laureenr
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I love wisdom and the journey of discovery that leads to it, IT and photography. I have been in IT since finishing school, firstly programming, then business analysis and lastly systems architecture. I love all of nature with a deep passion.
My profile photo is of me with my daughter at her debs ball, the proud mother. She is my light and my inspiration and the greatest gift and blessing I have ever received.
Kahlil Gibran said;-
“It is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower, but it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee.
For to the bee a flower is a fountain of life
and to the flower, the bee is a messenger of love.
And to both, bee and flower, the giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstacy”
I am honoured and humbled to be the bee and all of life is my flower and my ecstacy.
Thank you for viewing my work. It is much appreciated.
May peace and love prosper in our world.
Things are a little more organized in my gallery here 
You are also more than welcome to view my other products here
Featured artist in:-
African Art and Photography.
Indigenous to East & Southern Africa
Just Kidding (goats of the world) – twice
Fauna, Flora, Landscapes And Arichitecture Of South Africa
Elegant Elephants
For The Love Of Jesus
My images that have been featured todate are:-
Groups
laureenr hosts Good News Group - Sharing & Caring and is a member of ! ♦♣♠♥Ȃll Things Black ♥♠♣♦ !, *Paranormal The Norm* (*MUST* have description & *ONLY 2* per day, All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, Complex Simplicity of Art, Yellow Gallery, ! 100% !, ! ♥♥♥Love Is (Join us!)♥♥♥ !, "Before and After", "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 photo per 24 hrs; 3 drawings or paintings per 24 hrs, "Poetry and Beautiful Women" , "Streams & Stream Crossings" 2 posts a day!, ** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), *A Beautiful Blur, 1 In The Beginning - Ancient Practices, 12 Great Features - Challenge Themes ONLY, A Fascinating Purple (75% Purple), A Place To Call Home, A Spiritual Walk, A Vision Of Flight Photography (AS IS ONLY) 2 per 24 hour period, Abstracts from Nature, Accentuate The Eyes, African Art and Photography, After Dark, Alien Worlds and Landscapes, All About Fire, All About Flowers, All About Water, All Animals Great And Small., All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers, All Original Blends, All Pets Great and Small, All That is Nature (Photography Only), All the Colors of the Rainbow, All Water in Motion (A Camera In The Description Before It Will Be Accepted), Amazing Asia, Animal Fantasy & Whimsy, Animal Kingdom, Animal Photography -*4 legged & furry shots Only*, Animal Portraits, Animals of Africa - Best of the Best, Appaloosa & Spotted Horses/Ponies/Mules (NO Pintos!), Arachnids, Architecture and cityscapes, Art and Stories Made For Children, Art in Math, Art Inspired by Dreams, Artistic Motion Blur, As Is, Atmospheric Optics, Baby Animals (No Kittens or Puppies, 3/day), Bee & Wasp Passions, Behind the Mask, Benches, Berries, Fruits & Seeds - 3/day, Best from Around the Barnyard {2 A Day}, Big Cats, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Black and White Photography, Black with a hint of colour, Blast from the Past, Blooming Trees - 2 per day, Blowing In The Wind, Both Sides Now, Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects (2 a Day), Buyers R Us..., Cacti and other Succulents, Cards For Sale (Must have writing on them), Cars, Motorbikes and Motorsports, Childhood, Children-The Power of Raw Emotion , Classic Cars Worldwide, Colors of Water, Colour and light, Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Core [C.O.R.E], COUNTRY ROADS / around the World, Creative, Talented, and Unknown, daisy & company--->ONLY daisies & its species, Dandelions, Dawn and Dusk Light, Deer Me!!!, Depth Of Field (2 images per day) - Read Group Rules Please, Elegant Elephants!, Enchanting Powerful Photo Manipulation (2 per day), Equine Art and Photography, Ethnic Art, Even-toed Ungulates (Mammals) Artiodactyla, Everyday Life, Everyday Women, Exotic Mammals, Extraordinary Fractalius - 3/day, Extreme Close-Ups, Eye Contact (Animals Only), Fabulous Flowers, FAUNA, FLORA, LANDSCAPES AND ARCHITECTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA, Feminine Intent (LIMIT TWO IMAGES PER DAY), First Things, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Flowers in macro (very close macro please), Food for Thought, For The Love Of Jesus , Forests, Fractal Perception (3 per day max please) , Freedom to Shine, Friends of RedBubble, Funny Kritters, Gateways, Ghostly Images, Giraffes- the long and tall of it!, Hats and Hat Boxes, High Quality Animal Images - 1 Submission a Week, His Hands Working - A Christian Missions Group, Horizons, I Love Birds, Images & Ideas, Impressive Irises, In Another World .., In the Pink 50% pink, Indigenous to East & Southern Africa, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Just Kidding (goats of the world), Ladybugs, Landscape and Abstract Photography, Landscape Photography, Lifeline, Live, Love, Dream: , Livestock in General, Mermaids and mystic creatures, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Moody, Dark, Evocative (no nudes), Mother Nature's Finest, Mountains and Mountain Light, Nature's Wonders, Nude Pets - (2/24), Odd One Out, One Single Flower On Show.. 2 Photo's per day, Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Parrots Only (Birds), Passions, Pathway to the Soul (2 in 24hrs), PEACE, LOVE & TRANQUILITY, Pets Are Us ~ 2 per day, Photographers of Redbubble (2 per 24hr, Camera info added before it will be accepted!!), Photography 101, Plight of the Bumble Bee, Point and Shooters, PostCard Style (Describe your image please) Limit 2 per day), Powered by Steam, Primate Art, Prize Challenges!!, Public Art, Railway Art and Photography, Rain Drops & Water Art - Fresh Water Only!, Redfield Plugins, Reflections in Building Windows 2 per day, Religious Art & Photography, Safe Haven, Shameless Self-Promotion, Shoot The Moon, SHOPFRONTS , Shots in the Fog, Silhouette, Simply Horses, Skyscapes, Solo Exhibition, Something Fishy, South Africa - Rainbow Nation, Spirit of the Native American, Spiritual Art, Sports Photography, Spreadin' Peace , Statues and Such, Still Life Photography, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Stop and Smell the Roses, Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence!, Sunrise, Sunset, That One Great Shot, That's Entertainment! (Fun & Recreation Photos), The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Beauty of Nature (Nothing Man-Made), THE DIVINE FEMININE, The Eyes Have It, The Ferrari, Porsche, TVR and Aston Martin club, The Scavenger Hunt, The Scouts, THE SISTERHOOD, The true beauty, The Wild West Show, The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please**, The World, Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Trains, Transport, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, UN!TY , Unique Buildings Of The World, Urban Wildlife, WATER SPORTS, Which Way - walkways, pathways, stairways, and roadways, Who are YOU to Judge?, Wolves & Wild Kin, Your Country's Best (2 images per day) and Your Magic PLACE (only a place!).
Journal Entries
Away and a sale
Posted 23 days ago, 22 comments so far.
Away for 10 days
Posted about 1 month ago, 12 comments so far.
Thank you Elegant Elephants
Posted about 1 month ago, 6 comments so far.
Thank you to my mystery buyer
Posted 2 months ago, 13 comments so far.
Thank you Images and Ideas
Posted 2 months ago, 8 comments so far.
Great - Great News To Share With You - Please Look
Posted 3 months ago, 10 comments so far.
Thank you all very much these features
Posted 3 months ago, 29 comments so far.
Featured
Posted 5 months ago, 20 comments so far.
Art
Writing
Ithemba, Village of Hope
The heat in the village Ithemba was sweltering. A thick dry hazy fog hovered over the tiny village. Mpho and his friends lay under the shade of the Baobab tree in silence, even talking was too much ef…
