background photos on Flickr

paint, from front to back, or right to left (titan buff, hansa yellow medium, indian yellow hue, raw sienna, red oxide, burnt sienna, naphthol red light)

painted with my fingers then pressed the leftovers from my "palette" into my altered Amber book

added a bit of iridescent copper light (fine) next

Backgrounds_26596 by Pariah Burke

Globe background by Diana Estey

Abstract globe background

Justin Bieber Background by Divadutchess

DSC_6941_resize by Erkola.

22959_anime_scenery by morrya

Background Kukus by Peter Simon Lewier

Dayang Sumbi menebarkan irisan boeh rarang (kain putih hasil tenunannya), ketika itu pula fajar pun merekah di ufuk timur. Sangkuriang menjadi gusar, dipuncak kemarahannya, bendungan yang berada di Sanghyang Tikoro dijebolnya, sumbat aliran sungai Citarum dilemparkannya ke arah timur dan menjelma menjadi Gunung Manglayang. Air Talaga Bandung pun menjadi surut kembali. Perahu yang dikerjakan dengan bersusah payah ditendangnya ke arah utara dan berubah wujud menjadi Gunung Tangkuban Perahu.

Background simplifues by Lilly Montavon

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demilovatobackground by Photoshopped Manips

demi lovato backgroundtake if you want i really dont like it that much

Seamless-glass by Marcu Ioachim

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Background by Poena Gabriel

All these sad thoughts... by Gina Lopes Vieira

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I feel so sad for Sanne because today her cute big dog Igor was being adopted by someone else today :( I hope he will be happy woth his new owner..

But I'm also happy for Sanne 'cause she got a super cute new Pullip yesterday: Nella! Yaaay ^-^

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Sanne and me went to (as they call themselfes) the biggest BJD store in Europe: Think Pink! It was awesome! There were so many beautiful dolls..

Sadly enough I don't know what type/mold BJD this girl is.. Anyone who does?

RBF_lgtex_industrial_1B_008 by Rose Stone

free to use webgraphic. Credit rosebfischer.com

21 - Valkyria by Proff10

Uncluttered Background by Mark Robinson

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A Fly on a sheet of paper.

Brought to me by Amy, at Ecobites Café.

credits_background by YayA Lee

background by la pasta per als catalans

background by Garry Gurcharan

All photos are the property of the photographer and may not be used without permission. design...

Backgrounds_25458 by Pariah Burke

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Seamless-glass by Marcu Ioachim

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Background Design by pikview

Background Design

peek-a-boo by Layla 'n Pip

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Pip was certain this would be a boring picture w/o him in the background ... I think he was right.

Lion's Gulch & Homestead Meadows hike

On national forest land just outside of Rocky Mountain National Park, trailhead at mile marker 8 on Hwy. 36 south of Estes Park.

Highlights:

- Dogs allowed off-leash

- Numerous stream crossings, great for the dogs to cool off

- Lots of shade along gulch

- Lots of green due to our rainy spring

- Blooming wildflowers

The plan was to get up early to beat the forecasted afternoon rain, high winds, and possible hail, but does 9:00 count as early? Didn't think so, but we went anyway, got to the trailhead a little before 11. The skies didn't look that bad, so we embarked on the hike.

The dogs really seemed to enjoy the hike -- along the gulch there were plenty of opportunities to splash in the creek, and there was lots of room to run in the meadow. They even tolerated the history lesson once we got to the homestead remains.

I suppose I'd remember the history better if I'd taken a picture of the markers, but oh, well. The gist is that people settled this meadow via the homestead act ... basically people could lay claim to land at $1.25 an acre, but had to occupy the land at least 6 months out of the year and had to build a house within the first 5 years. The meadow was "settled" until about the mid-1950's, then the land was consolidated into a private ranch. The forest service acquired the land in the 1990's and preserves the area as a historical site -- so the broken-down buildings, broken china, rusted-out woodstoves, bedsprings, tools, etc. are considered historical artifacts.

This is about as green as I can remember most any hike I've taken in the middle of the summer in CO -- undoubtedly a result of our unseasonably wet spring. In places (and with the rain we got on the hike out) I could almost imagine that we were somewhere in the Pacific northwest.

Lotus flower background by Patrick Foto ;)

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Window Shadow by audi_insperation