Wordless Wednesday
August 10, 2011.
I haven't gotten out much with my cameras this summer because of the prolonged high temperatures and high humidity. I need some "shutter bug" time! I need a trip to the zoo!!!
I also need some serious, extended relief from fibromyalgia and migraine disease. On the bright side, my patio flowers are sooooo lovely this year. Next year, I plan on going hog wild with planting Wave (spreading) petunias. The ones I go this year are simply marvelous and fantastic. I hope I can stay awake during the early morning or late afternoon today so I can have some quality time on the patio and gathering kitchen herbs to clean up and prepare for my specialty pasta dish. I think my dad needs a break from charcoal grilling this evening so he can get to choir practice on time. *I plan on pasta; he is probably planning on pizza. This is what I call a total win-win situation!
I digress! The flowers in the pictures above were from my patio in our previous domicile (a duplex in what was once a nice enough neighborhood but has now gone bad) before my dad bought our current charming 1946 Cape Cod located just about half way between my paternal grandparents' old house and my maternal grandparents' old house. We live on a quiet street which is lined with majestic maple trees and many spruce trees. These trees (along with our back yard apple trees) are home to numerous song birds. It has been a great misfortune to me this past spring and current summer that, between my having temporarily gone profoundly deaf in my right ear from an infection due to allergies, and the excessive heat preventing me from having open window time, I have had to do without bird concerts for quite a spell. Boo hoo! But, my hearing has been perfectly restored (tree pollen is over with!) and as I type at nearly 5:30 a.m., it is a mere 56 degrees F. and my office window is open! And I am being serenaded by crickets. Soon the birds will be waking up - but I am not expecting any robin concerts. They fly the coop from here until late September.
ANYWAY, the pictures above were taken with a Kodak EasyShare DX6340 camera (with a great German lens, not one of the run o' the mill Kodak lenses! I insist on the German lenses!) in 2005. I edited it with Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 software. I don't really like the edit, but 'tis to be expected when I am more accustomed to using Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 (and I need more experience at that one!)
If you are a person of good will and you pray, please ask Jesus to give me some quality photography time - especially this autumn, but starting soon! I am guessing/hoping that because of the high heat and humidity (and vast quantities of rain) we've had this entire summer, the fall foliage ought to be astonishingly beautiful. Thank you for even a two second prayer! I pray for all - and I mean ALL - who visit my blog (even the spammers!).
May God bless you all with the gifts and graces which HE knows are most important for you at this time! May Jesus do something really extra special for each of you today, or whatever day you read this!
Much love to one in all in Jesus - and holy hugs to one and all!
- Miss Chris
[Edit: I REALLY DISLIKE what editing I did to the flowers photos. If I can find the originals of the photos on one of my external hard drives, I will post the originals here later.]
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