3/22/2006 2:27:11 PM

Thanks Ken! My first, and hopefully not my last! Thanks for all your support and for noticing, when it's really far back and takes searching to find! Off to work this morning so no time yet to see what you won! Let me know!

3/22/2006 5:25:02 PM

beautiful abstract looking image. congrats

3/23/2006 10:40:57 AM

Thanks Laura!

3/23/2006 10:48:22 AM

Susan, excellent colors, lighting and clarity; congratulations on your Second Place win.

3/26/2006 9:46:15 PM

I can't believe it--this was my first finalist!

3/27/2006 1:18:16 AM

CONGRATULATIONS SUSAN!

3/27/2006 3:12:11 AM

Congratulations on your Second Place win!!!.

3/27/2006 4:15:35 AM

Thanks Gail and Khawla, it will probably never happen again! And thanks to KEN SMITH who has patiently answered innumerable frantic questions as I learn how to use my DSLR!

3/27/2006 5:11:49 AM

Susan, congratulations. Well done. Now you get another year of Premium BP gallery. And thanks for the compliment.

3/27/2006 6:05:11 AM

Congratulations on your well deserved win Susan

3/27/2006 8:56:26 AM

Congratulations on your first finalist and win, Susan - way to go!!

3/27/2006 8:14:58 PM

Congratulation Susan! :-)

3/28/2006 8:57:15 AM

It was only a matter of time! Fantastic work, well deserved and NO FLUKE!!

3/31/2006 10:27:51 AM

Wow! I didn't notice before that you had won. Bravo! I agree with David, "it was only a matter of time."

You've put in a lot of work, great job!

4/4/2006 6:00:34 PM

Thanks Cherylann! If it weren't for all you guys and your help, not to mention your upbeat encouragement, I wouldn't even know how to use my new camera! So, thanks to you!

4/4/2006 8:32:17 PM

Hey Susan, didn't see this before, just opened BP and there it was on the right!!! Well done!!

4/16/2006 11:28:01 PM

That's strange, where on BP did you see it on the right? On the contest page?

4/16/2006 11:56:01 PM

Nope, on the home page, when you open BP, and they always have a pic on the right that changes everytime you open the home page. Well done!

4/18/2006 12:53:18 AM

Okay, got it. I never go there as I always click on a link to the sign in page.

4/18/2006 2:06:47 AM

WOW, love the colors, and the composition!!! congrats on the win here
this is beautiful
Jill

5/3/2006 7:12:00 AM

Thanks!

5/3/2006 7:25:15 AM

Congratulations on this fine win Susan...
You have had such an amazing life... WOW!!!

5/11/2006 7:29:13 AM

Thanks Kara. You know, whenever I give a talk and hear myself introduced along with the list of places I've lived, I always think, "Gosh, it sounds so exciting!" Enriching yes, no one can deny that, but if I've learned anything, it's that living life is about the same everywhere. You still have to clean the toilet, see to the shopping, feed the cat, get along with your colleagues and neighbors... But most of all, I've found that my life is still just what I make it day by day. I can be stressed and irritable, or patient and joyful, depending upon how much effort I want to make in working on my character! But ":^) I must say that life is SO much more laid back and relaxing in non-Western countries...

5/11/2006 10:01:26 AM