Archive | February 2018

Sleepy Puppies

Feb28

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Until they see the cat.

A story can be that way, just sleepy, until something draws everyone together for a common goal. Prey.

Oh, and Tanner is always up for a mug shot. He needs a face trim, but he doesn’t care. If I’m trying to take a picture of the other dogs, he wants in on the action. To my surprise, so did Max. He usually doesn’t like having his picture taken. It’s just something he has to put up with. But if I’m taking pictures of his cousins? He wants to be included.

As you can see, I was really writing. Really.

Off to get started on it…well, after everyone has another potty break. I love taking pictures of the cat, but I’m hoping he doesn’t come around because of the dogs. My earlier dogs were raised with cats, so no problem. But these haven’t been.

Have a wonderfully, exciting day! 🙂 I made it to 50K! Woohoo! 30K to go.

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Baby and the Beanstalk

Feb27

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And a male cardinal with a peanut in the pouring rain. Having issues with my internet in the morning. I need to post my blog the night before because it really works! But I was trying to get my word count and a little more last night. Which I did!

So this is Baby and the Beanstalk. My daughter doesn’t like composites, even if they’re by her favorite artist. That’s not me. I don’t care. I do them for me. And someday, I might put them in a book for baby. I’m sure SHE will love them.

I’m off to write more. Hope to reach 50,000 today! But I will only make that if I work on the story!

The dogs and I are managing great, and today I would normally have baby here, so no writing. This time I get to write! 🙂

Have a great one!!

Dogs and Cats and Squirrels, Oh My!

Feb26

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It’s been raining and raining and raining since yesterday. You can see the wet squirrel and the rain pouring down. The tabby cat is in hunting mode, headed for the bird feeder and checking out the water fountain. The dogs are lined up waiting for me to fix lunch, but they should have guessed I would take pictures of them. Then Luna began poking her nose at Tanner. They’re the two alphas and she didn’t want him there, so she intimidated him until he got up and moved. He loves getting his picture taken. Poor Tanner.

I tried to get low to take a head on shot of the puppies, but that won’t work. As soon as I did, they all came over to greet me. lol

Reached 45,000! Over halfway done! Woohoo!

Have a great day. I’m off to write!!

Doggy Daycare, Dragons, and a Cougar Wannabe…

Feb25

Okay, so no baby this week. I’ve got corgi power instead. Rilo, the black and tan Welsh Pembroke corgi, was my first grandbaby. 🙂 Luna came after that. So I’ve been their grandmama before my dogs came along and before the first grandbaby–human persuasion, came along. Here they are with my dogs chilling out near where I am at my desk. “What, Max??? Don’t tell me you want to go out! Now! When everyone just got settled down.”

Yep, and so it goes. I take three dogs out at a time. Mine don’t usually hassle the next-door dogs, but the corgis will, so I take them out on leash, one at a time, for the most part. I did “lose” Luna as she darted out the door one time, and Rilo another. But I was lucky. The neighbor’s dogs weren’t out. They all go crazy.

Because I write about fae dragon shifters, I had fun with creating the dragons courting in the one picture. You thought they were fighting, didn’t you? I write HEA so they are HEA. 🙂 And I write about cougar shifters. So I thought it was fun that the Abyssinian cat wishes she could be a cougar when she grows up.

I’m off to write. It’s supposed to be stormy, so I’m hoping it won’t be too much of a hassle taking the dogs out in the rain all day. 🙂

Have a fun and hassle-free day!!

Time for Flowers! Good Luck Clover!

Feb24

A four-leaf clover! See, I find stuff when I’m not looking. I was weeding behind these and looked for weeds among these and couldn’t believe my eyes! I’ve never seen one in person before. Which proves my theory–if you’re looking for it, you probably won’t find things. But look for something else, and voila!

Also pictured: Grape hyacinth in front of a fairy gourd house, red gerbera daisy, and the other can’t decide if it’s time to lift its head or not, and wood sorrels oxalis in bloom. 🙂 <3

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And St. Patrick’s Day bears. I’m working on a green one too. 🙂 <3

Okay, the corgis are coming, so need to get ready to have doggy daycare. All the dogs get excited to see each other. I hope they settle down enough so I can write, garden, take pictures, create fantasy worlds in composites. I always have my days….OVER planned. But that’s what makes them so much fun! 🙂

Have a super, green, flowery day! Even if you just make it up in your dreams.

Baby Mermaid and the Head in My Photo

Feb23

The Indian ocean on a stormy day

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So someone said my mermaid baby wasn’t right as far as the beach went. I redid it so that more of the scene is visible. The rocks and waves and baby are my photos. I took the picture of the sea lion on the rocks (same area as the rocks I took a picture of in La Jolla, when this guy stuck his head right in my picture. I had to keep it because it was funny. First, he wasn’t there, and then he was. 🙂 This is the coolest place, by the way. You can get really close to the wild sea lions. But they can be dangerous too.

The real baby mermaid is asleep on my lap and we have dense fog today. I’m working on St. Patrick’s Day bears, have two done and will show them off as soon as I can take a picture. I’m working on a third one.

And I reached the halfway point yesterday!!! Oh, and when I was pulling weeds, guess what I found! An honest to goodness four-leaf clover! So naturally, I had to take pictures. I’m uploading them now.

In the meantime, have a super, fun day!!

A Mix of Reality and Fantasy…

Feb22

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Yesterday, I shared a picture of Eilean Donan in a fantasy world. I added cliffs reflecting in the water on the Isle of Skye (just love how glassy the water can be and the beautiful reflections that can be captured in Scotland!)…so that it looks like the fairy mushrooms are now a long distance from the castle, and the castle is no longer floating in the sky. I love both, but this just gives a different story.

Here is a picture of a snow leopard I captured in a shot at the Omaha Zoo. In Loving the White Bear, a polar bear shifter story set in Alaska, three brother snow leopards also live, and this is Simon. He and his brothers are on vacation in a nice fantasy spot. It appears he is grooming himself after he went fishing. Do you think the koi will catch the dragonfly? Nope! He makes a narrow escape. And that’s my story!

I wrote nearly 4,000 words yesterday, rained most of the day, but I also got out in between rain showers and dug up more grass. Yes! Then I remembered my daughter’s corgis are staying with me for a week. Ack! If they run through the plant border, which they’re bound to do, and we keep having rain…what a mess! So I’ll have to cover it with planter boxes until I can get some bark mulch. Even then, I think they’ll end up getting muddy. So I’ll just block it. We’re supposed to have rain again today and tomorrow. Haven’t checked the weather yet, but I hope to run errands…if I don’t melt…

Have a wonderfully, fantastic day!!!

Fantasy–Moonlit Castle

Feb21

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While baby was sleeping on my lap, I played around with a couple of photos. The fantasy castle was created with a mushroom background. I actually saw red and white mushrooms in Scotland while climbing green hills where sheep roamed freely, but my camera battery had died. Note to self: Always have a backup with me.

I did take the picture of the castle in Scotland, the beautiful Eilean Donan, the reflection in the still water. I added the bunny and moon and clouds.

In the blackbird picture, it was a blown-out sky with a stone pillar behind the one bird. I added some sun flares.

I managed to run errands with baby before the rain started, only it didn’t until later that night. So I took her for a stroller ride too. I don’t know who was more worn out–her or me. She at least took 3 naps. I couldn’t! 🙂 The only way she will fall asleep for me is on my lap. I even weeded a little while she watched from her stroller.

I did manage to get another 1,000 done last night on the story! Nearly halfway done! Then it’s all downhill from there! Today is humpday. When I reach 40,000, that will be another humpday no matter when it is. Hopefully tomorrow.

I need to run more errands, the ones I couldn’t do with baby. But…it’s supposed to start raining around 9. I’m a fair weather errand runner.

The ground is nice and wet, so I’ll weed a little first–that means pulling up stubborn, hard rooted grass that is in the new flowerbeds I created last year.

If I was smart, I would have pulled the grass up BEFORE I planted the floral plants. But instead, I keep working at it until the grass is all gone around the plants. And once it’s done, yes! It’s done!

When I took baby for a walk around the yard, I was looking at all the plants I need to cut back and the flowers that are getting ready to bloom. This is a fun time of year. Fire ants aren’t out. Mosquitoes aren’t too bad. It’s not hot! Just perfect.

And….it’s pouring out. So much for holding off on the rain until 9.

Okay, that means????? I get to write!

Have a fun fantasy-filled day! 🙂 <3

Jaguar–Before/After

Feb20

Setting the jaguar free… I took the picture of the jaguar half-asleep, dreaming of a waterfall in a jungle. He was safe in the Omaha zoo.

Baby time! Hope to run some errands, but we’re supposed to have thunderstorms, so playing it by ear. I can’t imagine running baby in and out of the pouring rain…

Reached 35,000 yesterday, 45,000 to go. That’s just to reach the minimum word count. They’re always longer, but it’s the goal I aim for. Just a few more days and I’ll be at the halfway point! A miracle!

Have a super day!!!

Sun Dogs and Moss and Creating Fantasy Backgrounds…

Feb19

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None of the goldfinch pictures I took of the goldfinch sitting among the new leaves of the rosebush really were clear, so I used Topaz Studio to create a new image. Where there’s a will…

Have I mentioned how much I love moss? It reminds me of fairy gardens. And the clover adds to the fairy feel. Every time I take the dogs out now, I pull weeds and grass, but sometimes I see something that is beautiful. Like the moss tucked in corners of the garden. And lots of half-hidden toadstools. A fairy garden for sure!

I was about to shut everything up for the night when I noticed a sun dog in the clouds at sunset! And that meant running out and taking some more pictures.

This morning I was having issues–everything was hanging up–the internet, photoshop…I was in a perpetual “Not Responding” Mode. Don’t you hate it when you’re at full speed ahead, but your computer isn’t?????

So I keep seeing beautiful fairy gardens that people have created from pictures, and I want to do that. It’s just something I play with occasionally, watch a ton more videos and try some more ideas.

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The original picture was a walk in a park when the baby was a newborn. It was sunny and hot. I added galaxy stars and that toned it down to a darker picture with some light still and shadows and sparkles that make it look more fairy like. Then I added clouds with a sunset and that darkened it to more of a reddish tone. And a sunbeam and that gave light to the shrubs. It’s just a case, for me, of experimenting on what I can do. 🙂 <3

But now, it’s time to get back to writing! Have a great day!!!

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