Some Little Things...

"I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful - an endless prospect of magic and wonder."  -  Ansel Adams

Changes In The Air

‘Take a quiet walk with Mother Nature.  It will nurture your mind, body, and soul.’     Anthony Douglas Williams

 ‘In every walk in nature one receives far more than he seeks.’  -  John Muir

I have spent some time outside this past week enjoying the good weather.  There was some rain, but all in all it was a beautiful fall week. 

My daughter, husband and I went to Glen Helen Nature Preserve on Sunday.  The weather was beautiful and there were still some fall colors to look at.  When my pictures didn’t have much color, I used Kim Klassen’s Lightroom preset autumncopper which added more fall color.

We have been outside working in the yard too, raking leaves and pruning trees.  While I was raking, I noticed there were two purple coneflowers, a little worse for wear, but still there.  I normally don’t take pictures of flowers past their prime, but I thought these deserved a photo.

We are going to get our first taste of winter tonight with freezing temperatures and a little wet snow, just in time for Trick or Treat tonight in our city.  In our part of Ohio they stagger the Trick or Treat nights so each suburb has kids Trick or Treating on a different night.  Since the weather will be bad tonight, we went to a neighboring city to Trick or Treat last night.  So my daughter already has her candy and if it is nice, she gets to Trick or Treat twice.  This is the first year we have done this, I felt like we were cheating somehow, but we did have fun.  My daughter dressed up as a window washer and put blue Gatorade in a Windex bottle to squirt in her mouth.  Oh to be a kid again...

Today I am joining Kim Klassen’s Friday Finds.  My images were textured with Kim Klassen's textures painterly and thursday2014.  This week I found beauty in nature, which really isn’t hard to do.

If you celebrate Halloween have safe and fun night!

Thank you for stopping by!!

Have a great weekend!!

Michelle

 

Smile!

‘Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.’  -  Mother Teresa

‘A laugh is a smile that bursts.’  -  Mary H. Waldrip

‘Everyone smiles in the same language.’  -  Author Unknown

‘A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.’  -  Phyllis Diller

‘A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.’  -  Tom Wilson

‘Happiness is an inside job.’  -  William Arthur Ward

I took these photographs at a garden near my house a few weeks ago, just getting to look at them now…  

I hope you are enjoying the last days of summer with a smile on your face.  In my neck of the woods it has been hotter this week than it has been all summer!   I will enjoy it while it lasts.  

Today I am joining Kim Klassen’s Texture Tuesday.  I played with my images in Lightroom and textured them with Kim’s texture savor in PS Elements.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Have a great week!!

Michelle