tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81637712671591475672024-02-07T22:04:21.190-08:00Portrait Of My Heart~ because a picture paints a thousand words ~Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.comBlogger334125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-25991186091533183662023-12-31T15:48:00.000-08:002023-12-31T16:06:05.091-08:00<p> HERE'S TO A NEW YEAR AND NEW FOCUS! </p><p>It has been years since I have blogged and I'm hoping to get back into it again. If anything maybe it will get me back into dabbling with photography. I took this photo on a walk with my hubby and it's definitely a little blurry, but I still love it! If I would have had my tripod with me it would have been more in focus. These hands have gotten a little more shaky in my old age. I have a much better camera now and I can't wait to showcase some photos with it in the future. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03vXR38XKPRE4UpYWOvU07ZibOqWDrzyTp48ycHGiIb5sjCnO7SQPXa4WzzzDvoYkaj2IB2rQCTZqJPPKEw0jiFhsMhGIYqV91cYideKbCPPVLldbg8WpWiEY1cRFS3FuLI2zADdSOhtcC3lwQQ5d7fn2vfTVMFNT_NbovjdUGJTbWvgwVJgwXiU6_rAI/s1930/97F5B159-D094-4BB1-A4C1-095065313423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1930" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03vXR38XKPRE4UpYWOvU07ZibOqWDrzyTp48ycHGiIb5sjCnO7SQPXa4WzzzDvoYkaj2IB2rQCTZqJPPKEw0jiFhsMhGIYqV91cYideKbCPPVLldbg8WpWiEY1cRFS3FuLI2zADdSOhtcC3lwQQ5d7fn2vfTVMFNT_NbovjdUGJTbWvgwVJgwXiU6_rAI/s320/97F5B159-D094-4BB1-A4C1-095065313423.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-65099756200533351302013-03-30T19:55:00.001-07:002013-03-30T20:04:55.800-07:00Scripture Saturday<br />
<span style="color: black;">1 Peter 4:12-13 Friends, when life gets really difficult, don’t jump to the conclusion that God isn’t on the job. Instead, be glad that you are in the very thick of what Christ experienced. This is a spiritual refining process, with glory just around the corner. (MSG) </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">I LOVE this --- It is so comforting to know that God is never surprised by whatever trial I'm going through....He is very aware....He's right here with me....He's in control and He is at work behind the scenes! THAT IS JUST SO AMAZING TO ME!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">I should be happy that I'm able to share in even the tiniest bit of suffering that Jesus went through on my behalf. Nothing I go through could even compare to what He experienced! </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">God is still refining me and revealing more and more of Himself to me everyday and I am so grateful!!!</span>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-70991457169354677322012-06-09T14:00:00.000-07:002012-06-13T10:17:07.630-07:00FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD...Oh My!<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Wow....it's been a long time since I've blogged! The past couple of years have been quite challenging, with 2 back surgeries, as well as some other health issues, so I'm afraid my blogging got pushed to the bottom of the priority list. <em>:( so sad!</em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: black;">I'm gearing up to start the juice fast and <strong>I'm committing to 30 days <em>(insert gasp)</em> OK... you heard it, so now I have to stick to it, right? </strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>H</strong>ey....who knows....maybe I'll even do it 60 days like Joe in the movie. <em> <strong>Meee not "eat" food....whaaaa? Yep....that's right folks I'm serious about this, so it's juice time!</strong></em> <em>I can do it, I can do it, I can do it...</em> Hmmm, do ya think chanting will help? lol Yeah probably not...<strong>I think this calls for some, big time prayin'!!!</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="color: black;">What will I be juicing, you might ask? The answer is...lot's of <strong><em>spinach, kale, swiss chard, cabbage, broccoli, carrots, sweet potato, red bell peppers, tomatoes, beets, parsley, cucumber, celery, Fennel, basil, red onion, berries, grapes, apples, oranges, lemons, lime, radishes, ginger root and even a little jalapeno. It will be fun trying juice recipes! </em></strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>I know it may not be easy, but I'm sooo ready!</strong> <em>Ready to get my blood pressure down to normal! Ready to get my colon working normally! Ready to get rid of the severe bloating in my abdomen! Ready to not have to take meds for allergies! Ready to shed 30 pounds! </em>And finally<strong><em>......READY TO FEEL GREAT! I'm sooo ready!!!</em></strong></span></span><br />
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<br /><span style="color: black;"><strong>I'm so anxious to begin my Juice fast and even more anxious to feel good!</strong> <em>I did a 2 week juice fast several years ago and not only did I lose 15 pounds, but I felt better than I've ever felt before! </em>With that particular fast, I didn't do any fruits, just veggies and I added barley green and several herbs to my juice, which gave me lots of energy. <strong><em>Energy? What's that?</em></strong> <em><strong>lol</strong></em> I'm looking forward to feeling energetic again!</span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">I will try to blog about my progress along the way, probably at the end of each week, but I don't know if I'll be taking pics to share....<em>well....I'll think about it</em>, but can't promise anything.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: black;"><em><strong>Hmmm....maybe I'm a little too vain! Ya think? lol</strong></em> <em><strong>Nawww that's not it...</strong>I'm just a private person...yeah that's it!</em> <strong>Guess I'll have to work on that!</strong> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">My favorite portrait of hers is the beautiful bride leaping through the air at dawn! I love all of her photos, but that one grabbed me the first time I saw it and it <em>still</em> grabs me everytime I see it!<a href="http://weddings.nicholev.com/?blog"> <strong><span style="color: #38761d;"><em>Here is the link if you'd like to see it yourself!</em></span></strong></a><em> (click on<strong> art</strong> then click <strong>marriage</strong> to find the bride leaping!)</em> I would LOVE to win her workshop in a box, so I can learn from her! Good luck to all of you who enter!</span>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-80499999272030475562011-04-08T03:31:00.000-07:002011-04-08T03:35:34.928-07:00Free LIVE Workshop with Jasmine Star.....starts today!<span style="color: black;">This is another fantastic workshop from</span> <a href="http://creativelive.com/courses/building-your-wedding-photography-business-jasmine-star"><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong><em>CreativeLive</em></strong></span></a><span style="color: black;"><strong><em>,</em></strong> featuring</span><a href="http://www.jasmine-star.com/"> <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong><em>Jasmine Star</em></strong></span></a><span style="color: black;"> teaching about building a Wedding Photography Business. Enroll now and watch it LIVE for free!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><strong>Today I sat in on the first day of<em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://cantrellportrait.com/blog/"><span style="color: #006600;"><em><strong>Bambi Cantrell's</strong></em></span></a> <span style="color: black;"><strong>3 day<em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://creativelive.com/courses/posing-and-lighting-bambi-cantrell"><em><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #006600;">Posing and Lighting</span> </span><span style="color: #006600;">Workshop</span></strong></em></a><span style="color: black;"><strong><em> </em>and I never dreamed I would learn so much in just one day!</strong> <em>Seriously folks....Bambi is my new photography hero! </em>She is absolutely brilliant with posing her models and I don't know about y'all, but that's the one thing I struggle with the most. I have a feeling posing will be a lot easier for me now, after watching Bambi in action and listening intently, to all of her careful instructions. <em>One of the things she taught us, was how to pose the subject in a way that is flattering, slenderizing and natural looking or as Bambi would say, "Believable!"</em> Oh my goodness, she taught us so much more and it's all still spinning around in my brain, as I type this post. Can you even imagine 7 hours of priceless instruction on posing and lighting? <strong>It was fantastic and I can't wait until tomorrow's class, in fact I'm still so excited from today, that I can't even go to sleep. lol</strong> <em>I mean I posted about it 3 times on my </em><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Portrait-Of-My-Heart-Photography/176144752427770"><em><span style="color: #006600;">Portrait Of My Heart facebook page</span> </em></a><em>and also tweeted several times today too, haha. Hmmm....I might be just a little excited! :) </em></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">This is 24 hours later and my avacado looks exactly the way it did, when I put it in the container with the red onion, the day before. <strong> It didn't turn brown at all!</strong><em> <strong>woot woot</strong></em> <em>(*note: the brown you see on the avacado was already there when I cut it open!)</em> <strong> Isn't that cool? </strong>Ok, well<em> I'M EXCITED</em> because this works better than any method I've ever tried! <strong>I don't know what the red onion does, but it works like a charm and I can't wait to see how many days it will keep my avacados nice and green. </strong>Hope you all enjoy this little hint.....give it a try. :)</span>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-36532552369157934102011-01-20T15:05:00.000-08:002011-01-20T21:26:51.119-08:00Project 365 ~ Week 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Sunday</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTifm9XqJzI/AAAAAAAAC7k/s6Y8V3YVdtw/s1600/IMG_4268Levels4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTifm9XqJzI/AAAAAAAAC7k/s6Y8V3YVdtw/s400/IMG_4268Levels4x6JPEG.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">This was such an awesome day and let me tell you why... First off, church was awesome, we had 3 baptisms and 2 people join. Secondly, my friend Elsie surprised me with this jar of Mayhaw Jelly that she brought back from Texas and it meant so much to me, that I almost started crying! Seriously, I gasped so loud, all the new people sitting around us, probably wondered what was wrong with me, until they heard the laughter that followed and saw the hugging that went on. Lol </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"> My granny, used to send me her homemade Mayhaw jelly once in awhile, before she died many years ago and I've really missed it. You have to understand, just how much I love this jelly and just how much I love my friend, Elsie! She and I, are originally from the same area in Texas and even though we live in Oregon now, we're both southern girls at heart and we love us some good ol' southern food and Mayhaw jelly! She's been spoiling me lately....she's made me chicken gumbo twice, since my back surgery and it was so yummy and good! I love you, Elsie!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Monday</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTif6swKzzI/AAAAAAAAC7o/dBH4nFy-PVo/s1600/Monday_1-10-11_IMG_4272LevelsSharp4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTif6swKzzI/AAAAAAAAC7o/dBH4nFy-PVo/s400/Monday_1-10-11_IMG_4272LevelsSharp4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">You should have seen me scramble when I looked out the window and saw the eagle flying toward the house! I ran and grabbed my camera and camera bag, all the while holding my breath and squealing, as I had to quickly unzip the bag, grab my zoom lens, switch lenses, run out the sliding glass door, change my settings on my camera and snap two shots before it was gone. Whew....that got my heart rate up for sure! If I would have had my camera ready, I could have gotten a closer shot, as it flew right over my head. *bummer*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTif-jv2YaI/AAAAAAAAC7s/heIZ1h-Qe-s/s1600/Monday_1-10-11_IMG_4278Levels4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" s5="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTif-jv2YaI/AAAAAAAAC7s/heIZ1h-Qe-s/s400/Monday_1-10-11_IMG_4278Levels4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">I love the snow on the mountain!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Tuesday</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTigM8D3XTI/AAAAAAAAC7w/rMYf5UGlNZs/s1600/IMG_4344LevelsSharp4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTigM8D3XTI/AAAAAAAAC7w/rMYf5UGlNZs/s400/IMG_4344LevelsSharp4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">This is a lovely journal that my friend Michelle made me last August. Isn't it adorable? She knows how much I love photography, so she personalized it with the camera, my name and she even put one of my own hummingbird pictures on it, along with the verse. Isn't that special? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTigTNnImpI/AAAAAAAAC70/08SIgKpsySo/s1600/IMG_4350Levels4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" s5="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTigTNnImpI/AAAAAAAAC70/08SIgKpsySo/s400/IMG_4350Levels4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">...and this is the inside, with a little note from her and a pic of me and my honey, that says, "Always kiss me goodnight!" Awww! As you can see, I hadn't used it yet, because I was waiting for the new year to begin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTigX6tQC6I/AAAAAAAAC74/5DZMttVgVe8/s1600/IMG_4362Levels4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" s5="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTigX6tQC6I/AAAAAAAAC74/5DZMttVgVe8/s400/IMG_4362Levels4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">....and inside the back, she added a cute little envelope for me to tuck away little notes, pictures or whatever I want to put in it. It's a great place for keepsakes, don't you think? I just love it and I appreciate the thoughtfulness that went into it! Thank you, Michelle...you're such a special </span></span><span style="color: black;">friend!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Wednesday</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTigf70YO-I/AAAAAAAAC78/zmaEyweM29k/s1600/IMG_4280LevelsSharp4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTigf70YO-I/AAAAAAAAC78/zmaEyweM29k/s400/IMG_4280LevelsSharp4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">I looked outside and had to grab my camera to get a shot of this scene. There's just something serene about it and the sky is lovely, the way the light is shining, through the clouds!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Thursday</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTigownZoII/AAAAAAAAC8A/n1wIoTsy0qw/s1600/IMG_4374Levels4x6+JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTigownZoII/AAAAAAAAC8A/n1wIoTsy0qw/s400/IMG_4374Levels4x6+JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">We got home really late after church and Kasey's friend Steven came over, so I quickly threw a cobbler together, so they would have something yummy to eat. I used frozen mixed berries, but seriously this bag had mostly raspberries in it with a little Marionberries and blueberries, as well. Here's a little trick if you don't have any icecream on hand and you don't feel like driving to DQ for some....just use frozen cool whip and that will suffice! Fortunately, I had frozen cool whip in the freezer and while nothing is better than vanilla icecream on cobbler, frozen cool whip is pretty good!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Friday</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTig_ra6aWI/AAAAAAAAC8E/lgA_OJ_pmsY/s1600/healthydinner.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTig_ra6aWI/AAAAAAAAC8E/lgA_OJ_pmsY/s400/healthydinner.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Ok, so we decided to have a boring, but healthy meal for dinner and it was good. Although, I do have one question....why do I always want something more, after I've eaten a healthy meal? Lol I mean come on, why can't I at least have bread and butter? Oh yeah, now I remember....it's because bread makes me fat! :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Saturday</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgh0IynXMHPu-PNeLE3hkTKM7bRGXl4WkR8KgZ6weSpWiKSWpvvbiWlbMEicMDhkkBqoIvUIihDgZxpcMuw_5sYgcI_gxTPXJTkG61hibSXLMOBexWP-w1c45beWgs1AB4peRb-Z9xTW7b/s1600/Sophie4x6cellpicJPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgh0IynXMHPu-PNeLE3hkTKM7bRGXl4WkR8KgZ6weSpWiKSWpvvbiWlbMEicMDhkkBqoIvUIihDgZxpcMuw_5sYgcI_gxTPXJTkG61hibSXLMOBexWP-w1c45beWgs1AB4peRb-Z9xTW7b/s400/Sophie4x6cellpicJPEG.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Ohhh....to be a dog! I was looking for Sophie and this is where I found her. Yep, all sprawled out, squishing down the pillow on the back of the couch! Mind you, she's not supposed to be on there, but she was just too cute, so I left her there. She's so spoiled!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">If you'd like to join in on Project 365, hop on over to my friend<a href="http://thebowyers.blogspot.com/2011/01/project-365-week-3.html"><em><span style="color: #38761d;"> Sara's</span></em></a>, to link up!</span></strong></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-35449964098515499122011-01-14T01:22:00.000-08:002011-01-14T02:07:17.432-08:00Skywatch Friday ~ Golden Sunrise (11-28-10)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">This was such a gorgeous golden sunrise! I woke up later than usual on this morning and I was already scrambling to get ready for church, when I looked out my window and saw this. <em><strong>Well....even though I was already running late, I just had to grab my camera and get a few shots, ya know! Oh, how I wish I would have had more time because this is my favorite kind of sunrise. </strong></em></span><span style="color: black;"><em><strong> Clouds and fog always make the sunrise even more beautiful! </strong></em> Oh and did I mention that there was no time to grab my tipod? <span style="color: black;"> Ugh....I know I could have gotten some spectacular shots, with the tripod! Because I was hand holding the camera, I had to have my shutter speed set to at least 1/60th of a second, to prevent camera </span></span><span style="color: black;">shake and I wasn't able to set my aperture to f/22, like I normally would, but....I did the best I could without my tripod!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTAKft2U1aI/AAAAAAAAC7U/MmBCuE6HNyQ/s1600/IMG_3043LevelsSharpWatermar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTAKft2U1aI/AAAAAAAAC7U/MmBCuE6HNyQ/s400/IMG_3043LevelsSharpWatermar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Canon Rebel Xsi</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Canon EFS 55-250mm lens</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Manual mode</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Aperture f/20</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Shutter Speed 1/60 sec.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">ISO 100</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsUIe2RmAttxorUMtDfe7jravjDx1ayShPqc9NPyVYXRwhyRJdwvrUb4SwLH9d0CwNAhCbiZH5JbGUUgstGY5DBotZOCAC4IgsEi2bb_kWHVcI77-KWfRfK_4elOfQZGQCXCv8Y7Onu1m/s1600/IMG_3061LevelsSharp4x6WEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsUIe2RmAttxorUMtDfe7jravjDx1ayShPqc9NPyVYXRwhyRJdwvrUb4SwLH9d0CwNAhCbiZH5JbGUUgstGY5DBotZOCAC4IgsEi2bb_kWHVcI77-KWfRfK_4elOfQZGQCXCv8Y7Onu1m/s400/IMG_3061LevelsSharp4x6WEB.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Manual mode</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Aperture f/20</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Shutter Speed 1/80 sec.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">ISO 100</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTAKnitmYCI/AAAAAAAAC7c/0ymx7hsTz9M/s1600/IMG_3055LevelsSharp4x6WEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTAKnitmYCI/AAAAAAAAC7c/0ymx7hsTz9M/s400/IMG_3055LevelsSharp4x6WEB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Manual mode</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Aperture f/20</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Shutter Speed 1/60 sec.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">ISO 100</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTAKqp8hcRI/AAAAAAAAC7g/XUZbSNOiceQ/s1600/IMG_3067LevelsSharpWatermar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TTAKqp8hcRI/AAAAAAAAC7g/XUZbSNOiceQ/s400/IMG_3067LevelsSharpWatermar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Manual mode</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Aperture f/20</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Shutter Speed 1/80 sec.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">ISO 100</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #660000;">Hop on over to </span><em><a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com/2011/01/skywatch-friday-season-4-episode-27.html"><span style="color: #38761d;">SKYWATCH FRIDAY</span></a></em></span><span style="color: #660000;"> to see more beautiful skies all over the world!</span></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-56509005287011888412011-01-09T18:55:00.000-08:002011-01-10T02:26:36.357-08:00Project 365 ~ Week 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Well....this is my first full week of taking a pic everyday, for Project 365 and I'm afraid I wasn't very creative! Lol It proved to be a little harder than I thought, but I can see that this project will inspire me to keep my camera or my iphone handy at all times. <em><strong>I intend to make a book out of all 365 days of pics, at the end of this year, through</strong> <a href="http://www.blurb.com/?ce=google_brand_blurb&gclid=COaB1_Cwr6YCFQYEbAodgiPbmg"><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Blurb</strong></span></a>.</em> I can't wait to sit down with a cup of tea and look through it! Here's a little peek at a few of my blog friend<em><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong> </strong></span><strong><a href="http://thebowyers.blogspot.com/2009/05/blurbexcuse-me_07.html"><span style="color: #38761d;">Sara's, blurb books</span></a></strong></em><span style="color: #38761d;">.</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Sunday</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSp587aEGfI/AAAAAAAAC6o/NEbwRg-bAAI/s1600/iphone+Sunday4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSp587aEGfI/AAAAAAAAC6o/NEbwRg-bAAI/s400/iphone+Sunday4x6JPEG.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Today, was a very long day, but it was wonderful! <strong> <em>We had a great church service followed by a baptism in the river.....in January! Brrr, it was so cold!</em> </strong> After the baptism we went shopping at Costco and Fred Meyer, then at home I prepared the food for our home group that we hosted and at 7:30 I fell into bed. I turned on the tv and started watching Worst Cooks in America and it was then, that I remembered that I needed a picture for the day. Ugh!<em> <strong>I seriously couldn't get myself up, so I took a shot of the tv with my iphone....real creative huh?</strong></em><strong> </strong> I got up at 9:00 to get something to drink and I could barely walk, so I went right back to bed and stayed there til morning. I'm still recovering from my back surgery, so I guess I over did it just a little. Lol <strong> </strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Monday</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSp6FFzr_cI/AAAAAAAAC6s/6FhO7SOfDvA/s1600/IMG_3880+Monday+1-03-11_4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSp6FFzr_cI/AAAAAAAAC6s/6FhO7SOfDvA/s400/IMG_3880+Monday+1-03-11_4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Today I didn't feel up to going swimming, but it was such a nice day, so Andy and I decided to go for a short walk on the river walk. It was lovely and the air was crisp and cold and so refreshing! This is a shot I took from the trolley tracks. This is a perfect spot for portrait pics....the leading lines are fantastic!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Tuesday</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSp6NbiiS6I/AAAAAAAAC6w/YrFS3iKA3JI/s1600/IMG_39494x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSp6NbiiS6I/AAAAAAAAC6w/YrFS3iKA3JI/s400/IMG_39494x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Today was another long day! We drove out of town to see our dear friend, who is drawing very near to the end of his journey on this earth, and it proved to be a very emotional day. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing him and talking to him and just holding his hand! <em><strong>We will miss him terribly, but we're so thankful that he will be waiting for us, up in heaven!</strong> </em> Before heading home, Andy and I enjoyed soup and salad at Olive Garden and we were really bad and split a piece of rasberry cheesecake....shhh, I won't tell if you won't tell! Lol After we got home, I was just dragging, so I decided I needed a protein shake</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Wednesday</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSp6UUBZpZI/AAAAAAAAC60/v3y4I0amYwo/s1600/IMG_3952+Wednesday+1-05-11_4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSp6UUBZpZI/AAAAAAAAC60/v3y4I0amYwo/s400/IMG_3952+Wednesday+1-05-11_4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">I just had to post this pic of Sophie because her little paws are so cute!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Thursday</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSq87C94qPI/AAAAAAAAC68/f0oeb3h-Wcs/s1600/IMG_3854+Sunday+1-02-11JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSq87C94qPI/AAAAAAAAC68/f0oeb3h-Wcs/s400/IMG_3854+Sunday+1-02-11JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Ok, so I guess this is what you do, when you realize that you haven't taken a picture for the day.....you look for something in your house! Hence, why I took a pic of the candles on my kitchen table. Lol These really are beautiful at night when the lights are turned off....they actually flicker! They are battery operated candles that have been dipped in real wax, cool huh? I got them from my sister-in-law's shop and I love them!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Friday</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSp6cL9PeZI/AAAAAAAAC64/vY7F_ELY9Ug/s1600/IMG_3973LevelsSaturate4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSp6cL9PeZI/AAAAAAAAC64/vY7F_ELY9Ug/s400/IMG_3973LevelsSaturate4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Andy and I decided to take a drive on the beach today and there happened to be part of a whale carcus, that had washed up. The seagulls were feasting off of it and I actually captured a gross pic of one of them pulling the flesh off. Ew...I won't be posting that one! It kept raining off and on, so I just rolled down my window and took some shots from the truck. We had a wonderful drive....I just love the beach!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Saturday</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSq9PUF0BPI/AAAAAAAAC7A/OFEO-5wVP3A/s1600/Sunny_Sophie4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSq9PUF0BPI/AAAAAAAAC7A/OFEO-5wVP3A/s400/Sunny_Sophie4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">It actually stopped raining for a little while, so I ventured outside in my backyard, scouting for something to take a picture of. I actually did find a few things to take pics of, but in the end I just had to post this one, of Sunny and Sophie playing with the stick. Sophie does manage to steal it once in awhile, but most of the time she's just happy to latch onto it, along side Sunny and run around the yard with it. Of course, when she does steal it....the chase it on!</span></div><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #660000;"><strong>If you're interested in joining in on P365, head on over to<em><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></em></strong><a href="http://thebowyers.blogspot.com/2011/01/project-365-week-2.html"><em><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Sara's blog</strong></span></em></a><strong> and link up!</strong></span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-4253378822942307392011-01-06T15:28:00.000-08:002011-01-06T17:41:33.209-08:00Skywatch Friday ~ Beautiful Moon 5-26-2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSZMIX8hkrI/AAAAAAAAC6Y/8MuoY3yrPNs/s1600/IMG_8707_4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSZMIX8hkrI/AAAAAAAAC6Y/8MuoY3yrPNs/s400/IMG_8707_4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">I love it when the sky is an indigo blue!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Canon Rebel XSi</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Canon EFS 55-250mm lens</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Manual mode</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Aperture f/16</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Shutter Speed 0.4 sec</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">ISO 100 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Focal Length 250.0 mm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSZMW3ilZiI/AAAAAAAAC6c/3xFRi2GqUJE/s1600/IMG_8718_4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSZMW3ilZiI/AAAAAAAAC6c/3xFRi2GqUJE/s400/IMG_8718_4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">...and I love capturing the moon through branches!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">(settings same as in first pic)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSZMfDqK1rI/AAAAAAAAC6g/HcmKsx9xjTs/s1600/IMG_8733_4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSZMfDqK1rI/AAAAAAAAC6g/HcmKsx9xjTs/s400/IMG_8733_4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Doesn't it look like the moon is tetering on the branch in this one?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Manual mode</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Aperture f/16</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Sh Speed 1/5 sec</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">ISO 100</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Focal Length 250.0 mm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSZMmjELp2I/AAAAAAAAC6k/I8bphaPUvbE/s1600/IMG_8743_4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSZMmjELp2I/AAAAAAAAC6k/I8bphaPUvbE/s400/IMG_8743_4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">...and lastly, one more of the beautiful moon peeking through the branches!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Manual mode</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Aperture f/16</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Sh Speed 0.3 sec</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">ISO 100</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Focal Length 250.0 mm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #660000;">Hop on over to</span><em> <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;">SKYWATCH FRIDAY</span></a></em></span><span style="color: #660000;"> and check out more beautiful skies all around the world!</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-51451580687545373652011-01-02T20:39:00.000-08:002011-01-02T20:52:41.076-08:00Project 365 ~ Week 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Well....I finally decided last night, to join in on Project 365 over at my blog friend<a href="http://thebowyers.blogspot.com/2011/01/project-365-week-1.html"><span style="color: #38761d;"><em> Sara's</em></span></a> and I have to admit, that I'm a little scared because I know it's quite a commitment!</strong> <em>Now is probably the right time though, especially since I just finally got a new computer and shouldn't have any problems with this one.</em> <strong> Note to self: N.e.v.e.r buy a reconditioned computer again! </strong> It was a total waste of money and really has hindered me from being able to blog etc. <em>Thankfully, I'm almost finished transferring all of my pics to the new computer before it completely crashes...Yay! It's been a frustrating process the past couple of weeks....it takes about 7 or 8 hours to transfer one folder of pictures off of the old computer....that tells you how slow it is and of course, it takes even longer when it shuts down and I have to start over. Arrrg!</em> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>I'd like to apologize to all of my followers</strong><em> (if I have any left)</em><strong> for being MIA off and on for so long, I'm praying that I will be able to get back into the routine of blogging again and I think P 365 will help me to do just that!</strong> </span><em><span style="color: black;">I don't really know all the rules of P 365, so please forgive me, if I happen to break the rules. Hopefully, someone will clue me in, if I do it wrong! :)</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">SATURDAY</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSE-AmWKo4I/AAAAAAAAC6U/CDs8rCwHNr8/s1600/IMG_3845LevelsDropShadow4x6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSE-AmWKo4I/AAAAAAAAC6U/CDs8rCwHNr8/s400/IMG_3845LevelsDropShadow4x6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>I opened the sliding glass door to step outside and take this pic, but it was sooo cold that I just stayed in and took it with the door open. lol</strong> <em> Normally I would have taken more pics, but I was on my way out to lunch with my friend Elsie and wouldn't you know it.....I completely forgot to take a pic of the two of us and our meal. </em><strong> We're both originally from Texas, so we thoroughly enjoyed our tamales, blackeyed peas, cabbage, collard greens and cornbread! Mmmm, mmm good!</strong> <em>We both were blessed with double the good luck, as the tradition goes, because we both had black eyed peas and we both found a coffee bean hidden in our pieces of cake. Woo hoo! </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSE91uPz8JI/AAAAAAAAC6Q/AU3Ub7WqFGI/s1600/IMG_3841LevelsDropShadow4x6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TSE91uPz8JI/AAAAAAAAC6Q/AU3Ub7WqFGI/s400/IMG_3841LevelsDropShadow4x6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>And to finish off such a lovely day, I snapped a picture of my baby Sophie, with her bone!</strong> <em>Yes, I call her my baby and yes, my 21 yr old daughter makes fun of me and says, I've become one of those old ladies with the little dog that she talks to like it's a person. Haha, yep that's me folks! I do talk to her like she's a person and my excuse is, that I don't have any grandbabies yet, but hey....at least I don't dress her up in little outfits. lol </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Well, so far so good, I've just finished my first blog post for the new year and also for P 365, now let's hope I can keep this up! Happy New Year everyone! <em><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: #660000;">If you'd like to link up and join in on Project 365, just head on over to</span><a href="http://thebowyers.blogspot.com/2011/01/project-365-week-1.html"><span style="color: #38761d;"> make music from your heart to the Lord</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: #660000;">and I know </span><a href="http://thebowyers.blogspot.com/2011/01/project-365-week-1.html"><span style="color: #38761d;">Sara</span></a><span style="color: #660000;"> will be excited!!!</span></em></span></strong></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-70224801906046512432010-12-31T18:40:00.000-08:002010-12-31T18:41:08.389-08:00Skywatch Friday ~ Sunrise 11-28-2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Those of you who know me, know how much I love to take pics of the sunrise and I'll tell you, since I've been laid up from my back surgery, I've really missed getting out there with my camera! I'm a little out of practice, but it feels good to be getting back in the saddle again, so to speak!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"> <strong> </strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong><em>Ohhh, to see those vibrant colors in the sky and capture them with my camera, just brings me such joy and I don't know why, but it just makes me feel alive!</em> </strong>Wow...I'm amazed everyday with the beauty of God's creation! </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TR6GQu1uBdI/AAAAAAAAC6I/WHFIIOtl3rA/s1600/IMG_3101LevelsFinalSharpen4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TR6GQu1uBdI/AAAAAAAAC6I/WHFIIOtl3rA/s400/IMG_3101LevelsFinalSharpen4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Canon Rebel XSi</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Canon 55-250mm lens</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Manual Mode</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Aperture f/22</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Shutter Speed 1/40 sec.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">ISO 100</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Focal Length 84.0 mm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TR6HHo0n9kI/AAAAAAAAC6M/T1cyN5iA_7I/s1600/IMG_3108Levels4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TR6HHo0n9kI/AAAAAAAAC6M/T1cyN5iA_7I/s400/IMG_3108Levels4x6JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Manual Mode</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Aperture f/22</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Shutter Speed 1/100 sec.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">ISO 100</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Focal Lenth 84.0 mm</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #660000;">Now hop on over to </span></strong><a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com/"><em><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>SKYWATCH FRIDAY</strong></span></em></a><strong> <span style="color: #660000;">to see more beautiful skies all over the world!</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-41163948458856868532010-12-03T23:00:00.000-08:002010-12-04T01:29:51.916-08:00Skywatch Friday ~ Saddle Mtn Under Pink Clouds!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TPoJC9Z22bI/AAAAAAAAC54/UCeLOe0FI_o/s1600/SaddleMtnPinkSky4x6Watermar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TPoJC9Z22bI/AAAAAAAAC54/UCeLOe0FI_o/s400/SaddleMtnPinkSky4x6Watermar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>I never get tired of this view!</strong> <em>I get to see it everyday, from my livingroom window, dining room window, sliding glass door and my bedroom window....I am a lucky girl for sure! </em> <strong>The sky is ever changing, minute by minute and I always have my camera handy, so I can capture it's beauty!</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000;">Hop on over to</span> <strong><em><a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;">Skywatch Friday</span></a></em></strong> <span style="color: #660000;">to see other beautiful skies all over the world!</span></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-62405039503214065332010-11-28T17:43:00.000-08:002010-11-28T19:40:07.589-08:00Your Hands by JJ Heller<strong><span style="color: black;"><em>(<span style="color: #660000;">***</span>Don't forget to pause my music player in the right sidebar before you play the video)</em></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #fff2cc;">This morning, something reminded me of this song, so I thought I would share it on here. It seems to go right along with the things that are going on around us at the moment!</span></strong> <em><span style="color: black;">The lyrics are in the video, so I won't take the time to type them out. Please remember to pause my music player before you start the video! :)</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc;"><strong>It was so great to be in church this morning and I have to say.....it was AWESOME! The music was sooo good and the message was one that I'll never forget.</strong> </span> <em><span style="color: black;">It was one of those where you lose track of time because you're so ingrossed in it and you almost don't want it to end!</span></em><span style="color: #fff2cc;"> <strong>I don't know what's happening, but God is doing something in our church.....something really, really great and I love it!</strong> <strong>Our church has really transformed into the church I always knew it could be.</strong></span><span style="color: #660000;"><em> <span style="color: black;"><strong>One with people who are "real" and not superficial! One with people who are loving and not judgemental! One with people who just simply love Jesus and One with people who have grace with other's, even when they may not deserve it!</strong></span></em><span style="color: black;"> </span><strong><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Sure...we've always had a pretty loving church, but now it's different....it's deeper....it's real! That's what happens when you go through major trials together and you keep your eyes on Jesus and not each other!</span> </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #fff2cc;">It's been a wild ride this past year, with so many trials and it's been so encouraging to see how our church family has handled them.</span> </strong><em><span style="color: black;">Of course, we are no where near perfect and yes, there are always a few who don't handle things well or in the right manner, but that's where grace comes in folks.</span> </em><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><strong><span style="color: #fff2cc;">We're still going through some trials, with four of us recovering from major surgeries and with the loss of one of our dear members who is now in heaven. Also, the time is drawing near, for us to part with our dear friend Dale, as the brain tumor overtakes his body.</span></strong> </span><span style="color: black;"><em>It's so painful to watch this unfold, but soon he will be in heaven and he will feel pain no more. My heart aches as I watch my sweet friend in anguish, as she takes care of her dad, all the while her heart breaking because she will soon have to say goodbye!</em></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Things are bitter sweet these days, as we experience pain and loss in so many families and at the same time, we are also experiencing such joy and growth!</span></strong> <em><span style="color: black;"><strong>I'm so thankful for so many new families and for the family that joined this morning too.....wow....will I ever remember all of their names? lol </strong></span></em><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><strong>I hope you all like this song.</strong> <strong>Music speaks to me and this song happens to be the theme of my life and of my church family's lives right now! </strong></span></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-58739334423983054572010-11-26T14:08:00.000-08:002010-11-30T20:28:39.894-08:00Skywatch Friday ~ A Glimmer of Pink!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>I love it when the sky is pink!</strong> <em>Ok, truth is....I love any colors in the sky....pink, red, violet, yellow, orange, gray or even blue! My husband often catches me gazing at the sky, just enjoying the beautiful cloud formations or the birds flying over and of course, I usually have my camera in hand. LOL </em><strong>These pics are sooc (straight out of the camera) taken on 3/31/2010. </strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TPAY-1GrngI/AAAAAAAAC5c/IWgH1VM1-p4/s1600/IMG_6921.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TPAY-1GrngI/AAAAAAAAC5c/IWgH1VM1-p4/s400/IMG_6921.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">(Taken with my Canon Rebel XSi, Aperture f/11, Shutter Sp. 1/15 sec., ISO 400, Focal Length 60mm)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TPAZu_2dexI/AAAAAAAAC5s/7ogonuPMvJk/s1600/IMG_6935.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TPAZu_2dexI/AAAAAAAAC5s/7ogonuPMvJk/s400/IMG_6935.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">(f/16, Shutter Sp. 1/8 sec., ISO 100 Focal Length 60mm)</span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TPAZ2FdZuxI/AAAAAAAAC5w/LAylNs1J1Gs/s1600/IMG_6938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TPAZ2FdZuxI/AAAAAAAAC5w/LAylNs1J1Gs/s400/IMG_6938.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">(f/16, Shutter Sp. 1/60 sec., ISO 100 Focal Length 116mm) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;">I took this pic an hour and 28 minutes later and as you can see, the pink is gone and it's looking a bit dreary out. <strong>I just love how the sky changes from minute to minute!</strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Please hop on over to <em><strong><a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;">SKYWATCH FRIDAY</span></a></strong></em> and take a look at some other beautiful skies all over the world! </div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-46916802951997293702010-11-25T01:34:00.000-08:002010-11-26T11:09:09.440-08:00Hummingbird Sillouettes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>I LOVE MY HUMMINGBIRDS!</strong> <em>These aren't the greatest pictures, but they're not too bad considering the fact, that I took them through my livingroom window. As you can see it was getting dark out, so I had to increase my ISO to 1600 and that's why there's so much noise (grainyness) in the pics. I was bummed about that, but I wasn't trying for prize photos....I just wanted a few shots of their little sillouettes.</em> <strong>These little birdies are <span style="font-size: large;">fast</span>, so by the time I grabbed my camera, changed my lens and set my aperture, shutter speed and ISO, there was no time to even think about composition, I just started snapping pics. lol </strong></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>This one is my favorite!</strong> <em>I wish I would have had a little more light, so I could have increased my shutter speed to freeze the motion of the wings a little more, but this isn't too bad for 1/800th of a second. In past experience shooting hummingbirds, I've been able to freeze the wings completely, with a shutter speed of</em> 1/3200 sec.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TO4hH-kpenI/AAAAAAAAC5U/lcJICn2aeaw/s1600/IMG_2922HummingbirdSillouet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TO4hH-kpenI/AAAAAAAAC5U/lcJICn2aeaw/s400/IMG_2922HummingbirdSillouet.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>I wasn't able to move for fear that they would fly off, so I couldn't adjust my lens and zoom out, in order to get both of the hummingbirds in the frame.</em> <span style="color: black;">(Manual mode, Aperture f/5.6, Shutter Sp. 1/800 sec., ISO 1600)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TO4hMTw2bPI/AAAAAAAAC5Y/EaEOU0idON8/s1600/IMG_2965HummingbirdWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TO4hMTw2bPI/AAAAAAAAC5Y/EaEOU0idON8/s400/IMG_2965HummingbirdWEB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This little birdie isn't as sharp as I would like, but I took this pic about 10 minutes after the above pics and it had gotten darker, so I had to leave it on a more open aperture to let more light in and I chose a slow shutter speed. <span style="color: black;">(Manual mode, Aperture f/5.6, Shutter Sp. 1/60 sec., ISO 1600)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-9206914365973828262010-11-19T19:56:00.000-08:002010-11-20T01:56:08.691-08:00Show Your Skills Linkup!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: black;">I'm participating in another </span><em><a href="http://everydayelementsonline.com/2010/11/show-your-skills-11-14-10/"><span style="color: #38761d;">Show Your Skills Link Up</span></a></em></strong> <strong><span style="color: black;">over at </span><em><a href="http://everydayelementsonline.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;">Everyday Elements</span></a></em></strong>. I'm a little late posting this because I'm a little sick. *Bleh* <strong><em>Anyway, my friend Amanda is hosting this fun meme every week, so if you want to show off your editing skills or if you just want the practice, what are you waiting for?</em></strong> <strong>Come join in on the fun!</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TOc46-oU9rI/AAAAAAAAC5I/rbNFXy6tDFs/s1600/AmandasFlowerWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TOc46-oU9rI/AAAAAAAAC5I/rbNFXy6tDFs/s400/AmandasFlowerWEB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>This is my edit and I've included Amanda's original image below, so you can see the before and after.</strong></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>I edited Amanda's flower picture in <span style="color: #660000;"><strong>PSE 7> cropped to 4x6> </strong><strong>levels adjustment> Photo Filter -</strong><strong>Deep Yellow> </strong><strong>Amanda's Color Intense action</strong></span> (color pop 13% opacity & intensify 15% opacity<span style="color: #660000;">> <strong>Amanda's Soften & Sharpen action</strong></span> (sharpened the stamen and pollen a little and softened just a tiny bit around the edges of the flower<span style="color: #660000;">)> <strong>Primitive texture</strong></span>- softlight 81% opacity and erased it off of the flower.</em> <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #660000;">I can't remember where I got the texture from, but I'm thinking it is probably from</span> </span><strong><em><a href="http://shadowhousecreations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;">Shadowhouse Creations</span></a></em></strong>.<span style="color: #660000;">> </span><em><span style="color: #660000;">added 3 of <strong><a href="http://www.pattibrownblog.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;">Patti Brown's overlays</span></a></strong></span><strong><span style="color: #660000;">> Beach Glass</span></strong>- softlight 42% opacity<span style="color: #660000;">> <strong>Forest Fire</strong></span>- softlight 93% opacity<span style="color: #660000;">> <strong>Etheral</strong></span> 100% opacity and I erased a little bit of Etheral off of some of the petals. Lastly, I used the <strong><span style="color: #660000;">burn tool</span></strong> and burned a little around the edges on the duplicate background layer<span style="color: #660000;">> <strong>flattened> </strong><strong>resized for the web</strong>.</span> </em><span style="color: black;">Whew...and that's it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TOc5Ahc1qFI/AAAAAAAAC5M/H0uqmUibZdQ/s1600/AmandasFlowerOriginalWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TOc5Ahc1qFI/AAAAAAAAC5M/H0uqmUibZdQ/s400/AmandasFlowerOriginalWEB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: black;">This is Amanda's flower sooc (straight out of the camera)!</span></strong></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-80976480533507870202010-10-27T21:19:00.000-07:002010-11-20T01:20:02.339-08:00Show Your Skills Linkup!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: black;">My friend Amanda of </span><em><a href="http://everydayelementsonline.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;">Everyday Elements</span></a></em><span style="color: black;">, is hosting this </span><em><a href="http://everydayelementsonline.com/2010/10/show-your-skills-10-23-10/"><span style="color: #38761d;">Show Your Skills linkup</span></a></em></strong> <strong><span style="color: black;">and this week, we are using her barbed wire picture with cow's hair tangled up in it!</span> </strong><em><span style="color: #fff2cc;">I've included her original image, so you can see the before and after. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: black;">If any of you would like to join in, there's still time and hey, if you want to learn how to edit your own pictures Amanda is a great teacher!</span></strong> <em><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Check out her website and all of her free video tutorials, plus free actions, textures and editing tips etc. She also offers very affordable live online workshops, if you're interested and trust me, you will learn sooo much! </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TMjoidNtfCI/AAAAAAAAC4w/PomDQUn8J6I/s1600/AmandaBarbedWire2WEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TMjoidNtfCI/AAAAAAAAC4w/PomDQUn8J6I/s400/AmandaBarbedWire2WEB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: black;">This is my edit and here is a very quick run down of what I did....</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Levels adjustment 50 1.12 222 > Hue/Sat adjustment> Saturation +22> Photo Filter> Blue 77%> added some overlays and a texture at different opacities, until I got the colors I wanted. I used Soft Light blending mode on all of them except one...on that one, I used the Saturation blending mode! I darkened the barb underneath the wire just a smidge and I sharpened the middle of the barb just a smidge also.</span></em> <strong><span style="color: black;">As you can see, I like color....it may not be appealing to some, but I am drawn to warm colors! :)</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TMjo2oNixhI/AAAAAAAAC44/I5JzI-hlfRc/s1600/AmandaBarbedWireOriginalWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TMjo2oNixhI/AAAAAAAAC44/I5JzI-hlfRc/s400/AmandaBarbedWireOriginalWEB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>This is Amanda's original sooc image! <span style="color: #fff2cc;">I love this shot and I thoroughly enjoyed playing with it in photoshop elements!</span></strong></span><span style="color: #fff2cc;"> <em>Thanks Amanda, this was fun! :)</em></span></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color: black;"></span></strong></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-10305315140179241622010-10-06T20:10:00.000-07:002010-10-06T20:24:42.466-07:00Love Your Shot Link Up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><strong>This is my first submission to the</strong> </span><a href="http://lovethatshot.com/2010/09/30/love-your-shot-link-up-8/"><span style="color: #38761d;"><em><strong>Love Your Shot Link Up</strong></em></span></a> <span style="color: #fff2cc;"><strong>over at Love That Shot!</strong></span> <span style="color: black;">I took this photo of Hannah Burk, in a recent photo shoot, for her senior pictures and I am in love with her gorgeous brown eyes and beautiful face!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TK0pFe30klI/AAAAAAAAC4A/SDBBuKqvpkg/s1600/IMG_1871PerfectWorkflowClean1and2EyetricksSmoothSkinSoftenSharpenNewberryCrop5x7PrimitiveDesertLand_4JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="285" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TK0pFe30klI/AAAAAAAAC4A/SDBBuKqvpkg/s400/IMG_1871PerfectWorkflowClean1and2EyetricksSmoothSkinSoftenSharpenNewberryCrop5x7PrimitiveDesertLand_4JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Canon EOS Rebel XSi ~ 50 mm f/1.8 lens ~ Aperture f/2.8 ~ Shutter Speed 1/40 sec ~ ISO ~ 200 ~ Focal Lenth 50.0 mm (This is my final edit and the one she will use as one of her senior pics.)</span> <span style="color: black;"><em>Scroll to the bottom of this post to see the original (sooc) shot and work your way up to see the Post Processing steps.</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #fff2cc;">In this final edit I went back and darkened her lips just a tad and then I used the lasso magnetic tool to remove some of the texture from the background while leaving the color, then added a slight vignette and I love the end result! </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TK0p7Umlt2I/AAAAAAAAC4I/kTViXro2QQ8/s1600/IMG_1871PerfectWorkflowClean1and2EyetricksSmoothSkinSoftenSharpenNewberryCrop5x7PrimitiveDesertLandVigOpJPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="285" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TK0p7Umlt2I/AAAAAAAAC4I/kTViXro2QQ8/s400/IMG_1871PerfectWorkflowClean1and2EyetricksSmoothSkinSoftenSharpenNewberryCrop5x7PrimitiveDesertLandVigOpJPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Next I added a texture on overlay blend mode and lowered the opacity to 60% and used the magnetic lasso tool to erase the texture off of the skin, while leaving the tint (color). I then added the same texture, but this time I erased the texture off of the skin entirely and then I added one more texture on softlight blend mode, just to brighten up her eyes and skin a bit more. </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TK0qh1HiajI/AAAAAAAAC4Q/A2ctk-TPlFI/s1600/IMG_1871PerfectWorkflowClean1and2EyetricksSmoothSkinSoftenSharpenNewberry4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TK0qh1HiajI/AAAAAAAAC4Q/A2ctk-TPlFI/s400/IMG_1871PerfectWorkflowClean1and2EyetricksSmoothSkinSoftenSharpenNewberry4x6JPEG.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>I did a clean edit using Amanda, of</strong></span> <a href="http://everydayelementsonline.com/"><strong><span style="color: #274e13;"><em>Everyday Elements</em></span></strong></a> <span style="color: black;"><strong>Deep Clean 1 & 2 actions, which I adore.</strong></span> <strong><span style="color: #fff2cc;">I removed blemishes, lightened up all of the shadows on the one side of her face, evened up her skin tone, softened her hair just a bit etc. I then ran Amanda's Eye Tricks action and then her Newberry action and tweaked all the layers, plus I changed the color of her clothes by using the "bring out the blues" layer in Newberry. I used a white brush 63 % layer opacity and then just brushed over her clothes and raised the layer opacity to suit. </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TK0qrnF4xwI/AAAAAAAAC4U/wqGoGR3KYI8/s1600/IMG_1871originalSooc4x6JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TK0qrnF4xwI/AAAAAAAAC4U/wqGoGR3KYI8/s400/IMG_1871originalSooc4x6JPEG.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><strong><span style="color: #fff2cc;">This is the original straight out of the camera shot and as you can see, it's a bit dark because the sun was setting and there wasn't much light left in the sky, but I was having too much fun shooting to stop! LOL</span></strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TJGCZRDbZoI/AAAAAAAAC3A/vdt8MwHHwaA/s1600/IMG_0201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TJGCZRDbZoI/AAAAAAAAC3A/vdt8MwHHwaA/s400/IMG_0201.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>This is (sooc) straight out of the camera! I forgot to change my white balance, so it was on auto. Ugh!</strong></span> <em> <span style="color: #660000;">As you can see her skintone, just isn't right....it's a little too pink and the bright sun, made her skin too light on the left side of her face. Then, the right side of her face is in the shadow, so that needs to be fixed also.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpTT6ts85eremDm22QuVG2wojaByBfCFRrRhcOR2H11eqiPBXjdNfQCBD3uXDn2QkNlSAXVAv9hBhZfgQ3_ZwiQ7fiuy8D2xhAYQRwX1c3C3lpTWkHGZDS8vMllx16XzFBvpEDmh0SydN/s1600/IMG_0201AdobeRawStixDClean1&2JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpTT6ts85eremDm22QuVG2wojaByBfCFRrRhcOR2H11eqiPBXjdNfQCBD3uXDn2QkNlSAXVAv9hBhZfgQ3_ZwiQ7fiuy8D2xhAYQRwX1c3C3lpTWkHGZDS8vMllx16XzFBvpEDmh0SydN/s400/IMG_0201AdobeRawStixDClean1&2JPEG.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">I started out in Adobe Camera Raw and did some tweaking there, but I still wasn't happy with the color of her skintone.</span></strong> <em><span style="color: #660000;">Next I opened it up in PSE 7 and did a clean edit with<span style="color: #38761d;"><strong> </strong></span><a href="http://everydayelementsonline.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Amanda's</strong></span></a> Deep Clean 1 and 2 actions (where I removed blemishes, evened out skintone, smoothed skin, burned her lips to make them a little darker etc.) and then I fixed her skintone with Amanda's Stix action. (As you can see, I also got rid of the shadow on the right side of her face and lightened up the shadow on her arm a little bit too!)</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TJGDsD7EXpI/AAAAAAAAC3Q/ta_VE4Q0mqA/s1600/IMG_0201AdobeRawStixDClean1%262SoftenStixAppGlow45Rustic7LevelsFantasyII_11VignetteGlow_1_5x7JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TJGDsD7EXpI/AAAAAAAAC3Q/ta_VE4Q0mqA/s400/IMG_0201AdobeRawStixDClean1%262SoftenStixAppGlow45Rustic7LevelsFantasyII_11VignetteGlow_1_5x7JPEG.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Ok, so now I softened her hair and then added the Rustic 7 texture, from <a href="http://shadowhousecreations.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Shadow House Creations</strong></span></a>, set to Normal -layer opacity 90% and erased it off of her skin and hair. Then I added <a href="http://kaleidoscope.pattibrownphotography.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Patti Brown's</strong></span></a> Apparition Glow overlay, set to Screen -layer opacity 45%. I then added Patti's Fantasy II Glow overlay over entire image, set to Normal -layer opacity 11%. Then I ran Amanda's Vignette Options action and only used the Multiply layer to darken the corners a bit.</span> <span style="color: #660000;"><em>(Do you see the dark spot on her shirt up on her shoulder? It's from the texture, so I had to fix that!)</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TJGEFckvo2I/AAAAAAAAC3Y/tR6I7bRFrow/s1600/IMG_0201AdobeRawStixDClean1%262SoftenStixAppGlow45Rustic7LevelsFantasyII_11VignetteGlow_1_bestfixed5x7jPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TJGEFckvo2I/AAAAAAAAC3Y/tR6I7bRFrow/s400/IMG_0201AdobeRawStixDClean1%262SoftenStixAppGlow45Rustic7LevelsFantasyII_11VignetteGlow_1_bestfixed5x7jPEG.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">I erased the Apparition Glow overlay off of the background in this image and then to fix the spot on the shoulder, I added a layer mask and chose a color next to the spot and brushed it over the shirt, with a soft black brush!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TJGEOSUKkjI/AAAAAAAAC3g/LuMWdNS03M8/s1600/IMG_0201AdobeRawStixDClean1%262SoftenStixAppGlow45Rustic7LevelsFantasyII_11VignetteGlow_1_bestfixedRustic100_5x7JPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TJGEOSUKkjI/AAAAAAAAC3g/LuMWdNS03M8/s400/IMG_0201AdobeRawStixDClean1%262SoftenStixAppGlow45Rustic7LevelsFantasyII_11VignetteGlow_1_bestfixedRustic100_5x7JPEG.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div align="left"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Ok, this was my final edit and in this one, I increased the opacity layer to 100% on the Rustic 7 texture and I like the end result! </strong></span><span style="color: black;"> I still haven't decided whether this one is my favorite or the image right before it.</span> <span style="color: #660000;"><em><strong>I was going for a very soft look and I think I accomplished it! I just hope Hannah likes it too!</strong></em> </span><span style="color: black;">So there you have it....I listed the main steps to the post processing, but of course, I didn't list exactly everything I did to the image....just what I could remember, besides it would take way too long, to list every detail. LOL</span></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163771267159147567.post-45130984177007193282010-09-14T02:34:00.000-07:002010-09-14T02:37:42.366-07:00Andy & Dave's Road Trip Adventure!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwU22mFJuvtT2mwyWOaNyRT1e6p2oLE2LydjsOgpkgqX4eTP5mQdi-o52DSozzvszb5NtcSUzeU6kMqHZbVWvZPNXANKvsfB5szRPhyphenhyphenAnboXqBXzcj_qeXw8IvxHwXlGppkrjSH-fgCa-n/s1600/AndyandDaveJPEG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwU22mFJuvtT2mwyWOaNyRT1e6p2oLE2LydjsOgpkgqX4eTP5mQdi-o52DSozzvszb5NtcSUzeU6kMqHZbVWvZPNXANKvsfB5szRPhyphenhyphenAnboXqBXzcj_qeXw8IvxHwXlGppkrjSH-fgCa-n/s400/AndyandDaveJPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Andy and Dave about to leave on their Harley adventure.</strong></span> <span style="color: #660000;"><em>These brother's need some serious bonding time!</em></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhBUeEZJhI/AAAAAAAAC1U/BBH18I52hek/s1600/Motorcycle+Dudes_AndyDave.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhBUeEZJhI/AAAAAAAAC1U/BBH18I52hek/s400/Motorcycle+Dudes_AndyDave.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Don't they look like "biker" dudes?</strong></span> <span style="color: #660000;"><em>Well, Dave really IS a biker dude, but Andy's just now becoming one! LOL</em></span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhBX_r-QNI/AAAAAAAAC1c/ekV0Fun0Y_Q/s1600/Born+to+be+wild.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhBX_r-QNI/AAAAAAAAC1c/ekV0Fun0Y_Q/s400/Born+to+be+wild.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: black;"><strong>Rev 'em up boys! <em>Vrrroom, Vrrroom!</em></strong></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhBeQvSXSI/AAAAAAAAC1s/h9QWDYxsCQQ/s1600/Annnd+they%27re+off.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhBeQvSXSI/AAAAAAAAC1s/h9QWDYxsCQQ/s400/Annnd+they%27re+off.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: black;"><strong>Annnd......they're off!</strong> <em><span style="color: #660000;">(I</span><span style="color: #660000;"> owe a big thank you to Jane, my sister-in-law, for taking these pics!)</span></em></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhF49i2ylI/AAAAAAAAC18/8jiJzlVFQHA/s1600/pretty.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhF49i2ylI/AAAAAAAAC18/8jiJzlVFQHA/s400/pretty.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Beautiful Scenery!</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhHYVzW2UI/AAAAAAAAC2E/We2TvCGRKD8/s1600/Dave+on+his+harley.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhHYVzW2UI/AAAAAAAAC2E/We2TvCGRKD8/s400/Dave+on+his+harley.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Dave chillin' on his Harley! Isn't he cool?</strong></span> <em><span style="color: #660000;">This was taken at Craters of the Moon National Monument.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhHlfFCWBI/AAAAAAAAC2U/nokqc07RXWI/s1600/Craters+of+the+Moon+National+Monument+and+Preserve.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhHlfFCWBI/AAAAAAAAC2U/nokqc07RXWI/s400/Craters+of+the+Moon+National+Monument+and+Preserve.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>This is in Idaho!</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhHgHhmwAI/AAAAAAAAC2M/fEjH9Ycc-2g/s1600/Dave.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhHgHhmwAI/AAAAAAAAC2M/fEjH9Ycc-2g/s400/Dave.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>I love this picture of biker Dave!</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhHozoR3EI/AAAAAAAAC2c/eC97D06bskM/s1600/before+sunrise+road+trip.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhHozoR3EI/AAAAAAAAC2c/eC97D06bskM/s400/before+sunrise+road+trip.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Before Sunrise in Arco, Idaho! Isn't this beautiful?</strong></span> <span style="color: #660000;"><em>His iphone takes pretty good pics!</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZQWx_4dOmBeDxXEGPdoFqNU4OU2jMYrAf3fbiGfWYXutEPKLoFLGqyFm9TybXKlVCKMAe8YPSJ53tGz0kWocXNu8JhR-Yu65o-koqH2DerNvvD5UobEubCl-hQn5a4h-g0DWcC_vkpH3/s1600/200+miles+of+this.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZQWx_4dOmBeDxXEGPdoFqNU4OU2jMYrAf3fbiGfWYXutEPKLoFLGqyFm9TybXKlVCKMAe8YPSJ53tGz0kWocXNu8JhR-Yu65o-koqH2DerNvvD5UobEubCl-hQn5a4h-g0DWcC_vkpH3/s400/200+miles+of+this.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>This is highway 22 and Andy said, there was about 200 miles of this! LOL</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhHzrn7-GI/AAAAAAAAC2s/v-gAuEumC9E/s1600/Finally+home.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n0XCcTj03M/TIhHzrn7-GI/AAAAAAAAC2s/v-gAuEumC9E/s400/Finally+home.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>My honey is home! Oh, how I missed him, but I'm so thrilled he had a great time with Dave.</strong></span> <span style="color: #660000;"><em>They will have to do this again, for sure! <span style="color: #660000;"><strong>In fact, from what I understand, next year they will be taking a trip to Alaska! Oh....what fun they will have! </strong></span></em></span></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035362632078231480noreply@blogger.com5