"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

-Pablo Picasso-

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"One can't build little white picket fences to keep nightmares out."

~Anne Sexton

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〰Nothing to envy of the big trees!〰 ( Background is a real garden net with tiny holes and you can see the big trees on the back)

"Our brains are like bonsai trees, growing around our private versions of reality."

~Sloane Crosley

Photoshop blend from Canva pictures.

I had the great privilege to be invited to participate in the exhibit A Thousand Words curated by Trouble Dethly . Each participant had to pick among poems from Pablo Neruda's collection "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair" and it was not an easy task as all of them have this little something that sparked some ideas in my mind. My final choice went to this wonderful poem :

In My Sky At Twilight

In your eyes of mourning the land of dreams begin.

This picture was taken @ Elysion where I tried my best to translate the strong emotion of infatuation and love that I felt while reading this text, and had to include two recurrent elements in Neruda's poetry: the sky and the sea.

I also want to thank Lya for accepting to be part of this project with me and being that constant soul pulling my hand, making me embrace every challenge ♥

Please go take a look at it in world, Trouble built a very atmospheric and beautiful forest as a canva for the selected artists to display their pictures, and as you wander through it, you'll be able to really feel the words and images coming alive togheter.

The exhibit is open now through November 21, don't miss it !

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All the poses used in my pictures are made from scratch

No AI used

Inspired by my last "Candle" photo. This is an old photo I re-edited into this digital painting. (you can read a story on the photo below) I just hope you have a wonderful and happy Sunday filled with smiles.

Happy Sliders Sunday! 😊

On/Off - Thank you very much for your visit and taking the time to comment! Much appreciated!

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Spent a lovely time in the fields of lavender with my group of photographers, having fun!

We took along a canvas of a photo of mine from last year, with the easel all we needed was one of the ladies to pose along side ... 'bingo' and we have the photo of what we call The unfinished painting

“The beauty of hydrangeas reminds us that life is fleeting, and we should cherish every moment.”

Edited with Topaz Studio 2 for a painting effect

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I was taking photos of hostas in my flowerbed this morning.

with my Canon SX710HS.

Hummingbirds love these flowers and one just happened to magically appear. I never have my camera when one is at the flowers.

Portrait effect and insert object (female hummingbird) photo shape are from Canva,

For Slider's Sunday.

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Other filters, border/frame, and canvas texture are from Photoshop.

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A Firefly image with an added background/foreground I generated in Canva.

Prompt - A decorative and festive New Year's scene with gold balls, lights, and tinsel.

Edited in Canva.

Gold candle (middle), two filigree gold ornaments, small standing pinecone photo shapes created using Magic Edit.

Filters. border/frame, fireworks/star patterns, and Sego Script text are from Photoshop 2025.

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Acrylic paint on canva

Description: Size: 11x14 inch flat board canvas with acrylic paint .

Year: 2022

A tulip from last year's spring from one of my visits to Hershey Gardens. I hope to take new photos as soon as they bloom this year. (HSS)

Edited with TS2

Texture by ATP Textures

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My Easter lily was in full bloom today. Just looking inside of one of the beautiful flowers.

No AI. I took this with a Fuji FinePix S700.

Edited in Canva and Photoshop.

Scalloped frame and canvas texture are from Photoshop.

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Canva AI Magic Media image.

Prompt - A variety of animals sitting together in the woodlands. (I didn't expect them to be young animals).

Filters, border/frame, and canvas texture are from Canva and Photoshop 2025.

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Photoshop blend from Canva pictures.

"Wait it out. Be patient. Great things take time."

Photo taken several years ago, now processed and re-edited in black and white with a texture added. I always liked the photo although it was a little blurry because of the distance from where I took it. I didn't expect this lion to appear and sit there... waiting in the grass with his gaze fixed on something that caught his attention. (See the photo below) (Best in Large) No AI.

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One town, a village street, and a quaint church are all decorated for Christmas with silver bells ringing every so often in the distance.

I generated three video clips using Magic Media from Canva.

Prompts - Cinematic Christmas scene of a town/village decorated for Christmas; silver bells are part of the decorations.

A white church with a spire and bell tower is decorated for Christmas; silver bells hang nearby the church.

Audio from Canva - "Silver Bells" by 101 Strings Orchesta, and "Christmas tubular bells - Stereo" ring at times in the background.

Edited in Canva.

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A colorful glass cat comes to life and enjoys doing what cats do best. Enjoy!

My original was generated in Firefly last year.

A Magic Media image to custom video (3 sec each). Seven prompts - Cat moving its head, looking up in the sky, watching a butterfly, cleaning its whiskers, cleaning its paw, lifting one of its paws, cat walks away.

Edited in Canva with audio and sound effects. "Kitty Cat" by Haas Johnson", cat purring (stereo), and (three) short cat purrs. Used a Bali color filter from Canva.

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I got a kick out of these two chippies showing what the right way to eat or save shelled peanuts is.

Two videos are from Canva stock. Audio is "Creek Forest" and "Morning Birds" combined together.

Thanks for taking the time to watch. Enjoy!

black and white on canvas

It's nice to see a Blue Jay, chickadee, and a chipmunk enjoying sunflower seeds together.

This was created using the Canva AI generator with a bird chirping. Audio is "Happy" by Paul Yudin.

Prompt - A Blue Jay, chickadee, and a chipmunk sitting together and eating sunflower seeds.

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Raw file developed in Affinity Studio (aka V3), the new free version of Affinity from Canva, as a test.

Barf and Dodd are two fells in the Lake District. They are both Wainwrights.

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This is a Rose of Sharon taken in my backyard the other day.

Taken with a Canon SX710 camera.

Filters, border, frame, and canvas texture are from Photoshop. Editing done in Canva and Photoshop.

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The reindeer was trying to bite the snowman's nose (carrot). Reindeer don't eat carrots, but anyway, I thought it was funny and decided to use it.

I generated the clip for this using Magic Media.

Prompt - A snowman dressed in a hat and scarf with a carrot for its nose dancing with a reindeer or a reindeer dancing with a snowman.

Edited in Canva with the audio "Reindeers at Your Service". This is the correct title of the audio not "Christmas Vibes".

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Autumn leaves falling down and swirling around...

Four Firefly still images made into 5 sec. videos. I put them together in Adobe Express with the audio "Haunting Piano".

Text prompts - Mirror images of colorful fall trees. (for still images). Turn this image into many colorful autumn leaves; make it look like a kaleidoscope. (for videos)

Fresno color filter is from Canva.

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Two adorable💕 young goats taking a nap and basking in the sun. (Best in large)

Edited with Topaz Studio 2

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I hope you enjoy them.

They're all from Bing Image Creator/DALL-E.

I put them together in Canva and added "Garden in Bloom " by Mike Franklyn

Photo shape - Little blue birds sitting on top of the basket handle.

Did touch up's and removed some objects before putting the images together in a video format

Filters are from Photoshop..

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June 20th 2025 is the first day of summer, and it's also called the Summer Solstice.

Some friends got together to celebrate. Feel free to whistle right along...Enjoy!

For Slider's Sunday.

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The cute pond scene is from Bing Image creator.

Prompt - An adorable duckling is making friends with a frog sitting on a lily pad.

Animated dragonfly graphic, audio "Happy Music", and text are from Canva.

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It's so peaceful to see graceful Canada geese swimming together.

Canva AI video clips that included the sound effects (geese honking and falling leaves).

Prompt - Two Canada geese swimming together on a beautiful fall day right before sunset. The same as above except for four geese.

I added the audio "Autumn Song" by Adi Goldstein.

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Since this is the only way I can get to see the lights, I have to create a short video of four different scenes.

All four were created using Canva AI Magic Media.

Prompt - Colorful Northern Lights over a snowy landscape.

Audio is by "Quiet Please". (I'm serious).

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Put together two video clips I generated with Canva AI in Adobe Express. Audio is called "Hocus-Pocus" also from Adobe Express.

Prompts - A Downy woodpecker keeping busy on a tree trunk.

A Downy woodpecker at a suet feeder then flying over to a tree trunk.

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I used an abstract macro of the glass on my hanging lantern to generate four winter scenes and simulate water and ice.

The first and last (flipped) are the original photos.

Edited in Canva using image to video.

Prompt - Winter scene with a blue sky, lake, snow covered trees and mountains. The last one is the same except I added a deer getting a drink from the lake.

Audio - Winter by ANBR and Small Waves lapping on a lake shore (distant and close-up).

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When I looked at two of my originals taken on Jan. 2014 and Feb. 2015, I saw a frosty hummingbird (center), and a group of frosty flowers on my porch windows.

You can see both originals briefly in the beginning and throughout the video.

I decided to make the "hummingbird" and "flowers" come to life. Five 3 sec. clips (hummingbird twice).

Prompts - A frost-like hummingbird design comes to life in a frosty garden.

Colorful flowers come to life from frost-like flower designs.

Edited in Canva using image to video. Audio is "Hummingbird" by Christy Miller.

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The Outer Garden,

Viewer | Black Dragon

Edit | Canva

ACRYLIC on stretched CANVA

I'd appreciate no one copying or using my Painting for any personal or official use.

Thank you for respecting my rights ! "

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For Slider's Sunday.

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Canva Magic Media AI

Prompt - Two ducklings sitting together and surrounded by Easter Eggs.

Audio "Bunny Hip Hop" and text are from Canva too.

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Please enjoy the beauty of these two species of butterflies. If anyone knows the name of the first one, please let me know.

All of the videos are from Canva Stock. Audio is called "Petals and Butterfly" by Yuki Kajura.

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Created for Kreative People October2025 Contest - Road Trip

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Canva Magic Media mountain scene with car/luggage.

Prompt - A car on a road trip through the mountains.

I added the moose, grizzly bear, cooler, and funny face using Magic Edit.

Filters, border/frame, and canvas texture are from Photoshop 2025.

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Photoshop blend from some of my own creations and one Canva picture.

Coronet Street, Shoreditch

**Feel free to watch some of Mother Nature's beautiful insects**

The video clips and audio, "Up Above" are from Canva stock with editing in Adobe Express and Canva.

(Some could be AI)

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Made using Canva

Made with Canva

Just another rainy day plus filled with macro raindrops on flowers from my garden.

Audio "Beautiful Cinematic Piano Music" is from Canva.

My own macro flower photos.

Filters are from Photoshop.

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One spring day a young chickadee and its mom were sitting in a cherry tree. Mom said it was okay to go play. A cute white kitten had other ideas!

This is made up of videos from Canva (first one) and the new Firefly video feature. Audio "Springtime Garden" is from Canva.

Thanks to Jaci for the use of her starter image. I created this at the same time it was for Play the Game but I never used it until now.

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Spring is right around the corner. Please enjoy a taste of springtime even if it's all imagined.

All the images are from Firefly. I put this together using animation and "Flowers" music is from Canva.

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aerosol on canva

120x160

julio 2011

Made with Canva

Maryland

You never know what kind of flowers or butterflies you might see.

Six Canva AI Magic Media videos.

Prompts - A garden filled with colorful summer flowers and butterflies enjoying colorful summer flowers.

Audio is "Spring".

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