Monday, June 18, 2012

Overdoing it - Who, Me?

I'm joining Mary at Little Red House for Mosaic Monday.

Having learned  (but not permanently) my lesson about overdoing it in the garden, I had a day of overdoing it in the house. At least I am consistent!

After a full day, I decided to wash the kitchen windows, inside and out, and the woodwork plus the screens. At one point that required me to sit on the windowsill and put my feet in the kitchen sink. As I was wiping glass with my feet in the sink, my daughter-in-law called. While I was talking to her, and still wiping, I glanced behind me to the outside to see my daughter standing there looking up at me as if I were crazy! Well, I wasn't going to miss talking to my daughter-in-law just because I was sitting on the windowsill with my feet in the kitchen sink!

It was worth the effort because the kitchen seemed so much cleaner and brighter. Everyone in the family commented on it.

Thank you all for your favorable comments on my photo montages. Since I work alone at home, it is nice to get feedback. This montage features a cosmos and a butterfly photoed in my yard. Of course I changed the color from yellow to orange. You can see the flower repeated in the top left and the bottom right. In the top right you can faintly see a peony which is repeated in the bottom. The background is a single photo of a cluster of white astilbe blooms over a color layer, covered by a texture layer. This is done in Photoshop Elements 6.



Legal Seafoods in Framingham, MA was the site of our Father's Day dinner. Our son, daughter and son-in-law treated us. Mr. B had raw oysters but I was not brave enough to try one. Why are they called "naked cowboys"? Anyone know?

8 comments:

Sheila said...

Sounds like you had a great family dinner Nancy. It's wonderful to get those dreaded chores done when a person feels ambitious. I was ambitious on the weekend sweeping out the garage and I have the blisters and bandages to prove it. Very pretty textured photo. Have a great week!

TexWisGirl said...

no idea on the question you posed. :)

that collage would make a fabulous fabric.

Judith @ Lavender Cottage said...

The montage is absolutely gorgeous!

eileeninmd said...

Lovely montage. The butterfly is pretty and I love the colors. Well done!

Stephanie said...

This montage is very pretty to look at.

Lynn Holland said...

I think you are very clever, I've never been able to get my head around designing on the computer. Maybe I should put it on my to do list.
Lynn. No. 43

Jill Harrison said...

this montage is so gorgeous!

Lynn Wood said...

Another amazing montage! I just love your creations, they are just so unique. All that talk about cleaning is making me want to get my squeegee out. Nothing picks you up like clean windows. Naked cowboys? Hmmmm you got me on that one??