Orange You Glad It's Friday #39

Hello everyone.  I hope you've all had a great week.  Mine has been "crazy" nothing major just a lot of frustrating things to deal with (calling insurance companies is such a pain!  I was "on hold" for 45 minutes on Monday), sick cats to deal with, road construction detours, waiting in lines for ever etc....you get the picture.  So yes I am glad it's Friday!

Time to share with OYGIF  I have 2 pieces today.  One is SOOC (Straight Out of Camera) with no editing.  The other was edited by adding a texture and a quote.  I hope you enjoy them.  Click to Enlarge.

Some Gerbera (fancy ones) Daisies in my mom's flower garden.  I thought about adding a texture to this but there was something about the photo that I liked just the way it was so that's what I went with.

Below is the "original" photo.  I am amazed how some cropping and adding some texture can change a not so great photo into something so beautiful.  The texture is from Lenabem-Anna (#168) and can be found HERE:

See what I mean.  This shot is not so great but the final edited version takes on a whole new life of it's own.

Cattitude Monday and a Birthday Shout Out.

If you are here for SHS (Scavenger Hunt Sunday) click on the link.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY  to my Dear Hubby,  Mike.
Here is a card I made for him and also a picture of him and Coleen taken at the Ducky Derby this past Saturday.  Photo's for Cattitude Monday will follow.


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This first photo is a bit of a "selfie" and was one that I planned to use for the Cuddly prompt for SHS but went with the puppies instead.  It's me and our adopted cat, Piglet (who lives at my mom's house next door.)  He is such a devoted cat and loves for me to hold him.

 





Next up is our sweet cat, Snickers.  She was quite ill on Friday (vomiting for no reason) so she made a trip to the Vet.  The blood work results were back today.  She does not have a Thyroid problem.  But her Kidney Enzyme levels are elevated so they want to do another blood work up to determine if she is starting to show signs of kidney failure or if this was just a random thing.  She's doing okay now and has been eating and drinking just fine since I brought her back home and didn't get sick again so hopefully it was just some random bug that caused her to be sick.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by. 

Scavenger Hunt Sunday - May 19, 2013

Welcome and thanks for stopping by.  It's time to join Ashley(Ramblings and Photo's) for this weeks, Scavenger Hunt Sunday.

This week the prompts were:  Three, Hand(s), Fence, Cuddly and Sign.  So without further ado....let's get started on the hunt.



THREE:  Today was the annual Ducky Derby race for prevention of Child Abuse here in Walla Walla.

These 3 ducks seem to have become separated from the pack.  Needless to say none of my 5 ducks were winners (yet again) this year.  Oh well, the money goes to a good cause.

 

HAND(S):  There were lots of activities for the kids at the Ducky Derby.  One was planting a flower.  Coleen picked out a Pansy and a Petunia.

 

 

 

FENCE:  This fence was across the creek area from where the Ducky Derby was held.  You can see the "Blue Mountains" in the background.

 



CUDDLY:  They had some animals for the kids to pet at the Derby.  What is more cuddly then a...........PUPPY!

Wait for it....how about 2 Puppies!

SIGN:  This is the only prompt not taken at the Ducky Derby.  There were signs there but I had spotted this one downtown earlier in the week and just had to use it.

A bonus shot of Coleen next to the signboard out on the sidewalk:

Orange You Glad It's Friday - May 17, 2013

It's been some time since I've participated in Orange You Glad It's Friday so I thought I would jump in today and post some photos.



I have a beautiful Orange Iris (sorry I don't know the name of it) that recently bloomed.  I'm sharing some photo's of it before the rain and after the rain.

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Tuesday Muse - May 14, 2013, Let Your Heart Soar

 

Welcome & thank you for popping by. - I'm linking up again today with Nancy (A Rural Journal) for Tuesday Muse.

 

 

This past weekend was the 39th annual Hot Air Balloon Stampede here in Walla Walla.  For the past few years we haven't gotten up and went to the actual launch sight because it's always so crowded and hard to find parking, then walk to the sight. My mom just isn't able to handle doing much of that anymore so it's easier to stay home because...Generally the balloons float right over our houses so we have a front row seat.  Why I can even watch them in my bathrobe with a cup of coffee to enjoy!

 

This year there was a "new" balloon here that we hadn't seen before and we really liked it.   CLICK TO ENLARGE

 

 

 

 

  

 





Both of these pieces have been edited using textures from Nancy's Painted Skies collection.  I used Pic Monkey for my editing and also used a few of the editing features there. 

 

Have a wonderful day.