today” ~ Susan Gale
From Emily Page (check out her blog HERE) –
[NOTE – I did do a teensy tiny bit of photoshopping with this one. *grin*
“You can’t have a bad day if you’re wearing superhero underpants.” ~ Unknown
From Diana Frajman (check out her blog HERE) –
“It’s hard to accept a gift when your hands are full.” ~ John Hayes
From Bee Smith (check out her blog HERE) –
[NOTE – I did the full version of this quote almost a year ago, for my post Hope Quotes]
“Hope” is the thing with feathers—
That perches in the soul—
And sings the tune without the words—
And never stops—at all—“ ~ Emily Dickinson
From Shelley Wilson (check out her blog HERE) –
“Dream It, Live It, Become It.” ~ Shelley Wilson
From Jo Robinson-Vann (check out her blog HERE) –
“Always do what you are afraid to do.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
From Parul Thakur (check out her blog HERE) –
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” ~ Robert Frost
From Hayley Beasley Dye (check out her blog HERE) –
“Cake is not naughty, it’s bloody delicious. Life is hard, eat the cake. Guilt free.” ~ Hayley Beasley Dye
“Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is?
Read the inaugural post which explains
the idea and how you can participate too.”
~ Melissa S. Ford, Stirrup Queens
Lovely photographs again.
Thanks, April!
Haha. Marvellous Traci. I LOVE this (and not just my one)
YAY! I didn’t end up going with the first picture I thought of (couldn’t find it), but I figured the cake the kids and I made for hubby’s most recent birthday was a decent second choice. Glad you love it all. 😀
It looked like a delicious cake!
Can’t go wrong with Devil’s Food Cake and homemade buttercream frosting! 🙂
I love the Emily Dickinson quote!
Thanks, Katie! I love it so much that I already used it before. 😀
I love these posts – such a great idea! Here’s my all time favourite quote from Calvin & Hobbes, “There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”
Thanks Ruth! Oooo, love C&H – thank you for that as well!
The following was inspired by watching geese on a pond 🙂
“Whether we lead or follow, it requires perfect trust in those around us. Watching how it works in the wild is an inspiration, and a life lesson.”
~ Terran Ambrosone
https://terransart.tumblr.com/
That’s awesome, Terran, and I think I already know the perfect picture for your quote – thanks so much!
From the ’50’s TV show The Honeymooners: When Ed & Trixie Norton’s apartment is being painted so they crash at Ralph & Alice’s teeny apartment.
Ralph Kramden:
“That just kills me! The man spends all day working in the sewer, & he has to sleep down here because he can’t stand the smell of paint!”
LOL! Thanks, Lori! This should be a fun one to do!
These are fantastic as always!
Thanks so much, Noelle!
Another fabulous collection of quotes and beautiful photographs, Traci. Loved them all. Although I do know the source of my quote lol, yep, it’s me! Straight outta one of my books 😉
Oh no! Shelley, I feel like such a dope not double-checking with you first! I’ve corrected the info in the post, and I’ll share the new graphic on Pinterest now. I should’ve known something so wise and wonderful had to come from you! Sorry about that! *hangs head*
lol you’re not a dope (love that word!) It’s my fault for not telling you! Mind you, it is a very rare occurrence that anything wise comes out of my mouth so I understand hahaha ❤️
I so wish the Wonder Woman underroos were real and not photoshopped 🙂 These are wonderful. You are fantastic at pairing the words to the best image.
I tried as best as I could Mel, but that dang Bluebird flat out refused to put them on. And thank you!
Beautiful! I love them all, but especially the smile one with the snowy sculpted face. And the cake. You have a real gift for this!
Aww, thanks so much, Jess!
Lovely set of photographs with beautiful quotes associated with it. Thanks dear
You’re very welcome – thanks again for giving me such a great quote to work with!
Great quotes and photos, Traci! Thanks for including my quote!
Thanks Jo – for the compliment and for your awesome quote contribution!
I keep forgetting to think of a quote for you! But I did think of you when I read Chandra Lynn’s post this week that mentioned Literary Wisdom Postcards: https://iamchandralynn.com/2017/05/08/choose-kindness/comment-page-1/ You could do this with some of your quote photos!
Coolness, Stephanie! That sounds like an awesome idea – thanks so much for the link!
More great quotes and photos Traci!
Here’s one
“It’s better to live on your feet than to die on your knees”
I love this!
http://Www.butismileanyway.com
Excellent choice, Ritu! Thanks so much!
Thanks dear!!
This is such a cute idea! Really creative!
Jas xx
Thanks so much, Jasmine! <3
These are great Traci! Very clever 🙂 I always love the quote: She may be little but she be fierce – Shakespeare. I like to pretend he wrote it about me 🙂
LOL! That’s awesome, Debbie! I think I have just the photo for that too – thanks!
My pleasure Traci. I’m really not that fierce, it’s all show
Anything that makes us smile is great. Enjoyed your post Traci.
Thanks so much, Suzanne!
These look completely amazing!
Aww, thanks Angela! <3
Yay! I love the picture you picked. I so love moon watching ❤️
Whoo hoo! I’m so glad you love it, Parul! Needless to say (and yet I’m saying it anyway, LOL!) I love watching the moon too! 😀
Crumbs Traci, your photos are always excellent, but do you have some cyber attachment that takes them continuously??? I see loads on Instagram and all your posts and always amazing. You must take hundreds to get these! And quotes…love quotes, must do more myself 🙂
LOL! Well Gary, for how often I have my camera in hand, I’m surprised it hasn’t melded with my arm. Thanks so much for your kind words, and I can’t wait to see what quotes you post on social media – always happy to steal… errr, borrow inspiration from you. *grin*
I once did the three day quote challenge, but seem to have misplaced my quoting posts recently and got a bit behind. Have loads to catch up on now though Come on, how many shots do you take to get the ones you post lol
I’d say on average, I take about 50 pictures a day. A good handful get deleted, a larger portion never see the light of day, and a few make their way to here, or to my other social media. Oh, and once a week, I email all my passably decent shots to our landlady (unfortunately, not in lieu of rent – LOL!).
Wow, dedication to the art or what 🙂 Do you do anything outside of blogging with them? I’ve never really been much good at photography as such; although not really tried it properly in all honesty lol
Dedication/obsession – same diff. LOL! I’ve sold a few products feature my photos (greeting cards, mugs, and even a comforter/pillowcase set!), but I haven’t devoted near enough time to it. Not enough hours in the day (especially give how often I’m roaming around outside – LOL!).
Call it a bit of a side-line to the obsession then 🙂 I know what you mean though as selling requires time and if hours are already limited it gets way too much and something you enjoy becomes a blah. Outdoors is healthy too lol
These are soooo cute and fun! Whenever I need to easily put some text and a picture together, I use an app called Word Swag. It’s super easy and you can add your own pictures as well as using stock photos they have. It might make this a little easier! 🙂
Thanks so much, Nicole – both for the compliment and the suggestion! I’ve been using Canva to put these together, but I’ll definitely take a peek at Word Swag – can never have too many apps! LOL!
Hi Traci,
The smile on the top picture made me smile!
Janice
Hi Janice! I’m so glad – thanks for stopping by!
Thank you for giving me a shout out. 🙂 I love that the super hero bird is Wonder Woman especially on a day like today. Happy Mother’s Day Traci
You’re very welcome, Diana! Happy Mother’s Day to you as well!
Such a fab idea Traci! I guess you have plenty to keep you busy, but my favourite quote is by Hans Christian Andersen…
To move, to breathe, to fly, to float
To gain all while you give
To roam the roads of lands remote
To travel is to live
Thanks so much, Em! Always room for one more, and I LOVE that quote! I’ll definitely have something put together for tomorrow! 😀