Monday, April 29, 2013

My Latest Experiment with Photoshop...

I posted awhile back that I was enjoying using photoshop to insert a photo of me holding my favorite book into various backgrounds (and pages from the book "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss).

My LATEST experiment has been with "brightening" and "vibrance", and "cloning" (to get rid of unwanted parts of photos...).

 Here are some shots of our trip to Hawaii...

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I think I'm getting the hang of this "photoshop" thing! 

Here's hoping YOU learned a new skill recently too (especially if it involved "brightening", which we could ALL use a little bit more of...!!)!!!

Saturday, April 27, 2013

THIRD Annual "Art in Bloom" Tour!

Thursday night, Duane and I met Robin and the girls at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts for our THIRD annual tour of "Art in Bloom"!  Davey was in Kansas City on a business trip, so couldn't join us.

We met at 5:30 for dinner at D'Amico & Sons on the third floor, then headed out into the galleries to enjoy the "interpretations" of art in flowers.  As usual, some florists were SPOT ON, and some just didn't. quite. get. it!!!

Regardless, it was a lovely tour, and we had a great time looking at all of the GORGEOUS flowers (and art!!)...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Here's hoping YOU were able to enjoy flowers and art recently too!!!