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By mid-September Doc and I remove our truck camper from the truck - winterize it - and put it under cover. Once that is done, it is time to put the two utility boxes back into the bed of the truck. Those boxes are heavy and bulky, and I worry about him wrestling them into place, with out smashing his fingers - but somehow he manages. How many other eighty six year old men do you know that could tackle those chores all alone?
Until this summer - I had never heard of, or enjoyed, a fruit called "Donut Peaches". When the "fruit man" arrived in town this summer - he handed out samples of this delightful peach - and now I am hooked. I find them to be sweeter and juicier than a regular peach, and I can't wait to get my hands on some more.
**(Donut peaches are distinguished by their shape, which is roughly rounded and squat with a dimpled center at the fruit's stem end. The fruit's skin has a velvety finish and is flushed with tones of ivory, rose and rouge. Within the fruit's core is its non-clinging, easy to remove pit. Its creamy, juicy-when-ripe flesh is low-acid with a candy-like sweetness and a melting quality. The sweetness is due to what is referred to as the honey gene, a dominant gene that is found in all Chinese peach varieties. Documentation of peaches was first recorded in Chinese writings during 1100 B.C.)
The hardy people that choose to live in bush Alaska often have to become like MacGyver, and at any given moment, jerry-rig anything that has broken. That is the reason you see a lot of what the average person would call "junk" - laying around outside of a remote cabin or home. You can't just jump in a car and go to the local hardware store, as it may be a couple of hundred miles away. (As it is in the case of this homesteader.)
On the other hand - what do you do with an old car or large home appliance that has quit working when you live off grid? There are a lot of puzzles like the ones I have mentioned, that have to be solved when living remotely. What would you do?
*(Notice the old truck parked down in the right hand corner of the photo? Old vehicles always capture my attention.)
A young steampunk woman prepares for a trip by packing her steamer trunk. Published in "Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 95, Jan 2023, p. 54, Issuu.com. Image Sources: Overlay from Caroline Julia Moore; Woman's Face from JerzyGorecki on Pixabay; Woman's Figure from rjranum on Deviant Art; Cat from Angeleses on Pixabay; Ribbon from pngwing.com; Bokeh brush from Kirk Nelson
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The sun sets directly at the end of the Venice Pier on the winter solstice when this was taken. HDR from 3 exposures organized in Lightroom, tonemapped in Dynamic Photo HDR and edited with Topaz in photoshop.
Jackets and sweaters, Stockings and boots
Snug hats and mittens, Warm woolen suits
All bundled up and ready to go
Out of the house to play in the snow
Although I feel clumsy in all of these clothes
I am so happy whenever it snows!
~Ogden Nash
"Explored" 11/15/13
African green mamba...
Having some digital fun with stock images. The shot of the green mamba was taken in Jan 2014 during a reptile exhibit at the RBG.
The idea for this abstract nature image formed while manipulating another image posted earlier today (spider www.flickr.com/photos/vivid_dreams/37443059864/in/datepos...). This is a small cropped section from the lower center right of the image.
The cropped image was rotated 180 degrees, converted to monochrome which was then inverted to the negative look, pushed the contrast for better blacks and cleaned up any white spots.
From cold ground,
A grave
The Breath of Spring
Warms the air
Draws colours,
Life unfurls,
Rising from Winter sleep
Created for Award Tree Challenge 129 ~ Pastel Palette, also
Texture: FrostedBlossom2 is my own and is available from My Texture Set
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2016
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Achiltibuie and Ben More Coigach from Polbain: evening light
This was the view from the cottage we stayed in at Easter.
A collage inspired by the scrapbooks that our great grand parents kept for storing photos, pressed flowers, theatre programs, and other memorabilia ...
Created for the theme challenge Nostalgia in the Handheld Art Group.
I created the background layers, composed the colllage, blended the different elements and textures, and to added the handwritten script in PicsArt and iColorama on my iPad.
I tweaked the colour and made the "grungey" border from some of my textures in Photoshop Elements 13 for Mac.
All the photographs, background layers, and textures are my own, with the exception of the "human" elements which are free non-attributable images from Pixabay
HDR merge of 3 images of Nubble Lighthouse, then "lit up". Most processing done using NIK Collection products and final tweaking in LR6.
Photo taken and edited with iphone6, cam apps: ProCamera, postpro apps: NoirPhoto, Superimpose, IColoramaS, Lens Distortions, Stackables, Mextures, After Light, PhotoPower.
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Created for the Treat This 61 Challenge in the Kreative People group.
With thanks to Abstractartangel77 for the source image. A small copy is posted below
Texture HintofPurple is my own
One of my personal favourites of the Opera house series, just to break it up a bit.
We spent the long weekend in Sydney to see The 'Vivid Sydney" light show this year.
What can I say! What a spectacular show.
If you have a chance to go, this is a must see event if you in or around Sydney at the time.
For more information see : www.vividsydney.com/
The projected images are constantly moving and it is quite a challenge to get it right.
Hope you enjoy.
Thanks for looking
Norbert
About 30 percent of my photos can be re-rippled to the point where I finally like their abstract-worthiness (even the photos I absolutely hate, originally!). :D
Created for Kreative People Treat This 98.
Thanks to Lemon~art for use of her Autumn fruits for Treat This image. A copy is also posted in the first comment box below.
All other photographs and textures are my own. The textures used are: