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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

A Slideshow Celebrating Autumn





The colorful beauty of the beginning of autumn in South-Western Ontario is something people celebrate each year. We Canadians track the color change and map it out for tourists and "Sunday drivers" encouraging them to get out and view the countryside.

Sometimes that's not possible, I find themed slide-shows help me when I can't get out and about. Enjoy!

Hopefully this Flickr slideshow will work, at least until I manage a better one using my Picassa or Photoshop software. Think I'll try both and compare them! (subject of next blog perhaps!)

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Windows Marketplace - What Is Microsoft Thinking?

I clicked the selection link to check out the site and lo and behold, no Canada selection and no english language selection either... I think the proof reading went wrong before publishing! Windows Marketplace and their Microsoft store are off to a rocky start!
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Monday, September 07, 2009

At the Heart of Peace: International Day of Peace movie

Happy to share this short video from HeartMath2. Being promoted by the Global Coherence Initiative, a group I've been following for about a year. The International Day of Peace is described as a holiday in some circles, and could reach that state worldwide some day! That's the hope I hold in my heart and the joy of that thought lifts my spirits! When we share a world where we celebrate each other, our natural world and our natural place within it. When we honor all life and embrace our far ranging diversity we will find the peace within that will create peace in our world. Mark your calendar and find some way to celebrate a peaceful world view on September 21. Your intention will create an energy wave that will connect with all others on that day, raising the vibrations of peace around the planet, even if only for a brief moment. Hold peace in your heart and radiate peace outward from your heart to the world around you. May Peace Be with You.

Saturday, September 05, 2009

A Handsome Gentleman

Meet our most recent foster boy. He came to us as Tweedle, a name that was given to him by the shelter that picked him up as a stray quite a while ago. Our grand daughters tried to help us find a new name for him and we discovered he didn't seem to have preference for any that we tried. The best they came up with was "Mister Sir" - he is such a gentleman and Buddy - because he is a real Buddy!
Tweedle-Bud might be too cutesie but it does sometimes suit him!

This fellow plays well with others; including dogs, the elderly and children. Very well mannered, he even barks quietly! Mind you he can bellow out a good loud bark too but usually he's quiet when guarding the back yard from marauding squirrels and birds with just a little "woof" under his breath. Very nice for the neighbors!

He knows to sit, though stay does't last long. He hasn't tried to find a way out of the yard yet; warning; he's a very independent guy and will take off if left to his own, he is very adventurous, not shy or timid. We're fairly sure he hasn't experienced any abusive treatment, he seems to have come from a loving home and settles in well where he knows he's safe and appreciated.

We've helped him heal a sore paw that is now good as new and knowing all his tests came back with flying colors we're hoping a happy, loving family will be coming to take him to his new forever home soon. Mind you, he's welcomed to stay as long as it takes but we're certain there's a family out there looking for a fellow just like this Handsome Gentleman.

Friday, September 04, 2009

Have been working with a trial version of an updated Photoshop application. Enjoying it muchly... missed the sale date and am fretting now over what I'll have to pay to aquire it... well not fretting as much as feeling regret and remorse over losing track of the time like that! I'm not surprised as it's something I do often - time seems much more flexible to me, until it's past and then I begin to wonder where it went, he he!
Oh well!
still, I enjoyed the exercise and think it's worthwhile to purchase just for the ease in which I can perfrom tasks that took hours of concentrated effort to achieve previously. Really simple tasks too, you wouldn' t think it would be a big deal to add copyright notices and other details but I have found it to be a very time consuming process in the past. Okay - I can hear me justifying... yeah...
Just check this out...
I was playing with a pretty image of some lavender blooms
I managed to apply an effect to the backgound of the image and found the effect very pleasing;
Then I tried comparing the enhanced image, with the regular for in use as a greeting card type of layout that emphasises the lovely lavender hues;
Thinking it'll be worth the investment in the long run, I've used my older version for almost 5 years now!

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It's our belief the Earth on which we live is truly an Enchanted Garden. Nature has a magical way of creating and sustaining itself, usually with an incredible abundance and variety of expression. This is actually the natural way of the world we live in, despite human attempts to rally against or fight or ignore nature.

A Photo-Blog with a fun and quirky flavor, including some digital artwork, inspirations, experiments and the stories behind them giving some insight into how a couple of happy gardeners view our backyard and our world!
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We planned our landscaping to reflect our appreciation for the natural world and the desire to observe nature up close by making use of native plant varieties, allowing seed bearing plants to stand as feed for wildlife and creating a healthy micro-environment for them. Sometimes even the garden visitors: mainly birds and squirrels leave seeds and bulbs that surprise us later on!

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I celebrate nature, the natural world and the human spirit immersed within it. My passion is in sharing the simple reminders the garden and nature share with me. Through my photographic adventures I've learned something we humans often overlook; We are a part of Nature, not apart from it! That we are human spirits immersed within this magical, miraculous and beautiful world. Understanding this fundamental truth has been changing my life in lovely ways. I look forward to and welcome further developments this focus provides and hope you might be inspired to reconnect with the natural world around you!
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