Mandarin Orange Monday

Once again there is a thought process here ... hoping it will stimulate thoughts on your part.  This one is much more vague and open to many interpretations ... any thoughts? 

Photo Art Friday

This was fun, as always.  Bonnie's Brown Rice Paper Texture was amazingly versatile in it's effects on my pictures.  Great choice Bonnie ...

I have been remiss in that I didn't jot down my process while I was working on these.  All of them did have the opacity change with the mask/brush, but I did do some lighting effects and others that I am not sure I can trace back ... Sorry.  I'll do better next time :)

Cat Thursday

Did you know there are movies for your cat?  I didn't until someone gave me this one ... all it is, is bugs walking across the TV screen.  But ... I guess that is all that is needed :)

Inspiration Avenue

The Poppy has served well as a remembrance for the many men who have given their lives to preserve our freedom.  I have worn a Poppy on my coat yearly as they were given out by the veterans in my community in exchange for a modest donation.

 Who could ignore the Poppy.  Those of us with green thumbs grow them in our gardens and marvel over their unequivocal beauty.

But I have looked beyond it's beauty and felt the essence of it's existence ... a dichotomy of good and evil that serves or enslaves mankind ...

Red, in nature, is a color of warning ..." stop, I am poisonous".   The beauty attracts and the color warns.  Life, as we have all learned, is never simple, seldom what it seems and is always made up of the choices between Good and Evil.  Our Poppy is no exception to that rule ...

Wordless Wednesday

Wild Bird Wednesday

   
Wild Bird Wednesday 26

It always amazes me that these little birds can tolerate our cold winters.  Yet, every year they stay, wearing their drab winter colors.  They are resourceful, finding enough food where ever it is so they can produce the body heat they need to make it through the cold nights.  And, at day break, they are back.  You have to love them ...

Gold Finch eating Crab Apple from my tree ...

 

 

and, when they aren't eating fruits and berries, they find their way to my feeders ...

Eat hardy my little Finch.  Stay warm.  You bring such joy into my life ...

Mandarin Orange Monday

There is a message here ... do you see it?   If so, what do you see?

Great to be back on MOM :)