tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77119449383784172922024-02-18T20:04:20.469-08:00Studio39Designs...a balanced life full of simple pleasuresNadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.comBlogger568125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-63884122331178368452016-07-23T02:44:00.001-07:002016-07-23T02:44:29.073-07:00<div align="center">
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Friday – July 22, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Garden<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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I photographed a place I call the Secret Garden that’s part of a local nursery
here in New Mexico.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved this
birdbath overflowing with petunias.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
converted the image that I took to a watercolor painting effect, and kept
thinking it reminded me quite a bit of something one could see in the
Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia (made famous by the book “Midnight in
the Garden of Good and Evil”).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
piece is a tribute to that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
background is music because it seems like such a lyrical piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paint splotches (Credit: soul poison and
on_thin_air) and an abstract background created by me make up the blended
layers to this piece.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-272173799490174402016-07-18T04:43:00.001-07:002016-07-18T04:43:25.876-07:00<div align="center">
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stars of any garden are the bright, or at least striking, blooms and plants
that we see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This garden, on this
morning, certainly did not disappoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Beautiful blooms galore….and one that was so striking I had to include
it even tho it’s doesn’t meet the definition of the word “bright”…<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #9933ff; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">These blooms
were right next to the one the bee was busily working on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Altho I really liked the original image of
them, I felt they needed a bit more of a special touch, so I converted the
image to a pastel painting effect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
really highlights there simple beauty and just the joy that seems to leap from
their petals.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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generally struck by roses unless they are in full bloom, but there was
something about this rose, with its one petal unfurled, that captured my
attention, and I just felt like I had to capture its gentle awakening.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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</span>It fairly yelled “Look at me!”….and I did!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a bit of a windy day, so perhaps
that’s why the petals on this sunflower were rather tousled looking!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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shifting gears back to the gentle nature of some flowers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This lone little blossom just seemed to cry
out to be noticed…..and with the very bright center, I couldn’t help but do
just exactly that!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the contrast
between that bright center and the soft subtle, yet rich, color of its petals
and the surrounding greenery.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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blossom from a different angle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, it’s
amazing how much brighter the petals are – it’s just the slightly different
angle and how the sun plays off the flower.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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yellow center.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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sunflowers just seemed to “pop” against the dark background of the area around
the pond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It almost seemed as if they
were glowing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are such happy
flowers, I couldn’t resist including them in this post.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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blooming, too, on this morning, and I was lucky enough to be able to get up
close and personal with some of those blooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I never realized how lovely and delicate they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt as if I breathed too hard, they would
just fall apart.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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I’m ending with a type of plant more commonly thought of growing in the
southwest – cactus!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a variation
of a yucca plant, I believe, and I really loved the graphic nature of its broad
leaves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I processed this image, I
thought the graphic nature of the plant called for this image to be a black and
white image, so thru the magic of digital processing, that’s what it became!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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there’s a snake that lives in this garden, but I’ve never come across it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, on this garden visit, I did come
across a couple of other residents that seemed agreeable to having their photo
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was hard at work, getting nectar from the daisy type blooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He allowed me to get up nice and close to
him, and altho I didn’t get a very good angle for a direct image of him, I was
in the perfect spot to get a great image of his shadow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I could say I noticed this as I was
taking his photo, but, I didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
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most perfect image of a butterfly I’ve ever captured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What was so wonderful about this little guy
was that he stayed put on this blossom for several seconds, just slowly opening
and closing his wings, as if allowing me to get just the best possible
shot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have 2 that I like, but I think
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when I just need to get back close to nature, in order to renew my spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m lucky to have a great place to do that
fairly close to home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What makes this
place even more special is that it’s only available for a few months each year,
and only on the weekends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a nursery
in the small town where I live, and this garden is what I think of as a Secret
Garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not advertised, and it’s not
even apparent that there is a garden hidden away when you first enter the nursery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, after one visit to it, you’ll never
forget it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was lucky enough to visit
it this past weekend…..<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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visit this garden, I notice something new and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, it was this birdbath that has become a
sort of fountain with petunias overflowing the rim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I especially love the lushness of the
greenery surrounding it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hard to believe
this is in the middle of New Mexico!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Looking at this, I was reminded of the Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah,
Georgia, where we visited earlier this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s the same sort of lushness that was everywhere in the cemetery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so taken with this image, I decided to
also convert it to a watercolor image (see below).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t decide which one I liked more, so
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truly love in this garden is a lovely pond that’s sort of tucked away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the morning that I visited, I didn’t see
any waterlilies in full bloom, but I did notice this little beauty, just sort
of peeking out at me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love its
reflection in the water, and the sort of small pool of water sitting on a
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around the pond, I came upon this spectacular view, peeking out from some
weeping willow trees that are along the pond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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trees that sort of hover over this watery jewel of the garden.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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the Midwest, I loved hostas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
generally rather a shade loving plant, so I didn’t really think I’d ever find
them growing in New Mexico, but in this garden, anything is possible!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a row of them, growing just as happy
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #00cc00; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I just received some vintage handwriting pieces that I’ve yet to
scan into my computer to use in my art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, that didn’t stop me from imagining a piece that has some
vintage writing in the background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
found a piece that I had scanned some time ago – a love letter – and immediately
felt this was the beginning of this piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I used a photograph of some lovely green foliage I took at the San Diego
Botanic Garden, as well as one of a waterlily that I took at the same
place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I blurred the foliage image and
blended it with the vintage love letter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I then placed the water lily on top of that, and did some gentle
blending. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t want to do too much,
and lose the water lily, but I did want the letter to still be visible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I added some brushes of vines and decided the
piece was finished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, less is
more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Credit: Falln Stock (brushes).<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #996633; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">There’s been a lot of conversation lately about transparency, or
the lack thereof, depending on one’s perspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, as I was looking thru some of the
deserted cabin images I took a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that one image of
a cabin really spoke to transparency, as it no longer had a door, and I could
see right thru it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought that the
history of this cabin was, in a way, an open book, and fairly transparent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The land used to be ranch or farm land, so
most likely the people that inhabited this cabin worked the land in one way or
another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I thought an open book
image that I had would be a good background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I then notice some of the text of the book page that I had included –
“grand blessing of life” – and decided to highlight that phrase. It just
somehow seemed appropriate for the history of this cabin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Credit:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Specialty brushes by soul poison and SS.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "Coffee At Midnight Demo";">Right
now, my life isn’t really all that adventurous, and I find I’m rather missing
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, the bird in this image
certainly appears to be in the middle of a wonderful adventure, and I imagine
his heart is singing with joy because of that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, for this piece, I used a piece of vintage sheet music as a
background, and layered and blended a couple of images of the sunrise that I shot
a few days ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then added the quote
from Helen Keller </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">–</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "Coffee At Midnight Demo";"> it’s one of my favorites.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-5374374324423290762016-06-26T17:19:00.002-07:002016-06-26T17:19:39.079-07:00<div align="center">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Yep, definitely a character!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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flown away!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, I love the character
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camera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, one of them would look up,
down or around!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It reminded me of little
kids when you want to photograph them!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I watched them carefully, and managed to capture this shot of
one of them as they took off just over the surf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For as corny as they sometimes look on shore,
they sure are graceful once airborn.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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soared over the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved the
artistry that they portray when they fly, and the sense of loneliness of this
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Now, image doesn’t convey loneliness to me </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">–</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> it says freedom</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">…</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">..and joy.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Beach Waves<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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walk down the beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had sort of
thought about not going, because it was a “June gloom” type of day, with
overcast skies and no sun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, then I
thought it might make for some interesting mood shots, so we decided to give it
a go!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was that a good decision?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll let these images speak for themselves!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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capturing a close up of the wave action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There were some surfers out there, in their wet suits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had on some light fleece type jackets </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">–</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> when there’s no sun,
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were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried to take my images so that
people generally didn’t appear in them, but don’t be fooled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were quite a number of folks there
enjoying the beach despite the surf and the lack of sun!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, my friend told me it was far less
crowded than it typically is.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I loved the sense of motion that this image gives you </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">–</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> or at least, that it
gives me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The waves were being drawn
back out into the ocean, and I can sort of feel that by looking at this
image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next couple of images are of
the same theme </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">–</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> rolling waves </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">–</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> in or out!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I really was taken by how the retreating waves left their “mark”
on the sand </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">–</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> kind of like a piece of abstract art.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In this image, the waves are sort of at that “in between” stage
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As I said, there were plenty of people on the beach, and this
little girl was so sweet, I had to capture her in a watercolor like image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would run as close to the surf as she
could get, sort of chasing it as it rolled out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She then sat in the sand until it began to come back in, waiting until
the last minute before she raced back up the beach, laughing all the way!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This image is actually a compilation of 3 images </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">–</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lazy Spring Day Demo"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> the base is actually a
photo of some cloud formation that I took back home in New Mexico a while
ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the image of the seagulls
flying and the surf pounding the shore is from San Diego!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The seagulls were flying over sand, not
water, but thru the magic of PhotoShop, they are ow flying over the water,
where they look best!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #cc00ff; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A couple of weeks ago, I visited some friends in San Diego.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One afternoon, we visited the Botanic Garden
there, and there were so many varieties of beauty to see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this blog post, I’ll share some of the floral
blooms.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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think!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s originally from Mexico, but
is flourishing at the botanic garden in San Diego.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I especially like the reddish detail on the
inside of the petals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sort of draws
you into the heart of the bloom.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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ever seen an artichoke blooming, but now I can add that to my list of new
experiences!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t tell you how many
shots I took of this bloom with bees hovering around it before I got this
perfect shot!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank goodness for digital
cameras – saves me a fortune on processing prints!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the detail that I was (finally!) able
to capture on the bee.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #cc00ff; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This image struck me because of the lighting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love how the sun cast a wonderfully soft
spotlight on this bloom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It makes the
flower seem like it’s glowing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Altho it
was early afternoon and the sun was at its strongest, I think its rays were
diffused by some trees overhead.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #cc00ff; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s not often that I see a truly perfect bloom, with all the
petals intact and so symmetrical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
other thing that drew me to this bloom is the coloring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The deep center, and then the variation of
color on the petals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It almost looks
fake, like some florist did some magical coloring on it, but all the magic of
this bloom was provided by Nature!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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green.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I know – Christmas colors –
but they also serve to set each other off so well in nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The red of this bloom is perfectly balanced
with the green leaves of the plant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
the lighter color stalks are added in, it’s a nice soft place to rest our eyes
and a great offset for the rich colors on this plant and bloom.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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plant…..except when it’s blooming!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then,
the rich red top seems to be the perfect counterpoint for the spikey thorns and
pale coloring on the rest of the plant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #cc00ff; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I have never seen this flower before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not certain if the color is red or
purple, or something in between.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
between the dramatic markings on the petals, and the contrast between the pale
and bold colors, this flower is quite stunningly beautiful.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-88656894700002659212016-06-24T18:08:00.001-07:002016-06-24T18:08:26.398-07:00<div align="center">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As a stark contrast to the thin leaves and blooms of “regular”
flowers, the succulents seem almost plump by comparison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Succulents can go a long time between
watering, and that’s because they store water when they do get it in their
leaves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll see what I mean when you
check out some of the images below!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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about it were the sharp points at the edges of its leaves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, I didn’t touch it to see if they were as
sharp as they look – I let their appearance speak for themselves!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I love this sort of bunch of different succulent blooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were actually structured so that they
formed the skirt of a young woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have to admit, I wasn’t all that taken with the “sculpture” created, but I did
like how these looked so closely grouped together, so I decided to just focus
on one part of the overall sort of statue.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Here’s an image where you can really get an idea of how thick
and plump the petals or leaves of the plant are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, the color is just so luscious!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just had to get in close for this image, so
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-41772681384676337622016-06-24T18:05:00.003-07:002016-06-24T18:05:53.511-07:00<div align="center">
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Own – at San Diego Botanic Garden<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0066; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">There were many different types of plants and flowers at the
botanic garden, and some just didn’t quite fall into a category that I could
easily identify.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I say, they are in
a category of their own!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check them out
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family of plants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s said the tree is
prized for its leaves, but I was primarily impressed by the above-ground root
system!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did include the leaves in this
image, but my focus was on the roots – so cool!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0066; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">What a different looking tree this is!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a pine tree with the fuzzy “blooms” on
its tips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This tree is from Australia,
and is a member of the Myrtle family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The oil from the tree is used to make antiseptics, deodorants, shampoos
and lotions. The tips reminded me of a sort of duster!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0066; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I couldn’t find any sort of identification for this plant, but
it reminds me of a coleus plant – except I’ve never seen those with red
leaves!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the detail on these
leaves, and the variety of red coloring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I just had to get up close to fill the frame with these beautiful
leaves.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-39990788600454150562016-06-24T18:02:00.000-07:002016-06-24T18:02:10.267-07:00<div align="center">
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San Diego Botanic Garden<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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green, and this garden didn’t disappoint!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This was a familiar plant to me and probably almost all of you – a
lovely palm plant – not tree, tho.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was obviously happy growing here – this plant was huge!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the things I loved was the near
perfection of each of the leaves.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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look rather close to see the red on the edges of the leaves of this plant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For whatever reason, I thought this plant
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">There was a small section of the garden where there was a small
grove of bamboo growing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love walking
among the bamboo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of hearing the
wind rustling the leaves of the trees, I hear the very soft, subtle groan of
the bamboo slightly bending with the breeze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The leaves of this variety of palm was more yellow than
green.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, what caught my eye was
the way the sunlight shined thru those leaves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They took on a bit of a translucent quality, which sort of surprised me,
because I thought the leaves were too thick to have this happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How lucky I was to get to see this!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This was one of the plants that I’ve never seen before – I don’t
know what the name of this plant is, but it reminded me of falling stars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see the leaves below the star blooms,
and then the string of what looks little pearls until you see the star bloom at
the very tip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps each one of those
“pearls” is a bud that had yet to bloom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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rich with the color green!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I love
the off-center point of interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
would like to claim credit as it’s my artistic eye, but the plant just sort of
presented itself to me this way!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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and we both noticed this very different type of plant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved the sort of frilly top – it looks
sort of wispy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see a waterfall
in the background. (More about the waterfall in another post.)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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nature – an intimate portrait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love
the soft green that acted as a background for the delicate white blooms.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Diego Botanic Garden<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I guess I’ve saved my favorite for last – the pond blooms and
wildlife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I admit it – I’m a sucker for
waterlilies, so they are taking a bit of front and center in this post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, there are other things to see as well!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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each had some lovely waterlilies blooming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These three are set off by the pads they are seemingly resting on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also love the detail of the moss covered
rocks under the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did you notice
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the main pond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little guy is enjoying
an afternoon swim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really got a bit of
a chuckle at the position of his back feet – so straight out, perhaps making
the most of his glide!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I did love these waterlilies and I decided to sort of convert
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definition on the edges to make them pop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This waterlily was peach colored, a bit different from the
mostly pink blossoms I had been seeing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I worked to enhance the detail in this image, so you can almost feel the
wetness of the stem of this bloom as it rises out of the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the pads almost seem like they are 3D,
don’t they?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The main pond had a beautiful cascading waterfall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to
capture its beauty due to the high contrast conditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, thru the magic of computer software,
I was able to combine 3 different images together to create an image that looks
like it did to me as I stood there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Makes me truly appreciate how our brains work to sort of balance things
out without our even being aware of it!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As we walked around the pond, I noticed another little turtle
taking a bit of a breather, and just relaxing on a rock on the pond’s
shore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sunlight was softer here,
with the trees branches and leaves dappling the light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The result is a nice, quiet restful image of
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Friday – Past Lifetime<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: "Californian FB",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">When I took the image of the deserted cabin, I was struck by how
lifetimes change – what life was like when this cabin was called home to a
family is vastly different from what I now know as life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve heard the phrase, “that was a lifetime
ago”, and the image that serves as the foundation for this piece brings that to
mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The handwriting in the background
is an old ledger page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I imagine that
those types of ledger records were the norm back in the day this cabin was home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A subtle background of wood texture also adds
to this piece – again, so much was based in wood, back in this lifetime – home,
furniture, toys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People often say times
in the past were a “simpler” time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
I think of the hardships faced on a daily basis by whoever used to call this
home, I don’t think they would have used the term “simple” to describe their
lives.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066ff; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Earlier this month, I sat out on our back patio and just enjoyed
the views from there looking out on what one could call our backyard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was nice to relax and enjoy these simple
pleasures after a few months of traveling.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0066ff; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As we looked out on what seemed to be a very nice, sunny skies,
with just a few white puffy clouds floating around, I noticed a storm over the
mountain just north of our home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of
the things that I love about living here is that we can be enjoying wonderful
weather, and get to watch rain falling from the clouds about 20 miles away.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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daisies were growing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Daisies always
seem like such happy flowers to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
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it seemed to accentuate the happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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yellow daisy like flowers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They, too,
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treasures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These small purple blooms
appeared in bunches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interestingly, as
the blooms fade, they become more blue than purple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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as they sort of flow over the ceramic pots sitting along the edge of the
patio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their color is incredibly rich,
too, and sets off nicely against the turquoise of the pot.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not certain why – I followed
all the instructions I had been given!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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edge of our patio!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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the area off our back patio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They grow
as sort of wildflowers, altho I have a hard time thinking of cactus as
wildflowers!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come mid-spring, the cactus
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that storm cloud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time, tho, I
stepped out from under the patio, so that I could capture more of the cloud in
the image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Impressive, isn’t it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, no, this rain never did reach us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just got to watch it from afar.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-52313662394900796232016-06-17T12:55:00.000-07:002016-06-17T12:55:37.893-07:00Foto Art Friday - Formation Flight<div align="center">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f4e79; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">For this week’s piece, I looked to last weekend for
inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was visiting friends in
the San Diego area, and on one day, we went to walk along the beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unlike what most folks think of as typical
southern California weather, the area was experiencing typical “June gloom”
weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The skies were overcast, which
created some moody images.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This piece
incorporates 3 images.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A background
image is one I took quite some time ago of some wonderful cloud formations we
have here at home in New Mexico.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
merged it with an image of a gloomy beach scene of the rough surf, and another
of 3 seagulls flying in a natural formation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Underneath it all was a Citra Solv background and the icing on the cake
(so to speak) were various specialty brushes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Coffee ring brushes were complements of On Thin Air.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-66104184115799640672016-06-10T09:08:00.001-07:002016-06-10T09:08:32.390-07:00Foto Art Friday - The Photographer<div align="center">
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this week’s “Foto Art Friday”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
weekend, I am lucky enough to be visiting some good friends in San Diego.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I will have some great photo
opportunities waiting for me, and that made me think about an image that I
captured a couple of years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was at
White Sands National Monument, here in New Mexico, and I saw another
photographer positioning himself to capture one of the beautiful sunsets that
happen there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided to capture him
in the creative moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a sort of
tribute to the wonderful photo op this weekend will give me, I decided to make
that image the focus of this week’s art piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I used some vintage handwriting and music text as a background, and then
some brushes found in PhotoShop Elements to add some texture and color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A simple piece filled with the promise of
what more there can be.</span></i></b></div>
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-66780847292596686752016-06-02T16:49:00.000-07:002016-06-02T16:49:24.142-07:00Foto Art Friday - Primrose Portrait<div align="center">
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spring, these beautiful flowers make their appearance in one flower bed in our
front yard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I kept thinking that perhaps
we planted them, and therefore, I should know their name!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, Jeff reminded me that we didn’t plan
them – they just appeared one year, and took up residence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are so charming, I look forward to them
each year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I created this piece to honor
their appearance again this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
background is a blend of vintage music, special paint brushes, and a CitraSolve
paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I added the images and a few
extra paint brushes completed the piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By the way, the flower is called a Mexican Evening Primrose.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-32379475042775407632016-05-24T07:42:00.001-07:002016-05-24T07:42:43.138-07:00Foto Art Friday - May 27 - Always Flowers<div align="center">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #339966; font-family: "Segoe Script",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">For this week’s Foto Art Friday piece, I used an image of a
columbine flower from our garden as inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The flower is just so soft, delicate, and, in
its own way, fancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of that, I
chose very fancy handwriting as a part of the background, along with some
CitaSolv background paper, merged together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I then blended in the columbine image, added some special paint brushes
by soulpoison, and then an appropriate quote from Henri Matisse.</span></i></div>
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-27462016188368351012016-05-20T05:27:00.000-07:002016-05-20T05:27:04.344-07:00Foto Art Friday - Postcard from Spring<div align="center">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #9900ff; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">For this week’s Foto Art Friday piece, I used an image of an
iris from our front yard garden that I took earlier this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided to go with a more traditional
collage approach rather than using the blending technique I’ve been using
lately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m still using some vintage
papers – handwriting and music, and the top part of a vintage post card!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I added a piece of the CitraSolv background,
various brushes in PhotoShop Elements, and this is the result!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I chose fancier handwriting to match the
fanciness of the bloom – likewise with the post card’s font!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like the soft feel to this piece.</span></i></div>
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-29846080953738896992016-05-12T23:59:00.002-07:002016-05-12T23:59:45.703-07:00Foto Art Friday - May 13, 2016<div align="center">
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<strong><em><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;">I'm calling this piece "Memories" because from time to time it's good to just sit back and remember where we've come from, those that we've loved, hated, or even felt indifferent to, places we've been, just to appreciate how far we've come. Thinking back also helps us to review what we've done and how (perhaps) we could do better in the future. It's not about regrets, but about learning more about ourselves, so that we can better live our present and look forward with excitement to our future.</span></em></strong></div>
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-83296500814831441962016-04-30T05:22:00.000-07:002016-04-30T05:22:25.280-07:00<div align="center">
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with the theme of “doors” for this series of digital photo art pieces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I truly love playing with combining my
photography and collage in this manner – come take a look!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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cemetery door and angel from the Cemetery at Ricoleta as its focal points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ricoleta is an amazing place – almost like a
small city that happens to also be a cemetery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eva Peron – Evita – is buried there in her family’s mausoleum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The angel is one of my favorites from the
cemetery, as she seems to be so full of sorrow, it practically oozes from
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The foundation of this piece, as is
the case with all of these pieces, is background pages I’ve created using
CitraSolv and magazine pages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then
blended some handwriting pages into that, added my door and angel images and
finished off the piece with specialty brushes in Photoshop Elements from Falln
Stock.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Palermo, Italy, last fall, it seemed to be laundry day – many of the balconies
had the residents’ laundry out to dry on their balconies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This balcony seem particularly photogenic,
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image thru the window of our tour bus while we were in Palermo, and at the
time, I worried that glare from the window would wreck the image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, I really liked the way the glare
caused a sort of reflection that added a nice bit of texture to the image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this piece, I blended my CitraSolv
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up on the handles of the church doors, and then added specialty brushes by soul
poison and ss to pick up on that reddish tone and the underlying grey tones of
the bricks in the image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coffeering
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for this piece lay closer to home – in the small town of Gallisteo, New Mexico,
not far from where we live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This door,
or gate, leads to someone’s yard, and just seemed like a great fit for my “door”
theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time, I blended vintage
handwriting with a CitraSolv background and added special brushes by jh and
Falln Stock in Photoshop Elements to finish out the piece.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><span style="color: #783f04;">This week had us
driving thru lots of farmland in the Midwest and Plains states as we headed
home from our 2 month journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was
struck by how wonderful some of the older barns and farm houses looked, and
began shooting them from the passenger seat in our RV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week’s piece is a tribute to all the
farmers in our country who provide much of the food that we put on our
tables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, of course, many of those
farmers had daughters, so the connection was inevitable!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This piece has some Citra Solv background as
the foundation with several different pieces of vintage writing blended into
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I added an image of a farmhouse that
I enhanced in Photoshop Elements, and the lovely vintage photo of a sweet young
lady (who happens to be my Mom when she was in her late teens, I
believe!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Added to all of this are some
specialty brushes in Photoshop to finish off the piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711944938378417292.post-80208445838281115172016-04-26T15:04:00.004-07:002016-04-26T15:04:44.533-07:00<div align="center">
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this final blog post of this trip, we are visiting the Appomattox County
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post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This “new” county jail was
completed in 1867; the original jail burned during the war years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The guard’s quarters were on the first floor,
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guard’s bedroom is really very simple – almost as starkly simple as the slave
quarters we viewed in a previous posting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One thing that I found a bit unnerving – there was only 1 bed in the
bedroom, and only 1 bedroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
know how comfortable I’d be as the only guard with all sorts of prisoners in
cells above me!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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in Guard’s Quarters<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Here’s
a simple desk that the guard would use for correspondence and perhaps whatever
record-keeping that guards might have needed to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I think of the size of my desk when I
worked, I have to laugh!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems that
the more space I had, the more “stuff” that appeared to take up residence on
it!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">When
I saw these in the room, I had to capture an image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gosh, I hate housecleaning with modern
tools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I would have gone insane
back in the Civil War era!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%;">Bars
on the Cells<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Wow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These bars seem to be impossible to break out
of!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess being the only guard might
be ok……I think.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Well,
I guess the silver lining to being in this jail is that one could see outside,
in between all the bars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think there
were 3 or 4 layers of bars on these windows.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">In
case the prisoners might think about breaking out thru the walls (and then jump
from the 2<sup>nd</sup> or 3<sup>rd</sup> floor??), they put this grid of bars
inside the walls when the jail was built.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I wonder – is this the way all jails were built, or was this considered
a maximum security jail?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did they even
have them back then?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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were doors that closed over the bars that covered the walkway into the
cells.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are they reinforced with?
These are nails – lots and lots of nails that were half hammered into the door
and then hammered sideways to eliminate the possibility of sawing thru the door.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">And
here’s why someone might even think about trying to saw thru a door – this box
is the lock on the door!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a
large key that fit into the keyhole covered by the metal tab.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, of course, you’d need the key for the
bars that were also between the prisoner and freedom.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Loop<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">And,
for those prisoners that were considered extremely dangerous (would that be
almost all of them?), they would be chained to this loop on the floor in the
middle of each of the cells.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was an
additional way to protect the guard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Amazing the lengths they went thru to keep prisoners in jail!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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