Digital Collage…..from rusty wheel rim

By on 11-27-2010 in art quilts, Digital Images + Collage, Original Pattern, Original photos

rusty wheel

This is my first digital collage. I started with the image below….a rusty wheel rim. The bright red and orange colours captured my imagination. There is a blade of grass in the center of the rim which gave some colour contrast. I manipulated pieces of the image, cropped them in Adobe Photoshop and moved them onto a new background. The colours for the background were taken from the rim as well. The lines were made with a Photoshop brush and applied before moving the image. This collage would look good on a card, in a scrapbook page or as a block in an autumn quilt.

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November’s ‘sky jewels’

By on 11-26-2010 in Original photos

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Overnight, freezing rain and snow transformed into ‘sky jewels’ as the sun peaked out for an hour around 9:00 a.m. About 15 minutes after I had taken the photos, the grey clouds brought more snow and freezing rain. What a beautiful interlude. By late afternoon the sun came out again, bringing back those ‘sky jewels’.

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Icicles were sparkling in the sunlight. I was hoping to catch a drop, unfortunately that didn’t happen. But they were very pretty all the same.

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A sunny winter day can be astounding, bringing the clear blue of the sky along with clouds reflecting the light. It lifts my heart when the light appears.

Morning Goodbye to October

By on 11-05-2010 in Original photos

morning goodbye

We woke up to a very white Halloween morning in the Ottawa Valley. Thank goodness the snow is now gone, but rain has taken it’s place. All the little goblins and ghosties will have dressed up in warm costumes this year.

The view from my October window

By on 10-23-2010 in Original photos

maple and oak leaves

The maple and oak leaves have been glorious this year. The crystal clear blue of the sky in the mornings makes you want to wake early and be glad you are alive. Unfortunately this morning we woke up to our first bit of snow.

Early October Mornings

By on 10-16-2010 in Original photos

October has outdone itself this year. What a beautiful month. Clear, chilly mornings have given us the bluest of skies and the plants glow with their own beauty. I was out removing the bean plants and had to stop to take photos.

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The spruce needles were decorated with crystals of dew as they captured the sun’s rays.

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One lonely milkweed seed resting in the grass captured the magic of this glorious morning.

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Even the Scotch thistle out in the field glowed under the sun. What a beautiful morning to be alive !