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"It is not Joy that makes us Grateful, it is Gratitude that makes us Joyful."

During this season of thanksgiving, remember all the blessings you have been given.  Thankfulness brings peace to our hearts and joy to our lives.  Live in Gratitude!

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Venice Travel Photos

I day dreamed about visiting Venice and, so, had high expectations about what it would be like.  And, it was amazing...definitely a dream come true.  We did the usual touristy things, a gondola ride and tours of St. Marks Basilica and the Doge's Palace.  The tour group, Walks of Italy, is who we used and have had wonderful tours every time with them.  Their guides are very educated with lots of knowledge in history and the arts.

We meandered for hours along narrow streets and passageways sometimes running into a dead end at the canals.  Our hotel, the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice, was across the Giudecca Canal in Giudecca so we had fabulous views looking toward Venice.  We also had incredible dinners on this side of the canal with an easy walk to access.  Water shuttles were provided by the hotel in order to get to the mainland, Venice.



I'm going to start including fewer pictures on the blog...highlight just a few special ones.  But, I'll give you a link to the full up file with all the trip photos so you can browse at your leisure.  You can find Venice, http://aimeecunninghamphotography.zenfolio.com/venice

St. Marks Basilica

 

Famous Bridge of Sighs

Friday Quote Freebie

Took this photo a while back when we first got to England.  It reminds me to always look for the good in all things.  Not everything is as it appears.  We need to be willing to look past the surface and see what lies beyond.

Sometimes it's...

friendship in an unexpected person,
a better job after a door closes,
new experiences in places you never expected to be,
flowers after the rain,
a lesson in the storm of life.

May you see the "wish."  Enjoy this free download available here.

♥ Aimee

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Friday Freebie

Worked up another freebie for you all this week.  The background photo is of a very special place, the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis.  As I'm currently living in the UK, this photo has special meaning as I miss this part of being home very much.  We are in a rainy season right now so it has been a bit blah recently.  As I type, the rain is tapping away at the windows.  Dog gone it....if it's going to rain, couldn't I get a nice thunderstorm to go along.  Unfortunately, those are rare here and they are another thing I miss about the US Midwest.

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So you can get your freebie here!  Along with a few others that are still available.  Enjoy and thanks for stopping by.  Be sure to follow to receive updates for future freebies!  This picture can be printed up to 24x36 inch.

♥Aimee

Auschwitz-Birkenau Poland

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."  George Santayana

Our trip to Poland included a day trip and tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration camps located about an hour and a half from Krakow, Poland.  We rented a car on this trip so we drove ourselves to the camp.  We were shuttled between the two camps as part of the tour.

It'll be hard to put into words the feelings I had while touring Auschwitz.  The horrors that people endured is incomprehensible.  As much as I didn't want to be there, I did want to be there.  I've tried to explain it to a few people who have said to me that they didn't think they could do it...go to a place of such tragedy.  And, yes, there were moments when emotions were overwhelming and tears came to my eyes, but as I stood there taking it all in, I knew I had to be there.  It was a way to show respect to all those who lost so much...generations of families that would never exist because of the atrocities of evil men and women.  We saw so much, the places they lived and slept and ate, the bombed out buildings of where the exterminations occurred, the roads they walked everyday trying to work in order to survive.  May we never forget.

All the photos from this trip are available here at  http://aimeecunninghamphotography.zenfolio.com/auschwitz

Auschwitz Entrance...original gate.

Commander giving a thumbs up for someone to live.

Personal items that were taken from prisoners.

The loss of so many children...breaks my heart.

Father and son both died...whole families lost.

Crematorium

At this point we were shuttled to the Birkenau camp.
Here you can see the railway they were brought in on.

 Bedding area.

Wildflowers now grow in the fields, betting the people kept here didn't get such a treasure to view.