Rainy Again!

Ok, now, I'm tired of the rain - and the gray!!! I'm ready for some sunshine! Ragbrai riders are coming, so we need the sun to shine! I haven't accomplished much today, so nothing to ponder about even.

Actually, I did a few more flower pictures in Photoshop. They are at this site: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2010404&id=1584146892&l=85654ce09d - it's supposed to be a public site where you can view my pictures. Let me know what you think. I think some of the versions would be cool on the wall!

More later....

Ponderings of the day

My husband kind of upset me today. I had planned my day in advance, which I do almost nightly. My day was going to be to go to see Aunt Helen and then come home and mow if it wasn't too wet. So this morning, DH said to me, "If you're so inclined, you could mow the yard." Well, I don't like that! To me that was an insult - I'm sure he didn't mean it that way, but that's what I think when he starts saying things like "If you're so inclined..." Well, I went to Fairfield to see Aunt Helen and then I came home and mowed, but tonight when he gets home, I guess I'd better tell him that I don't like that phrase. He can just say something like, "I put gas in the lawnmower in case you get a chance to mow." Doesn't that sound nicer? It's terrible when that's the only fault he has - just his choice of phrases!!

I thought I'd share some of my abstract nature art today. This is bark from a tree that I thought looked a lot like a lava field might. My instructor really liked it.

This one is a leaf from a rhododendron which I love the texture of. I cropped this one after I had completed the class.

Here is a picture of a daffodil center very close and personal. I like it a lot. I think the colors in it are pretty cool.I cropped and manipulated this one in photoshop CS2 after my class was over. I used auto color and this is what it came out like. This is a picture of the bright purple rhododendron that is in the corners of the leaf picture. Look how transparent that flower is. It almost looks like it has silica on it. That's all for today. Dave and I are taking the 56 Chevy out to a cruise tonight. Anyway he plans to be home in time for it - it starts at 6:00. Tomorrow, Bryan and Deanna are coming here and tomorrow night is the Hawaiian luau murder mystery so I may not get to blog tomorrow. See ya!

Fun, Fun, Fun!

This is another hobby of mine! DH and I have a love of classic cars! Fortunately (unfortunately??) we don't own all of these cars now, but I took pictures of our cars, past and present, and made them into a collage with Photoshop - another thing I like to do! Trying to get just the right image of the car and adding embellishments is really a challenge, but a lot of fun! One of my BF's and I both play around with Photoshop and have created some wonderful images. This is just one of which I'm proud!

Yesterday was a good day! I was able to visit with all of my aunts and attend a luncheon with several of my high school classmates. I think there were 15 of us classmates, plus spouses and guests. We spent 2 1/2 hours just chatting! Couldn't believe how time flew - it's always fun when old friends get together! There were several of our classmates who didn't attend, so our goal will be to get some of them at the next one!