one more try, very condensed

Let me see if I can get one picture on here.....can you guess where this is????

arghhhh!!!!

ok, I have now done this post, rather another one, for the third time, and while spell checking, poof, it went away, arghhhhhhh.....enough for tonight.....not meant to be

my Friday morning....

so, here is another typical Friday morning for me.  Up as usual by 5:30am, but it is cleaning day.  Coffee, Bible study or a reading from a favorite book given to me in a special way.  But that is another story.

But, the creative juices start flowing and they aren't in the direction of vacuuming and dusting.  So, I made some caffe in the Bialetti that my daughter gave me, found my husbands Ducati cup and saucer up in the cupboard and made a vanilla caffe latte.  Ok, this morning is definetly looking good.  But, I think, this would make a great picture memory, and out comes the camera.  Then the flowers catch my eye, and agreeing with myself, that they would be a great addition.  So, here it is, and in between laundry, fixing some breakfast for my hubby and myself and sitting down at the table!! conversing, (how much better can it be?), making the bed and blogging.  

Now that I babbled on....here is my morning memory.  So much more fun than cleaning house!

Make memories this weekend.

Already mid June!

I cannot believe how quick the days pass.  Already mid June with the longest day of the year only a week away.  How I wish it could stay like this.  Enjoying evening walks, opening the house up to catch the fresh air, the cool fog flowing through the canyon from the beach to our valley.

Last weekend I went to San Diego and did a Watercolor Journal workshop with my sister at the Center for Creative Renewal in Encinitas, CA.

 http://www.artretreats.com/

 We both were amazed at the talent it really does take.  We giggled, compared, shared and learned something new.

Here is my attempt that I am willing to expose out there.

The instructor's books are incredible as were many of the students finished pages.

and more...

My daughter continues to inspire me.  She and her husband joined a photography club at their housing unit and are learning tips and tricks and continuing to take great pictures.

So, with her tips, I am trying to be more patient, and not just point and shoot and get off the green square.

So the last couple of days, I have tried with the help of my tripod (to steady the shakes I did not even know I had) and keep it on raw and use different shutter speeds and f stops, both of which I am not on top of, never seem to quite get it, though I am determined that this is the year "I will get it" finally!

So here is an attempt, one picture I chose, because, I should be working out and getting ready to go to work, a usual story for me in the mornings.....yada, yada, yada.....here goes

more fun....

this is my first attempt at adobe illustrator

was fun, felt like a new box of crayons !

more spring flowers.......

These were taken on Bitterwater Valley Rd. off of hwy 46, east of Paso Robles.









This is a poppy, well, I am sure you know that, but I used a new technique that a local photographer told me how to do in photoshop. I was amazed and love it.



In fact it is so much fun that I included one of our daughter from her wedding.





I could enjoy doing this so much more than my bookwork, but alas, one fuels the other.....
A continued learning process.