Meisiekind opened this issue on Aug 01, 2012 · 37 posts
Meisiekind posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 9:59 AM
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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."
Elliott Erwitt
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durleybeachbum posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 10:17 AM
I am GOBSMACKED!
I'm not sure greatgrandmas are meant to use thst word, but it's true!
Thankyou very much for this amazing honour..I didn't even know I was in the running.
Nearly as good as the British girls winning Gold in the rowing this morning!! And much less hard work.
Thankyou so much,
Andrea
Meisiekind posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 10:22 AM
Congratulations dear Andrea! This is well deserved and long overdue! You add such value to the Photography Gallery! Enjoy your month in the "spotlight"!!!!
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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."
Elliott Erwitt
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whaleman posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 10:29 AM
Congratulations Andrea! You are a very worthy choice!
awjay posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 10:44 AM
well done my friend,,,,you have achieved something that i never have
superb
helanker posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 10:46 AM
OH YAY!!!! Super news here. CONGRATULATIONS Andrea. Sooo well deserved 
flavia49 posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 11:24 AM
congratulations!!
dochtersions posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 12:10 PM
LOL!!! I don't know what is : GOBSMACKED, as Google doesn't translate this.
But I LOVE, Andrea is: "the stunner of the month"!!!
Do have a fantastic spotlight-month, dear friend.
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sandra46 posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 12:25 PM
CONGRATULATIONS ANDREA! a deserved recognition! And I'm also happy for the British Gold medal: in the country of the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race you couln't fail!
ImRassilon posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 1:10 PM
Congrats! A great gallery deserves a great award. Keep up the good work.
jayfar posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 1:43 PM
Congratulations and well deserved Andrea.
cfulton posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 2:18 PM
A golden moment for you, Andrea, you deserve it so!
Shine on,
Clive
kgb224 posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 2:37 PM
A great honor to see you being featured in the gallery of the mont of August Andrea.
God Bless.
auntietk posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 2:49 PM
I'm gobsmacked as well, but only because I can't believe you're only now being chosen for GOM! I would have thought you'd have been honored long before this. Your gallery is a master class in portraiture, nature, light and composition. The way you combine traditional art with photography (ie postwork techniques) is a revelation and an inspiration! I'm so pleased for you. As Carin says, the honor is well deserved and long overdue.
"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough." ... Robert Capa
durleybeachbum posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 3:23 PM
You are all very kind. Point and Shoot rools OK for one month.
I have learned all I know about Photoshop from Tara!
MrsLubner posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 3:28 PM
Great to see you here, Andrea. Frankly, I knew it was coming. LOL. But seeing it up and watching all these wonderful photographers giving you praise, is really better than just waiting for it to happen. :-) Congratulations, my dear.
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alanwilliams posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 4:24 PM
Many congratulations Andrea, so well deserved. Yor work is always so full of humour, inventiveness, originality and no small amount of skill.
morningglory posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 6:52 PM
Deepest congratulations. I have been enjoying your wonderful photography for many years now.
greyone posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 7:09 PM
CONGRATS Andrea!!!!! This is a very well deserved honor. I do think you need to share this honor with Buster, Ralphie, Frankie and Rosie. I love all your photos, but the ones with the furry kids in them are always a highlight for me.
charpix posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 8:21 PM
I know the gallery quite well! Well deserved...and long overdue, but all in good time. :o) Congratulations, Andrea!! So happy for you.
costapanos posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 10:37 PM
Congratulations Andrea! This well deserved and as it has been mentioned, long overdue.
You inspire me with all that you have done and continue to do on a everyday bases.
You are one of the first artists I met here and have enjoyed your work.
In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a pleasuredome erect
mariogiannecchini posted Wed, 01 August 2012 at 11:38 PM
Congratulations , Andrea |!!!!!!!
Glendaw posted Thu, 02 August 2012 at 7:27 AM
Congratulations Andrea/a nice honor and so well deserved.
anahata.c posted Thu, 02 August 2012 at 7:39 AM
God Andrea, I'm barely here these days and I just now saw this, and I am SOOOOOO HAPPPPPY!!!!!!! I've been waiting for this since I found your gallery my very first month on RR! You are one of my very favorite artists, and I have adored your photography from the beginning. (Just ask me about your photographic still-lifes, or your perfume shots, or your portraits, or your postworked walls and fences and on and on---and those are just from the top of my head!) And you know how I feel about your painting and drawing and tapestries and sculpture---I'm am soooooo happy! This made my day! Congratulations my dear!!!
It couldn't happen to a more deserving artist, we all have the world to learn from you!!! Bigtime bows and dancing in the streets! (can you tell I'm excited????) I'm thrilled to death! Gobsmacked and THEN some, mark
durleybeachbum posted Thu, 02 August 2012 at 9:36 AM
Goodness me, Mark is SO blushmaking!!
Meisiekind posted Thu, 02 August 2012 at 11:40 AM
He is a sweetheart!
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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."
Elliott Erwitt
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blondeblurr posted Fri, 03 August 2012 at 8:48 PM
Good on 'yer Andrea!
CONGRATULATIONS, my friend and so well deserved! - I may sound like a parrot, repeating here what everybody else has already said before me - but it's so true ...
I have got to know you really well, through your world of photography, here @ RR. and your talent is boundless, there is so much you can do - I am in awe!
Of course there is always a favourite section - which I am looking so forward to eg. naturally it's your PERFUME collection (no guessing there!) plus your monthly GARDEN-makeovers, your DOXIES, your VISITS to the Nursing-home/Retirement village - the list is endless and not to forget to speak of the UK INSECTs macros ... simply marvellous!
You are a true winner!
BB
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera ...
blinkings posted Sat, 04 August 2012 at 2:04 AM
Congrats Andrea. Very well deserved.
wonderworld posted Sat, 04 August 2012 at 6:08 AM
Huge bravos for selecting the mucho multi-talented queen of all things art!!
BIG congrats to you Andrea my friend from WAY across the pond!!!! :)
myrrhluz posted Sun, 05 August 2012 at 3:16 PM
This is wonderful and so well deserved! Many congratulations, Andrea! Your work inspires and delights me on a regular basis. Loud cheers and applause!
Chipka posted Sun, 05 August 2012 at 8:53 PM
This is fantastic news and I'm even happier because you used the word "gobsmacked " which is always good...it kinda sounds like a kinda nice rock-and-roll album by somebody along the lines of Patti Smith. Congratulations on being selected! I love your work, and on a side note, I cannot look at a padlock the same way again. An artist is someone who does that: makes someone see the uncommon in the "common" and you do that so wonderfully, AND to top it off, your non-padlock photography and your digifiddles and your sculpture and your gardening are all as exquisite! Congratulations. I'm doing the Happy Dance now.
GiMi53 posted Tue, 07 August 2012 at 4:07 AM
Congratulations, Andrea. Enjoy your month in the spotlight ! ;~)
"In Life, as in Photography, things look much
brighter, once you remove the lens
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Hendesse posted Tue, 14 August 2012 at 10:36 AM
Better late than never: C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !!!
CoreyBlack posted Tue, 28 August 2012 at 12:11 AM
FANTASTIC!! Congratulations on a well deserved honor, Andrea. Your work is always first rate and delightully witty. Cheers!
tofi posted Tue, 28 August 2012 at 12:47 PM
Though belated, I would like to express my sincere congratulations to our Dear Friend and wonderful artist Andrea for achieving status of GOM this month! A well deserved choice, whose images and compositions are always one of a kind and I can always detect them without even looking at the name of the artist! You have such a special way of expressing your artwork, and it is always such a pleasure to view and admire for inspiration! Once again, a late but genuine congratulations, Dear Andrea! Cheers!
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nikolais posted Sun, 02 September 2012 at 11:07 AM
Congratulations, Andrea! So much well deserved! Way to go!
bmac62 posted Sun, 02 September 2012 at 2:13 PM
I know your month has flown but I couldn't let you go without an "atta girl" from me. Reading all the comments above from the likes of Mark, Chip. Tara, "BB", etc., etc. says it all for me too. I look back in my gallery once in awhile and always notice that you were one of the first people to pick up on my first week's postings in 2008 (that deserves a big thank you). I have been loafing for a couple of months but always find loads of inspiration from the many themes you photograph. Way to go my friend!!! Congratulations.
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