For You / Pour Vous

it's so good to be back. i've been experiencing a great deal of problems with my internet connection for the past several weeks and for the past week have had no internet at all so i'm feeling totally disconnected from all my blog friends. the connection is now working although with intermittent lapses . . . not sure what is going on or when it will be totally straightened out but thought i would jump on this evening real quick and show you what i've been up to. i hope to get back on tomorrow and catch up with you too.

For You

this is a textured image that i put together using a photo of mine:

 (that i pulled from my archives) and a texture (Pour Vous) given to me by kim klassen.

i'm very happy with it and if you have a second or two you can hop over to my flickr page and see the image on black by clicking on the little magnifying glass that says "view in lightbox".

it's  quite stunning if i don't say so myself~!~

;-)

i hope to be doing photoshop work on a regular basis so hopefully there will be more to see as time goes on . . .

today's gifts included:

• the pleasure i feel while creating
• walking in the sun with my grandog
• enjoying a pasta dinner (lovingly prepared by my daughter) with my family

i have been caught up in the holiday fervor and need to strike a balance so i've made a decision to take some time off from blogging until after the new year.
in the meantime, i hope you will enjoy the digital card that i've left with all my best wishes attached.

i'm reading "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova. this book is a novel about a woman who has been diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease. it's well written and has been interesting, heartbreaking and frightening. although i was within 30 pages of finishing i had to put it down for a while.

meanwhile i decided to play/practice in PSE7 while i stepped away from it . . .
it influenced what i was working on quite a bit . . .

even though i haven't quite finished it i would recommend this book.

have finally gotten back to my Digital Expressions (by Susan Tuttle) lessons.
lesson three pertains to incorporating text into a piece.

i've used two photos and several layers of text hoping to create a painterly botanical type of piece . . . i'm pleased with this and hope to do some more soon.
i'm starting to feel much more comfortable working in my PSE7 program however my pace

is still pretty slow and it takes me forever to create something that i'm satisfied with.

~In memory of my sweet Sophie~

1996 ~ 2010