ON THE WAY TO DINNER

"On the Way to Dinner" (6-24-15 005v2) is a new pic of a view I enjoy every day, sometimes several times. That's our administration building in the background; those two dark doorways are into the dining area. But the heart of this shot -- and the reason I took it -- is that ficus tree. It's the one I mentioned here some time ago was losing way too many of its leaves. And that I believed it might be due to the drought. We recently lost two other large trees across from this ficus (not due to the drought). And although the area is now looking just fine, filled with drought resistant plants, I still miss those big sheltering trees. So I've been worried we'll also lose this lovely ficus. And thought I'd better get some shots of it. I'll be sad if I have to add a pic of it to my "lost trees photo wall" (seriously, I have four pix up now of trees no longer around for various reasons). But at least I'll have a pic. I lived in Elmhurst (that name will give you a clue) for 23 years in New York City (where I lived all my life before moving to CA). And was sad to lose the presence in our neighborhood of many a lovely tree. E.g., one huge old elm across from my third floor apartment, to make way for a boxy condo. It seems trees tend not to fare well living in close proximity to humans, whether in drought time or not.

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AFTER THE LONGEST NIGHT

"After the Longest Night" (10-3-09 7278v5b) is from an almost six year old photo, just morphed into this version this morning. It's actually of an early moon rising in a pale lavenderish/blue sky. The moon in the original is in the crook of that palm frond where the "sun" is now. (Which is what drew me to haul out my camera to begin with all those years ago.) It's always fun to see how different Photoshop functions effect different photos. Especially my oldest ones that were taken with a lower pixel count camera. BTW, the moon is full today (a blue moon). Not surprising I'd be drawn to a moon pic. Yeah, I changed it but did not intend for it to become sunny. I'll lay the credit (or blame, depending on what you think of this pic) on Photoshop for that (smile).

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LOVE COMES IN AT THE EDGES

"Love Comes in at the Edges" (8-26-10 10002ev3a) was just morphed today from an old version of an even older photo. Yeah, so much has been done to it over the years that it readily went wonky on me when I tried certain effects on it. And although I still have a couple issues with it, pleasure in this version has managed to seep in a bit, around the edges.

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ROSE OF WINTER

As I was working on "Rose of Winter" (7-11-13 005v7g) this morning I kept thinking it was actually winter in our rose garden. That's not all that strange as the drought, even with the recently installed drip line, has made the few scraggly blooms it's managing to produce look very wintery indeed. And there are other related issues impacting the roses. I have mixed feelings about my desire to see this garden not only survive but thrive again. This is a high desert climate. We should plan for future droughts and honor the need for water conservation all the time, not just in a drought crisis. Not to mention that there are plants that do well in our sort of climate on very little water. (We have them in other areas of our grounds.) Ah well, it remains to be seen how it will play out for this sweet, much troubled rose garden.

BTW, if you'd like to see another version of this same pic, I posted it with a poem to my dreams & poetry blog this morning.

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DENDRITES ARE HOPPING!

Argh! I've been at this computer working on pix for way too long without any results that give me, if only briefly, that "ah HAH!" feeling. So I've settled on "Dendrites Are Hopping!" (7-11-13 0052i) for today's post. If only because the title that came to me must be representative of what's happening in my brain now after all that concentration. Even if the efforts didn't "pay off" in any really satisfying way, it's not because my brain didn't give it a huge, loopy try!

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MEMES ON THE MARCH

"Memes on the March" (5-6-10 10005v4b) is from a very old pic, rediscovered in a sort of work I was doing other than the usual archiving/deleting project: the Found Tarot. I've been making occasional posts to my Tarot Gallery & Journal blog for years now of pix that put me in mind of Tarot cards. I started preparing a Found Tarot post yesterday and one of the "cards" was in the folder that also has the source photo for "Memes on the March." When I was wondering this morning what to post here today I recalled that old photo, and was off and running happily wild in Photoshop.

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IT ALL STARTS WITH STARDUST

"It All Starts With Stardust" (3-24-10 10018ev6) was (you guessed it!) just morphed this morning from a pic found in my on-going archiving/deleting work. It's rare that I find such a well-balanced blossom in nature as this one (at least around here). So I had great fun fooling with this pic today and look forward to doing more versions at some later date. Maybe I'll try out a new Photoshop function or two on it. If it inspires me only to try some new ones, that will be all to the good. I keep fighting this vague boredom, yet don't stray from the options with which I'm familiar.

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