I know, I said I was through with Flickr Explore

but I lied apparently because it does make me happy.
I was reworking a photo from last summer since I am being spotlighted on IHMMB and the one I already on Flickr had a large watermark on it. I worked it a little different, made it moodier and fit more of what I had in [...]

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Peonies are blooming

I’m feeling better about playing with textures, I just wish I could get past feeling like it was luck when it works.

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Made some tough decisions this weekend

A little bit of back story first.
I’ve loved photography for a long time. I can’t paint, I can’t draw, I can’t sing, and oh heavens I can’t dance. Photography is the only way I am able to express myself artistically. Unless someone out there counts securing an IV with a chevron instead [...]

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Are you there G’ma? It’s me, Heather

Weather is still cool and overcast, perfect for getting some overgrown seedlings into the ground and I was in the mood for some gardening therapy. I could spend all day out there, if only the list of things that need to be done inside magically got done.
I remember my Grandma walking around her garden [...]

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Me

I was itching to do a self-portrait and while thinking about what I should do to make it more than just a picture of my face I realized how empty I’ve been feeling. I’ve had the patience of a tadpole lately. The list of things I’m fed up with is a mile long. [...]

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Garlic and its interestingness

My attempt at getting the dahlia picture into my personal top 20 images failed miserably. The dahlia is sitting at #88. Not very interesting is it? Alternatively, apparently my picture of garlic sprouts has enough interestingness to make it into Flickr Explore (just barely, and I uploaded it on the 4th and [...]

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Texture

I love it on the right image when it’s done right. I haven’t yet found my own done right.
I was playing with some textures tonight from Ghostbones and kept getting very frustrated and upset. I did find the Texture for Layers group on Flickr and joined them. They have some awesome tutorials [...]

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Unheard wishes

I went out shooting for some phototherapy and wanting to play with some sharp sunflare and ended up in the cemetery. I wonder if each dandelion is an unheard wish or a regret of how things could have been “if only”

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Pest control, the beautiful way

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Those darn helpful weeds

In reading my Carrots Love Tomatoes book this spring I learned that watermelon grows better amongst weeds. Now, for the last few years I’ve gotten away from planting things in categories, trying to use companion planting to keep bugs and pests at bay and enhance growing but this was my first aha moment with [...]

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