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TODAY'S PHOTO -
a photo of Sam at the entrance to Wakodahatchee
Wetlands.
Since so many of the photos in our past 100 issues
have been from Wakodahatchee Wetlands, I thought
a photo of my beloved husband, and partner, Sam
combined with the entrance to our favorite walking
place would be a fitting way to embark onto the
pathway of the next 100 plus issues.
Sam said it would be great to have an Open House
and we have yet to figure out how to create a Virtual
one. So consider that in our hearts you are all
visiting with us and each other today.
THE CELEBRATION -
I am so excited at having reached #100 in the past
5 months I wanted to create something special. I
decided, as a gift to those of you who like to go
back and visit some your favorite photos, to compile
an alphabetized index of the first 100 issues with
links to the issues. See LIST.
I have also created a gift that YOU can bring
to the party, receiving a virtual raffle ticket
in exchange that will be entered into a drawing.
There are prizes for the three winners AND
everyone who brings a gift will receive a certificate.
So what is the GIFT that I request of you?
It's to take a few minutes of your time to fill
out a SURVEY
that will help us in serving you even better in
the future. Your responses will assist us in knowing
what has worked, what hasn't and where we head.
The survey is an online survey, mainly with yes,
no, or bulleted choice answers, nothing to write
unless you so choose. Now for the prizes.
PRIZES -
1st Prize is the tropical
water lily pillow, or any other product, with
the exception of framed prints, from our Cafe
Press Nature Art shop. This includes having
your favorite photo put on any one product, other
than framed prints, that we sell in this shop!
2nd Prize is an 8 X 10 photo of the winner's
choice.
3rd Prize is a $10 gift certificate, excluding
shipping, on any product in CP Nature Art and
for ALL SURVEY RESPONDENTS, a $5.00 gift
certificate on orders over $40 from the Gift Shop.
ACTIONS TO TAKE -
A quick check, if you wish, of the LIST.
One of the survey questions asks for your favorite
photo and you might want to see which photo you'd
like if you win. You might also like to check out
the GIFT
SHOP if you have not been there.
Then go to SURVEY
and do some quick clicks and scrolling. Fill in
your name and e-mail address if you wish to be entered
into the drawing and then click SUBMIT. That's it.
If you wish to preview the questions you can click
on the survey and come back. If anyone is uncomfortable
with this, and there is no reason to be, I have
posted the questions on my site - See SURVEY
-5/05 and you can copy them and respond by e-mailing
me directly.
DEADLINES -
The deadline for responding to the survey is
midnight Thursday, May 19th. The drawing will
be done on Friday, May 20th. Winners will be notified
that day and announced in Picture to Ponder on Tuesday,
May 31st. I intend to invite one of our subscribers
who lives in my community to do the impartial drawing.
Thank you all for playing with me these past however
many issues that you have been subscribing.
THANK YOUS -
to Morgine
Jurdan for brainstorming prizes with me and
Julie
Jordan Scott for suggestions, support and for
creating the EZINES THAT ROCK course that had PICTURE
TO PONDER come alive in the first place!
If you are interested in creating your own electronic
magazine/newsletter, there is still time to get
into the last 3 sessions of the 4 session EZINES
THAT ROCKS that started today. Write
to Julie to ask her about it.
READER COMMENTS ON THE LAST ISSUE - Issue
99
Gretchen Little wrote, "Eye popping,
Sheila! Like gorgeous, pink fireworks!"
My comment - I'm still
going "Wow!" each time I open this issue.
Mary Gray stated:
"I am losing it! I saw "Spider Mums"
in the subject line, and although I know very well
that those are flowers, I got a quick image of mama
spiders bouncing about on webs. Oy!
I agree that the close-up of the two flowers is
more striking than the photo of the arrangement,
but I'm sure I couldn't manage Ikebana at all. I
have a friend who took a course last year, and my
eyes crossed as she listed all the considerations
that go into this "simple" composition"
and
Judith
Tramayne-Barth wrote:
"Like what you did with the Mums. Made
them much more exciting to look at -- very creative!"
ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIBERS DESIRED -
If you you are enjoying PICTURE TO PONDER please
pass your experiences of it on to your friends and
colleagues and suggest that they, too, SUBSCRIBE.
They too can participate in the Celebration if they
come on board, and surf through some back issues,
before Thursday, May 19th.
The link for today's issue is http://www.eteletours.com/issue100.html,
if you wish to share this particular one. In many
instances, the photos are not picked up if you simply
forward the issue.
Inspirationally,
Sheila
sheila[at]eteletours.com--
© 2005 Sheila Finkelstein
http://www.eteletours.com
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