good golly miss molly

it will three months since i brought little miss molly home

and has become a wonderful part of our family

she has made herself right at home

snow bonus

the one good thing that came out of the last snow fall

was some of the cool photos

(above, you know spring is on it's way when the geese come home)

as i was walking past one of the many driveway i notice how the

snow landed in the cracks it looked like cracks in marble

so i took a shot

when it got home i notice that the snow had made a nice oval frame

so i played a bit in ps

changed it to black and white and added it to several photos

here i used the color burn blending mode this one i used overlay

no surprise

this morning i woke to a nice dusting of snow

no surprise, i do live in canada

(i've seen snow in april)

on my morning walk i manage to take several photos

it was walking back home when it got nasty

it's now afternoon and it hasn't stopped

looks like a foot so far

back to dreaming of spring and time in the garden

photoshop fun

with temperatures cooling back down

i decided to stay in and keep warm

which gave me time to play with some of my

canada blooms photos

above, one of the floral arrangements

i added six layers

4 textures from shadowhouse

a letter i found at the old paper show

and a clipping mask

playing with the blending modes
until i was happy with the results

signs of spring

a sure sign of spring!!

the dairy queen open this week

just in time for the nice weather

12c yesterday (54f)

i'll enjoy it while i can

march's weather can turn on a dime

so i haven't started cleaning out the garden just yet

i'll wait for april

canada blooms

what better way to spend a rainy day

canada blooms opened today

helping out

aid for japan

my friend marie from lost aussie

has created this beautiful digital artwork

and is offering limited addition prints

with all the proceeds going to the red cross

order your print here

i ordered mine today

thanks marie

twisting wire

i can get a little carried away twisting wire

it can be quite mesmerizing and therapeutic

a few hours later i made several for presents

waiting.........

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow

~Proverb

march is hope that spring is just ahead

no matter how crazy the weather----rain, then snow,

rain again, minus 9 one day plus 9 the next

no matter what march brings, i have hope

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above, another shot from the parking lot on sunday

several layers of texture and some text

inspirations

sometimes you just never know when or where you'll be inspired

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yesterday i was helping my friend gillian with a ps project

i was showing her how to add texture to a photo

it inspired me to see thing through someone else's eyes

today i wondered downtown to the artist project
200 artist under one roof

i was so inspired when i left i started taking photo in the parking lot

(above, one of my photos with 3 layers of texture on top)

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check out some of my new favorite inspirations

jeff tallon

w.stephen cooper

sandy middleton

janny fraser

souleima basha

floyd elzinga

brownie collection

i can't remember when i got my first brownie

somewhere along the line i ended up with 15

i only buy one that is different from the ones i already have

on wednesday i found 2 i didn't have

(above, brownie hawkeye , duraflex II and holiday)

brownie bullet i found that came with the original box price tag $2.60

8mm movie camera and starflex


bullseye



starluxe II

brownie 127, baby brownie special,
starluxe and fiesta
i also have a starflash, reflex synchro, square bullet,

regular baby brownie and a starflash

the fiesta camera came with the orginal box, a flash and film inside

what a surprise, i wound if i should have it developed??

a day in the country

i spent a lovely day driving out in the country with my friend lu

we stopped at the queensville antique mall

lots to photograph...............

i did manage to find a few cameras for my brownie collection
and take over 100 photographs
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it was nice to see the big blue skies

waiting patiently

with the days getting longer

and the big meltdown

(i can see my front lawn!)

i'm dreaming of getting my hands dirty