Guest Heart Thursday #159

Welcome to Guest Heart Thursday -

A Place to Share YOUR Heart!

(My computer is still working ... barely. I just have to spend a lot more time babying the silly thing ... I can't wait to see the hearts you find in your world ... even if I am unable to leave a comment, please know that I have been there!!!)

Sissie and I used to walk "The Abandoned" together.

 Back when it was first built in the 1970s ...

In its first life as a Rehabilitation Center ...

And it's next life as a mega-church ...

Then when it became abandoned ...

And vandalized ...

And now with the demolition begun.

Soon only memories remain.

 Memories of good times ... and hearts.

Be sure to visit Beth over at "The Abandoned" ... to see the changes we have watched over the years.

And thank you, sissie, for sharing your heart!

I love Cheryl - my heart-sister.

Even in the rain, look at the heart she found!

"March to March"

Cheryl will always be close in my heart - her friendship is so dear to me! And guess what? She's NICE too!!!

Thank you so much, Cheryl, for sharing your friendship ... and your heart!

Nathalie is a new friend ...

Who is on an amazing and inspiring journey.

You can find out what that is by visiting her over at "Thinsply Halie".

Thank you, Nathalie, for sharing your heart ... and your inspiration!

Susannah is another good friend ...

With an inspiration all her own.

I love how she found, in this rock, a heart she didn't know was there when she took the shot.

But in order to see it, you have to enlarge the shot ... and find the perfect heart "engraved" near the top right side of the red rock.

Or you can just feast your eyes on the white heart at the bottom.

Be sure to visit Susannah at her blog, "Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds)". You'll love it!

Thank you, Susannah, for sharing your heart!

As always - a huge thank you to all who linked up with Guest Heart Thursday last week. I loved seeing the delightful and amazing hearts you found in your world!!!
 

Would you like to share your heart on Guest Heart Thursday?
The rules are easy ...

There are none!!!
As long as your post includes a heart!

If you have found a heart (or drawn a heart, or designed a heart, or written a heart-felt poem, or just found something that touches your heart, or ...), please join us for Guest Heart Thursday. Just link the URL of your heart post to "Simply Linked"! It would be nice if you linked back to Random Hearts ... but it's okay not to ... we just want to see your hearts!

Simply Linked for Guest Heart Thursday is now open all week!

Have you found more than one heart?

Put in more than one link!
Is your heart from a long time ago?

It doesn't matter, as long as you put the direct URL to that post!  

A Heart For My SISSIES

Sissie and I left home early Wednesday morning ... we drove to the beach for a super special day.

Our first stop was Boiler Bay. What a perfect and gorgeous day!

But the best part was yet to come.

Because the reason we drove to the beach that day was to meet up with Cheryl.

(She's the gorgeous lady on the right - Beth is the equally gorgeous lady on the left)

When I was a blogging newbie, Beth was my first "follower".

Cheryl was my second.

From the moment we met in person, we knew we were part of a wonderful sisterhood!!!

This one's for you, my SISTERS!

(and for the other bloggy sissies and bros I have met - you know who you are!)

Guest Heart Thursday #109

Welcome to Guest Heart Thursday -
A Place to Share YOUR Heart!

Susannah found one of my favorite flowers ...
Bleeding hearts!
If you haven't visited Susannah recently, you really should ...
You can find her at her blog ... "Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds)".

Susannah is one of the wonderful people who have inspired me, and made me see the world differently. She has taught me to look closely for the tiny beauty in the world. To flip over a rock and see what's under it ... I am never disappointed.

Thank you, Susannah, for sharing your heart!

Cheryl is another great inspiration in my life.
She hasn't posted to her blog, "Nostalgia: Today and Yesterday" for a while, because she is making a huge life change, and is very very busy.
But she wasn't too busy to find this "baby eagle poop heart" on a webcam she's following!!!

SOON Cheryl will have a lot of time on her hands (smile) and she will be back to blogging!
In the meantime, if you go to her blog and read some of her older posts, you will know why I still hang out there!!!

Thank you, Cheryl, for sharing your heart!

Carole found these cute yard decorations some time ago, and posted them to her blog, "Noteworthy Musings". I had to smile when I saw the delightful heart ... right there in front!

I hope you visit Carole - she's a lot of fun!

Thank you, Carole, for sharing your heart!

Another blog that holds a special place in MY heart is Teri and Gina's "Our Wild Hearts".
Mostly because, while Teri and Gina are sisters, they are separated by distance. But they don't let that distance separate their hearts ... they are linked by technology and the hunt for Wild Hearts.

Teri is an amazing photographer, and you can find her over at her blog, "Teri H Hoover Photography".

Thank you, Teri and Gina, for sharing your LOVE ... and your hearts!

As always - a huge thank you to all who linked up with Guest Heart Thursday last week. I loved seeing all of the delightful and amazing hearts you found in your world!

Would you like to share your heart on Guest Heart Thursday?
The rules are easy ...

There are none!!!
As long as your post includes a heart!

If you have found a heart (or drawn a heart, or designed a heart, or written a heart-felt poem, or ...), please join us for Guest Heart Thursday. Just link the URL of your heart post to "Simply Linked"! It would be nice if you linked back to Random Hearts ... but it's okay not to ... we just want to see your hearts!

Simply Linked for Guest Heart Thursday is now open all week!

Have you found more than one heart?

Put in more than one link!
Is your heart from a long time ago?

It doesn't matter, as long as you put the direct URL to that post!

Guest Heart Thursday #66

Welcome to Guest Heart Thursday -
A place to share YOUR heart!

When I first met my heart-sister Dani, she was living in her homeland of Macedonia ... but has spent the past 10 months or so going to school in China.

Dani is traveling back to Macedonia for the summer, and I can't wait to see the beauty (and hearts!) she finds along the way!

You can see Dani's found hearts at "A Lovely Home for Hearts" - and her beautiful and evocative life photography at "Snow Flowers".

Thank you, Dani, for sharing your heart!

I always thought the desert was barren and boring.
Diane has completely disabused me of this notion!!!
Now I can't wait to visit the desert someday - to see some of the stunning beauty that Diane finds and shares over at "Desert Colors" ... like this heart-shaped saguaro cactus bloom!

Thank you, Diane, for sharing the beauty of the desert ... and for sharing your heart!

Bhavesh is a wonderfully talented photographer from India, who shares the beauty and grandeur of his country on his "BLOG".

If I ever visit India, I will look up Bhavesh - and his wonderfully talented artist wife Megha ("Art on Sketchbook"). They have been such an inspiration to me!

Thank you, Bhavesh and Megha, for sharing your India ... and for sharing your hearts!

Another special space in my heart is held by Cheryl.
Cheryl is an amazing lady, who has inspired me from the very beginning of my first blog!

Cheryl has two blogs - "NOSTALGIA: Today and Yesterday", and "March to March". I love and appreciate her so much!!!

Thank you, Cheryl, for being YOU ... and for sharing your heart!

This week was a special one for one of my favorite blogging couples.
Abe and Patty celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary!!!

Both Abe and Patty have inspired me so much in my life ... to see what I mean, visit their blogs!
Abe shares pictures of his backyard birds at "My Birds Blog". Patty makes me laugh ... and think ... with the wonderful stories she shares over at "Old Lady Lincoln".

Congratulations, Abe and Patty, on 56 years of marriage ... and for "starting over" on #57!

And thank you for sharing your heart.

One world. One people. One heart.

As always - huge thank you to all who participated in Guest Heart Thursday last week. I loved seeing all of the delightful and amazing hearts you found in your world!

Would you like to share your heart on Guest Heart Thursday?
The rules are easy ...
There are none!!!
As long as your post includes a heart!

If you have found a heart (or drawn a heart, or designed a heart, or ...), please join us for Guest Heart Thursday. Just link the URL of your heart post to Linky! It would be nice if you linked back to Random Hearts ... but it's okay not to ... we just want to see your hearts!
The link will be open from Thursday morning until Sunday night.

Have you found more than one heart?

Put in more than one link!

Is your heart from a long time ago?

It doesn't matter, as long as you put the direct URL link to that post!

Guest Heart Thursday #57

Welcome to Guest Heart Thursday -
A place to share YOUR heart!

Marlendy over at "Marges8's Blog" usually features amazing and wonderful paper dolls that she collects ... I have enjoyed being introduced to an art form that I knew very little about!

Once in a while she posts a card ... like this cute Raggedy Ann and Andy pair.
I love their cute little hearts!

Thank you, Marlendy, for sharing your beautiful paper dolls ... and for sharing your heart as well!

One of the greatest inspirations in my photography has come from Susannah ... and her blog "Wanderin' Weeta with Waterfowl and Weeds" .

Susannah sees the tiny beauty in and around her world. When I say tiny, I mean TINY! The intricate patterns of an insect wing ... the translucent legs of a sea creature -- She sees beauty in things I would never have expected - until now!

Susannah posted this beautiful flower (bacopa sutera) ... a sure sign of Spring.
Do you see the tiny yellow heart in the center of the flower on the left? I do!
I also see hearts in the beautiful white petals!

Thank you, Susannah, for being a huge inspiration in my life ... and for sharing your hearts!

Cheryl holds a very special place in my heart. She has been with Random Hearts since the beginning, and has blessed my world with her humor, her wisdom, her friendship.

When I visit Cheryl's two blogs - "NOSTALGIA: Today and Yesterday", and "March to March", I come away knowing I have been visiting a good friend.

Thank you, Cheryl, for inspiring me, for making me giggle, and for sharing your heart!

Dani is my 'heart sister' - originally from Macedonia and now going to school in China.
My life is blessed because of Dani's friendship - and my world is a better place when I visit her blogs - "Snow Flowers" and "A Lovely Home for Hearts".

Thank you, Dani, for the special friend you have become ... and for sharing the hearts that find you in your world!

Michelle is a wonderful artist - full of inspiration, imagination and surprises. She takes ordinary things (and yes, TRASH!) and makes magic! Check out her blog, "Yesterday's Trash" - you'll see what I mean!

Like these plain ordinary pumps ... which in Michelle's hands have become magical ruby slippers!!! Complete with heart!

Thank you, Michelle, for being such an inspiration to me, and for sharing your heart!

One world. One people. One heart.

As always - huge thank you to all who participated in Guest Heart Thursday last week. I loved seeing all of the delightful hearts you found in your world!

Would you like to share your heart on Guest Heart Thursday?
The rules are easy ...
There are none!!!
As long as your post includes a heart!

If you have found a heart (or drawn a heart, or designed a heart, or ...), please join us for Guest Heart Thursday. Just link the URL of your heart post to Linky! It would be nice if you linked back to Random Hearts ... but it's okay not to ... we just want to see your hearts!
The link will be open from Thursday morning until Sunday night.

Have you found more than one heart?

Put in more than one link!

Is your heart from a long time ago?

It doesn't matter, as long as you put the direct URL link to that post!

Guest Heart Thursday #52

Welcome to a Special Edition of
Guest Heart Thursday!
A place to share YOUR heart!

Why is it so special?
Because it's WEEK 52 -
One year since Guest Heart Thursday started!

I am featuring just a few of the many hearts found this past year ...

Dani over at "Snow Flowers" found this beautiful leaf heart, glistening with diamond raindrops.
Dani also has another blog, "A Lovely Home For Hearts", where she shares the amazing hearts that find their way to her!

Thank you, Dani, for sharing your hearts!

During this past year, hearts have been found all over the world ... from the US to South America, from Australia to India and China - and beyond!

Cheryl posted this beautiful bouquet of hearts on her blog "Nostalgia: Today and Yesterday".
Cheryl also has another blog called "March to March", which I am happy to say has reached it's second "March" and is still going strong!

Thank you, Cheryl, for sharing your hearts!

During the past year, there have been 243 featured hearts ...

Several years ago I found a memory card on the ground outside an old abandoned nursery ... now a fast food restaurant. I was never able to locate the owners.

But Anonymous had taken this picture of a driftwood heart!

Thank you, Anonymous, for sharing your heart. I'm sorry you had to lose it in order for me to find it.

So far, this has been the only Anonymous heart featured.

Jay Leigh loves nature, and that shows in her blog "Pacific Northwest Nature For Families".
Jay Leigh found this gorgeous bindweed leaf heart while on a nature walk with her kids.

Thank you, Jay Leigh, for sharing your hearts!

Guest Heart Thursday has been linked to more than 630 heart posts!

Tammie Lee found this driftwood heart ... so calm and serene. You can find more of Tammie Lee's stunning photography and poetry at "Spirithelpers".

Thank you, Tammie Lee, for sharing your heart!

I wish I could feature every single heart YOU have found ... but I don't have room!
Please know that I have visited and enjoyed each and every Guest Heart link, and am awed and amazed at the hearts YOU find each week!

One world. One people. One heart.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THE HEARTS YOU HAVE FOUND IN YOUR WORLDS THIS PAST YEAR. I LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU ALL! I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER FANTASTIC HEART-SEEKING YEAR!

Would you like to share your heart on Guest Heart Thursday?
The rules are easy ...
There are none!!!
As long as your post includes a heart!

If you have found a heart (or drawn a heart, or designed a heart, or ...), please join us for Guest Heart Thursday. Just link the URL of your heart to Linky!
The link will be open from Thursday morning until Sunday night.

Have you found more than one heart?

Put in more than one link!

Is your heart from a long time ago?

It doesn't matter, as long as you put the direct URL link to that post!

Guest Heart Thursday #46

Welcome to Guest Heart Thursday -
A place to share YOUR hearts!

Costas of "Nature Digital" has come back!
He was on vacation for a month or so, and BOY was he missed!
Before he left, he posted this camelia tree in bloom ...
and shaped like a heart!

Thank you, Costas, for sharing your heart.
WELCOME HOME!

Rachel's blog "Art+Food+Friends" is a lot of fun - I really love visiting!

Especially when she posts hearts!
But the most amazing thing about this beautiful and heart-filled cake?
She made it from SCRATCH!!!
(I haven't done that in ... um, I don't think I've EVER done that!)

Thank you, Rachel, for sharing your hearts.
I am in AWE of you!

I love Owen (AKA Mr. Toad) and his blog - "Magic Lantern Show". I truly do!
Owen combines beautiful photography with history, storytelling and humor in a way that truly is magical.

And look ... he posted a heart!!!

Thank you, Owen, for being the wonderful and magical person that you are - and for sharing your heart!

Cheryl is another of my favorite inspirations.
She has two blogs ... "March to March" and "Nostalgia: Today and Yesterday" - and I look forward to every post.

Thank you, Cheryl, for being such a kind, generous and wonderful lady. And thank you for sharing your heart!

P.S. I think you should rename it "March to March to March", and keep going for another year.
Please???

Bhavesh Chhatbar is another of my favorite inspirations. His "BLOG" covers his beautiful country - India - wonderfully. He is an excellent photographer and storyteller.

Do you see the hearts in this tree? I see several!

Thank you Bhavesh for sharing your heart!

As always - huge thank you to all who participated in Guest Heart Thursday last week. I loved seeing all of the delightful hearts you found in your world!

Would you like to share your heart on Guest Heart Thursday?
The rules are easy ...
There are none!!!
As long as your post includes a heart!

If you have found a heart (or drawn a heart, or designed a heart, or ...), please join us for Guest Heart Thursday. Just link the URL of your heart to Linky!
The link will be open from Thursday morning until Sunday night.

Have you found more than one heart?

Put in more than one link!

Is your heart from a long time ago?

It doesn't matter, as long as you put the direct URL link to that post!

Guest Heart Thursday #42

Welcome to Guest Heart Thursday -
A place to share YOUR hearts!

I couldn't help but fall in love with Izzie (who owns Darlene) - and all of the random hearts I found in her portrait photo!

Darlene is a wonderful lady whose artistic talent leaves me in awe. But that's not all. Darlene's blog "A Dancing Mango" is so much more than an art blog. It is a life journey - with hints of Darlene's beautiful home, her love of her world, the genuineness and gentleness of her heart and soul. She is such an inspiration to me.

Thank you, Darlene, for the beauty you share with the world - and for sharing the hearts that have found their way to you!

Prospero sees his world so differently - and shares this moving and abstract beauty on his blog - "Serendipitous Garden". I know that when Prospero posts something, I will be long contemplating his words ... his photographs ... the full meaning he sometimes hides so well!

Thank you, Prospero, for sharing your soul ... and your heart.

When I found what Dani came across and posted to her blog "A Lovely Home For Hearts", I had to laugh - with absolute joy! Only Dani could have found this one!

Dani has been with Guest Heart Thursday since nearly the beginning. She has another blog "Snow Flowers" that is also a delight to my heart. Dani is in China right now, which fascinates me. Things are so different halfway around the world ... yet so much is the same.

Thank you, Dani, for being such a wonderful friend and Queen of Hearts - and for sharing so many hearts you have found in your world.

P.S. Did I hear you had a birthday recently?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DANI!!!

Cheryl is awesome.
She has been such an inspiration to me - in the way she sees her world - her blogs "March to March" and "Nostalgia: Yesterday and Today" are also some of my FAVORITE places to visit!

Especially when Cheryl finds something so wonderful and different as this Santa Beard Heart! Can you believe it???

Thank you, Cheryl, for being such a wonderful friend, and for sharing your heart!

Halcyon of "Halcyon Travels" has traveled all over the world!
She spent much of this winter in Berlin, and took this photo at the Charlottenburg Christmas market in December.

I love the whimsical beauty of these wonderfully abstract bird houses - and I love that little heart as well!

Thank you, Halcyon, for sharing your travels - and your heart.

As always - huge thank you to all who participated in Guest Heart Thursday last week. I loved seeing all of the delightful hearts you found in your world!

If you have found a heart (or drawn a heart, or designed a heart, or ...), please join us for Guest Heart Thursday. Just link the URL of your heart to Linky!
The link will be open from Thursday morning until Sunday night.

Have you found more than one heart?

Put in more than one link!

Is your heart from a long time ago?

It doesn't matter, as long as you put the direct URL link to that post!

Guest Heart Thursday #37

Welcome to Guest Heart Thursday -
A Place For You to Share YOUR Hearts!

Merry Christmas to all of my Heart-Seeking Friends!

She hides amidst the Christmas holly, hidden hearts surrounding her.

She is drawn by the amazing artist Beth of "Beth's Artworx".
I am honored to say Beth is not only my best friend, but is my real life sister!

Thank you, sissie, for sharing your hearts!

Lani found this beautiful Christmas card ... complete with one tiny lonely little heart. Do you see it?

Lani has two blogs - "Taipei Daily Photo" and "Hong Kong Frequently Visited". If you haven't checked out her blogs, then you are missing out on a treat! I love how she shows daily life in places that are foreign to me - and yet so familiar now.

Thank you, Lani, for sharing your heart!

Cheryl's blog "Life Is What You Make It" takes my breath away.
She is a fellow heart-seeker, and posts them nearly every day. I fell in love with this Christmastime snow heart!

Thank you, Cheryl, for sharing your hearts!

Dani's two blogs "Snow Flowers" and "A Lovely Home For Hearts" are two of my favorite places to visit. Dani has become a wonderful friend; in fact, I think maybe we were twins in another life!

Dani's Korean friend made this card for her - complete with hearts. Isn't it beautiful?

Thank you, Dani, for sharing your life - and your wonderful hearts!

Judy over at "Lilac Gate" shares the most amazing macro views of her world. Her flower photos are stunning!
Like this beautiful Christmas cactus heart. Wow.

Thank you, Judy, for sharing your heart!

Thank you all for sharing your beautiful Christmas hearts.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone - a time of peace, joy and love.
If you don't celebrate Christmas, then I still wish you a season of peace and joy and love.

As always - huge thank you to all who participated in Guest Heart Thursday last week. I loved seeing all of the delightful hearts you found in your world!

If you have found a heart (or drawn a heart, or designed a heart, or ...), please join us for Guest Heart Thursday. Just link the URL of your heart to Linky!
The link will be open from Thursday morning until Sunday night.

Have you found more than one heart?

Put in more than one link!

Is your heart from a long time ago?

It doesn't matter, as long as you put the direct URL link to that post!

Guest Heart Thursday #35

Welcome to Guest Heart Thursday -
A Place to Share YOUR Hearts!

Please join me in welcoming back fellow Queen of Hearts - Dani!!!
She has been sorely missed!

Did Bhavesh know he found a heart in this photo? I'm not sure! But he did - do you see the tree heart here?

For those of you who haven't seen the amazing photographs of India taken by Bhavesh on his "BLOG", you really should take a look.

In fact ... I am still smiling with joy because Bhavesh recently won the OlympusPro City Frames Photo Contest!!! His prize is an Olympus mju Tough Camera - that actually takes pictures underwater!!! So when you visit his blog, be sure to congratulate him on his well deserved WIN!

CONGRATULATIONS Bhavesh - I can't wait to see what amazing pictures you take with your new camera. And as always, thank you for sharing your heart, and your India.

Some hearts are well hidden. Do you see the hearts in this picture?
I'll give you a hint ... they're hiding in the feathers of this mourning dove picture taken by Abe, and posted on his blog "My Birds Blog".

Abe has been an inspiration to me since I first found one of his photos ... I hope he will be an inspiration to you as well.

Thank you, Abe, for sharing your heart ... and your amazing life stories. You are awesome.

Sometimes you don't have to search for hearts ... they JUMP right out at you!
Like this stunning glowing cloud heart that Cheryl found. Every time I see this photo I am thrilled anew!

Cheryl has been an inspiration to me since she became my first follower on my first blog (Other than Sissie, of course!). I had no idea what I was doing, and she helped and encouraged me so much. You can visit Cheryl at her blogs "March to March", and "Nostalgia: Today and Yesterday".

Thank you, Cheryl, for your encouragement, your friendship, and for sharing your hearts!

Limar at "My Replicator" posted this picture of a conch (tree fungi). She didn't realize she had also posted a beautiful heart! Do you see it? It's so cute!!!

Thank you, Limar, for sharing your heart.
(And thank you Dani for bringing it to her attention!)

I know she'll probably kill me for posting this one ... but there is a special reason why I wanted to include this ATC (Artists Trading Card) drawn by my daughter Victoria ... and filled with hearts.

You see, tomorrow is her birthday. She and her twin sister Georgia are turning 19.
Wow, has it really been that long?

Thank you, Tori and Geo, for sharing your hearts.
For brightening my life.
For being the heart behind my heart.
I love you - now and forever.

A huge thank you to all who participated in Guest Heart Thursday last week. I loved seeing the beautiful and amazing hearts you found in your world!

If you have found a heart (or drawn a heart, or designed a heart, or ...), please join us for Guest Heart Thursday. Just link the URL of your heart to Linky!
The link will be open from Thursday morning until Sunday night.

Have you found more than one heart?

Put in more than one link!

Is your heart from a long time ago?

It doesn't matter, as long as you put the direct URL link to that post!