Peggy C's photos with the keyword: turquoise

there is a very nice department store, based in Florida... Beall's.. they have outlet stores, which always have treasures.. but the best one of all is this.. the Clearance store.. usually items are not 'in season', but for Florida, that is no big deal.. and the Christmas shopping you can do in here! the pants in this photo are not sweat pants, but maybe lounge or exercise.. for $4.00, they are new.. lots of colors.. make great pants for sleepwear.. we did some shopping... spent 2 hrs in there and only ran into each other when checking out.. oh, the best part.. the store is usually 50 to 70% off retail, but when we went, add another 40%.. got a nice, comfortable pair of Wrangler jeans ($9.24).. I can deal with that ! (c) All Rights Reserved

- when one edits a red flower - cluster of red Jatropha blooms - vibrant leaves of green - cropped - used Curves - faded out the flowers - saved - then, brought back the flowers - intensity changed - layered the same, yet different photos - of Jatropha flowers over each other - frame - watermark - now ! - a totally different concept - from where I began www.picmonkey.com © All Rights Reserved try viewing fullscreen on black

flow.. effortlessly.. it seems.. but, the dancer knows .. it has taken a long time.. to make it seem so.. © All rights reserved

Tin Can Gypzee.. at the Car Show © All rights reserved

- cool, gal ! - great dancer - heart of gold - a Tin Can Gypzee troupe member - ATS, American Tribal Style - bellydance - Yip ! © All rights reserved

of many colors.. peace signs.. coins.. hip belts.. .. bellydancer

Full skirts .. pattern & solid.. it matters not. They all have that gypzee energy! Created with www.dumpr.net - photo fun

Richard tagged me.... 1. am Gemini .. which means this has been started, per Richard's request, on 12-30-2008; when I finish..? Hey, I'm a Gemini ! 2. multiple persona's.. currently, Sheeba also, Madame YooHoo; Zargarita, LadyZ 3. Passion for life... it is too short! Live each day as though you won't be here tomorrow; make it count! 4. Don't make New Year resolutions, but IF I did, it would be to learn more hand drum rhythms ... dumbek/doumbek .. djembe ..frame drum... want to learn to play a riqq.. got the instructor in mind! She is awesome.. so talented! 5. play doumbek (dumbek), djembe & frame drum.. for my own pleasure and to accompany our Tribal dance troupe 6 .If I could afford it, would go to one drum workshop a month! Got the time.. got to find the money. 7. Always come away with more than I had going in to a workshop.. could it be that I understand a little more about the rhythms? 8.. Continue our drum / dance gatherings at the coffee shops. Like them indoors; we get to know each other more; it becomes an extension of ones family.. a chosen one. 9.Learning creative tasseling... ATS ( American Tribal Style ) beaded tassels for hip belts; just like to make them.. create different color combos. Have some 'orphan jewelry' that is just screaming to be attached to some tassels! 10.. Live to eat .. love to eat... not raw unless veggies. Middle Eastern /Indian/ Thai/ Chinese/ Polish (my grandparents-in-law were from the old country.. what a spread of foods ) 11.Do procrastinate (just ask my hubby) except attendance & participation 2 drum circles a month.. one is considered by those souls who come to share energies as 'my circle'; keep telling them that it is our circle.. but, as a friend told me "if you build it they will come"... that was 3 yrs ago..Faces change; commitments are different (we usually schedule vacations around drum circle time... some I just won't be absent.. like an anniversary or Halloween!Is drumaholic a word? If so, I am. I drum daily (have really nice neighbors). 12. Eat... sleep.. drum .. repeat. [ did I leave out anything? ] ( .. courtesy of Jim Donovan ) 13. . once in a while I get out my zills ( am not too swift on them) much to the chagrin of the felines who let me live here..... have a feeling they might cancel my lease! Could put mufflers on them.. the zills.. not the felines! 14. Like to bake..Christmas is a good excuse. "But these are gifts!" Going to a friend's home... "I'll bring dessert!"... little do they know how many times they have been guinea pigs for a newly found recipe! Must admit the dark chocolate Easter eggs were a hit; oh, and the stuffed portabello mushrooms....It's time for another recipe.. 15. Have a wonderful time touring the world through Flickr! It's the only way ... no passport.. no shots.. no problems.. Y'all have been so nice.Okay..."y'all" is a Southern expression.. combining 'you & all'.. there are a lot of them, but don't think it any odder than someone from Pennsylvania asking, "are you going with?"..... with who... the sentence is hanging in mid-air! (yes, have 2 'chosen sister' from PA!) 16. Ramble.. yes.. must put these words out before they fly away! . Read... "When the Women Were Drummers", by Layne Redmond and "The Brain that Changes Itself", by Norman Doidge, M.D.No, haven't finished either, but like the difference in subject... yet, there are some similarities.. when one drums, one uses both sides of the brain.. memory is involved in keeping the names of rhythms and the form of them together... I have to find a way to keep the 'dreaded M's' in memory!Malfoof, Masmoudi, Maqsoum..... which pattern goes with which one!!! I keep my cheat sheet in my drum case! Bonus: Until we as humans value each other; value our past and see the need to keep the past as a guideline to the future, neighborhood after neighborhood will fall... all in the name of "Progress". Progress isn't always progress, just as bigger does not equate to better. We have to decide .... we are more alike than different .. we need to talk and listen to what is said .. no person, religion, idea is the only one ... embrace differences and love each other. Blessings ... Thoughts and words by Peggy C .. (Sheeba on Flickr) © All rights reserved

of silk.. flow.. effortlessly... © All rights reserved

.. soft blend .. of colors .. in a fan veil © All Rights Reserved

silk fan veils, tassels, costume and the Tribal dancer's feet... all in motion © All rights reserved

dancing with silk fans looks so easy...the fabric just flows... but the dancer rehearses over and over to make it look effortless! ©SD All Rights Reserved

attached to a tribal dancer...

..dancing with silk veil fans... ..at a local drum circle © All rights reserved

.. but, needed some silver coins... © All rights reserved

.. I'll never be without a coin or two! They'll always be closeby.

bellydancer moves to the rhythms of congas, doumbeks and djembes, while silk fan veils swirl around her...Central FL © All rights reserved