2012.04.30 Grateful for work

for my sweet Lee and Vince . . .

2012.04.28 Flowers for Leontien

[  CoffeeShop Attic Vintage action /  Pixel Dust Photo Art's OldMasterDust texture /   ShadowHouse's Scratch6 texture ]

Linked to:  Flowers for Leontien
Leontien's blog is found here:  Four Leaf Clover Dairy

2012.04.27 For my daughter...

my Compass Rose . . .

[ using Pixel Dust Photo Art's Sweet Secret and Paris textures ]

I realized after I had dedicated this to my daughter,
it's kinda humorous that these are mums, not roses
even though a compass rose has nothing to do with roses :)

A post with one of Bonnie's newest textures, Painterly, is here:  Honey Locust in Bloom

Linked to:  Photo Art Friday at Pixel Dust
Flower Art Friday at Photos by LeAnne

2012.04.26 What is yet to be . . .

Baptisia . . .

Trandescantia . . .

Autumn olive . . .

Peony . . .

2012.04.26 What would have been . . .

Hydrangea . . .

Wisteria . . .

. . . without the hard frost we had a couple of weeks ago.

2012.04.24 Honey locust in bloom

with an oil painting effect thanks to Pixel Dust Photo Art . . .

Linked to:

This or That Thursday at Deb Duty

and

Share the Joy at Meri's Musings

because I derive so much JOY from playing in PhotoShop Elements.

2012.04.19 Charcoal Sketch

Linked to:  Photo Art Friday at Pixel Dust Photo Art

2012.04.19 . . . More of those I love . . .

Jeremiah, Barry, Matthew, and Vince . . .

 Me and Anne on a very windy March day . . .

A photo walk with Ian . . .

Ian on a break . . .

And, a self-portrait . . . the entire photo (with Orton effect) . . .

and cropped (still with Orton effect) . . .

Linked to:  Share the Joy at Meri's Musings

2012.04.17 . . . 3 reasons you should simplify your daily life

Simplifying your daily life . . . the why . . .

1.  to have more free time

to spend on people, places, or things you are passionate about

2.  to have more money to share and to save and to spend

on what is vital and crucial to your life

3.  to live your one life doing is what is meaningful and significant to you

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" . . . do it all for the glory of God."  1 Corinthians 10:31b

2012.04.14 Me...not posting...

but, I have been playing in PSE (PhotoShop Elements).

A little here, a little there . . . 

here are some of the results . . .

Linked to:
Weekly Top Shop at The View from Right Here
Your Sunday Best at A Rural Journal

2012.04.07 Ahhh....lilacs....

Linked to:

Weekly Top Shot at The View from Right Here

Your Sunday Best at A Rural Journal

2012.04.05 Hellebore fused onto an urn

Linked to:  Photo Art Friday at Pixel Dust Photo Art

2012.04.05 Grateful for everyday life

I haven't been participating in cyber-life lately,

because real-life sometimes just gets busy.

And, what's more important?

Real life . . .

with Anya (upper middle left),

Anne (her skirt is barely visible in the upper middle right),

Foxy and Jewel,

and me in the lime green shoes . . .

Linked to:

Share the Joy at Meri's Musings

This or That Thursday at Deb Duty