Who am I…?
Fancy seeing you here dear friend
Anyes is my name.
How do you pronounce it you ask; Quite simply like this (Ann /Yes)
I have been blogging for the better part of the last ten years. However four and a half years ago I suffered a major heart attack. Given its name, the widowmaker, you’d be fooled into thinking it only strikes men, however I can attest it strikes on both sides of the gender aisle. It almost got me.
That will be a story for another day.
A successful double bypass surgery was performed, and I’m now found with a #brandnewheart and the precious gift of deep insight on how invaluable life is. Almost back to being the woman, I was about a decade ago, I tend to my body and my spirit. I now also pay closer attention to my heart, the emotional one, the one I ignored all those years.
This will also be a story for another day.
I grew up in Southwest France long time ago. I am lucky to call Vancouver BC, Canada my home. It was love at first sight and I have never looked back. I realized not too long ago that I have now spent more years in this amazing city than in the country I was born in.
I discovered blogging back in 2010 and it allows me to give life to my creative urges. Everyday life is filled with ups and downs, I know you know this as well. Here in the comfort of a space I created I choose to follow my creative dreams and I appreciate you coming alongside.
Writing. Digging a bit deeper into the ramblings of my monkey mind. Choosing light even when darkness envelops my heart. This is what I am doing here.
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” William Wordsworth
“With a healthy heart..the beat goes on”.
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.” Anonymous
but by the moments that take our breath away.” Anonymous
Delighted to have chanced upon your fascinating blog. Sure to return. Regards from Thom at the immortal jukebox (plugged in now).
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Hello Anyes, I found your blog through the weekly photo challenge. I am happy I did. We share a love for photography and words from the heart. Looking forward to enjoying more of your work.
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Thank you so much Carrie for coming over. I also love what you are doing on the other side of the planet. Looking forward to get to know you too :- )
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Strange how that is and yet exciting all the same. Thanks for continuing the connection.
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if anything blogging is ALL about connecting, son’t you think?
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I am coming to that realization. The previous blogs I have authored left me wondering…but for some reason as I am authoring this latest blog the connections are growing and feeling more real. I do like that.
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If you look at it, that’s what makes blogging so special…getting to connect with people you’d never have a chance to meet 🙂
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;D may the force be with you http://kintal.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/inner-peace-award-2/
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You are so sweet Marlyn. hugs to you 🙂
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Just bumped into your blog, and I really enjoy reading it. You have some beautiful pictures too 🙂 All the best, Irene
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Thank you Irene, for the nice compliments. All the best to you too, looking forward to see you again, I hope 🙂
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Vancouver is my hometown too. Love the beautiful place. Thank you for your visit to my blog and for liking and commenting on my post. You have a wonderful blog and I would like to browse through your posts. Take care and have a lovely weekend.
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I am glad you like my blog and I agree with you Vancouver is such a beautiful place. Enjoy your week-end too 🙂
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Hi Anyes, thanks for following our blog. I thought you were already following us, but I guess it was just me following you 🙂
I hope you enjoy the stories of our journey.
Alison
xox
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Hi Alison, You are welcome, I also thought I was following you. I wonder it it was all the changes I have done with the different themes along this past year that might have messed something up. I am glad I’m back on 🙂
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Me too 🙂
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I nominated you for a couple of Awards
http://ijassdie.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/i-got-an-award-o-yeah/
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Thank you Ljassdie, I have to be honest…I am so so good in responding to the awards I have gotten so far.
However I feel honoured you took the time to nominate me 🙂
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Hi Anyes, Greetings from Ottawa (ON)- many thanks for liking “The Abbess Was Serious”
Willow
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You are welcome Willowmarie 🙂
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Your blog is just AMAZING!
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Reading the comments here was as nice as reading your blog! So many wonderful people sharing and participating. My husband was raised in Toulouse, France and we go as often as we can. I love your name and have a friend who has a daughter named Anyes. So much prettier in French than English! I appreciate you and the time you take to share on your blog, with us, these beautiful thoughtful moments. Always a pleasure to visit with you.
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What a lovely blog you have! Very nice to have found you. Looking forward to following you. (I love your quote choices!)
~ Christy
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Lovely to meet you. I grew up in Vancouver and now live in the Fraser Valley, not so very far away. I’ve always dreamed of France though…………..:)
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Hi Anyes – I nominated you for The Beautiful Blogger Award.
Read the post “Hey kz! It’s about damn time (that I thanked you)”
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I am so humbled and I thank you very much Alison. I love the awards and I have to take the time to give them back. Thank you so much 🙂
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You’re welcome. Take as much time as you need. I did! 🙂
I just set them aside until I have the time to devote to doing them, sometimes months. It’s okay.
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I am so glad you understand Alison 🙂
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Hi from Toulouse, France! Glad to come across your blog! I love Vancouver and BC! 🙂
Have a great Easter weekend! My very best and lots of inspiration! 🙂
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like your blog, love your name 😀
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Thank you very much 🙂
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[…] Anyes from Far Away in the Sunshine […]
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I am nominating you for the Liebster Blog Award. If you are not keen on participating, that’s fine, because I know that not everyone is keen on these awards. However, I wanted to show my appreciation for your blog and share you with others.
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[…] Far Away In the Sunshine […]
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Oh Shree you are so sweet I will try to participate and to make it worthy of your award 🙂
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Hi Anyes, this is not a comment to be published but a personal word for you. Actually, we have three points in common :
a) Paris is the city where I have been living for 25 years now. I was born in Italy and lived there until 23 and then moved to Paris to spend my last year at the University. But then I met my wife, so I forgot to go back home 😉
b) Montréal is where I would have liked to settle after Paris, but could not due to a lack of professional opportunities in my field (banking industry). However, my son is currently studying in Montréal (he’s currently studying at Concordia but will transfer in September to McGill to prepare a degree in cognitive sciences)
c) Vancouver could be one of the cities where I could settle together with my wife (we love Canada …), if I manage to grab the right professional opportunity.
My wife and I would like to know more about life in Montréal and Vancouver compared to Paris. Would you accept to share some of your experience with us (in English ou en français, comme vous préférez …)
Congratulations, in any case, on your nice blog ! Kind regards
Paolo
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Hi Anyes, congratulations on your post and on your path rich in new experiences. And four your courage to dare to discover new horizons …
Your blog is nice as is your history. All the best !
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I will be sure to answer your question in an email later this week 🙂
Thank you for your visit and I hope you’ll come again
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Hi Anyes, I nominated you for the Wonderful Team Member Readership Award 🙂 http://heartsongsblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/wonderful-team-member-readership-award/
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Oh Shree you are so sweet…I have to respond to the award I receive…this is going to happen next week. Thank you so much for your kindness 🙂
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You’re most welcome Anyes 🙂 Looking forward to the post 🙂
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I will be working on it 🙂
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Black and white movies are the best 🙂
Nice to get to know you better!
Rohan.
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Which ones are your favourite, Rohan?
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Oh man, so many! I love a really rare film called Lost Horizon, I also love The Wild One, Rebel Without A Cause, Key Largo, I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang, You Can’t Take It With You. And so many more hehe 🙂
What about you?
Rohan.
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Great choices Rohan!.. I love You can’t take it with you too…The grapes of Wrath…Philadelphia Story…The Corn is Green…and so many more 🙂
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[…] big thank to you – Anyes– that made me stop and […]
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My pleasure 🙂
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Thanks for checking out Empowered Thoughts blog. I heard Vancouver is a great place. Blessings to you!
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It is a very beautiful city, Blessings to you too 🙂
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Yes me too.
Vancouver is my hometown, at least was before we became nomads. My other hometown is Canberra, Australia where I grew up.
When we lived in Vancouver we lived near Queen Elizabeth park and walked up to the park almost every day, even all through the winter. I remember seeing it covered deep in snow one year, and at times frosty, and of course rain rain rain.
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I love Queen Elizabeth Park such a beautiful garden , it always a pleasure to go walk around…I hope to go and see all the blossom in a few months…I’ll be sure to share.
🙂
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Thank you for stopping by my blog and the “like”.
I think your photos are beautiful. And love all the little quotes you include.
Nice to meet you. And it’s been lovely to see the Vancouver winter photos even though I’m far away in lovely warm Laos. I’ve heard the winter has been pretty bad this year.
Alison
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Vancouver Winter are always something to remember, and this year we are lucky…the rest of the country is under a cold spell…
Laos, how exotic, Alison I am looking forward to see what you will share with us 🙂
Thank you for following and taking the time to comment. I look forward to get to know you better
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Count me in as a new follower, please? Since reading many of your heartfelt poems & captions to perfectly photographed pictures of simple, yet grand, bits in nature, both animate & inanimate, looking forward to viewing & reading more. Found you on Kathryn Ingrid’s blog. I take it you enjoy her musings, as much as I…
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What a pleasure Lindy to see you liking what you read and even more fun to know you came from Kathryn’s blog 🙂
I do enjoy what she does a lot
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please keep going!
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I will. I am 🙂 thank you for your visit and for the follow 🙂
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[…] Blogger Award goes to Anyes at Far Away in the Sunshine. Anyes posts beautiful photos with powerful words in the form of reflections and quotations. Escape […]
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I am blushing and bowing in gratitude. Thank you Kozo…I hope I will not delay too much in giving it forward to other deserving bloggers 🙂
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[…] Anyes of Far Away in the Sunshine and I are starting to get to know each other through our blogs. Her pictures are beautiful and already very inspiring to me. She reminds me a lot of Zully!! Each one of Anyes’ posts seem to embody a quote that she has shared on her About Page; you can easily feel Anyes’ heart breathe through her every post and every photo: […]
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Such an honour 🙂
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Thanks for coming over to my blog. I too lived in Montreal for a short time before coming back to NZ to settle. And the quote ” Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” really says it all for me when I ask myself why do I write. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Hello there Judith, Yes writing with your heart is the only way to go 🙂
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Only want to inform you that I have nominated you to “The Blog of the Year 2012” Award. Have a great weekend. – http://wp.me/p293Pw-4pi –
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I’ll make sure the sun is shining when you come.
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I have a feeling it always is.Thank you Mary 🙂
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I agree old movies filmed in black and white are classics, like Lost Horizon that you mentioned, one of the greats. And of course, Casablanca and my all time favorite Rebecca. The list could go on and on. Hope you are having a great week.
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I am going to see this one soon…I have never seen it 🙂
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Like your quote. William Wordsworth is one of my favorite poets, too.Here’s my recent posting: http://marygilmartin.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/authors-henry-wadsworth-longfellow/
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I am coming to visit 🙂
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We are practically neighbours, Anyes. Would love to have you fill my thoughts with your words and pictures and leave me breathless. Glad I have found you. Peace.
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I am glad you are here too,Seeker and look forward to read you more
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That’s really nice, your blog and your description too. I see we have many things in common, even if I am much younger. I like your stories of a woman pursuing her creative dreams. Keep on going, you just got another reader!
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Thank you for your kind words Loredana and the younger we start pursuing our dreams the more chance they have to become reality. Thank you for following me 🙂
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I love your blog
I find myself reading your blog instead of my new book Still Alice
I am so proud to have such a talented friend.
Love
Lien
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British Columbia is such a beautiful place. Lucky you. Nice to find you here. And I love your quotes too!
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Hello Barbara, I am so glad you came over. Thank you for your kind words, I love your place too 🙂
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I’d never heard that Wordsworth quote before…and I just fell in love with it. As for filling your paper with the breathings of your heart — I think you do that and do it very well indeed!
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I am so glad to see you coming here and I thank you so much for your compliment Sherry 🙂
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oh, yes yes yes yes. I fell in love with that too!
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