One day and one hour..........

My kids officially have one day and then one hour left on thursday of school.  Honestly I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad about this! I have been enjoying some time alone when they are at school, but I am getting sick of trying to get them up early every morning!  So I'm torn between them being home, and being at school. At least now I will have some time to take some pictures. I'm getting ready to take on the huge job of redesigning an animal sanctuary website for one of my best friends. She owns the Denkai Animal Sanctuary in Grover Colorado. I'm so excited to get her website done, but it is going to take ALOT of work! Lots of information needs to be put on it.  I am going to give it more of a modern look! So that is my goal for the next few days! Wish me luck!
Denkai Animal Sanctuary

Some fun digital collages.................

I have always loved Surreal Art. I remember as a child seeing a few pieces of surreal art, it was then, that I became addicted.  I daydream so much, and I fantasize a lot too. Surreal Art, stimulates my imagination, and helps me think of surreal possibilities of fantasy lands only found in the human mind! I love to get lost in lands of fantasy and wonder. These are a few of my digital collages, I would love to know what you think of them. I created them in Adobe Photoshop! If you have any digital Surreal Art to share I would love to see it, so I can daydream once again, of places found only in my mind!

 I call this photo collage "Castle Lovers" I used about 20 layers of different pictures. I used the transparency setting for the water!

 I call this one "Imagine" It was created in photoshop with mostly the rubber stamp tool!

 I call this one "Young and Old" Created in Photoshop mostly using the Transparency setting!

This was a simple Yoga Poster, I used photos from the Hubbell Telescope then I cut them out, to create the planets. I then used photo shop brushes to create the flowers and ivy.

A cold Memorial Day..........

Well I was really hoping the day would finally be nice and warm so I could take my kids hiking. But it continued to rain throughout the day! Tomorrow is suppose to be 80 degrees, so I'm crossing my fingers. There are only two and a half days left of school, then my kids will be out for the summer. I am excited to sleep in, and enjoy my summer. I didn't have the time yesterday to post the fall photos I took of my kids, so I am going to post them now! We actually found a little spot right off the road, with greenery and fall leaves everywhere. It also had a cute little bridge. It was a fun spot to take pictures.

Thanksgiving Point Gardens

One of my favorite places to take photographs is at Thanksgiving Point Gardens in Lehi, Utah. Thanksgiving Point has forever changing gardens throughout the spring and summer months. They have different themed gardens on I believe its 40 acres of land. Here are some photos I took there of the gardens architectural land marks. I took so many photos its hard to know which ones to post, so hopefully I won't bore anyone with my ramblings! I am adding the colored version as well as the black and white version. Its interesting how color can affect the whole artistry of the photograph.

I added the colored photographs as well as their black and white version. Its just interesting to see the artistic differences in color verses black and white photography.

Yellow Stone Fine Art Photography

Yellow Stone is so beautiful. I sure enjoy taking pictures of nature. We went to Yellow Stone about two years ago. I couldn't believe how cold it was there in July! But it was beautiful. The following are photos I took there. You can purchase 8 by 10 photos in my Etsy shop!

 This was one of what everyone kept calling a "HOT POT" I could not believe all the natural colors that these hot pots created. I felt like I was in a lost wonderland of weird things, and bright colors!

 This is one of my favorites. The natural colors in this photograph are amazing. You can literally see every color of the rainbow in this hot pot. The colors are so vibrant and beautiful. The sky was very cloudy that day. You can see reflections of the clouds and the trees if you look closely, in this photo.

 The colors in this hot pot were so bright and vibrant. I could not believe how beautiful the colors were. You can see the reflections of the clouds in this photo as well. Its amazing how abstract nature can be.

They called this the Grand Canyon of Yellow Stone. It was truly amazing. And the name Yellow Stone actually came from this canyon. Notice how the stone is Yellow!

Waiting for this rain to stop.........

I swear its been raining now for 2 weeks straight. I am so excited for the rain to stop and the sun to come out. My kids have only 3 days of school left. It will  be nice not having to wake up early every day to take them to school.
I have been getting the itch to start making some things again. I use to make primitive dolls, candles, and all kinds of stuff before I decided to go back to college again. Now that I'm done with school and I have finally graduated with my Associate degree in Graphic and Web Design, I need to find a job. I would much rather work for myself. I have an Etsy shop with some of my designs and some of my photography work. We will see how that goes. I have some ideas, on a bunch of things I want to make! Now if I can find the time to do it!