Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: friends

[best appreciated at full size against black] I would like to wish all of you a day full of love, romance and joy! I have made so many friends here on Flickr and it has been such a wonderful experience sharing pictures back and forth with all of you. One year ago today, Steve and I bought my Canon SX130 IS and when I found out how easy it was to take macro shots, I went crazy taking zillions of pictures. Things are better than ever with my new Canon 5D Mark II and I've learned so much in a year's time. Thanks to all of you for your support and comments, your inspiration, helpful advice and friendship. I'm looking forward to the next year with all of you, and hopefully many more new friends too! A big hug to one and all!! :) I've uploaded two other pictures today and I hope you'll visit them too! Thanks to all of you who have visited and have left comments and favorites! I try to go to all of your pages within a day or two and is a highlight for me to see your beautiful photography! :) NOTE! I have finally updated my profile and I hope you'll take a look to find out a little more about me and how important all of you are to my experience here on Flickr! www.flickr.com/people/sfhipchick/ This image was taken in February, 2012.

I wanted to take a moment today to say thank you to all of you who come to visit my photo stream, look at my pictures, leave comments and favorites. You have made me smile from ear to ear, you have made me glow, you have made me laugh out loud! You have encouraged me to try as hard as I can to always try to take better pictures, to learn new techniques, to think about taking pictures in different ways I never thought of. You guys make my day, every single day, and I cannot possibly thank you all enough for your support, enthusiasm, and good cheer! As much fun as I have reading your comments, visiting your photostreams means just as much to me! Every day I get to see the world through all of your eyes, and it's an amazing experience! You guys live ALL OVER THE WORLD!! I have friends everywhere it seems, and if I started listing locations, you'd be reading countries for the next hour! :D I LOVE IT!!!! I get to see so many incredible sights that I may never see in my lifetime. I get to see special moments captured by your talented skills which amaze and delight me and literally cause me to exclaim out loud, "WOW!!!!!!" I have seen images that make me cry and others that make me squeal with laughter! You show me awe-inspiring pictures that take my breath away. And, your pictures fill me with inspiration with countless ways to think about photography in a new way and to help me be better too. I have made so many friends here! It's funny, because in person, I can be quite shy until I get to know people. I don't like parties and my idea of the perfect get-together is only a couple of other people so I can really pay attention to each person. But here on ipernity, I can be outgoing and I love crowds! I enjoy getting to know everyone that comes by, and as each month passes by, I'm getting to know so many of you to the point that I truly consider you good friends! Amazing for a person who's always kept to herself, a loner. Thanks to all of you, I finally know what it's like to have lots of great friends, and I always have room for more! :) So, this bright and cheery picture of the daffodils and jonquils in our garden made me think of all of you, and how incredibly happy and fortunate I am to know each and every one of you. Thank you so much for everything. You make my day every day, and I will always do my best to do the same for all of you. I would love to give you all a big hug because you make me so happy! THANK YOU ALL!!!

The other day I was looking for mushrooms when I happened to find these two laughing and playing together. I asked them if I could take their picture and they proudly hugged close for a perfect picture of two best friends! :D

I was on my way back to the house after getting my foggy tree shots when I heard tiny happy squeals and yelling, so I froze and turned to look. Charging over the moss the through forests of twigs and grass ran three little munchkins, covered with morning frost! I couldn't resist a giggle when two of them caught the third and they tickled her while she laughed in a chorus of tiny tinkling bells. They immediately stood and looked my way and I got their picture. Quick as a flash they burst into giggles and bounded away, sliding down an icy boulder and off into the trees! Yay for mushroom fairies! :) Michael Dolan, born June 21, 1965, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is an American theatre and film actor, director and educator. Wikipedia: Michael Dolan