Texture Tuesday - September 13th

Once again, participating in Kim Klassen's texture Tuesday. This week's challenge was to use the texture Autumn Burst and center the photo around the verb DO. I happened to go to a wedding this summer, so the word couldn't have been more perfect. Here's my picture:

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Texture Tuesday - August 23rd

It's been awhile since I've played along with this. Here is my take on this weeks Texture Tuesday. The theme is 'Back to School'. Well, we're not back to school yet, we go back on September 1st. And I don't have to get supplies yet, because it's included in our school fees. So I
used a picture from Mason's first day of Grade 2, 2 years ago. It's one of my favourite photos:


The textures I chose to use were stamped softly and pourvous.

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Texture Tuesday - June 14th

Right now our city is in the middle of a battle. An epic battle. We're at war with nature. It's us against them. I'm sad to say, we're losing the battle. Dandelions are taking over the city. It's such an eye sore. I guess the blooms look nice against the green grass [until there's over 100,000 of them] And then what comes next... the seed stage. And both my kids go berserk over blowing the seeds of these little pesky weeds, which doesn't help matters any...

The only good thing that can come from all these weeds, is a picture... Here is the little park by our house, FULL of dandelions [and mosquito's] Isn't that a pity? It's just little white puffs as far as the eye can see...


But here, for just one moment, it actually looks beautiful...

[picture altered using silence texture]

I'm linking to Kim's Texture Tuesday, for more information, click the link below.

Lucky Long Weekend

Talk about lucky... I know, right? Us! Lucky on the long weekend! The original forecast called for our Victoria day long weekend was rain, all weekend long. But Friday was nice, Saturday was nice, even Sunday, though a bit cloudy, was nice. The rain started to fall gently yesterday [and rumor has it, it's going to stick around for the rest of the week] But we had a great long weekend! And suddenly everywhere you look the grass is green, leaves are emerging, flowers [tulips and daffodils] are beginning to bloom. Guess what else is in full bloom... You guessed it, these little gems:


I just hate dandelions... I mean they're lovely and yellow, and cheery... But to drive anywhere in our city, and see them growing out of control, is kind of... Well, for lack of a better word, white-trash-ish. You know what I'm saying? And then when they go to seed, it's even worse. I have to say, they're out of control around here and it makes me kind of sad. But my kids have always brought me these little bouquets, and they're so pleased with themselves at doing so. As soon as they bloom, I am guaranteed to get a bouquet every few days. [I'm entering this picture in this weeks Texture Tuesday. The texture used in this photo is yesteryear, check out the link below]

Because our spring is so late this year, our fruit flowering trees [crab apples and ornamental trees] haven't bloomed yet. Our neighboring yard has a Mayday tree, which will hopefully bloom soon. I'm already imagining the intoxicating smell it will bring. I can't wait! I just love spring. Now with a gentle rain falling, and everything getting the water it needs, we just need a little bit of sun, and the city will be in full bloom. It's so pretty, that we can almost forget winter....