6 posts tagged “frames”
So, where to start.
It's only 10:00 a.m. and I have...
half of my laundry done already
vacuuming done
dishes done
living room done
beds stripped
Still need to do...
yard work (that will have to wait now.. too hot!)
counters wiped down
floors mopped
bathrooms cleaned
So basically I am half done with chores yay!
The best and worst of the deal... I now have an extra room of my own to do with as I please. The daughter moved back to Illinois, Arizona was too hard on her. 18, out of school, no friends... She moved back to her hometown. I can't blame her, it's hard to start all over in a new place when you know no one. At her age you need friends, it takes years to learn that you can amuse yourself right? Ok.. we always need friends who am I kidding!
So at first, I thought hey, I can get some stuff out of storage and go through it in there.. then I got it cleaned up and saw this little sign I had made for my last work out room and decided hell with storage space, I need my work out room back! So that will be my last chore of the day. Moving all my work out gear in there! One thing that is totally cool out here in AZ is that the weight bench can be left outside! Glad I don't have to bring that in. The nights and dawn are perfect for working out too, nice and cool.
Fall is almost here, I am looking forward to a nice warm (not hot) season. I have intermittent bouts of missing New England, but we have plans to drive up to the Flagstaff/Sedona area soon. That should be enough to remind me of how green the world is :)
I am also slowly getting back into editing mode. I have been scrounging around in my older albums and looking at alot of photos in a whole new light! It is such a good idea to never delete old photos, beauty that may not be here today, might show up tomorrow!
Hope everyones summer was great and not too wet!
And ooooh we have sooo much sunshine!
I am loving living in AZ, quite simply it has given me the love of my art back again.
I spent the day editing and talking to an old friend from my Star Wars Galaxies days. We reminisced and looked at old screenshots and sighed over the loss of what should have been one of the best games in the history of MMO's.
All in all, life is good! The hubby just got word from the boss that he is going to bumped up to Manager in about 2 weeks. This means guaranteed income now yay! But.. the best part is that means that he is going to be in charge of the store that will be opening up here in our neck of the woods.. double yay!
So yeah.. life is good, the sun is shining, the house is getting organized, the sun is shining, life is getting normal.. the sun is shining... :) Yeah, the sun is shining!
First is a lily of the valley macro that I took this past spring, I decided to look up a bit of the history about it while I was editing it and came up with almost a card look.
We felt like Pilgrims on our trek across the country. I couldn't think of anything to do with this pic other than the mundane.. which I can't do!
Saying farewell to the Ozarks.
My first incoming monsoon. I took this pic as the storm was deciding on if it wanted to grow or shrink!
Backing up to 2008 and our cruise on The Music Boat. Leaving port in Miami.
Another pic from The Music Boat Cruise. We took an off boat expedition to Tulum Mayan Temples. This piece of art pre-dates the 1600's!
A boat that someone had pulled ashore on the Tulum Mayan Temple shoreline.
I like to call it *Home*... Arizona baby, granted this is a bit farther north. Heading up towards Sedona. Such grandeur and beauty.
And with that title it kinda says it all!
I am still unpacking.. you know this ;)
I am still adjusting to Arizona.. you know this ;)
I am still using way to many emotes.. you know this :D
I don't have a whole lot to write, I haven't gotten a whole lot of chances to do any photography yet, monsoon season has been hiding, other than a couple little blowby storms, there just is not a whole heck of a lot going on in my life!
I did have time to edit a few of pics though, so I will at least share those to those of you who care lol.. So, back to unpacking and or.. editing more pics. My life is so redundant atm!
Ok, so now it really does feel like spring. We had one heck of a doozy storm come through last night. I was in the other part of the house when I heard what I thought was an explosion. I had bleach on my head which meant I had to stay in that part of the house or have everyone bitch about the odor, so I sent a text to the hubby "Did you hear that explosion?" His reply.. yes I dont know what that was. No sooner had he replied then the heavens opened up and thunder and lightning just started all sorts of cracking. The rain came down so hard that we had a flood watch and then within moments it had turned to hail. And of course no warning of the hail so my car was not in the garage ugh. Thankfully no damage though!
So while it is raining and I turn into a slug during those times I decided to try to brighten up my day by doing some editing and came up with the following..
The first is from my visit last year to Berkshire Botanical Gardens <3. I am still editing those pics, I absolutely love that place!
The second image is in my studio/craftroom, I needed some color the other day and picked up some flowers to photograph.
Enjoy, I am off to try to get motivated more!
For the past few months I just have really not had a whole lot of interest in photographing anything around here. Odd as that sounds. I really REALLY hope that this move re-awakens my love of photography. I really can't wait to begin photographing the Arizona sunsets that I have gazed at in awe on WPG s blog.
One thing I have been messing around with those is photo manipulation and lots of photoshopping. I decided to give in to the urge that I have had lately to do something fantasy and came up with this...
Did you find the fairy that I hid in this image? :D
I am thinking that once I am done with these photography courses I am going to sign up for some photoshop courses. I have learned so very very much on my own. But for every little bit I have learned. there are probably tons of things that I have no inkling on how to do! As well as ways to do what I do with less actions.
*psss the fairy is hiding along the upper waters edge on the right hand side.*
Thankfully I have finally left the worst of this flu behind. I got around to editing some pics tonight, I had some fun with these ones. Had alot of input from the son on what he wanted for the pics as well. These are for his myspace and facebook accounts, he wanted to make sure that they were not something his friends could poke fun at... I hope they are impressed ;)... I could use more models!!
