Category Archives: Photography

A Surprise and More

Yesterday I took a walk around Happy Acres with my camera. Spotting these surprises made my day. I usually don’t spot these until they are all blooming. Been drying a lot of tomatoes. I’ve got a whole countertop full to … Continue reading

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Experimenting with Digital Grounds

I love working with my photos. When I found out about Golden’s Digital Grounds I just couldn’t wait to experiment. The kind folks at Golden Paints sent me the three different Digital Grounds to play with: White, Clear, and for … Continue reading

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Fred Reaves – photographer

Today’s Telling Your Story column in The Evansville Courier and Press is about Fred Reaves, a local photographer and graphic designer. I rarely interview someone I know, but when I was thinking about photography, Fred came to mind. I’ve known … Continue reading

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Layering on photos

After taking several online classes this year, I’ve really learned a lot. I am finding that I love layers. Before these classes I knew I loved a piece, whether paper or material, but didn’t realize that the artist had spent … Continue reading

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More Color Here

It is so busy here with all of the gardening and crafting and writing, but I just had to take some pictures and show you some of the color here at Happy Acres. Here are a two of my irises … Continue reading

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Rainy Monday

Well, today is another rainy day. It’s about time to build an ark! We’ve been lucky with no tornadoes in our neighborhood but just across the river they were hit. Looks like the main storms are past but more rain … Continue reading

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52 in 52: Up

This week’s prompt for 52 in 52 is UP. I had some ideas, but they all went out the window when I walked outside last night and looked up! Happy Valentine’s Day all!! I’ll share with you what I made … Continue reading

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52 in 52: Morning

This week’s topic for 52 in 52 is Morning. I wanted to take a picture yesterday as we headed out to Bob’s Gym, but the fact is I don’t do that every morning. I thought about what happens early, almost … Continue reading

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52 in 52: Letters

This week’s topic for 52 in 52 is Letters. My mom and Ginny met in high school through a “Penpals Wanted” column in the St. Anthony’s Messenger. This letter-writing connection started a long-distance friendship (Ginny in New York and mom … Continue reading

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52 in 52: Shadow

Lisa chose this topic for our picture this week in the 52 in 52 weeks Challenge. Since we’ve had so much gray and then snow yesterday, I wasn’t sure I would be able to find any shadows – at least … Continue reading

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