Yesterday I took a walk around Happy Acres with my camera. Spotting these surprises made my day. I usually don’t spot these until they are all blooming. Been drying a lot of tomatoes. I’ve got a whole countertop full to work on this morning. I snapped a couple shots before they went in to the…
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Experimenting with Digital Grounds
I love working with my photos. When I found out about Golden’s Digital Grounds I just couldn’t wait to experiment. The kind folks at Golden Paints sent me the three different Digital Grounds to play with: White, Clear, and for Non-porous Surfaces. Below is information from their website about each of the three products. Digital…
Read MoreLayering on photos
After taking several online classes this year, I’ve really learned a lot. I am finding that I love layers. Before these classes I knew I loved a piece, whether paper or material, but didn’t realize that the artist had spent so much time layering and layering. My artist friend, Kathy, has been an big inspiration…
Read MoreMore Color Here
It is so busy here with all of the gardening and crafting and writing, but I just had to take some pictures and show you some of the color here at Happy Acres. Here are a two of my irises that have never bloomed before.This one I bought several years ago and moved it from…
Read MoreRainy Monday
Well, today is another rainy day. It’s about time to build an ark! We’ve been lucky with no tornadoes in our neighborhood but just across the river they were hit. Looks like the main storms are past but more rain until Thursday. Just walking out to the asparagus patch was difficult. I had to be…
Read More52 in 52: Up
This week’s prompt for 52 in 52 is UP. I had some ideas, but they all went out the window when I walked outside last night and looked up! Happy Valentine’s Day all!! I’ll share with you what I made for Dave tomorrow. I’ll be giving it to him later today. Take care and give…
Read More52 in 52: Morning
This week’s topic for 52 in 52 is Morning. I wanted to take a picture yesterday as we headed out to Bob’s Gym, but the fact is I don’t do that every morning. I thought about what happens early, almost first thing every morning, and that was this. I’ve not always drank coffee. I grew…
Read More52 in 52: Letters
This week’s topic for 52 in 52 is Letters. My mom and Ginny met in high school through a “Penpals Wanted” column in the St. Anthony’s Messenger. This letter-writing connection started a long-distance friendship (Ginny in New York and mom in Indiana) which included visiting each others’ families. When mom died in 1972 Dad wanted…
Read More52 in 52: Shadow
Lisa chose this topic for our picture this week in the 52 in 52 weeks Challenge. Since we’ve had so much gray and then snow yesterday, I wasn’t sure I would be able to find any shadows – at least from the sun. But today, even though the temp is around 6 degrees, sun is…
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