*simple beauty

Today while driving along the Santa Rosa Sound, I drove in and out of a dense fog. The fog along the sound was absolutely beautiful! I couldn't help myself, I had to pull over in Navarre and take a few pictures! The next time I am along this area I am going to take pictures from the same areas so you can see just how intense the fog was! I don't think I have ever experienced fog so thick at 2pm in the afternoon! Enjoy!

Oh, it is supposed to be 85 degrees EVERY day this week. Eat your heart out!

*picasa UpDaTe!

This photo is SOOC and I have used it to show some of the different edits you can NOW do through Picasa.  Picasa, a google product is a free photo editing program that you can download safely from picasa.com .  If you already have Picasa, go get the updates!  I have been using Picasa for years and recently started using Picnik (premium).  I do like Picnik but sometimes it takes them forever to gather the picnic basket, the blanket etc...  With Picasa being a downloaded product and not a web based editor, things move along much faster.

 I think this is one of my favorite edits (Vignette) to use... before the update I was not able to do this using Picasa, but had to wait for Picnik to load. LOVE IT!

 This 60's look is not my fav at all, but a fav of many bloggers I follow.  Quick and easy edit now via Picasa.

 Just for fun, comic texture.

And this I love.. framed! I can frame it in any color I like, and make the inner and outer border different colors and different sizes if I choose.  Go check it out! Picasa Download

*from the rising to the setting

From the rising of the sun,

 to the place where it sets,

the name of the Lord,

 is to be praised, Praise the Lord!

I know the sun sets where it is you read from today, but these were just to beautiful not to share!  The last one I did a bit of editing, just for fun!

Psalm 113
1 Praise the LORD.

Praise the LORD, you his servants;
praise the name of the LORD.
2 Let the name of the LORD be praised,
both now and forevermore.
3 From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
the name of the LORD is to be praised.

4 The LORD is exalted over all the nations,
his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the LORD our God,
the One who sits enthroned on high,
6 who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?

7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
8 he seats them with princes,
with the princes of his people.
9 He settles the childless woman in her home
as a happy mother of children.

Praise the LORD.

*new morning

morning, breaking dawn

beginning, a fresh start

 

 a clean slate

new mercies (EVERY MORNING)

day break, sunrise

 daybreak - both an ending and  a new beginning

 joy

 new adventures

 

This morning when I got up to see Henry off to school, the fog was thick.  I love getting up at this hour each morning, just before dawn and watching the sun rise. This has not always been my story.  I would have much rather stayed in bed and snoozed as long as I possibly could in years past.  Of course the animals (chickens, goats, rabbits, dog, and cats) wont allow it either, so it is not as if I have a choice!   I hope each of you have an amazing day! 

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*whats up

Happy Fall Ya'll!  My mother arrived here two weeks ago so I have been enjoying her. Her stay this time has come to a quicker end than she had initially intended due to her concern for her furry feline's medical needs. Today she packed up her little car and drove back to Georgia.  When I say no leaf was left unturned, I speak in the literal sense!  Momma loves to work in the yards with raking being on of her favorite things to do. She raked, piled up and loaded up wagon load after wagon load for the garden.  I told her just the other day that upon her leaving we would have to write her a check for all the labor she put in.  The property looks amazing.

The past few weeks we have had more unusual fungus growth about the property.  This time it was mushrooms in multiples!  They were growing in the cracks of the trees, the roots of the trees, and all over the ground.

I love the way each of them are so unique. Interesting.

Since our last Chick-Inn report there has been some activity, some ill activity that is. We have now killed a snake (rat snake) in our coop, lost one of our Barred Rock hens to something, and killed a opossum around our coop.  Some of our chickens have started to molt a bit and of course the egg production has slowed down a bit as well.

A new rabbit litter is due this week! (we have two does that are ready to deliver) Our first litter is still living - we decided to let them mature a bit more before butcher day.  Can't wait to take pics of those new little critters to share with you all!

Our vacant NC home is CLOSING tomorrow, we signed legal documents today and will be sending them over night via UPS today.  It is such a blessed relief.

I have some new sewing projects that I hope to share with you soon!

*daylight is coming

These two pictures were taken early one morning on my quick drive to take Henry to school.    I am constantly arrested by God's beauty all around me and I love to share such beauty on my side of the world!  Since my camera was not in the car with me, I used the camera on my Droid. I was quite pleased with the capture!

The dawn is breaking.  Thankfully He IS our rear guard!

(~we currently have a working offer on our home in NC, appraisal, inspections etc ensue. If all goes well, the new owners will take possession in less than a month!  Thanks to each of you who have prayed over this along with us!)

*the tree

Last week I posted some of my favorite photo's in black and white, this tree being one of them. I got so many comments on this particular photo that I thought I would post the original, unedited image for your viewing pleasure!

This photo was taken at our home in Fayetteville during our once a year snow in the month of January! It was a beautiful covering.

Lynnie

Also shared at Better Than Best  
(won top three the week I entered at Better than Best)

Also shared at: Snap & Share

*morning glory

I have been drooling over a macro lens for my camera. I will continue to drool, because there is not enough money in the budget to purchase such a luxury at this time. Since I am not a professional photographer I have no real need for the investment.   I have been doing some reading on macro photography and came across an alternative to a lens.   Filters.  You will be able to dabble in macro with filters but will obviously not get the same quality photograph that you would get using the lens.   I decided to spend under $20 to get 4 lenses and give it a try.  I am happy with my decision and have been having a bit of fun capturing beauty and being arrested by the wonder of it all!  (UPDATE.. after further "playing" with the filters.. I have decided that I would not recommend them to anyone. Save up for a macro lense!)

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.  ~Claude Monet

In search of beauty..

Earth laughs in flowers.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.  

~Walt Whitman

I am able to use the +1, +2 & +4 filters with my all purpose lens.  I am not able to use the +10 filter - boo, hiss!  It simply will not focus. This would really allow me to get in there and perhaps even count a fly's compound eyes.  Well, maybe not that close, but closer than the +4 which is what I used here on these small Morning Glory vines.

Shared at In Search OF Beauty Blog Hop 
& Tammy's Behind the Camera 

*black and white beauty

 

Tonight I spent a bit of my quiet time looking at past photos and edited a few in black and white.  I think these are perfect candidates for black and white. What do you think?

~Lynnie

shared at Tammy's Behind the Camera 

& Weekend Reflections