Leya/Anne Christine invites us to “Have a strong mind and a soft heart.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
She considers being soft a virtue and an asset. Maybe not always…but almost always! So many things are Soft…to look at, to touch, to listen to… we even have software for our technical devices. This challenge is all about how you want to interpret Soft – we are looking forward to seeing your choices! Please link to Anne Christine’s post and add the Lens-Artists tag.
Relax and enjoy some soft music while you read.
NUTTER BUTTER, SCARDY BOY AND A SOFT BLANKET
“Cats are connoisseurs of comfort. … I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love.”
James Herriot
SOFT LIGHTING AND BREEZE IN APRIL
“Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?”
Neltje Blanchan
SOFT COTTON
I was influenced a lot by those around me – there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.
Willie Nelson
Soft Highlights from Woodlake Kiwanis July 3rd Blast
What could be louder than an event built around a celebration of explosives? And yet, in the midst of the it all, there were many moments of softness if you looked around. Join me as I introduce you to the softness of Woodlake, CA.
SOFT BABY SLEEPS ON MAMA’S SOFT LAP
“This is a place where grandmothers hold babies on their laps under the stars and whisper in their ears that the lights in the sky are holes in the floor of heaven.”
Rick Bragg
THIS PRINCESS SOFTENS GRANDPA’S HEART
“I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.”
Charles Dickens
“The children we bring into the world are small replicas of ourselves and our husbands; the pride and joy of grandfathers and grandmothers. We dream of being mothers, and for most of us that dreams are realized naturally. For this is the Miracle of Life.”
Azelene Williams
SHADE SOFTENS THE SUN’S HARSH BLAST
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
Jane Austen
SOLVE THIS PUZZLE: A SOFT DOG’S SOFT LIFE
“Free food, free lodging, free entertainment; Who said dogs aren’t intelligent”
Steve Reider
SOFT SKIN, SOFT TOUCH TATTOO
I’m just delighted to be living, to be able to have a simple conversation, to feel a ray of sunlight on my skin and listen to the breeze move through the leaves of a tree.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
A TOWEL SOFTENS THE HARD GROUND
When using a public campground, a tuba placed on your picnic table (or towel) will keep the campsites on either side vacant.
Unknown
Coming Up
- Sunday Stills tomorrow.
- New Story Chat, “Wanda-Lust” written by A. Kid (AKA D. Avery) coming Tuesday, March 2nd.
- Don’t wait for next week’s Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays’ topic: Citizenship. Comment or participate today about Fairness.
- Taking time to ready other participant’s LAPC #137 posts. Here are three to start.
- Chava
- Yan
- Tina
Marsha Ingrao - Always Write 
28 responses to “#LAPC 137: The Virtue of Softness”
Love jazz and that sleeping child is too cute for words.
janet
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Thanks, Janet. Imagine sleeping in 110 degree heat with all those people around, noisy kids on the water slides, playing balls, horseshoes, relay races and music over loudspeakers. I thought he was precious. 🙂
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Aww, such perfect photos of softness, Marsha!
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Thank you, Terri. Some of them were a mental stretch, I know, but that’s what makes a challenge a challenge, right?
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You have done a great job of offering us so many different takes on soft. and softness.
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Thanks, Anne. I’ve been organizing photos. 🤗
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Love the Charles Dickens quote, Marsha. Kids and cuddles- can’t beat ’em! 🙂 🙂
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I loved that one, too.
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that was some nice relaxing music…
how cool that you had one of your photos made into a jigsaw puzzle.
And I’ll have to remember the thing about the tuba… 🙂
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Wasn’t that fun?
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did it come assembled?
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LOL, That is a cool edit you can do in Photoshop Elements 15. You can’t really work it. I do turn a lot of my photos into puzzles, though. I have a site where I sell them. But I have a free site where I play them online. That is my favorite – no mess. The company is KraiSoft, Everyday Puzzles. I took screenshots of each step in the process, so maybe I’ll get around to doing a post about it. I love doing them 🙂
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Ah… good old photoshop. I look forward to that post if you do it!
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I will do it just for you, Jim. 🙂
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👍
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I love you photo selections of peole for the soft. These quotes are great, Marsha.
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Thanks Amy. I had fun with this post. It just kept growing.
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Ah – delightful exploration of Soft, Marsha! And I must chime in – the kittens!!!♥♥♥ I always had cats when i grew up – and soft they are. Definately more so than dogs!
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They are so soft. That’s what made me put them in. I had finished the post and was petting Nutter Butter and thought, “He’s so soft.” Duh! I had to go back and put him in. As a kitten he adored Scardy so much that Scardy couldn’t be a grumpy old man any more.
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♥ 😀
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Quite the exploration of the topic Marsha! Of these the kittens are my favorite (although I’m not really a cat person). They do look so incredibly soft. I liked how creative you were with your examples and the matching quotes. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? 😊
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I had the pictures, then I read your post. You are the queen of quotes. They fit so perfectly and add a lot to the article. So I learn from you. I was going to make it a super short post – one word description. 🙂
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Oh Marsha – having the soft tones of smooth jazz in the background as I read this is wonderful. Music offers many soft textures. Wonderful collection – but here’s the one line that got me the most – “Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.” 🙂
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Guess you can tell my previous stop.
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LOL, I sure can, John, or was it Patrick? 🙂
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Our cats are for sure!!! You must have cats. 🙂
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Oh Janet – having the soft tones of smooth jazz in the background as I read this is wonderful. Music offers many soft textures. Wonderful collection – but here’s the one line that got me the most – “Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.” 🙂
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🙂
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