Happy Valentine's Day

Piglet wanted to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day!  Thanks for stopping by.

Squirrel Amputee....?

Spotted this little guy on the back fence by the feeder.  Amputee?.......Scroll down.







                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                            







                                        
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                   Just so you know when he finally moved he had all 4 legs!



Scavenger Hunt Sunday - February 10, 2013

Hello!  Once again it's time to join in on the fun of Scavenger Hunt Sunday over on Ashley's blog, Ramblings and Photos.

This week the prompts were:

The Small Things, Illustration, Valentine, Work of Art and Window Beauty.

So let's get started:

THE SMALL THINGS:

It's the "small things" like the Cherry on Top that just make Frozen Yogurt even more yummy!

                                                                                                                                       

                                 ILLUSTRATION:                                                                                                     Now this one had me a bit stumped but I thought of something and while it may not illustrate anything in particular it's pretty cool.

This is a piece of art that hangs on my mom's wall.  It illustrates our family.  My oldest brother gave my parents this piece many years ago.  We all were avid bowlers at the time (some of us still are).  The artist took all our names and used them to create this piece.  Can you figure out where I am in the illustration? 

VALENTINE:

I've been working on some Valentine cards this week that will be given to family members this is one of them.

WORK OF ART:

Coleen made this little clay duck with a Valentine Heart to give her mom.  I think it's a cute little "work of art" and I'm sure her mom will as well.

WINDOW BEAUTY:

This is the facade from the old Odd Fellows Lodge that was preserved after remodeling the old building.  It now sits in a small park downtown.  The windows now showcase different pictures reflecting the heritage and history of this area.  It's really a fun piece to look at and I think is beautiful as well.

That's it for this weeks hunt.  Be sure to pop on over to Ashley's blog and check out some of the other participants.

Have a great week.

Photo Art Friday - February 8, 2013

It's Friday and time to join me on a photo art journey over at Pixel Dust Photo Art.
This weeks PAF theme is: Abstract.  Bonnie provided a texture and a "recipe" of sorts for putting our pieces together.  Now I must tell you I was totally baffled by this theme and scared to post anything because I don't understand how to edit photo's in programs very well.  I'm more of a (hands-on) learner and have no one here that can show me how to do photo editing so I kind of experiment on my own the best I can.  With that said here is what I ended up with.

Original Photos:  Click to Enlarge

For my piece I used the texture Bonnie provided,

Dropped Petals along with

Blue Me Away

Now here is where the fun part comes in.  I started out using the Gimp program.  I know a little tiny bit about using this program.  I started with the Dropped Petals Texture and added the photo of the bars using Difference @70% - Then I saved the photo and used Auto Correct in my Windows program which brightened it up a little.  Next up went to PicMonkey and added the Blue Me Away texture, Hardlight at 25%.  Then I added the photo of the Violets and erased out Coleen's hand.

I ended up with this:

Since I like to add quotes I found one and added it to the piece coming up with version #2

Finally I took this photo and went to Pixlr and used the Polar Coordinates filter, Polar to Rect. and came up with Version #3 - I think this is pretty abstract looking and I like how it turned out.

This was a tough assignment but I think it turned out okay.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday - February 3, 2013

It's time to join in on the fun of Scavenger Hunt Sunday. - I must confess this week I just wasn't feeling the prompts all that much. So right up front let me just say this probably isn't my most inspired work but it is what it is.

The prompts this week were: Hidden, Plain, Left, Fast and Peace.

HIDDEN: Piglet's face is "hidden" behind his pounce and kick toy.

                                                                                                                              PLAIN: Plain potato chips to go with my sandwich.

                                                                                                                                LEFT: This one was the hardest of all and I know it's a bit lame but I had to come up with something. Yes I am "left-handed."

                                                                                                                               FAST: Another tough one. The cards are really dealt "fast" when playing Spider Solitaire on the computer.

                                                                                                                             PEACE:  The "Peace" symbol has really made a comeback, you see it on everything now. This is the front of Coleen's shirt that was featured last week for the lace prompt.

So that's it for this week. I hope next week I'll be more inspired. Do stop by Ashley's blog (Ramblings and Photos) and check out the other hunters.