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A day at the beach topped with a green flash
Iphone panos work well for web banners
My iPad painting attempt
This is not really my first iPad painting but it’s the first one I’ve done that I actually like! I wish I could say I imagined the scene but I used my friends photo of a fire access road in Oregon for inspiration. He said the light on the road broke through the mist and created this wonderful glow. I wanted to see if I could capture that. I used the drawing program called Procreate. Hope you enjoy!
I’m a sucker for these
My usual sunflowers with black centers grow above my head making a wonderful privacy and wind screen. I don’t always want that though so this time in a little corner spot of my garden I planted some little dwarf Elf Sunflowers. They are only 16 inches tall with yellow centers.
Shot with my iphone using painteresque and filter storm.
A little trip through the little town of Locke Ca
Locke, Ca was founded in 1915 according to it’s website by a group of Chinese immigrant merchents who wanted to establish a town of their own after a fire had broken out in nearby Walnut Grove. It was originally named Lockeport after George Locke, who owned the land that the town was built upon at a time when Chinese people were not allowed to own land. It is also been designated National Historic Landmark District due to the historical significance of the only town being built by Chinese for Chinese. Much of the original decendents have moved on but many of the buildings remain in their original state (a school house, an import shop, grocery store etc.)
Below are some snapshots from my visit to the little town. Hope you enjoy!
My first pond flower!
I took my laptop down to my garden to work on some web pages. I like to sit there so that the scenery isn’t always the same old office set up. I love being surprised by my garden. As I walked by my bathtub pond I saw something bobbing in the water under the waterfall and it was a water lily!!! I was certain it wasn’t going to bloom. I was having so much trouble with the water hardness and other things that I gave up on those plants a while ago. I guess I was wrong because there it was in the water. I had my iphone with me and turned the flower around to face me (careful not to drop my iPhone in the water!). Then with the little photo applications that are offered by the App store at Apple I sharpened it some and increased the contrast etc. I don’t think it did too bad for a camera phone!
