Reaching for the Stars, above, is a very new photo, just edited this morning and clearly heavily photoshopped. I got fascinated by the little "sucker" edges on the succulent and kept trying to bring them out, more and more. Until it wound up vaguely resembling a painting done in a daubing style.

But first it wound up looking like a Tapestry:

However, I'm not all that jazzed about either of these versions. Though "Reaching for the Stars" almost meets up with the fantasy I was reaching for.

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