Weekly Photo Challenge – Variations on a Theme
When Mercy was in 5th grade, she and I took a ceramic painting class at a ceramic wholesale shop. It was a hobby we both enjoy and continue to keep. Several years ago, we had a mother-daughter outing and went to do ceramic painting. When we took the class together, my first project was painting the grey bottlenose dolphins. I’ve developed the fondness toward dolphins and have various collection of dolphins.
We are also delighted to watch live dolphins in different occasions. On one of the vacations in Maui, my husband went diving and swam with the dolphins. On another vacation in North Carolina, my husband went diving and we were so happy to see a school of dolphins up close.
The Showers of Blessings 
Lovely photographs and memories Miriam, dolphins are such friendly and kind animals, they always make me smile :o) xxx
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As much as I would like the animals to stay in the wild, we did go to Ocean Park to watch the performance of dolphins. 🙂
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These pictures carry with it the beautiful memories of the time that Mercy and you shared. Lovely pictures, Miriam.
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Thank you, among the things we did together, we carry this one on for a long time. I feel good about that!
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Miriam, You did a great job on photo challenge. Bravo 🙂
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Thank you so much for reading and comment. I appreciate it. 🙂
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Perfect for theme.
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Thank you so much, Rupali!! 🙂
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I collect elephants 🙂
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I know someone who collects elephants, especially wood crafts from Thailand. They are beautiful!! 🙂
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Dolphins are such graceful creatures! This is a beautiful post! ❤
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Thank you very much, Lynn. Yes, they make me smile every time I watch documentary videos on dolphins! 🙂
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Wonderful Miriam!!!
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Thank you so much, Paulo!! 🙂
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I took have a love of dolphins. Wonderful idea for this post. I like your painting work.
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Thank you, Cee. Dolphins are lovable creatures. The owners of the wholesale business retired several years ago. The ceramic painting shops these days are very limited to what I want to do. They sell pieces including painting and glazing at the shop, then pay separately for firing.
I do have one place to go to make ceramic from clay and so forth!!
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Great idea, i will think about it for my daughter
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Yes, Nahla. I thought it was a great idea for mother-daughter to learn something together!!
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Beautiful photos Miriam and such a great sunshine story. I love Dolphins too,
Very much. Have seen them near on sea crossings and noticed how many people
delight in watching them. Interesting.
As you can see I have chosen a Dolphin ( Delphini) for my Gravatar.😊
miriam
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Oh yes, Miriam. I love your Gravatar. Perfect image for a dolphin lover. Dolphins are so intelligent. Thank you for your comment. 🙂
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this is such excellent post and difficult photo challenge – Bravo!!
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Thank you so much. It took me a couple days to find a theme!
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