<center> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z147/thebloglady/smallerlogo45.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" border="0"></a></center>

<center> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z147/thebloglady/smallerlogo45.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" border="0"></a></center> http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/ Activities: In pursuit of the next photo opportunity. My camera never leaves my side... Interests: Photography, Music, History, Books, Movies, Late night coffeehouse chats.. Favorite Music: Rock, R&B, Alternative Favorite TV Shows: I watch very little TV. However, when I do it is generally something on the History or Discovery channels. Favorite Movies: A Fish Called Wanda, Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, The Goodbye Girl Favorite Books: Too many to list... Favorite Quote: The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking. - Brooks Anderson Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:48:10 -0000 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:00:44 -0000 <center> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z147/thebloglady/smallerlogo45.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" border="0"></a></center> http://images.blogladycharli.multiply.com/logo http://blogladycharli.multiply.com 100 100 Charli's 39th Birthday My final year in my 30s. Party http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/calendar/item/10003/Charlis_39th_Birthday Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:00:44 -0000 Our Body: The Universe Within <a href="http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SIAeRQoKCpoAADF-eV01"></a>  *Warning*  The below content and photos may be disturbing.  Discretion advised.   This weekend I went to an exhibit.   Armed with my crutches and a wheelchair, if need be, I looked in wide eyed silence .  I have worked in the medical field in the past, but nothing quite prepared me for what I saw, and how I felt about what I was seeing.  I was overwhelmed by the display before me.  The exhibit is "Our Body: The Universe Within".  These are actual human bodies, that have been preserved through a special process, and dissected, flayed, skinned, posed, etc to show the inner "universe".  Muscles in motion, organs in placement, you name it.     <a href="http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z147/thebloglady/?action=view&current=314865109_2a831f57bf.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z147/thebloglady/314865109_2a831f57bf.jpg" border="0"></a>   Was it controversial, disturbing, and morbid?  Indeed.   <a href="http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z147/thebloglady/?action=view&current=050506_corpse_vlg_12p_widec-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z147/thebloglady/050506_corpse_vlg_12p_widec-1.jpg" border="0"></a>   Was it fascinating, educational, and thought provoking.  Indeed.   <a href="http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z147/thebloglady/?action=view&current=448138709_776264388d_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z147/thebloglady/448138709_776264388d_o.jpg" border="0"></a>   The myriad of emotions and perceptions both enthralled and repulsed me.  Mostly what I... http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/103/Our_Body_The_Universe_Within Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:22:36 -0000 The Blog Lady Site http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/links/item/5/The_Blog_Lady_Site Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:09:12 -0000 Blogging in the Outer Limits I just finished creating a mirror site at Blogger.com.  At one time I had a blog running under TheBlogLady.net.  As the domain name was expiring, and I found myself blogging more here, I went ahead and closed it out. I realized later that some of you who host your blogs at Blogger, Wordpress, etc, had linked to me there via a feeder or a blogroll.  A link which suddenly became null and void.  Let me apologize for that!  With all that has been going on with the house hunt, the move, summer vacation, and now my booboo, I simply didn't think.  Again, let me apologize for the inconsideration. If you would like to link to my "Blogger" blog, here is the addy:  <a href="http://theblogladysite.blogspot.com/">http://theblogladysite.blogspot.com/</a> I will keep this one updated regularly.  I also use it as a feeder, via the blogroll, to stay updated on your blogs.  Pssst, Kristen, Tomlin, Astra, Phil, and the rest of you who blog in the "outer limits", update my link!!    http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/100/Blogging_in_the_Outer_Limits Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:55:12 -0000 Picture Perfect Friday   This week's theme is the old childhood game of "I Spy".  The clue given was the letter "P".  Here is my contribution, and my take on the theme.   "Poverty" <a title="Poverty by Blog Lady, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglady/2604392259/"><img height="343" alt="Poverty" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/2604392259_b52bb94398.jpg" width="500"></a>   "Picture Perfect Friday" is a weekly photo essay, open to any and all.  If you would like to participate, just click this <a href="http://fotofriday.multiply.com/">link</a>, and you are on your way.   http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/99/Picture_Perfect_Friday Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:49:09 -0000 Love and Ligaments... <a href="http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SGvWYwoKCpoAAHBel7U1"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.blogladycharli.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SGvWYwoKCpoAAHBel7U1/06A0794.jpg?et=ayosXNARv4JgZDKUaYJW8w&nmid=0" border="0"></a> It wasn't graceful, it wasn't pretty, but it was picture worthy, that much I will admit.   Never, never run while looking over your shoulder.  The running is graceful, with long hair streaming in the wind, delighted laughter tossed over the shoulder, yes, that is graceful.  The buckle in the concrete, however, lacks grace... Rather it stands silent in a predatory countenance.  Indeed it does.  As it seized my foot, I realized THAT in a split second.  Damn concrete. I flew through the air or so I was told by witnesses.  Supergirl without her costume.  I landed in a violent heap some 5 feet from where the concrete and I had became acquainted.   I recall the pain as I landed.  The breathless agony as I let my knee catch the momentum of the fall.  I felt a ripping sensation, as a white flash of pain exploded behind my eyes, and then I was blissfully unaware. When I opened my eyes, I was surrounded by friends, and ... http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/97/Love_and_Ligaments... Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:30:36 -0000 Picture Perfect Friday - Twisted   Twisted <img height="562" alt="The Dancer" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2604392075_3cb162e608_o.jpg" width="369">      I found the above when walking along the river this past Saturday.  The contortions, and the twists of the middle branches reminded me of a BalIet .  Isn't it amazing the beauty that can be found in something, that to most eyes, would be nothing special at all...    I appropriately entitled this photo, "The Dancer".  Can you see her?       http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/96/Picture_Perfect_Friday_-_Twisted Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:16:20 -0000 Saturday's Musings June http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/photos/album/6/Saturdays_Musings Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:05:15 -0000 Picture Perfect Friday   "Roadside" <a title="copyrighted wind blown by Blog Lady, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglady/1679260779/"><img height="337" alt="copyrighted wind blown" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2355/1679260779_97b5bc66f3.jpg" width="500"></a>   http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/94/Picture_Perfect_Friday Thu, 29 May 2008 08:46:34 -0000 Picture Perfect Friday - Empty   Here is my contribution to this week's theme...   Empty <A title="Collapse by Blog Lady, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglady/1680114634/"><IMG height=368 alt=Collapse src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2232/1680114634_c1fa2e9ff3.jpg" width=500></A> Photo by Charli, The Blog Lady   http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/89/Picture_Perfect_Friday_-_Empty Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:14:28 -0000 Picture Perfect Friday - Infinite   "Infinite" <A title="Onward by Blog Lady, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglady/1680117994/"><IMG height=432 alt=Onward src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/1680117994_66d151349c_o.jpg" width=588></A> ***Photo by Charli***     http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/86/Picture_Perfect_Friday_-_Infinite Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:40:42 -0000 Picture Perfect Friday - Shadow   Shadows <A title="Shadows by Blog Lady, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglady/2282785878/"><IMG height=359 alt=Shadows src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2282785878_d4b2171aec.jpg" width=500></A> Photo by Charli   http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/84/Picture_Perfect_Friday_-_Shadow Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:09:44 -0000 Today   My camera has found it's Muse once again or might I say, it found me.....   <A title="Light by Blog Lady, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglady/2278852414/"><IMG height=341 alt=Light src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2112/2278852414_615a458fa3.jpg" width=500></A>     http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/83/Today Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:15:32 -0000 Picture Perfect Friday - Contrast   <A title="Dignity by Blog Lady, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglady/2197241353/"><IMG height=478 alt=Dignity src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2390/2197241353_73d16815bc_o.jpg" width=609></A> Photo by Charli http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/76/Picture_Perfect_Friday_-_Contrast Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:07:21 -0000 Picture Perfect Friday, January 4th, 2008   "Reflections" <A title="281814858_08cdef6b5c_o by Blog Lady, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglady/1679254751/"><IMG height=281 alt=281814858_08cdef6b5c_o src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2403/1679254751_3a2bd70705.jpg" width=500></A>   http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/73/Picture_Perfect_Friday_January_4th_2008 Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:22:01 -0000 Happy New Year! My Sister and I brought in the New Year with a large gathering of Friends and Family.  What a wonderful time we had.  May the New Year bring all of you joy and happiness.  Happy 2008! <A href="http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z147/thebloglady/?action=view&current=HappyNewYearGrayed.jpg" target=_blank rel=nofollow><IMG alt=Photobucket src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z147/thebloglady/HappyNewYearGrayed.jpg" border=0></A> **My Sister Tonya, (whose glasses I like to hide, muhahahahaha..)  and myself ringing in the New Year.  Oh, were we ever tired...** http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/72/Happy_New_Year Tue, 1 Jan 2008 18:08:39 -0000 Picture Perfect Friday "Outrageous" <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglady/1799596916/" title="Cycle by Blog Lady, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2051/1799596916_25cd04df6e.jpg" alt="Cycle" height="366" width="500"></a> *************************** I could barely watch this performance.  Oh, the anxiety....  I was on the edge of my seat taking the photo, convinced that at any moment I would be witness to a horrible tragedy.  After this photo was shot, I hunkered down in my seat next to a friend, covered my eyes, and told him to tell me when it was over... I am amazed at anyone's ability, not to mention courage, to master such outrageous feats. http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/67/Picture_Perfect_Friday_ Thu, 6 Dec 2007 19:53:27 -0000 A Monday Muse <A href="http://photobucket.com" target=_blank><IMG style="WIDTH: 387px; HEIGHT: 401px" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z147/thebloglady/vsh0331l.jpg" border=0></A> Yes, I always wear my seatbelt.  In fact, it is such a part of my driving routine that I forget it is on, until I jump out of the vehicle still wearing it.  The sudden jerk and tangle, leaves me cursing, spitting hair out of my mouth, and fumbling with the release before anyone can witness the clumsy exit. I'll be honest in saying that this happens frequently.  Go ahead, it's okay to laugh.  I'm used to it.  Now, if that weren't bad enough, then let me mention the times when I jump into my vehicle, and pull the door closed behind me with such speed and forgetfulness, that my long hair is caught in a yanking tug, forcing a small shriek of surprise from a very startled Charli.  Sigh....  That IS comical to see, if not a bit painful to display.  You may laugh at that one too... Admittedly, I can be a bit absentminded.  I chalk it up to my "get up and go" mentality.  I find myself with so many pots to stir, that I pass over the smaller ins... http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/66/A_Monday_Muse Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:51:03 -0000 Picture Perfect Friday for November 30th, 2007 Here is my contribution to this week's theme.  "One" <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img style="width: 268px; height: 474px;" src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z147/thebloglady/pole.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" border="0"></a> http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/65/Picture_Perfect_Friday_for_November_30th_2007 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:10:50 -0000 Off to Gain 5lbs I'm on my way out the door, but am waving over my shoulder as I scurry, scurry, scurry.  Happy Thanksgiving to all of you, and I'll see you after the Holiday! http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/62/Off_to_Gain_5lbs_ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:13:51 -0000 Picture Perfect Friday - Repetition <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglady/2034877839/" title="Repetition by Blog Lady, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2010/2034877839_c8b869b585.jpg" alt="Repetition" height="317" width="500"></a> Rail car, after rail car...  The rhythmic chug-a-chug-a-chug of the engine...  The shrill "ding ding ding" of the warning lights...  All of this embraces repetition, and in that repetitive clamor lies an almost soothing lullaby. http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/journal/item/59/Picture_Perfect_Friday_-_Repetition Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:59:36 -0000 Kristen I come to Charli for fun, wit and a birds eye view on an occasion I would otherwise deem as normal. She has this fresh perspective that brings life into focus. Like her beautiful photography, she zooms in on things that I may have zoomed past and by doing so, I realize how lovely that one thing http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/reviews/item/22 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:03:17 -0000 Terry All time classic blog author, charming, and a smoldering beauty. Chari’s tops in my book! Love and hugs from AZ http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/reviews/item/21 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:02:08 -0000 Riot Guy ...Charli keeps a tight ship, fresh and new updates continually on her blog, i enjoy having the leisure to digest and visit her blog, she is definately, a Blogging http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/reviews/item/20 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:59:44 -0000 Ritchie Blog Lady you are very creative. You shed humor for us to see and you brighten the day with your http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/reviews/item/19 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:58:46 -0000 Astra Navigo That Kansas Lady!!! It's "Charli"! Yes -- she's a daily read; one of those internet-addictions and electronic-confections without which I'm a poorer person. Make her a daily 'read', as I do -- you'll be glad you http://blogladycharli.multiply.com/reviews/item/18 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:58:05 -0000