In search of creative growth, this blog was designed to encourage the personal betterment of those who enjoy photography as a hobby. Each month's new theme can encourage us to see the world in a different way. We all view things differently. The diversity we enjoy can fuel the creative spirit. It is hoped that we can all glean something from one another.

Frabjous - (frab-juhs) - adjective

Defined as wonderful, superb, elegant or delicious. Coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass; perhaps meant to suggest fabulous or joyous. Do we not feel wonderful or joyous about something we ourselves have created? Hopefully this blog will encourage us to create something frabjous!

Here is how it works. Each month will have a new theme to stimulate creative thinking. We invite people to make suggestions for upcoming themes. The month prior, you can vote for the theme you would like out of four listed. The rules are simple. No rules really. The idea is to get us to think and be mindful of the theme for the month. Take photos that relate to that theme. (However, if you have a really great shot that was taken at another time, use it.) No photo police here. Any camera will do. Even phones with cameras are pretty good these days and they are always handy. Also, if a filter or cropping enhances your photo, go for it. The digital age has given us flexibility that we should take advantage of. One to five photos can be submitted for the blog. Interpretation is up to each individual. We welcome comments.

Theme suggestions and photos can be submitted to
frabjousphoto@optonline.net. Submissions must be made no later than the last day of each month. Photos will be posted as received throughout the month. Happy snapping!

Friday, April 22, 2011

Watertower

I've been a little "water-logged" with unexpected circumstances this month and have been a poor supporter of my own blog!  Forgive me, but I am submitting a photo taken prior to this month.  I will try to get an April "Water" picture before the months end.

Watertower at Watchtower Farms
Submitted by Sparrow.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Thinking outside the "water" box!

Forbidden Water - Sunken Meadow this month, when swimming is not yet allowed.



Water that may save a life, but only temporarily.



Because man has polluted the earth, only "life's water free" is still free!


Submitted by Linda.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Water Wall!


Submitted by Ironman.

Dancing Fountain!


Double click on this picture and you will see all the little water droplets in stop-action! 

Submitted by Ironman.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

"Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Coming Down on a Sunny Day?"


Rain falling at a distance on a sunny day.

Submitted by Ar.

Life Giving Water - Which Will You Drink?

Which water is truly life giving....that which you see here or that found at John 4:13,14?



John 4:13,14 - "In answer Jesus said to her: "Everyone drinking from this water will get thirsty again.  Whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never het thirsty at all, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water bubbling up to impart everlasting life.""

Submitted by Tom.

The Ocean in Midtown?!?!




Live feed of Huntington Beach, CA.  Meet me at the beach on Fifth!

Submitted by Kryptonite.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Two Perspectives



Two shots:  One eye-level, one from above.

Submitted by Mike.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Dripping Water


Submitted by Sparrow.

Waterfall


Submitted by Ironman.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

April Theme - Water!

Let's hope we don't have too much water in April, at least not from the sky!  It will be a busy month for all of us. 

Since we live on an island, it should not be hard to come up with some pictures of water.  In addition to that, we can always try to think outside the box and come up with some creative water shots as well.   As always, it will be interesting to see the creative process. 

Thanks again for your submissions in March for the "It's Biblical!" theme.  I think we all had fun with it.
Stay tuned for our list of themes for May.  Vote for the one you would like to participate in!

The Real Life!

I really wanted to end the month off with another one of my favorite scriptures.  I had to improvise just a little.

1 Timothy 6:19 - "safely treasuring up for themselves a fine foundation for the future, in order that they may get a firm hold on the real life."


The real (reel) life!

And while I was at it, I couldn't help but think of my good friend, Jim, and the famous fishing trip. 

Matthew 4:19 - "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men."



Submitted by Sparrow.


Sunday, March 27, 2011

Life with Purpose


Psalms 127:1 - "Unless Jehovah himself builds the house, it is to no avail that its builders have worked hard on it."

If we work in harmony with our Creator's purpose, we will always be successful!

Submitted by Sparrow.

History Written in Advance

Prophecy is history written in advance.  Many look forward to the time when this prophecy becomes history:

John 5:28,29 - "Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out..."


Submitted by Sparrow.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Mama Needs a New Pair of Shoes!


Deuteronomy 29:5 - "While I kept guiding you forty years in the wilderness, your garments did not wear out upon you, and your sandal did not wear out upon your foot."

Submitted by Sparrow.

To Bee or Not To Bee!


Leviticus 11:20 - "Every winged swarming creature that goes on all fours is a loathsome thing to you."

Submitted by Kryptonite.

The Lesser Luminary


Genesis 1:17:18 - "Thus God put them in the expanse of the heavens to shine upon the earth, and to dominate by day and by night and to make a division between the light and the darkness..."

Submitted by Arlene.

Birds of Heaven

Matthew 6:26 - "Observe intently the birds of heaven, because they do not sow seed or reap or gather into storehouses; still YOUR heavenly Father feeds them.  Are YOU not worth more than they are?"


Submitted by Arlene.

Bye, Bye, Birdie!


Noah sent out a dove two times after the flood.  Each time the dove returned.  Genesis 8:12 states what happened the third time:  "Then he sent out the dove, but it dd not come back again to him anymore."

Submitted by Mike.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Harvest Time!


Matthew 13:30 - "Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the harvest season I will tell the reapers, First collect the weeds and bind them in bundles to burn them up, then go to gathering the wheat into my storehouse."

Submitted by Raven.