• Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 4.06.2014

    Outside my window…is a cool late afternoon in southeast Virginia.  Plenty of sunshine, blue skies but not quite as warm as it was for the past couple of days.  We have been see-sawing this spring….it rains or snows one day and then it warms up only to cool down to an unseasonable cool temperature.  The cycle has been running that course for several weeks now.  I think it is safe to say we have experienced our last frost, but I’m still not putting the plants out nor planting any seedlings yet.  It was 45°F when I woke up this morning and I don’t believe it has broken the low 50’s…

  • Composites,  Photography

    Meanwhile….

    …a new composite….. Credits: Background/Foreground: Burtn and Burtn Orb: eddyhaze Wings: Moonglowlilly Fairie: Lisa-jen-stock Sparkles: http://www.obsidiandawn.com/ Snow Texture: emilyemilybeth.deviantart.com  

  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 3.3.2013

    Outside my window…is a beautiful blue sky, sunshine and a bit windy.  It is also 37°F but with the brrrr chilly wind it feels like 29°F at 9:45 this morning.  You know what, I don’t care if it is cold because there are blue skies and sunshine….for the first time since Thursday morning.  I don’t know if I suffer from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)…I have never been clinically diagnosed as such….but I can say that after day in and day out of nothing but clouds, it does affect my mood and spirit.  I want to feel the warmth of the sun on my face, I want to squint in the bright sunlight, I…

  • Composites

    Beware When The Moon Is Full

    Inspired by Jenny Le’s “Nocturna” The full tutorial is not available unless you are a member of the site {which I am not} so I took the idea and created something similar of my own. This composite has 24 layers including stock images and adjustments. If you click on the links below you will see the stock images used with the exception of the candles and flame ~ the owner has put her deviations into storage and they are no longer available but she has requested credit with this notation. Credit For Stock Used: Stone Castle Wings Background Skull Candle & Flame {deviations currently in storage} Bones {caution: his deviations and stock contain nudity} Gravestone Model Light Rays…

  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 12.30.2012

    Outside my window…is a cold and blustery day.  There is sunshine….there is blue skies…but there is also northwest winds blowing at 23 mph.  It is about 3:00 in the afternoon and our current temperature is at 46°F…factor in the wind and it feels like 38°F.  A bit brisk outside.  We had quite a bit of rain the day after Christmas and again yesterday but today has been dry, humidity is even quite low at 33%.  We are forecast to dip down to 29°F this evening….might be a good night for a fire. I am thinking…about so many things recently….the events of the past year…what the new year will bring. I…

  • Composites

    When the veil is thin….

    ….you never know what you will see…. Happy Samhain! Resources for this image: Tutorial Ground Image Grunge Textures by Pelleron ~ Deviant Art Sky by Pelleron Stock ~ Deviant Art Skeleton Image Birds by Obsidian Dawn ~ Deviant Art Ghostly Woman by Cathleen Tarawhiti ~ Deviant Art  {this is not on the tutorial, something I added myself} * Note:  There are flowers added in the tutorial that I didn’t use.