Quote of the day: ““I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.” — Walt Whitman If a leaf of grass is “no less than the journey-work of the stars,” what are these wonderful peonies? Luscious, soft, profligate, sensuous miracles! Here are some more photos of peonies from my garden.
Quote of the day: “And Life is Colour and Warmth and Light and a striving evermore for these…” — Julian Grenfell I couldn’t resist playing with this perfectly pink rose, a favorite new quote, and a texture by Kim Klassen for this week’s texture challenge, “Share an image centered around the word, warmth.” Steps to create: Desaturate the photo to get antique rose look and feel Add layer of kk_scriptededges in screen blending mode 64% Add text using Dafont “Journal” Add warming filter layer Here is the original photo:
Quote of the day: “I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful – an endless prospect of magic and wonder.” —Ansel Adams Yesterday we visited the Richardson Nature Center at Hyland Park Reserve. It’s one of many wonderful nature centers operated by the Three Rivers Park District in the Twin Cities area. It has been years since I’ve been there and clearly, the center has been re-furbished and re-done since I was last there. I was delighted with their 3-D wall nature wall art. It was bright, cheerful, and playful as well as educational. What an amazing space — absolutely beautiful! I love Read more…
Quote of the day: “Forget rational thought. Play. Play like a child.” — Steven Pressfield Do the Work
Quote of the day: “Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.” — Pedro Calderon de la Barca As spring turns slowly into summer, we’ve been having rain and more rain in Minnesota for the past 2 weeks. The woods and marshes and gardens are glowing with amazing, wondrous, vibrant greens! Everywhere I look, bright green. Sometimes it’s almost as if the air carries a slight tint of green, no doubt reflected off of the amazing greens growing all around. I adore hiking in the woods through a haze of green. I can feel Read more…