IOTD …. Image of the day, #402 …. “There’s More to Christmas”!!


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~~December 7, 2015~~ 

THERE’S MORE TO CHRISTMAS

There’s more, much more to Christmas
Than candle-light and cheer;
It’s the spirit of sweet friendship
That brightens all the year;
It’s thoughtfulness and kindness,
It’s hope reborn again,
For peace, for understanding
And for goodwill to men!

~~SOURCE~~ 

http://www.coolest-holiday-parties.com/

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~~GRAPHIC SOURCE~~ 

Google Images

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A dear blogger friend taught me this concept.

You can find Michelle here: http://mchelsmusings.wordpress.com/

~IN HER OWN WORDS~

IOTD” is image of the day, a concept I came up with. I teach visual meditative therapy – or in easy terms – a mini mental holiday. For some people it is very difficult for them to get their image right. I post an image a day for people to use in their mini mental vacay. Some are serious, some are silly, and some are just beautiful!”

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#IOTD #ImageOfTheDay #402 #DearBloggerFriend #HerOwnWords #Serious #Silly #JustBeautiful #MiniMentalVacay##AwesomeIllustration #Christmas #TheresMoreToChristmas #Poetry #Poet #Poem #ChristmasOrnaments #CoolestHolidayParties

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

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We ALL are ONE!!

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To start the day …. “Emily Estefan …. All Grown Up and Ready to Follow in Mom’s Musical Footsteps”!!


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~~December 6, 2015~~

EMILY ESTEFAN

I’ve followed this family since their early days in Miami.

I know their story and how Gloria came to be the main singer of Miami Sound Machine. The band became a huge hit in the Latin community. Then Gloria “crossed over” into the American mainstream music scene.

It was all then about Gloria.

I remember their hits, I have all the CD and concert videos. I couldn’t forget the harrowing time of the bus crash, her fractured back, her rescue, her recovery, her rehab and her comeback … that blue dress singing “Coming Out of the Dark”.

And the rest is history!

In their personal lives, they had Nayib and finally a daughter, Emily. Her name honors her dad Emilio.

I’ve seen Emily dab here and there in music. She has it in her genes, her internal makeup and her talent has grown.

She has released an awesome video with an absolutely on target message.

Kudos, Emily!

Enjoy!

HortyRex©

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They sure grow up so fast!

If you ask Gloria Estefan, it feels like yesterday when her daughter Emily was a baby backstage at her sold-out concerts. Fast-forward to today and the 21-year-old college sophomore is totally grown up and ready to rock out on her own.

“I always think about it as a double-edge sword,” Emily shared on Today’s show when asked about following the same career as her mom. “I don’t even understand that saying because doesn’t a sword have one edge?”

She continued, “But the reality is they’re amazing golden footsteps to follow in so my biggest fear now is just being able to do the past justice.”

“I know that must people I know believe in me for my talent and for what I stand for but there’s always a doubt in my mind because there is no way of knowing when you are a descendant of the Conga Queen.”

As her parents focus on their Broadway musical appropriately titled “On Your Feet,” Emily is ready to prove she herself can turn the beat around. And yes, she’ll do it while wearing mama’s clothes.

“When I want to go shopping, I just go to the warehouse and grab her clothes,” Emily admitted while wearing Gloria’s retro pants and T-shirt. As they like to say, like mother, like daughter.

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~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~

Google Images

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~~RELATED~~ 

http://www.eonline.com/news/650791/gloria-estefan-s-daughter-is-all-grown-up-and-ready-to-follow-in-mom-s-musical-footsteps-watch-now

http://www.today.com/series/viva-today/gloria-estefans-daughter-emily-wants-do-past-justice-music-career-t17671

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“F*CK TO BE”

Singer Emily Estefan, the Miami Beach daughter of Gloria and Emilio, on Thursday released a music video in which she expresses her point of view to a ‘sterile and ominous’ world: F#ck To Be.

F#ck To Be prominently focuses on male and female gender roles and stereotypes.

On November 3, Emily Estefan released her brand new video F#ck To Be. The concept behind the video shows Emily discovering and noticing a world that it is not what she expected instead it is very sterile and ominous.

“There are two POVs in the video, it is either what I see or what the mirror sees. It is me against the mirror. The mirror being expectations that I carry of myself, or what people expect me to be. I’m combatting the mirror, “ says Estefan.

F#ck to Be will be the first single from her forthcoming full length CD, Take Whatever You Want. Emily wrote, recorded, produced and performed her full album at Fairy Light Studios (her own studio in her college apartment in Boston, MA).

“Many people think I am saying “F” everything or everything sucks, but that is not true. I go in and out of these very different looks in the video that I don’t necessarily like for myself, but that doesn’t mean that I frown upon them, it just means that it is not me” said Estefan.

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“As it appears in … full read.full credit”

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/gay-south-florida/article47735185.html

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#ToStartTheDay #EmilyEstefan #GloriaEstefan #EmilioEstefan #miamiSoundMachine #GrowSoFast #CollegeSophomore #AmazingGoldenFootsteps #BroadwaysMusical #OnYourFeet #MaleAndFemale  #GenderRolesAndStereotypes #FuckToBe #UnexpectedWorld #VerySterileOminous #AwesomeTalent #FairyLightStudios #HerOwnStudio #CollegeApartment #Boston # CongaQueen #CleanVersion #ExplicitVersion

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #hrexachwordpress

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Follow Emily

YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIKmZV_aJQx7-vY3_pDDHEw

Facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/Emily-Estefan-Music-355776577956172/

Twitter

Instragram

https://www.instagram.com/emily_estefan/?hl=en

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~F#ck To Be Music Video~

Clean Version 

~Published on Dec 3, 2015~

Emily Estefan
F#ck To Be – Clean Version

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~F#ck To Be Music Video~

Explicit Version

Published on Dec 3, 2015

Emily Estefan
F#ck To Be – Explicit

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We ALL are ONE!! 

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At the end of the day …. “Heather Rooney: Drawing Adele”!!


 

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~~December 3, 2015~~ 

DRAWING ADELE

HEATHER ROONEY

I am a 22 year old illustrator specializing in photorealistic colored pencil and graphite drawings.

You can check out my drawing videos on YouTube!

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Hello!

My name is Heather Rooney.

I am an illustrator specializing in photorealistic colored pencil and graphite drawings.

Since finding my passion for portrait and figure drawing in high school, I have developed a technique focusing on high attention to detail. I draw my inspiration from a broad range of cultural figures, such as sport athletes, media personalities and entertainment professionals.

With each illustration requiring many hours of work, ranging from 30 hours to 100+ hours, I share my process through time-lapse videos on my YouTube channel, which has generated over 60 million views from a global audience.

I received my B.A. in Studio Art at Emmanuel College, in the vibrant city of Boston, Massachusetts. I am now pursuing a career in illustration.

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~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~ 

Google Images 

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~~GALLERY~~ 

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#AtTheEndOfTheDay #HeatherRooney #SelfTaughtArtist #AmazingTalent #CreateUnbelievablePortraitDrawings #CreatePhotorealisticPortraits #ColoredPencils #Illustrator #GraphiteDrawings #DrawingAdele #Adele #ColoredPencil #GraphiteDrawingAdele #Medium #CarandAcheLuminanceColoredPencils #CarandAcheGrafwoodPencils #Facebook #Twitter #Instagram #Tumblr

#WeAlllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

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~~SOURCES~~ 

Where to find/follow her
Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

http://instagram.com/heather12ooney

Tumblr

http://heather12ooney4rt.tumblr.com/

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~Drawing Adele~

~Published on Nov 22, 2015~

Colored pencil and graphite drawing of Adele

Medium: Caran d’Ache Luminance colored pencils and Caran d’Ache Grafwood pencils

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We ALL are ONE!!

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IOTD …. Image of the day, #399 …. “Pocoyó …. found his Christmas Spirit”!!


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~~December 3, 2015~~ 

FEELING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

Pocoyo (Pocoyó in Spanish) is a Spanish pre-school animated television series created by Guillermo García Carsí, Luis Gallego and David Cantolla, and is a co-production between Spanish producer Zinkia Entertainment, Cosgrove-Hall Films and Granada International.

Two series have been produced, each consisting of 52 seven-minute episodes. English actor and comedian Stephen Fry narrates the English-language version and José María del Río narrates the Castilian Spanish version of the first two seasons, while Stephen Hughes narrates the third season, called Let’s Go Pocoyo.

Set in a 3D space, with a plain white background and usually no backdrops, it is about Pocoyo, a 4-year-old boy, interacting with his friends Pato (a duck), Elly (an elephant) and Loula (a dog).

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocoyo

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~GRAPHIC SOURCE~~ 

https://www.facebook.com/pocoyo/?fref=ts

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A dear blogger friend taught me this concept.

You can find Michelle here: http://mchelsmusings.wordpress.com/

~IN HER OWN WORDS~

IOTD” is image of the day, a concept I came up with. I teach visual meditative therapy – or in easy terms – a mini mental holiday. For some people it is very difficult for them to get their image right. I post an image a day for people to use in their mini mental vacay. Some are serious, some are silly, and some are just beautiful!”

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#IOTD #ImageOfTheDay #399 #DearBloggerFriend #HerOwnWords #Serious #Silly #JustBeautiful #MiniMentalVacay##AwesomeIllustration #PocoyóAndFriends #ChristmasSpirit #Pocoyó #SpanishPreSchool #AnimatedTelevisionSeries #GuillermoGarcíaCarsí #LuisGallego #DavidCantolla #SpanishProducer #ZinkiaEntertainment #CosgroveHallFilms #GranadaInternational

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

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We ALL are ONE!! 

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To start the day …. “Heather Rooney: She got Starbuck’s concept”!!


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~~December 3, 2015~~ 

REMEMBER WHEN?

Starbucks unveiled its new holiday design – a red cup with the green Starbucks logo – and sparked significant controversy due to its lack of Christmas symbols like reindeer and snowflakes.

Starbucks defended the blank holiday design as welcoming of people’s different stories.

~~SOURCE~~ 

http://www.usnews.com/

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How fickle are we as a society?

How short is our memory?

Is there an element of an attention span deficit?

I wonder.

At least, a young, extremely talented, young lady, HEATHER ROONEY, grasped the idea happily and worked her wonder art.

There’s still hope, I think.

HortyRex©

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Watch 21-Year-Old Self-Taught Artist Heather Rooney Create Unbelievable Portrait Drawings

HEATHER ROONEY

“I am a 21 year old art student.

I create photo-realistic portraits with colored pencil.

You can check out my drawing videos on YouTube!”

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~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~ 

Google Images

Facebook Timeline

https://www.facebook.com/ilovebeingpuertorican/?fref=ts

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~~GALLERY~~ 

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~~SOURCES~~ 

Where to find/follow her

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

http://instagram.com/heather12ooney

Tumblr

http://heather12ooney4rt.tumblr.com/

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#ToStartTheDay #HeatherRooney #SelfTaughtArtist #CreateUnbelievablePortraitDrawings #CreatePhotorealisticPortraits #ColoredPencils #StarbucksRedCup #ControversialCup #GraspedTheConcept #ChristmasIsInHeart #NotACup

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #hrexachwordpress

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~Drawing on my Starbucks Red Cup~

Christmas Edition

~Published on Dec 1, 2015~

Drawing on my Starbucks cup – Christmas edition!

I don’t mind the Starbucks cup being plain red this year – more room to decorate it with a design representing what Christmas means to me.

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We ALL are ONE!!

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At the end of the day …. “Just to Make You Smile”!!


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~~November 28, 2015~~ 

JUST TO MAKE YOU SMILE

Let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.

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52 Inspirational Goodnight Quotes with Beautiful Images

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~~GRAPHIC SOURCE~~ 

Google Images

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#AtTheEndOfTheDay #GoodNight #JustToMakeYouSmile #Quote #IntoTheNight #PursueFlightyTemptress #Adventure #Dumbledore #GoogleImages #GoodMorningQuote #Inspirational

#WeAlllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

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We ALL are ONE!! 

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To start the day …. “Meghan Trainor: Better When I’m Dancin'”!!


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~~November 28, 2015~~

FEELS BETTER WHEN I’M DANCIN’

Summer’s long gone.

Autumn is on the way out.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday are over and done.

The Christmas Spirit is making its way in. You can see it everywhere: houses are light up, stores are decorated, people are shopping. Santa’s orders are being filled out.

This is a catchy tune to get you in the spirit.

Enjoy!

HortyRex©

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Meghan Trainor Has Her Own ‘Peanuts’ Character and Song On the Soundtrack

Meghan Trainor is the newest member of the Peanuts gang, and she has a new feel-good song to celebrate.

The “Dear Future Husband” singer revealed her cartoon identity via Twitter and Instagram Tuesday (July 27, 2015), also announcing that she will be on the soundtrack for The Peanuts Movie that hits theaters in November.

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The track, titled, “Better When I’m Dancin’,” is another classic confidence-boosting tune from Trainor—exactly what The Peanuts Movie makers were looking for.mrED

“They wanted a song about confidence and knew I was good at writing those,” Trainor told People. “I feel better when I’m onstage dancing and having fun, so I wrote about that!”

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6648416/meghan-trainor-peanuts-character-song-soundtrack

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~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~ 

Google Images 

Peanuts Movie

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~~GALLERY~~ 

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#ToStartTheDay #PeanutsMovie #MeghanTrainor #BetterWhenImDancin #HerOwnPeanutsCharacter #SongOnSoundtrack #SongAboutConfidence #GoodAtWritingThose #PeopleMagazine #OnstageDancing #HavingFun #Thanksgiving #BlackFriday #ChristmasSpirit #CharlieBrown Snoopy #Lucy #Linus #WorldsMostLovableBeagle #FlyingAce #ArchNemesis #TheRedBaron #Imagination #CharlesMSchulz

#WeAlllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

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~~Better When I’m Dancin’~~

Meghan Trainor

~~Published on Oct 16, 2015~~

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the beloved “Peanuts” gang are dancing way to the big-screen, with moves like you’ve never been seen before, in state of the art 3D animation.

Snoopy, the world’s most lovable beagle – and flying ace – embarks upon his greatest mission as he takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis The Red Baron, while his best pal, Charlie Brown, begins his own epic quest.

From the imagination of Charles M. Schulz and the creators of the ICE AGE films, THE PEANUTS MOVIE will prove that every underdog has his day.

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We ALL are connected through MUSIC!! 

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We ALL are ONE!! 

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To Trump … “How Low Can You Go?”!!


 

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~~November 27, 2015~~ 

RACIST, SEXIST, MYSOGYNIST, HEARTLESS

You don’t have to be a Republican.

You don’t have to be a Democrat.

All you have to be is a human being.

There’s compassion for the fellowmen and women.

There’s charity for the needy.

There’s also a law known as the “Americans with Disabilities Act”.

There’s the “Golden Rule”.

Mainly there’s common sense.

This man truly believes that he’s above everyone and everyone.

He doesn’t care about badmouthing or disrespecting anyone. Remember the Mexicans, John McCain, Megyn Kelly, “illegal immigrants, Jorge Ramos, Black Lives Matter …. and so many others.

The list is endless.

HOW LOW CAN HE GO?

HortyRex©

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Donald Trump Slammed For Mocking Disabled New York Times Reporter Serge Kovaleski

Speaking at a rally in South Carolina on Tuesday night Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump seems to mock New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who has a chronic condition called arthrogryposis which affects the movement of his arms.

Trump imitates Kovaleski while defending comments he has made over the past few weeks, asserting that members of the Muslim communities in New Jersey celebrated following the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers in 2001.

The New York Times has slammed Trump’s actions as ‘outrageous’.

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~~GRAPHIC SOURCE~~ 

Facebook Timeline 

https://www.facebook.com/SickOfTheSlant/?fref=ts

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(This is not direct discrimination, it’s lower than that).

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a law that was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1990. In 1986, the National Council on Disability had recommended enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and drafted the first version of the bill which was introduced in the House and Senate in 1988.

It was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush, amended and signed by President George W. Bush with changes effective January 1, 2009.

The ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that is intended to protect against discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964,[4] which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990

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#DonaldTrump #HowLowCanYouGo #Racist #Sexist #Mysogynist #Heartless #MockingDisabledNewYorkTimesReporter #SergeKovaleski #NewYorkTimes #Arthrogryposis #AffectsArmsMovement #MuslimCommunities #NewJersey #CelebratedCollapse #WorldTradeCenterTowers #AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct #ADA #CivilRightsLaw #ProtectAgainstDiscrimination #BasedOnDisability #SickOfTheSlant

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

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~Donald Trump mocks disabled New York Times reporter~

~Published on Nov 26, 2015~

Donald Trump mocks reporter with disability

Donald Trump Criticized After He Appears to Mock Reporter Serge Kovaleski – New York Times Slams Trump’s ‘Outrageous’ Mocking of Reporter With Congenital Condition

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We ALL are ONE!!

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IOTD …. Image of the day, #393 …. “Wait … Stop!!!


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~~November 24, 2015~~ 

DID I GET YOUR ATTENTION?

I’m trying to get your attention today.

It’s a cold, gray day in the corner of Florida where I live.

I’m taking a brake from the serious topics that are “floating around” in the blogosphere.

This world is becoming too complicated and difficult to navigate. Sometimes we need to stop, take a deep breath and smile.

Take a short while and relax.

Stop here and receive my greeting.

I can see you smile!

HELLO!

HortyRex©

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~~GRAPHIC SOURCE~~ 

https://www.facebook.com/ShutUpImStillTalking/?fref=ts

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A dear blogger friend taught me this concept.

You can find Michelle here: http://mchelsmusings.wordpress.com/

~IN HER OWN WORDS~

IOTD” is image of the day, a concept I came up with. I teach visual meditative therapy – or in easy terms – a mini mental holiday. For some people it is very difficult for them to get their image right. I post an image a day for people to use in their mini mental vacay. Some are serious, some are silly, and some are just beautiful!”

BLine

#IOTD #ImageOfTheDay #393 #DearBloggerFriend #HerOwnWords #Serious #Silly #JustBeautiful #Wait #StopScrolling #Hello #Garfield #Blogosphere #StopSmile #TakeABrake #ShutUpImStillTalking

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

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We ALL are ONE!! 

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To start the day …. “Coco Loco Music Video”!!


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~~November 23, 2015~~

COCOLOCO MUSIC VIDEO

Good morning.

A little humor to start the day.

These have been trying days and continue to be. Worldwide events are affecting all of us in so many different and negative ways.

There seems to be no end in sight.

Our batteries are running out of charge, our senses are getting dull,  our hard drives are getting full.

A bit of distraction for a few minutes may help.

This is a video that my oldest grand-daughter, Angelika, showed me last night.

I hope you enjoy it. Have a great day!

HortyRex©

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~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~ 

Google Images

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Moshi Monsters is a website aimed at children aged 6–14 with over 80 million registered users in 150 territories worldwide.

Users choose from one of six virtual pet monsters (Diavlo, Luvli, Katsuma, Poppet, Zommer and Furi) that they can create, name and nurture.

~~SOURCES~~ 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshi_Monsters

https://www.facebook.com/MoshiMonsters

http://www.moshimonsters.com/welcome

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~~GALLERY~~

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~~RELATED~~ 

https://hrexach.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/angelika-has-a-new-passion-moshi-monsters/

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#ToStartTheDay #Trying days #WorldwideEvents #AffectUs #ManyDifferentWays #NegativeWays #MoshiMonsters #CocolocoMusicVideo #Diavlo  #Luvli #Katsuma #Poppet #Zommer #Furi #HaveAGreatDay

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

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~Coco Loco Music Video by Moshi Monsters~

~Published on Dec 1, 2012~

Here is Coco Loco’s amazing new desert island music video by Moshi Monsters.

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We ALL are ONE!! 

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