Every the optimist,  in spite of ice storms and resulting power outages because of all of the trees and branches that came down, I am celebr...

 For this weeks 2-For eDition, in addition to using two textures on the image I'd also do two different images, in two different ways...

A few days ago I took this shot of some of my crocus, while just a few steps away my dog, Casey lay in the snow.  She's in a bit of...

I took this photo a few weeks ago while exploring along the Bruce trail.  It was a mild winter day, and the textures in the ice and the...

I explored Kim Klassen's tutorial on creating a 'dreamy' look to your image, and here's my result: I used an image of my j...

Yesterday, while driving to my daughter-in-law's place, I passed this beautiful church and it immediately reminded me of Kim's ch...

Mouse over photo to see the 'before' image. Now that I've got my new desk in my studio, I sometimes find myself day dre...

Kim's challenge this week for Texture Tuesday was to have us looking up.  This is the perfect time of year for this as the colou...

This beautiful young gold finch knocked itself into a stupor when it crashed into our cottage window last summer.  Fearing that it may di...

In Kim Klassen's Beyond Layers this week, the focus is on bravery.  Although this can mean so many different things to so many peop...

I love the beautiful magnolia trees that are all in bloom these days, marking the signs of new life as we enjoy warm Spring days.  I took th...

Today's Texture Tuesday challenge was simply to use Kim's 'little things' texture.  As I considered a subject matter for th...

Today's Texture Tuesday theme is soft and as you would have it, while walking my dog yesterday I came across these wonderful milkweed s...

For this weeks Texture Tuesday photo, I was having some fun playing with hue/saturation.  The theme was pink and I didn't have a great ...

This weeks prompt for Texture Tuesday was 'free and easy'.  We were to choose any photo and add one of Kim's textures.  I took...

With the theme 'white', daisies are just the perfect flower to photograph.  That little pop of yellow and green bring a added life ...

Happiness is a good book.   This photo was taken in my friend Eleanor's kitchen.  She has a shelf filled with a wonderful collection ...

This week's Texture Tuesday theme is "story" and what better story this time of year than a love story?  This picture was ta...

The Texture Tuesday theme for last week was 'Open' and this image came to mind immediately.  I took this photo back in October whi...