Another of my favorite Christmas decorations. My daughter gave this to me several years ago. This is a fiber optic angel tree topper, but I never put it on the tree. It graces an antique side table in my family room. Its the first Christmas decoration to come out of storage each year and the last to go back. (Of course, since I’m a Christmas decoration fanatic, I tend to drag my feet when it comes to putting everything back in storage. Its like saying goodbye to old friends for another year) / (the clouds in the background were made using quilt batting in front of blue-green foamboard) Canon Rebel XTi – Canon 18-55mm lens / Winlock, Washington FEATURED: IMAGEWRITING 12-9-09 / / FEATURED:ANGELS WINGS AND HEAVEN 12-11-09 / / /
A parrot at Belize Zoo. Feature 11-30-09 / Featured on Friends of RedBubble 12-11-09
This is a horse named Frog. He is from Winlock, WA. Photo is taken with sony cybershot. 226 Views
My Mother’s chihuahua, Ria, looking none too happy about playing dress-up. Taken in Winlock, WA. 122 views Featured 12-03-09 / Featured 12-05-09 / Featured 12-09-09 / Featured 12-09-09 / Top Ten in Challenge 12-15-09 / Featured in Toy Dogs R Us 12-17-09 /
Under other circumstances, the evening would have been perfect. He brought her roses, even though she knew they could not afford them. They spent the night looking at pictures of places and things she dreamed of seeing, but knew she never would. They talked, they cried, they loved. He kissed her softly and whispered goodbye at 10 past 6. The train would take him to the boat and the boat would take him across the ocean. The boat would take him to war. But for her, time stood still. Canon Rebel XTi – Canon 18-55mm lens / Several texture layers that I created blended with the original image set up in my studio. FEATURED:STILL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY 11-27-09 / / FEATURED:ALPHABET SOUP 11-28-09 / FEATURED:NOSTALGIC ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY 11-29-09 / / FEATURED:ORIGINAL BLENDS 11-30-09 / /
And I haven’t lost a single pound! Nina is one of only two remaining wild born Western Lowland gorillas at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. She is a grand old lady somewhere between 40 and 50 years old and she is wonderful! She has a fantastic sense of humor. She will sit looking so stoic for a while, then all of a sudden she will stick her tongue out and make faces! I just adore her! / Here she is basking in the glow of her heat lamps and enjoying a snack. She uses the stick you see in her hand as a cane at times when she is walking around. I suspect at her age, she has uncomfortable days just like the rest of us! The Western Lowland Gorilla is a subspecies of the Western Gorilla that lives in montane, primary, and secondary forests and lowland swamps in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Adult male Gorillas are prone to cardiomyopathy, a degenerative heart disease. Babec, a Western Lowland Gorilla on exhibit at the Birmingham Zoo in Birmingham, Alabama (USA) was the first gorilla to receive an artificial pacemaker. Binti Jua, who resides at Brookfield Zoo in Illinois, saved a three year old boy who fell into her enclosure in 2003. / The Western Lowland Gorilla is critically endangered. The gorilla is vulnerable to Ebola, deforestation, and poaching. 234 views / Canon Rebel XTi Featured: Animal Photography 10-15-09 / / Awarded: Animal Photography 10-16-09 / / Featured:Zoophoria 10-26-09 / FEATURED:PLAYFUL PHOTOGENIC ANIMALS 11-7-09 / / /
This wonderful little houseboat was found in Olympia, Washington. I thought it looked so much more like a country cottage than a houseboat. Canon Rebel XTi – Canon 70-200mm lens / Photoshop CS2 – Topaz Adjust FEATURED:LIVE, LOVE AND DREAM 12-7-09 / / FEATURED:GOING COASTAL 12-10-09 / / /
CHALLENGE WINNER: Windows & Doors..”Red Doors”...Dec 11, 09 / CHALLENGE WINNER: Cee’s Fun & Artsy Friends….Nov 18, 09 / Featured: COTTAGE STYLES..Nov 4, 09 / As a child, my grandma would read “The Secret Garden” to me every night and the garden had a red door just like this one! Wonderful memories! / (Merged two pics (mine), finished in PS & NikPro) / /
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHY…Nov 10, 09 / My neighbors dog, Max. His owner had just asked him to “shake hands”. I felt so lucky to have caught his bent paw. / /
Featured: DIMENSIONS..Dec 3, 09 / Featured: RURAL AROUND THE GLOBE..Dec 3, 09 / Bodie, CA….a ghost town from the 1800’s / /
Featured: MONOCHROME..Nov 18, 09 / My favorite home in Carson Ciy, NV. / It is over 70yrs old and has been beautifully maintained.
A pigeon at Fisherman’s Wharf…San Francisco, CA. / (Topaz v2.3….CS3) /


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