through the rabbit hole.......

It was just like ALICE looking through the hole . 

Mine was simple but so effective - no photoshop!

I cut a frosted plastic sheet, punched a hole in the middle and 

held it in front of the camera. The results were amazing.

This is one of my favorites.

the apprentice

I took a photo of a barn with a corn field. I ask Nancy to come up with a vintage look and to add a moon to the landscape. Nancy is my photoshop coach and she has been a enormous help . The second from the top is my version. I applied different layers but followed  Nancy's  (third) with a script layer, vintage frame and a moon. Still lots to learn! I just love the red tones in the last photo.

summer is over, can't wait to pick apples

I loved every hot and sunny day this summer. Fall starts for me with a drive to an apple orchard this weekend.

dog meets stranger on the beach

I made a habit to carry my small Lumix everywhere. I believe working with your own images gives a meaning to a painting. Here is a photo I took in Jamaica, a dog came out of nowhere while I was walking on the beach. He was not easy to photograph . First I was not happy to get the real "doggy shot" but later I realized working with the unusual position made the story in the painting.  I found that working from your photos is a good exercise for journaling.  The painting was done in acrylic and I used my favorite "All-Stabilo Pencil" from Dick Blick.

weekend event quilting

On Friday I took a quilting class up north. I do like to learn the different techniques how to cut fabric to achieve  a certain visual look.

weekend event bike race

This event was held in Lake Simcoe . We started our ski season for our teenage racers with a barbeque and a bike race at the lake. Felix how loves racing came in first. Well done. Then we packed up to see the end of the Mono festival in Hockley Valley .

weekend events Baby shower

I had a nightshift to sew a babyquilt and a little guy for "baby November". Seelen and Alex are expecting their first child. Congratulations! The absolutely cute fabric I bought in Niagara-on-the-Lake at BEE .