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here's another Color Carnival. i'm losing track of which number it is..again another Balloon Fiesta photo. scanning them again i realized i have loads of color in these photos....

anyways, it's saturday morn. waiting on Fed Ex to stop by with a package i ordered. they attempted yesterday but the sender forgot to put the apartment number on it. so they called this morn....it's a cloudy day. although rain is knot in the forecast it could very well do so. it seems Monsoon season is hear already. it's been wet this spring and we're barely into summer and it's still wet. it's nice and refreshing for sure though. got soaked in it yesterday standing at the parking meter for 2 minutes...lol once Fed Ex gets here i want to take a hike. may even hike in the rain. need sum solitude time in nature today. i just don't know when Fed Ex will be here. for now, i'll read a book. almost finished with The Shack. knot sure what i think about it thus far so will decide upon completion. .....aw the sunshine just peeked thru. let's hope it stays that way.

my brother

O i'm playin sum more in adobe photoshop. finally figured out how to type on the photos, but have yet to figure out how to make the text bigger. just getting it on took me an hour or longer. that's enough learning for the day....lol anyways, this is my "brother" Stephen. wonderful man with a BIG heart. if you look closely you can see the typing i did on the photo. more learning tomorrow. time to get rollin for my day right now...have a great one!

before and after???

so...this is the entrance of our church. the top photo is the original. the bottom is after adobe photoshop. tell me which one you like better? .......
right now it's 1am in the morn. fell asleep and woke up in the mid of the night. so i took a sleeping pill. tryin 2 fall asleep, i remembered i hadn't downloaded these photos. so here i am playin in adobe photoshop while still half asleep. a few weeks ago our minister opened the arena for anyone to come take photos around the church. we need photos of knot only our building but as well as events, classes and services while they're going on. we're going 2 use them for our website they're redesigning right now. i was reminded of this opportunity @ dinner with the Youth Minister. so anyways, tonight I took my camera in and started with the building. got a couple good photos with the right natural light, but this particular photo had the best clouds behind it. rain clouds moved in & out this evening so i used them for soft lighting. however at this moment with this original photo, the sun stuck it's head out behind the cloud. anyways, i waited for sunset to arrive only for rain clouds to open up and pour buckets of rain. i swear monsoon season is here already keeping us cool and the heat at bay. it's a delight. i stood with the doors open and eventually stepped out into the rain once it lightened up. i love liquid sunshine especially in the desert. so refreshing and the scent of the air is magnificent... alas, a wonderful evening much to my delight!

an adjustment in photoshop

this is from Tent Rocks. i played in Adobe Photoshop with it this morn to dim the lighting. from the middle to the right side of this photo was whitewashed. i like the contrast too that came forth after adjusting it. interesting tho, i need to play in adobe photoshop more so i can remember how to get there from here..point A>B...lol this was only my second time in it. would love to play all day on here today but need to do a few things before work tonight. so i'll think of a day each week to go play in it so i can get the hang of it and learn all that it encompasses. anyways, hope you enjoy the photo! have a great one!

wunderful dinner

so tonite i had a wunderful dinner at sum new friends' house. that would be our Youth Minister and her husband's place. they're vegetarians and dinner was delicious. i do like vegetarian dishes from time to time. nice change of pace. so we sat outside while a storm was brewing until it started to rain. once inside they showed us his work, an original computer programming design he created and is working on 2 accounts overseas. it was a lovely evening. got so relaxed i started yawning early. their youthful energy was a great pleasure to be around. we talked sum church, but lots of other things too. she manages our bookstore/gift shop and told me they've sold a lot of my knote kards lately. so we'll check to see if i need to make anymore or not. also they reminded me that anyone with a camera can go in and take photos of the church and activities. photos are needed for our new website so i told them as soon as i get a new flash..which might be next week...i'll go and take sum photos. actually will start tomorrow with just outside photos of our building. we have no photos of this place since we moved in 2 yrs ago. so, it'll be lots of fun shooting photos-as long as i don't put any pressure on myself. sometimes i do that and don't like what i shoot. so anyways, i'll intend to just go have fun. once i get the flash, i'll go inside...i'm always up to more photo shooting. could possibly use sum of them for sum of the memes here as well....anyways, i'm tired for sum reason...maybe the rain. today was good. i know tomorrow will be even better...

p.s. i decided to post another Balloon Fiesta photo. looking at them lately, i like what i've captured in sum of the photos.

double double trouble tuesday.

thought i'd post 2 photos for Double Trouble Tuesday.......
...it's been a quiet mornin'...and evening last night...stayin' in solitude for a little while. will go for a hike today and try and do that every day now that i don't have my bike. when i had the bike i just wanted to be on the bike-loads of fun. but alas, maybe i can get into conditioning for the Grand Canyon this fall after all. knot sure if i'm going there this fall, but hey i can start conditioning anyways. there are 3 places i want 2 go this fall=Hawaii, Grand Canyon & 4-wheelin' in Colorado. if i can come up with the money for Hawaii, i'll go there. also need to find out how long my son and his family will be there once he gets back from Iraq. he may ship out once he gets back or he may stay there another 90days before departing. so if money and his timetable come together, I'll take the opportunity 2 go 2 Hawaii since i've never been (& don't know when else I'll ever go). so we'll see...also my DIL & grandbaby will be here in August it looks like. so that's another factor that may be considered in the decision making. right this moment i'm too foggy to think much about anything. just taking each day as it comes at the moment. It's all good. no hurry about anything or anyone...Life goes on....

don't believe i did it...

...but i did it. i sold my bike today. the guy came with cash in tow. i have mixed feelings about it, but i know it's all good. so now i'll just put a sunroof in my Jeep and let fresh air blow in every window. I've got a Jeep Cherokee which is good for my dogs and me. i'll be taking her 4-wheelin sometime soon back at Lil Moab, then maybe to Colorado this fall. anyways, i'll miss the bike, but i'm moving forward as i need to do so. i'm pretty darn sure there'll be another bike in a couple years, maybe sooner. for now i'll sleep on it. another road trip tomorrow. We're headed back north to Jesse's place to spread his ashes. his sister is in town for the trip. tonite it was a "wedding" for my gay brother and his partner. whew, lots of emotions this weekend. i'll need monday to rest and regroup. Life changes seem to be always happening. can i slow it down? i think a night of camping somewhere would be great about right now. i'll start working on that soon, very soon.
...anyways, the above pic is from Tent Rocks. one that wasn't too bright and the reason they're called Tent Rocks. ...yep, it's time for nature, lots of it....