Monthly Archives: June 2015

It is a sunny morning with a promise of another hot day – which means I will mostly stay inside where it is cooler. What better thing to do when staying inside then do a blog post, right? And Cee … Continue reading →

Since it’s almost time for Week 26, I thought I’d better sit down long enough to take care of Cee’s Week 25 of sharing. I’ve been volunteering at the Train Mountain office a few hours a day during their Triennial … Continue reading →

It’s now week 4 of Robyn’s One Four Challenge. My Girl on The Beach this week is a pastel version: After I opened and cropped the original in Photoshop Elements, I lightened shadows, duplicated that original layer, then applied the … Continue reading →

Sadness prevails in our country. I think the real sadness is that we seem to never learn. We repeat the same mistakes, over and over, generation after generation. We rail against the mindless violence that is reported to us in … Continue reading →

Cee has shared the poll results and posted her questions for this week. 1. What’s your favorite charitable cause and why? Anything for research into children’s cancer. I set up my Amazon Smile account for St. Jude’s figuring every little … Continue reading →

This week I played a bit more, messing with filters, blending modes, back and forth with what I wanted to do. I ended up with this version of my photo: First I duplicated the original image, then used the Pen … Continue reading →

Cee has posed the questions for this week, as well as a poll – I voted so will not include the poll in my post. 1. For your blog do you basically use Mac or Windows applications. What type of … Continue reading →

This is the second week for Robyn’s Fine Art One Four challenge. Once again, my original photo is: and my second entry is In Photoshop Elements, I duplicated the image, opened the dry brush filter and played with the settings … Continue reading →

Do you hear them? The sounds of buds popping open, bringing bright colors and cheer to our lives? They have been calling me, these sounds of buds popping open. My heart sings along with them, my eyes feast on the … Continue reading →

Cee has changed the format a bit for this challenge. Have no idea what I’ll do with it, but I’m willing to give it a try, so here goes! Complete this sentence: Never In My Life Have I ever won … Continue reading →