Quarterly Top 5 - Plus 1

Hi,  It's time once again for the Quarterly Top 5 featured on Ashley Sisk, Amber Cullum and Sarah Halstead's blogs.

This shot was taken this summer during Coleen's swimming lessons.  She absolutely loves swimming and I love the look of concentration on her face in this shot. - Just in case you are wondering about the (Eight) I used this shot for a Scavenger Hunt Sunday prompt of, Eight.

Again another shot that was used for a SHS prompt. - I love this photo because it features Coleen acting silly with our Pug, Cricket.  She adores that dog.

I like this shot because to me it shows the innocence of childhood where making a Wish by blowing on a Dandelion (or in this case a Milkweed) head can make anything seem possible.

This shot has never been posted on my blog before today.  I love it though because Coleen has such expressive eyes and she loves all of our kitties so much.  This one is, Callie-Jo.

Again this shot has never been published until today.  I took this at the Salmon Feed this summer.  Coleen decided to suck on some lemons and I snapped this fun shot of her.  I like it because it shows she's not afraid to try new or different things.














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Finally as a "Bonus" shot I'm including a picture of my daughter, Greta (Coleen's mom) because she says I never take pictures of her (pretty much true) to share.

This is a shot of her and our adopted "stray" cat, Piglet that we have been taking care of for about a year now.  He's allowed inside at night after the other cats have gone to bed and they are sharing a bonding moment.

That's it for this quarter.  Enjoy.

Freaky Friday - What season is this?

If you are here to view my Photo Art Friday post please scroll down 1 post of click HERE:

I just couldn't  resist sharing a how our morning started out here.

                                                                                       

No words are needed for this short video. -

When it snows what do you do if you're a little kid home on Spring Break?

You build a Snowman!

Meet, "Joe" the Snowman

 He needs a hat so Coleen shared hers (for awhile).

Joe is starting to lean...

Joe has "fallen" and he can't get up! Poor Joe.

Oh what season is this again?

Ahhhh SPRING, Daffodils and Sunshine (not so much here lately)!

Photo Art Friday - Pure Joy

It's Friday! - You all know that can only mean one thing...It's time for Photo Art Friday

on Bonnie's Blog, Pixel Dust Photo art.

This week we were asked to showcase one of our favorite techniques in Photo Editing and share what we did to get that effect. Since I'm still learning and have a "long way" to go before I can pick out a favorite technique I'm going to have to say that just about anything I am able to edit is probably a big accomplishment for me.  I love SOOC photo's but am learning that they can be a lot of fun and really unique when you edit them as well.
So for this week here is my SOOC shot: It's a shot I took of my granddaughte, Coleen playing in the leaves at the park.

Next I added a Texture (Autumn Grunge) which is a FREE texture offered by Linda of Sienna Photo Designs here:  I added the texture using the Gimp program (a Free photo editing program) found here: I used Hardlight at 85.1%.  Then I closed the photo and uploaded it on Picnik (I love this website) and used the Orton-ish effect, Bloom 30%, Brightness 50%. - Then I added a quote that I looked up by Emily Dickinson.  I used the Font, Bleeding Cowboy also in Hardlight.

Here is the results of my edits:

Well that's it for this week.  Be sure to stop by Bonnie's Blog to check out the other enteries for some fantastic photo art.

Monday Morning Silliness

Hey it's Monday so I thought I'd start your week off with some SILLY pictures...Check out the "raspberry" that Captain Cuddles is giving you.  That's what we think of heading back to work!  By the way Coleen took this picture.  It actually had 2 of our cats in the picture but when I saw the expression on Cuddles face I cropped the other cat out (shame)because this one just looked so silly I couldn't resist letting him shine all by himself in the photo.

Now for some Coleen silliness...She wanted to make funny faces so I thought I'd snap a few pictures and these two were my favorites.  FUN!

Now go forth and enjoy your day!