Life is Good

It's a beautiful day here today. The heat wave is over and cooler, less humid temperature have moved in. The wild flowers in front of my house are in bloom. Life is good!

xo

jeanne

Everything is Extraordinary

Today, as I was sitting in my living room working on my computer (with my two sweet grand-beagles sleeping at my side) the dancing flame of the lit candle across the room caught my eye. I became so mesmerized by it's flickering through the mercury glass holder that I couldn't take my eyes off of it. Unfortunately all I had within arm's reach to capture the moment was my phone, which has a less than desirable camera. But after working with the image in Photoshop and applying a few Kim Klassen texture layers in an attempt to camouflage the poor quality of the photograph, I kind of like the end result. And the quotation sums it all up perfectly!

I went to Panera for coffee this morning {upper right corner} and brought along my computer to watch some tutorials that have been piling up in my inbox. This particular one {upper left corner} is from Donna Downey's Inspiration Wednesday. I tend to doodle whenever I am watching videos {lower left corner}. I wish I would have saved all the napkins I've drawn on over the years!

Friday Fill-Ins

And...here we go with Friday Fill-ins.. . .

1. Finally, it's starting to get a littler warmer outside.

2. Walking everyday sure takes some getting used to!

3. Dad says: You can never have enough light bulbs stockpiled.

4. Hanky Panky is my favorite nick name for Hank, my grand dog.

5. It took a long time, but I'm starting to create again.

6. I have too many art supplies, though I wouldn't have it any other way.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to possibly going to Barnes & Noble, tomorrow my plans include washing the car, and Sunday, I want to clean my studio!

You can play along with Finding the Lovely here and Friday Fill-Ins here.

Autumn Splendor

I just returned from a wonderful week at the cottage surrounded by these glorious colors!

Love Thy Neighbor

My sweet neighbors stopped by my house to check up on me and to give me these delicious fresh tomatoes from their garden. Yum!

Scripted Autumn Photo Texture by Kim Klassen

Ceramic Produce Basket by Anthropologie

In The Pink

I've been tickled pink playing around over at Pinterest this afternoon. Have you gotten into the pinning fun yet? If not, you can get started by clicking here. To see all the links and sources of all these great pink photos you can click here.

Photo Challenge - Day 28

"The Weather Today"

Fortunately we are experiencing nicer weather than the folks on the east coast.

Stay safe, my friends.

Photo Challenge - Day 26

"Vegetables"

A trip to the farmer's market for some fresh produce.

Photo Challenge - Day 24

"Close-Up". . .

. . . of a beautiful hydrangea bush.

Photo Challenge - Day 22

"Sparkle"

Early evening view from one of the harbor towns near our cottage.

Photo Challenge - Day 21

"Graphics in Your Town"

I love this sign up near where our cottage is located because it's so retro looking. It reminds me of some of the places we would stay on summer vacation road trips with my parents and brother. This particular place is nothing much to look at, but they do serve one of the best chocolate shakes in the county!

Photo Challenge - Days 18 & 20

"Something You Ate Today" - Chocolate Peanut Butter Explosion - Yum!

"Looking Up a Street"

Photo Challenge - Days 16, 19

I've been a little remiss in posting my August Photo Challenge pictures. Here's a couple from the past week.

Shadows.

Feet.

Photo Challenge - 8/2

"Texture"

I find both the color and texture of the lichen on this tree so interesting.

Photo Challenge - Day 30

Game Night

Photo Challenge - Day 27

A corner of my home.

Photo Challenge - Day 25

"Growing"

My cherry tomato plant has really taken off in the past couple of weeks. Still no tomatoes, but I feel it won't be long now. Below is how this plant started out earlier this summer when I first planted the seeds. You've come a long way baby!

Photo Challenge - Day 24

"Something Red"

Photo Play

I woke up this morning to a lake in my backyard. (Look along the tree line in this photo.) We've had some bad thunderstorms the past two nights. It's been pretty dry here and the rain is much needed since everything has been looking pretty brown lately. But when we have a downpour like this it usually results in the creek overflowing and a "lake" forming in the back of our yard. I always get concerned that the potting shed will end up underwater, but so far the water has only come dangerously close to the foundation by the time it stops raining. Whew!

It took the photo above with my iPhone using the Instagram app that I recently downloaded. I been having fun with it and I just love the old timey look it gives the photos.