Crazy Days–Summer Finale

I just learned about the big finale today and am going to throw up some of my favorites.  It’s going to be tough though, I tell ya!

My most recent favorites from this crazy summer from my crazy baby boy.  I love the saying that the definition of “boy” is “noise with dirt on it”.  He definitely fits the bill.

Because I don’t want the post to go on for a mile and I don’t have time for a collage I’m going to stick to our vacation for the rest.  Here ya go (p.s. I had 233 “favorites” from our vacation, I will not post them all):

THE END!

Except you should go check out more entries and maybe even enter yourself!

Texture Tuesday–Orange

Ah, I had one of those days were I got a ton done and doesn’t that just feel grand?!  Then I saw that Kim’s Texture Tuesday was orange themed which was perfect because I had just taken a bunch of photos of Zion juicing oranges the other day.

I textured it with Kim’s “granny’s cupboard” twice (both with the soft light blend mode and one at 100% and the other at 62%) and then desaturated the colors using a brush on all three layers (the two texture layers and the hue/sat layer) over the one orange to make it bright again just for fun.  That’s it. 

It’s nice to be “back in the saddle” and do a photo challenge for the first time in a little bit.  If you’d like to join in or see other photos in the challenge check out Kim’s blog here:

p.s. Orange is my favorite color!

Texture Tuesday–Dream

How satisfying it is to find a use for a photo that was so entirely fun to take but also pretty much entirely pointless.  ha ha  Thank you, Kim, for giving the dream assignment this week.  I had fun creating this tonight. 

Remember you can click on the photo to see it larger and, of course, remember you can click on the button below to see more Texture Tuesday photos and participate if you like.

And while this post may seem rather lame and short I need to be off to dreamland now.  Good night.

Crazy Days of Summer–Critters

Ooh, a new photo challenge.  Yay!  A reason to post these ladybug pics I got today (because posting them for no reason surely wouldn’t fly).  I found this little lady munching on juicy green bugs on my cilantro today.  Thank you, little lady.  Please come again soon and bring some friends. 

I love that in this one you can actually see the bug she’s eating.  Hey, that’s TWO, count them, TWO critters for the price of one! 

I can’t tell you how much these photos have increased my desire to get a macro lens.   A lot.  A lot, a lot.