PLEASE NOTE....

For the foreseeable future I will not be making new posts here.  This is due to a combination of many different factors.  One of which is the difficulty I've been having with the blogger system.  (I hasten to add I am aware the the problem may be, at least in part, due to my having an old O.S.) But mostly, I just really need to focus my energies much more fully elsewhere for the time being. 

Maybe for now you would enjoy wandering through recent posts or the archives. I will check in occasionally so that I can respond to any of your comments.  I will also answer emails during this hiatus.

If I've not returned to posting by then, I hope you have a Happy Fourth of July!

Roswila
a/k/a Patricia Kelly

The above new photo is called "Pin Wheel."  Yeah, I know, more flower centers.  :-)  And I just posted it today to my other blog, in different colors. Here's the link to see that one, called "End of the Dance," which I think I actually like more:

http://roswila-dreamspoetry.blogspot.com/2012/06/end-of-dance-photo-novel-in-miniature.html .

This blog is still giving me fits to post to.  And although my other blog seemed OK today, I'm not all that sanguine about it.  Yesterday it was "normal" to post to, but later in the afternoon when I checked something, coding had clearly gone awry in a few places.  I feel like I have a cyber-stalker, messing with my blogs.  How's that for paranoia? Actually, blogger may be fine-tuning their new system which then effects the jury rigging I've done in the meantime. Sigh. At least the few brain cells I have left are getting regular work outs.  P.S. I take it back, I'm not enjoying the mental exercise.  Every single time I "publish" something else shows up wrong (i.e., not as drafted and viewed in Preview).  Then I fix it, and something else shows up wrong ... gack!  So please forgive any odd formatting.  I have tried to fix it more than a dozen times and different errors show up each time on publishing.

Not to end on that note, I think I like not being able to get in a large title above the top photo on a post, as I'd been doing until all this posting trouble started.  It's sort of nice to see the photo first, unannounced by words.

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NOTE: In most browsers you can click on a photo to view a larger version. And here’s the link if you wish to read an Introduction, Background, & Technical Aspects post about this blog. 

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‘til next take, may you enjoy life in the ever changing light,

[aka: Patricia Kelly] **** If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or photos, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”) ****

Today's photo is "Warming to the Situation." It's a brand new edit of a three year old picture.  As I've said here, time and again, I really enjoy how each variety of rose has a distinct way in which it unfolds new petals from its center.  I changed the colors a bit on this rose center.  I also did some "despeckling" which changes the look a bit so that it's more like a painting.  (At least that's what it looks like on my screen and through my developing cataracts. Sigh.)

Alert! Complaining ahead: This is my second try now to do this post.  I'm about to lose what little mind I have left over all these blogger problems.  I know I need an up-graded O.S. but that's a long story I won't bore you with.  What I don't know is why the blogger problems keep changing and wandering back and forth between my blogs.  E.g., yesterday I had a devil of a time posting to my other blog and today was "normal."  Yet, today I'm having even worse problems with this one. One of the problems is getting a title in with the automatic date at the top.  That function still isn't working today.  Alternatively, I can type it in the text area but I forgot to do it before uploading the photo so I can't even get a title in directly above the photo in the text area .... and I'm not going to do this post a third time from scratch.  It will survive without a title. After all is said and done, "A rose is a rose is a rose."

NOTE: In most browsers you can click on a photo to view a larger version. And here’s the link if you wish to read an Introduction, Background, & Technical Aspects post about this blog.

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‘til next take, may you enjoy life in the ever changing light,





[aka: Patricia Kelly] **** If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or photos, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”) ****

ASPIRATION & THE WAY IT IS (revised post)

Just one for today (June 17), "Aspiration." I spent much more time than usual writing my daily dream poem for my other blog ... actually, truth be told, I'm feeling conflicted about my digital photo efforts (again). All I can see these days are the problems. In this one, the focus on the area of flowers at the bottom. P.S. Happy Father's Day, Dad. I find more to be grateful to you for the older I get, and miss you still at odd moments.

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"The Way It Is" (immediately above) is a three year old photo. I just today color reversed and changed it to black and white, and slightly re-cropped it. It's a bit more evocative to me this way than in it's original colors and crop below:

NOTE: In most browsers you can click on a photo to view a larger version. And here’s the link if you wish to read an Introduction, Background, & Technical Aspects post about this blog.

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‘til next take, may you enjoy life in the ever changing light,

[aka: Patricia Kelly] **** If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or photos, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”) ****