change is coming

playing again in the 52 photos project with this weeks challenge of season's beginnings

I took this a few days ago and thought it was perfect our first leaf has turned on our dogwood tree


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Don't forget about the the postcard giveaway is here

CHANGE

added some shadowhouse masks and overlays to create this then added words

autumn means

time for the annual dog in the leave shot.



shot with my point and shoot since I had it handy when we were raking leaves AGAIN.  I did add a template by shadowhouse - if you have never seen his blog go there some very cool free downloads.  he does some amazing stuff. http://shadowhousecreations.blogspot.com/

with fall comes less traveling and less time outside for me because I really hate the cold so posts may come a little less often but may try some new techniques on older pictures and other ideas to keep my motivated so you never know what will show up next.

working on some ideas for 2012 to present when they are all ready to go I will announce them. Anything you would like to see more of or less of or new???

forest walk

a short walk through the forest to the beach



used a texture called serious magic by kim klassen because I thought the sooc shot needed a little somethign here is the orignal:

leaf question

Check out the new header for the blog.  What do you think?  Yeah I know the color is a little crazy but then so am I it my favorite color and my blog so I went with it.  I adapted a tutorial from photoshop elements techniques magazine that I just got a subscription of to make it.  I think this is going to be a good purchase.

couldn't decide which frozen leaf photo I liked best so please let me know which one you like best.

A. up close and personal



B. floting in time

painted leaf

a little more playtime in phostoshop elements.  I found the brushes!!!!!!  so did a little playing with the background on this leaf.  wow there is a lot to learn about those brushes.

anyone have any good tutorials on photoshop painting???

leave path

well it is a gray, cold and wet day outside. winter blahs have started in the pacific northwest.  what does everyone take pictures of on days like this???

my pay it forward today was actually done months ago when we bought some tickets for tonight's transiberian orchestra we bought extra and secretly gave to someone that is getting laid off Christmas eve.  that really sucks and she has always wanted to see them.  hopefully she doesn't read this blog. 

goodbye to fall

the leaves are turning and night is creeping into day

soon snow will carpet the floor and cold days will be here everyday.

sigh.   i don't really like winter I hate the cold so lets hope this indian summer hangs on as long as it can.

fall has arrived

took a walk through the arboretum on a beautiful Saturday afternoon with the sun shining.  one of the last days of nice weather.  I will miss the nice weather.  not much of a winter person

117/365 April 27

I am obsessed with the maple tree and yes I complain about it all the time. here is the culprit starting to bloom. It seems every season it drops something new. In the fall its the leaves and then the helicopters right after usually staying into winter and littering the snow with them. they do that so they will wiggle down in the snow and stay nice and warm and in the spring go crazy all over the yard. And now in the spring its the little flower like things soon they will be dropping all over the yard little greenish yellow flowers everywhere.

Now don't get me wrong I LOVE trees they are one of my favorite things in life but I am growing to dislike this tree. What saves the tree from losing its life. Well for one its usefulness and shading our non air conditioned house. that's a biggie. and secondly is because this is a tree that my grandfather planted (we live in his house) only a few years before he died in 1983. I still remember him sitting on a bench near the tree.

so maple tree listen up and count your lucky leaves you live to annoy me another day