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New Blog header by me...

I used to change my blog Header because I want something unique that will reflect my personality and my likes finally after sometime...using my imagination and creativeness I have made this fabulous "Bouquet of flowers blog header" that will surely catch every eyes of my readers but please bear with me if you see some flaws because I'm not a professional designer just an amateur with artistic heart..hope you like it!

 And also my other blog "My Shimmering Works" I changed the header to this hope you also like it!

If you think you like it or not... please feel free to leave a comment or feedback anything from you will help me improved my works..thanks!

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I Love Roses...

My Garden of  Roses...I took a shots of my roses in our mini garden just because I love flowers especially roses it really adds beauty in the surroundings but do you know that aside of garden beauty it brings, it also gives a lot of benefit for everyone?.

The name Rose comes from french, Rose perrinial flower shrub or vine of genus rosa in Rosaceae family that contains over 100 species and comes variety of colours.
Rose flower has been used in perfumes for centuries,
Rose water, made from rose oil used in asian and middle eastern cuisine while "Rose Syrup" is an extract from rose petals which french is known for it, this french rose syrup is used to make rose scones and marshmallows in the united states, rose hips are occasionally made into jam, jelly, and marmalade.

It is also used as Rose tea because of its high Vitamin C content.
Rose hip seed oil used in skin products and some make-up products.
Roses are very essential from "Florists" for ornamental purposes commonly used a flower bouquet for an occasion its exquisite beauty brings colors and life  to the occasion.

Roses also used as a simple token of affection and love of a man to a women so it's is very useful in a man courting a woman who wanted to win the heart of the woman...I remember my hubby always gave me a bunch of white roses and he succeeded...maybe because he gave me white roses he told me that is a symbol of pure intentions of love and I believed in him until now.

Giving roses to our love ones are very common but still is a must for it symbolizes our feelings, affections, and love.

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Newbie Photo shots of nature...

I'm just walking around our compound when this hairy bee caught my attention and immediately after I just grab my digital camera to take a shot of it, I'm having a hard time taking this shot because the bee was so busy flying from a flower to another flower until I got the chance to take my shot and this is it...I'm enjoying watching this bee while sipping the sweet nectar of the flower to another flower while the pollen collects its body and this involves a "Pollination" it is a necessary step in the reproduction of flowering plants resulting in production of offspring.
Pollination requires consideration of "pollinizers" the term pollinizers and pollinators are often confused, "Pollinizers" is the plant that serves as a pollen source for other plants while the "Pollinator" is an agent that moves the pollen whether it is a bee, flies, bats, moths, or birds. Some plants are self fertile or can pollinate themselves.

While enjoying taking shots of the bee I craved for more interesting shots and this is the second shot I took... it interests me because I noticed the color of this insect I am confused if it is a fly or what it looks like a big fly but the color is like a bee, I never seen this before isn't it interesting?

I am amazed of this photo I never imagine I could take a shot as beautiful as this well...I guess it;s my camera I should give credits...this tiny ant climbing down the stem of this plant a lovely scene captured by a novice like me wow! it's really so rewarding...I'm beginning to love photography.


See more photos to come!!!

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Scam Email from Paypal????Beware!!

Everyday I received a lot of spam emails on my yahoo account I see to it that I read all those spam very well why?not because I like it but because of the fact that I learned from it...I learned how to distinguished a valid email from a spam although my email provider already filtered it but there's still there are some who goes to my inbox anyway, I'm not that person who is easily  be scammed,  well..that's right! I practice the saying that in order for you not to be scammed think as a scammer first...that's really true. I doesn't give my personal/private information to whom I cannot trust...I doesn't believe in any emails I received daily without any idea why I'm receiving it also especially when there's a link from it that requires any personal information to input for any reason or verification purpose needed...be aware that's the key...

Here's a sample of a scam email I have received from they acclaimed to be Paypal...????

This is a snap shot of it from my browser just click the image to zoom...written in Spanish while my Paypal account used English, apply for some logic this is commonly used to confused the receipient not to understand and just click on the link.
What I understand is that my Paypal account is temporarily suspended due to failure to access the Paypal account using a dynamic IP address. for me to access again I have to click the link. wow! that's because I can't believe it and I'm confused I think trice if I will click the link... then I decided to go directly to Paypal homepage from my browser then access my account and I found that this email is a total fraud,scam.
And now I'm thankful to my instinct lol!, this post is for everyone who has a Paypal account be aware and as much as possible don't use link from emails to access your private, confidential especially financial account, just go directly to their homepage or much better for security reasons use private browsing.

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See Natures wonders in our Backyard...

Isn't so relaxing looking for the wonders of nature? well for me it is...that is why I can't help myself taking photos of natures wonder in the comfort of our own backyard and this is what I saw a beautiful flower, this flower is a single flower that looks a bouquet of flowers isn't it? actually I didn't know about this flower so I searched about it and found out that this is what they call "Coronitas" (scientific name: Lantana camara L.) here in the Philippines it was called "Kantutay" hmmm..sounds awful lol! anyway I love the colors of it and the flower itself disregard the name...Lol!

Next... if you haven't take time to look at a Guava tree you wouldn't notice it has a beautiful flower...This is actually the flower of a Guava fruit isn't it so beautiful?

English name: Guava
Tagalog name: Bayabas
Scientific name:Psidium guajava L.

Guava fruit has a lot of health benefits,nutritional values and also used in culinary and medicinal purposes,in folk medicine it is known to be a remedy for diarrhea ,dysentery and fever while extract from guava leaves or bark are implicated in therapeutic mechanism against cancer,bacterial infections,inflammation and pain.  

This photo interests me because I don't know why this Santol leaves looks ugly as it is...it's kinda different amongst other some says that there are micro organisms live there the clusters that gives an ugly look of the leaves is actually their home..
Another thing is that I really like the santol fruit especially if it is sweet I actually swallowed some of  the seeds of it but then I found out that the seeds of santol is inedible and can actually caused intestinal perforation if swallowed thank God it didn't happened to me.


It's harvest time! but before that I've just take a shot of it that includes this army of ants whooow...be careful... it hurts when it bites..this ants called "karag" here in our place.
This Guyabano or "Sour sop" is somewhat says "The Fruit that heals" and I personally believed in it...click the link for full details.

These are some of natures wonder in our backyard and a lot more...imagine if you go out in the wild there might be thousands or million or billions of wonders,species you can see.. that's so interesting!

See more interesting photos to come...

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just another newbie discovery in photoshop....

Just another discovery in photoshop...For a newbie like me every amazing things I discover is a great stepping stone for a lot more...I'm just experimenting in photoshop when I accidentally hit the clone stamp tool I know clonning is for copying something so I tried it using alt then click and wow! amazing...I cloned the lavander flower the original flower is just two holding my daughter I cloned it  four times  as you can see in the photo it is obviously clone because you can see the details is not well formed but try to understand I'm a newbie and I'm still learning how to make finishing touches, but it makes sense right?for the background just changed it using brush tool and pre installed bruch image tool (maple leaf) put a text and that's it!

 I'm still learning more..

  

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Flowers are everywhere...

A very nice afternoon greets me after having afternoon siesta this day as I walked around, I can't help noticed this beautiful flowers in our backyard this well taken care of " Euphorbia flower" that grown so well it's really so relaxing to watch the attractive colors of it I just want to pick some of it but suddenly I saw the thorns  it  was horrible then I remember the post I've made to my other blog " I like euphorbia" it's about Euphorbia flower's characteristics then I decided not the pick it...It's like a beautiful lady " hands off please" or else..( lol !!!)

This is the second flower that interests me if I'm not mistaken this beautiful white flower is called " White Angel" it looks like a Sampaguita flower here in the Philippines the only difference is that Sampaguita is smaller and is known for its fragrance while this White angel is not it's more on ornament but I really like it I actually love it's simplicity...it's like a pure soul maybe that is why they called it "White Angel"..hmmm... what do you think?
                                                   



 I don't really know about this flower but it caught my attention because I love its color a Lavander flower indeed, it just grows in the wild I guess because I've seen this beside the grassy part of the backyard and I've also seen this everywhere...I love it...


I just pick it and just put this beside the white angel for a snap shot... isn't lovely?

This 4th photo is really exciting...It's a plant with blooming flowers the exciting part is that can you see a little butterfly  around? ahh..yes there is...the butterfly adopted the color and texture of the flower that's why you can't notice it easily..it's like a chameleon adopting itself to its environment...what a lovely scene of nature...

And just because I love flowers I can't help myself to share this moments with you as I take these photos passionately I have this wonderful feeling that completes me...so..more photos to come.

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A bit about coffee...

I used to be a coffee drinker or I may say I'm addicted to it,  I remember I used to drink 4 - 5 cups a day but now I'm trying to lessen the urge of drinking it until I finally take it out of my system...why? because my doctor prohibits me to drink and so all caffeinated beverages because I'm having palpitations and I get acidic.

A bit about coffee...
       Coffee is a beverage made or brewed, from roasted bean (seed) of the coffee plant. Roasting the coffee beans brings out the characteristic coffee tang and aroma to someone who never tasted coffee before, its rich aroma maybe more appealing than the first bitter sip. but to people who have acquired a taste for coffee, it is so delicious and addictive.
Espresso coffee is darker and stronger than regular coffee it is traditionally made in a special espresso machine while Instant coffee is a coffee made twice why? because the coffee manufacturer brews a strong coffee and dries it into powder, it is made by brewing the coffee then evaporating the water out of it and processing the result is an Instant coffee. Manufacturers also developed a special kind of coffee called "Decaffeinated" which contain 1-2 percent caffeine. Caffeine is a stimulant that keeps some people awake or makes them nervous,  thus caffeine is removed by soaking the unroasted beans in a chemical solvent or by steaming them.

That's just a bit about coffee...always remember all excessive intake is bad to your health so drink in moderation and help yourself to tempting aroma of it because it is so really addicting...cheersss!!!

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A Newbie work using photoshop...

I'm so fascinated in arts...I remember my college days when I was into fine arts but I haven't finished it for many reason but still my heart is with it. I remember Fine Arts course is a manual art means you will draw using your bear hands sketching first then coloring using a water color et' al, that's the basic of Fine arts and it's time consuming plus the mood of an artist, that will depend of the finished work of art...but now I'm really so amazed how Photoshop and other software works, it makes the hard work easy for everyone and now I'm addicted to it..I'm still learning and exploring different tricks and techniques using Photoshop and everyday is a learning process that's the most exciting for me.

Here's a sample of my work I just edited my son's photo changed the background using brush tool put a pre- installed star shape in the photoshop, insert a text for the name of my baby and presto! a lovely work of art...isn't so amazing? for a newbie like me could create a beautiful art such as this...wow!!! I love it...every time I have created such a wonderful result  it gives me such self satisfaction, a happy feelings, it colors and outburst my artistic heart.

I'm looking forward to many more techniques to discover in photoshop.till next discoveries...

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New Blog...New Header...

In every blog that has been successful there's a beautiful header and template involved, the very first thing I searched is a very nice template where I can put a lot of stuffs and this is it exactly, thank's to "Our Blogger Templates " for their beautiful and professional templates free of charge so for everyone who wants a very nice professional look templates for their blog "Our Blogger Templates" is the one you should not miss so check that site now...you'll gonna love it!.

As of My Header I just change the pre installed header of my own header, I'm proud to say that I'm the one who made this header using photoshop so it is unique...

 Just A simple tip for a newbie who wants to have their own blog to increase readers and followers, personalizing your page by using your personal touch, making your own different amongst others is a great way to have a successful blog that's one thing but a lot more...your passion, your conviction, your love and your best, hard work and patience in everything you do and  next will follow...

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Introduction

I've been into blogging for more than 2 months now...consistently, why/? because the very first blog I have made is "my frecious moment" started January at google site but I didn't take time to update and to give my hard work it is more on my personal diary of my feelings, the second is " My Shimmering Works " where I consistently update and give my best to increase readers and followers and gain more exposure of my shimmering works, my handmade crafts and I'm happy for the result of this blogging experience so I came up again for another blog for my daughter " Angel " My Only Angel's Blog...and now I'm happy so very much and also excited for this new blog I'm going to put my best to increase again traffic, for monetizing, for everything that I can share with you dear readers...I am again in the beginning of nowhere but I learned the ways now...I know where to go...so I'm hoping for your help my dear readers and followers of "My Shimmering Works" follow me again here in my new blog " A Bit of Everything ".

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