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    Fun with Photoshop



    Just playing a little with another macro shot of the tiny little bee I captured with my little Coolpix camera. I’m so impressed with it’s macro ability. I sat real still and slowly moved the camera within a few inches of the little bee while he was sipping nectar.

    The second image I used some of my custom brushes to create subtle impressions in the background. I absolutely love playing in Photoshop.

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    My Handy Man!


    I just had to share with you the awesome cart my husband made from scraps of lumber and spare parts around the house. I wish we’d taken pictures along the process but we completed forgot.

    I painted the cart with Home Depot “OOPS” paint after he filled then sanded the seams and screw holes.

    I’m excited about having fresh herbs all winter and the prospect of starting my own seedlings for next years garden.

    **I have to mention that it wasn’t just scrap lumber, it was reclaimed lumber from a catapult that my husband and the neighbor kid built one weekend this past summer to shoot water balloons.**

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    Please…no more apples!

    I’m done…I can’t do it any more. We processed 3 grocery bags full of apples. My husband was very helpful on Sunday by peeling nearly 2 bags worth before noon. The afternoon was spent making sauce. And then again Monday and Tuesday. My collar bone/shoulder connection got very sore!! (Childhood injury, that gets aggravated from repetitive motion.)

    I can’t even begin to guess how much berry applesauce is in my freezer! Gallons and gallons of it! It’s so awesome though…nearly free (cost of lemon juice, berries and electricity for the stove).

    I honesty ran out of plastic containers to freeze the sauce in… If I make any more…which I highly doubt…I’ll have to can it. And THAT is SO much more work!

    Now hopefully I can back to ART!!