Surrealism

 

Every now and then we all have one...a week that is just surreal.  A Mish Mosh of random happenings.

A call home I find out my second to youngest brother is staying at Mom's - major knee surgery.  A call from a friend we have known for over 20 years just to let me know he is sorry that the St. Louis Cardinals got bumped out of the playoffs...HA he wasn't sorry he was rubbing it in.  My great nephew who is 12 is still in hospital but out of Critical Care Unit but 3 weeks of a hospital stay for this little guy is not good - So if you can spare a prayer for him please do so!  I donate several of my framed Photo's for Hope Community Resources Annual Dinner Auction.  Had to go to doctor yesterday for my eye - turns out I've gotten Pink Eye (yes adults get Pink Eye also; it's not just a kids illness).

Crusty eyes is not my ideal of fun for a day off.  After tackling every door handle, knob and surface I have touched in last week with Lysol Disinfecting Wipes I settle in my mind for a day of fun.

First off  I lounged about watching TV.  Daytime TV is rather boring.  Two naps didn't improve TV watching.  Didn't even have the energy to work on Greeting Cards, plus I didn't want to have an accidental tear fall on the work to contaminate it!

Putting eye drops into one's own eye every 3 hours is tricky...hitting my nose with a cold drop of fluid is rather startling.  By evening I was acing this small feat the drops were hitting the eye on first try.

Then watching the late evening news we hear of Steve Jobs death.   I've always wanted an Apple computer.  They are to me the epitome of  Geekness.  The laptops are a fashion statement of beauty.  Slim, sleek, and can make a runway of jaunty teens giggle and swoon.

I'm seriously considering getting an iPad2 this next payday.  They are in my price range.  I have a friend who owns a iPad and loves it.  She even has a portable keyboard for it which is handy for those who do a lot of typing!

Then I think back to the last few weeks that I am saving for a new digital camera another dream of mine...

Dreams - the surrealism of life.

Digital Photography

As a photographer I dearly enjoy taking a photo.  My passion is playing within my Photoshop Elements and turning an  ordinary photo into a new something I feel is fun, exciting or totally different.

I just discovered a whole world of additional Plug-in's for my Elements program. 

It is so much fun to discover new ways of making a photo 'sing' to me.

 

this filter gives an old world look to the photo

If you haven't been to the your local book store lately and visited the magazine aisle - my advise is: Do It As Soon As Possible.  A new photographers rag is out!  C'T Digital Photography.  It's printed in the UK cost $14.99us

Since Borders Books is closing over 200 stores across the United States, I took advantage of the 40% off and got the launch issue (first issue) for this new rag!  Love it!  If you can find it at your local book store get it.  Has free CD crock full of fun things for one to play with in various photo programs!