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I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.
For Greta just because she loves trees.

So,
When you ask me, where my oasis is,
I’ll just answer you this,
Where people go, just to get away and miss,
It’s
Beyond the farthest star,
Farther than farther than it seems,
Where the Wild things are.
Maurice Sendak

We traveled all the way to the Rockies to find a long horn sheep. Jim dragged me out every night looking for one. Never did we even come close to laying eyes on one.
Then here we are in this sunny Paradise and what do we find in a field at the side of the road, a long horned sheep with babies.
Jim was pumping the breaks. Not sure what his photo looks like but his smile was wide.

This weeks Beyond Layers lesson was to take an image and make it painterly.
I love this old barn in Maine. It is not far from where my house is there. Each time I pass by it calls to me. I have many photo's of it in every season
It is old and run down so I thought it would be a good choice for my "old painterly image".
I would be curious as to what you all think. This is all so new for me but I love each lesson and I think I'm starting to understand photoshop a bit better each time.

Toes in the water, book on my chair, and views wherever I look. Some are pretty interesting.
Ah, Life is Good Today...

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What originally attracted me to this bottle in the vintage shop was that it was made in American....rare these days.
What really turn my heart around though, upon closer inspection, was the fact that it was an old Clicquot Club soda bottle.
In an instant I thought of my Mom. Memories came rushing back right there in the shop. That was my Mom's favorite brand of soda. An old glass bottle and how I wished she was alive still so that I could share this bottle with her. A treat when she could afford to have one. That also was a rare occurrence.
Forgotten Memories that return every year on this day of her leaving.
This bottles for you Mom....miss you still, always will