July Flowers~

Took some photos of the flowers blooming in my garden today. I like seeing how the garden changes and matures. They are starting to bloom more and more. Took awhile, since we added or transplanted a lot of them into the garden this year. I'm already planning on adding more for next years garden. =)

My front porch. The potted Impatients are doing good this year despite the heat. The Morning Glory vine has crawled up to the flag pole already(on porch post, not seen in photo). I'm just waiting for flowers. My kitty Sparky in the window. New front flower beds. Replaced this year because of water pipe leak. Good things come out of bad.

Rock wall extended farther down the hollow. This part of the garden is shady.

Posted at Cottage Flora Thursdays

White Wednesday- My Sparky

My first post for White Wednesday at Faded Charm
My kitty Sparky =)I realized I don't have a lot of white in my home.
Frame by Isabella LaFrance and texture from Kim Klassen's Cafe.

Still Life- Black and White Wednesday

Original photo.

Just found Black and White Wednesday. I thought I would share one of my photos from Washington's Crossing State Park. This photo is from the tavern that George Washington stayed at the night before they crossed the Delaware for the battle of Trenton. Historic place, to walk where Washington walked.
Black and White Wednesday

Photo converted to black and white. Textures used from Kim Klassen's Cafe,canvasback magic and lifesgood.

Textured Tuesday- The Lake

My photo for Textured Tuesday by Kim Klassen.

I took this photo recently at Lake Noximixon State Park. It was a beatuiful day spent with my Honey.

I wanted to play with Kim's golden texture. I converted my photo to sepia {I love sepia} Then I added Kim's golden texture and set it to multiply with the opacity 47%. I cleaned up the center of the image leaving more texture around the edges. I added another layer of the golden texture, with a soft light effect setting the opacity to about 35%. I think the photo looks old and aged.

I decided to play more and make the photo look like an old 1940s photo. The frame is from Isabella LaFrance Photography

Now I am hopelessly addicted. Even more reasons to take more photos!