Surreal world

Elena Kalis is a conceptual underwater photographer. She was born in Moscow (Russia) and have lived for the past ten years on a small island in Bahamas with her husband and two children. She had an education in art, but have recently been following her interest in Photography. Over the pat years, she have been doing some underwater projects with her children and friends. Some of her interest have been used for book, magazine and CD covers and have appeared in print magazines and online publications.

I stumbled upon looking her projects. Her brilliant interpretations makes the photos alive. I adore her works. Some of it has props used to give more effect on the subject. It's not easy to take pictures underwater but whenever I see this photos, it makes me feel the other way around. I wanna also give it a try however I don't have this underwater gadget. Dive into the surreal world of Elena Kalis on these sites Flickr, Facebook, and to her Gallery.

Morning Glory pool

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A deep, funnel-shaped pool with a dark blue center resembles to the corolla and the color of Morning glory, where its name associated. It was given that title in 1883 by the wife of an assistant park superintendent. Just in recent, the pool has started to go by another name "Fading Glory". Temperature: 171.6 degrees F. Dimension: 23x26.6 feet. Depth: 23 feet. It has been a popular thermal feature at Yellowstone.

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The delicate blue water is created by thermophilic bacteria, which thrive in the pool's searing heat. Long a ago, in Yellow National Park, The Morning glory suffers from the inconsiderate visitors who have thrown trash in the pool for over a century. This cause the slowly built up and blocked some of the thermal vents and reduced the heat of the pool, allowing the bacteria to begin at the edges, thus this creates the red and yellow ring around the pure blue water. Occasionally, often following seismic activity, the pool erupts in a geyser.

Paper rabbit driving car

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3D Paper Folding is fun and easy. Check out this cute rabbit driving car. Do you wanna also try this for yourself? Why not? This is applicable for all age.There are other designs available. You can get and download the template here. Its a japanese page. Don't worry you can still translate it by Google translator. If you can't, life goes on okay. As a matter of fact, you don't need to understand what they were saying coz there's a number provided (Step by step process) and we're an artist right? Lol. You can do that!

Love yourself

Why do I need Self-care? Isn't that selfish? If your asking that, consider Jesus' words in Matthew 19:19, "You shall love your neighbor as you love yourself." Most of us think that being selfish is bad. Actually it is important to our health. Let me share you something.
The thumb is you. Your index finger represents your parents. Middle finger for your mate. Ring finger for your children and lastly the little finger is for your job. You have the responsibilities to love and take care of these plus your friends right? But what if one day you exhausted or burnt out? Try using your hand without using your thumb. You'll found out that your hand is useless. No matter how hard you work, the hand falters. See? How will you able to give love if you yourself don't love yourself. Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit therefore we should take care of it. Here are some ways that will help you manage that:

Eat healthy foods regularly. Such as fruits and vegetables. Poor diet can make you vulnerable to stress.
Get enough sleep. This enables your body to grow and heal. Lack of sleep can make you less productive, you'll not be able to handle stress and function well. Here are some ways on better sleep strategies.
Drink plenty of water. This will help you hydrate your skin and your body. It also eradicate toxins out of our body and helps on concentration.
Keep yourself clean. Dead skin cells are fine dining for the body bugs we host everyday. We wash because the bugs become toxic if unwashed which leads to other fungus.
Exercise regularly. Allocate time frame for this. It helps strengthen our physically and mentally being plus helps your body release endorphins, which increase your feelings of overall.
Have fun at least once a week. Everybody deserves to be happy. Don't stress out too much.
Have a good attitude. Always be positive.Test your self whether you are optimist or pessimist by taking this quiz. Discipline yourself as well. You know what is right from wrong and by doing this you know that these are the things that should be done.

"Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul." 3 John 1:2