Thing 7: I love you, you love me

     Valentine's Day is, by far, the greatest holiday ever. Okay, so maybe that's just my opinion, but with all of the pretty colors and delicious candies, it's not hard to remember love. Granted, most of us have busy lives and don't always acknowledge the love we have for our families, but we do love them. And luckily, V-day gives us that one day where we can make up for the rest of the year and take the time to say "I love you." Because of that, I became inspired to search pictures with the label, "love." Cute, don't you think?
    With that in mind, think for a second about how many pictures might pop up with keyword love. Oh, you know... just a couple billion. So from that point on, I figured it might be a little difficult to find something that truly resembled the angle that I was trying to illustrate for you here. Thankfully, Flickr has this neat search bar where I can enter in multiple keywords. After jotting in love, valentine, and pink, I got this pretty picture you see now. And not only was I able to view the picture in a variety of sizes, but I also got the link to the photographer's collection. She had beautiful pictures, too, but unfortunately those weren't going to contribute to my angle either.
     Flickr has many qualities that teachers can use in their classroom lessons. Whenever I have a discussion that involves Edgar Allan Poe or William Shakespeare, it will be extraordinarily convenient to just type in his name and bam! There it is, beautiful portraits of each. Granted, I have used Photobucket before and I do get somewhat the same results, I just like Flickr better. I use it personally and definitely plan on using it professionally. And the fact that the pictures are public is of no concern to me. If I was worried about it, I could easily change my privacy settings. It's like a light switch. Private. Public. Private. Public. My only hope is that the school system doesn't block it from school computers like other photo editor websites. But let's go back to my picture! :)
     You see, I picked this picture not because a. it's Valentine's Day or b. it's pretty, but because of the idea behind it. Look at it one more time. What do you see? To me, it's a spoon full of love. There are days when we feel down and it's always nice to hear that one person (whether it's your mom, dad, or a significant other) say that they're thinking about you. It's almost like when you hear those words, you've taken a spoonful of medicine and suddenly your day turns around; that spoonful is love and everyone needs it.

Yours,
TPlummer