Check out these Mama Movie images:

Son House and Bukka White: Masters of the Country Blues (2000)

Mama Movie

Image by shannonpatrick17
American musical titans Eddie "Son" House and "Bukka" White — both landmark figures in the flourishing of Mississippi Delta blues — influenced artists ranging from Robert Johnson to Muddy Waters to Eric Clapton. In this hypnotic video, the legendary bluesmen perform before a studio audience in Seattle. Tunes include "Preaching the Blues," "John the Revelator," "Death Letter Blues," "Mama Don’t Allow" "Gibson Hill and "Poor Boy."

“Kids being ‘aware’ layered transitions for BCA” by mimitalks, married w/children (first one done originally in HD)

Mama Movie

Image by mimitalks, married w/children
Our kids were "aware" of Breast Cancer pretty early in life. Right now our kitchen sports Pink Ribbon chip clips, a Pink Ribbon can opener – my favorite Pink Ribbon beverage glasses (all shown in some of my images), and the Yogurt in our fridge has a special Pink Ribbon top for send-in.

October is so much for me – my dad passed away about 3 weeks after 9-11 (October 8), I turn a year older (and this year my now-natural salt/pepper hair proves it…), I schedule a yearly mammogram and other fun checkups, and I miss my mama more than usual. I think it is because I write about her so much on Flickr – about her having been a Breast Cancer survivor. I know it must be because I involve myself pretty thoroughly in promoting "awareness" through my designed images and Video Art- which brings her to mind.

But I want to share her story. Simple, really. It could have had such a different ending. She hadn’t had a mammogram in years, and something prompted her to have one in 2005 (the year of Hurricane Rita – which hit us hard and direct-on in southeast Texas ). I remember so clearly us gathering around the doctor in the hospital after her lumpectomy and removal of several lymph nodes, waiting for what he would tell her 5 girls and 1 son. How we gratefully prayed thanks for his telling us that it was contained, not even in the lymph nodes. How Mama did so well with the radiation she had to have, and how thankful we were there was no chemo for our beloved mom.

I pray that if you haven’t had your yearly mammogram, ladies, that you will schedule one as soon as you can. That it would be clear – showing no sign of cancer. That if it isn’t that you would have the best scenario possible.

Like my mama.
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I did this, using Flickr member Pareeerica’s Beautiful Bokeh background on the first set of images. Erin, our daughter (shown above at various ages) designed the pattern on the computer for the Pink Ribbon Frame (a FREE digital frame shown here:). I imaged the frame with it and all the other graphics and/or photo/imaging with the use of Paint Shop Pro vs. 6 and 10. I took the original photos with the exception of the woman in the video (a friend took it of a much-younger me.) The Video Art was done using my brand new program (birthday gift from Lynn), Pinnacle Studio HD Ultimate – my first video done with it. I’m still working on how to get the images to fit the frame.

People watching MUTS

Mama Movie

Image by ~dgies
Movies Under the Stars (MUTS) is the outdoor cinema system on Princess’ ships. Some people were getting ready to watch "Mama Mia"