A Glimpse

Thank you, sweetie!!!

Hi Paul!!! Thank you!!

Thanks, Curtiss!!!!!

Oh, Blair!!!! You’re so kind to me, lol!!!! Thank you!!!

Thanks, Kathy … it was like looking into another world … I fell completely in love with this courtyard!!!

Aww Luda … Hugzzzz .. you are always so sweet!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!

Barbara, you darling!!!!! Thank you!!!! Believe it or not, the washed out, straight from the camera version is on youknowwhere, lol!!!! I can’t get over what a few clicks of the mouse in Photoshop and Photomatix can do!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! LOL!!!!

Darling girl!!!!! I was just telling Barbara … it constantly amazes me what a little playing around can do!!! Even on a low pixel, low quality image from a point and shoot!!! SO MUCH FUN!!! lol!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!!

thank you, sweetie … it’s such a beautiful place … if you ever get the chance to go there you’ll love it!!!

thank you!!!

thank you, Mick!!!!! I really loved the image itself, but the color was so pitiful … I’m glad you like the face-lift!!!

Thank you, hon!!

thank you, Bela!!!

thanks, Pauline!!! I’m glad you like this one … it’s been a favorite of mine for a long time. Glad I was able to fix it up a bit!!!

thank you, Rose!!

Ilpo!! How lovely to see you!! Thank you very much!!!

Oh, Lynnie, thank you sweetie!!! I’ve always really loved this shot … but it was so pitiful, color wise. I’m glad you like the photoshop face lift I gave it!!!

thank you very much!!!!! I’m honored that you like this one!!!

Hiiii Colin, dear!!! Thank you for your visit and the fave!!!

Hiiii Maggie!!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!! Oh, if you could have seen the pitiful washed out original, lol!!!!! eeeek!!

Hi Yvonne!!!! Oh, that’s just the best … when a photo can bring back a wonderful memory!!!! I’m so happy this little shot did that for you!!!

thank you so much, Denis!!

thank you, Richie … I’ve been pushing the envelope again, lol!!!

Hi Helene!!!! Thank you so much!!!

Hiiii Marci!!!! Wonderful to see you!!!! Thank you!!!

thank you so much … this was taken in the morning … and I would have given anything to have been able to step inside and have a cup of tea with the lady of the house, here!!!!

... laughing … thanks David!!!!! But no, sadly, you don’t get to see more … and neither did I. : ((

thank you, sweetie!!!!

Hi Robert!!!! Thank you so much!!!

hi Sylvia!!! Thank you!!

Oh, Beve, hubby had to hold me back from walking right through that wonderful old arch and making myself at home!!!!

OOOO Sandra .. you must know this part of the world very well, then!!!! We were only there very briefly … always hoped to be able to go back someday!!!! I’ll put Zagreb on the wish list!!!

Oh, Robin!!! Thank you so much!! I’m so glad you like this one … it was such a magical place and I was so so so shy about taking this little shot!!! Honestly, I felt like an intruder … but it was just so magical!!! Thank you for liking it too!!!!

Oh, my dear friend, what a lovely, lovely comment!!! I have had this little shot, in its original faded, washed out version all this time. I’m so glad I was able to bring it back to the memory I have of it!!! Thank you!!!

Oh, Von!!! You’re a terrible tease, aren’t you!!!!! ... laughing … laughing!!! Thank you!!!!! If you ever get the chance, you have to go here!!! The sidewalk in front of this house, just a little walk away, is overhung with glorious cool shade trees, and little tables with bright umbrellas in front of the most wonderful shops!! I have a shot of this street … with the big yachts tied up right at the sidewalk, that I’m going to try to fix up. But there’s a drink they serve all over the Mediterranean called cafe frappe (not sure how to spell it, but it’s pronounced ca-fay’ frap-pay’) .. an iced coffee with a froth … even Starbucks can’t beat it!!!! When you go … sip one of these … under those trees … at one of those magic tables … for me!!!!

Thank you, Antonio!!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it, hon!!!!

OOOO!!! Cindy!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! Sooooo exciting!!!! WHEEEE!!!!!!! A wonderful honor!!!

Thank you so so much!!!!! I’m thrilled that you like this one!!!!

Thank you, Amy!!!

Hi Dana, hon!!! Thank you!!!

Hiiiii BigD!!!!! Thank you, hon!!!! Sooo good to see you!!!!!!

Thank you, Sendao!!! I’m honored that you like this one!!

Gerry, thank you so much!!! I appreciate your visit and note!!!

Hiiii sweetie!!!!! OOOOH thank you, DJ!!!!! I can’t tell you how happy I was to be able to salvage this shot!!! YAY!!

Hiii Vicki!!! Thank you!!!! I’m so glad you like this one!!!!

LOL!!!! Dave, you dear!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!

Thanks, sweetie!!! i think this one is actually one of those shots that helped sew the seed of the love of photography!!! When I snapped it … obviously there were no historic monuments nearby … and no one we knew was in the image. I think my husband and my son were HORRIFIED that I’d take a picture … of … what??? LOL!!!! Like I said .. the first stirrings of artistic attraction!!!!

Thank you so much, Prasad!!!!

Thank you, sweetie!!!!

Thank you, sweetie!!!! Yes it was originally done on a point and shoot … low, low pixels and who knows what quality setting!! I’m glad I didn’t give up on it!!!! Thank you!!!!

OOO!! Thank you, sweetie!!

Awww .. Rachel!!! Thank you, hon!!!

Thank you very much!!!!! Isn’t it just amazing what odd things were laying around here .. and how all the colors just seemed to work!!

Hi Mariana!!! Thank you!!!

Thank you so much, Carlos!!!!

Hi sweetie!!!! Thank you so much!!

Hello dear Vonne!!! Thank you, thank you!!!!

Hi Janice!!! Thank you very much!!!

Hi Sarah!!! Oh, I would have loved to go through that doorway also! We were walking by when I was just enchanted!!! Went back and snapped this shot and nearly horrified my family!! This was waaaaay before the photography bug bit … they thought I’d lost my mind, lol!!!

thanks, Kevin!!!! yes, I definitely lost it in a good way!!

Steve … thank you so much!!! For me, it’s allll experimenting!!! It’s such a relief when one actually turns out!!!!

You darling!!!!! Thank you … I wanted to do exactly what you’re describing!!!!! They practically had to hold me back, lol!!!!!

Hi Heloisa!!!! Thank you so much!!

Cheri!!!! What a lovely, lovely comment!!! Thank you so much!!!!!

Thanks so much Kelly!!!

Hi Karen!!!! I’ll amble in if YOU amble in!!!! LOL!!! My family nearly dragged me away by the scruff of my neck when I darted back and took this snap!!!! Thank you so much!!!

Hi Irene!!!! Thank you so much!!!!

Oh, thank you … what a lovely comment!!! Yes, I do love color, lol!!! Heaven help anyone who has a preference for b&w who stumbles into my portfolio!!!!! lol … thanks so much again!!!

thank you very much!!! I love what the hdr can do … but it’s a very tricky program!!! I can’t tell you how many hours I’ve wasted on images then decided I just didn’t like them!!!! But it CAN do miracles!!! So glad you enjoyed this one!!!

Hi Marilyn!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!

thanks, Mary ... but the really special part of this one, I think, was the little courtyard itself!!!!!

Hello my friend!!!!! Thank you!!!!!! I’m glad you enjoyed this one!!

Thank you, Laura!!!! it truly, truly was a beautiful place!!!! So glad you liked it too!!

Thank you so much, Heather!!!!

Hi Paul!! Thank you so much!!! This was long before photography “got” me … and my family thought I’d lost my mind taking this shot … but I’ve always loved it. So glad I’ve figured enough of Photoshop out to be able to fix it up a bit!!!!

Hi Rosy, dear!!!! Thank you, thank you so much!!! It really is a special place!!

Hello Xandru!!! Thank you very much for your kind note … I’m honored!!!

Hi Dawn!!! thank you, thank you … it was so beautiful that morning … I couldn’t resist stopping and taking this shot!!!

Hi Lori!!!! Thank you, thank you, hon!!!!

... laughing … and YOU thought I was exaggerating when I said it’s not just the time spent online!!! If you only knew how many shot I spent ages on … then toss!!!! AARRUUGGHH!!! LOL!!! Yes … you can say … it’s addicting!!!!

Hi Barbara!!!! Thank you!!!! What a lovely comment!!

Oh, Ken … I know … I felt the same way!!!!

Thank you very much, Franklin. That’s exactly how this one struck me … I honestly am so glad I had the foresight and the nerve to go back and take this shot. I passed up a really spectacular shot a few months back that still breaks my heart that I missed .. but it is in my memory … so I know exactly what you’re talking about!!!

Hi Paul!!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!!!!

Tomas, thank you so very much!!!! I’m honored that you liked this one!!

thank you so much, Gwenda!!!

Elizabeth .. thank you!! I’m so glad you like this one … it was truly shot from the hip … and I felt so guilty when I snapped it!! But I’m glad I did!!!

thank you very much!!!

Rosemary … I snapped this long before I became addicted to the camera … long before … I’d actually continued walking down the road a bit .. then zipped back and took the shot. My husband and my son thought I’d lost my mind, lol!!! It was just so picturesque!!!!

LOL!!! I LOVE the “W-O-W !!!” YAY!!!! You’ve made my day!!!!!

Thank you so much … it is … such a magnificent area!!!

Thank you!!

Jason … thank you so much!!!

Hello my beautiful, beautiful friend!!!!! What a delight to have you visit!!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!!! Hugzz!!!

HelloooOooo dear Evita!!!! Thank you!!!!

Thank you so much, Scott!!!!!!

Thank you, thank you!!! It’s the most amazing little town … and this home just stole my imagination!!!!!

Linda!!! you sweetheart!!!!! What a lovely, lovely thing to say!!!!! i am actually, at this minute, sitting on an image I took of my garden last summer. I’ve tinkered with it mercilessly … and have been debating on whether or not I should upload it. I’ve added so many filters and played with it so hard it does look like a painting … and I just wasn’t sure if I had to nerve to upload the thing or not!!! LOL!!!! Your lovely comment is making me think … maybe I should???? We’ll seeeee!!!!!

Good morning David!!!! Thank you so much for your wonderful note … I’m sooo flattered!!!! Glad you liked this one … it was taken a few years back with a point and shoot and long before I took photography seriously. The ability to bring this scene to life, as I remembered it, was such a kick!!! I’m thrilled you enjoyed it too!!!!!

Good morning Helm!!!!!! THANK you!!!!!! I’m honored!!!!!

You sweetie pie!!!!!! Thank you soooo much!!!!! Hugzz!!!

thank you … it is a different world … this is in Dubrovnik .. right on the Adriatic!!! This … is paradise!!

Oh, Pamela!!!!!! THANK you!!!!!! What an incredible honor!!! YAY!!!!!!

Thank you THANK you!!!!! OOOOH WOW!!!! This is just SO COOL!!!!!

you sweetheart!!!!!!!! Thank you soooo much … for your congratz, but also for your unfailing kindness and encouragement!!!!! Hugzz!!!!!

John … thank you so kindly for your visit and lovely note!!! I appreciate it!!!

Hello, Steve … thank you so much!!!!!!

Hi Karon!!!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!!!! You would love it here!!!!!

Thank you so much, sweetie … I always try to include how I got to a finished product. Even on straight photography, at least I usually give shutter speed and aperture. I’m so glad to know someone reads it!! YAY!!! So I’m NOT talking to myself!!!!! lol!!!

Thank you so much, Cheryl!!!

Hi Mary Ann!!! Thank you!!!!

Thank you again, Alan!!!! I’m totally honored!!!!!

Ken … thank you … what a lovely and thoughtful comment!!! I’m honored!!!!

Oh, JEN!!!! Thank you sooooo much!!!!! OH YAY!!! What a fabulous honor .. I’m sooo thrilled!!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!!!

thank you so much, Jane!!!! I love this one, too … it was one of those shoot from the hip moments … and it was quite daring for me, at the time to do something like that, lol!!!! So glad you enjoyed it, too!!! Hugzz!!!

Oh, Stan!!! Thank you so, so much!!!!! I’m just overjoyed!!!!!! Isn’t it wonderful, all the fabulous groups here!!!!!! Thank you again for your visit!!!!

Helloooooo my dear friend!!!! How wonderful to see you!!!!!! I hope you’ve been well!!! Thank you so much for stopping by and for your lovely note!!!!!

thank you so much, Erika!!! there is just so much extraordinary charm in Europe … so much beauty … it was such a joy to visit there!!!!

thank you, Yani!!!! You have such a fabulous eye for the right image … I’m completely honored that you like this little shot!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!

LOL!!!! Thanks, Wayne!!

Thank you so, so much!! What a lovely comment … I’m so honored!!

Hi Bill … thank you so much. Your comment truly means so much to me!! What a wonderful thing to say!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!

Hi Jim!!!! Thank you so much for your lovely note … and please forgive me for not responding sooner … I’ve been out of town!!!! Thank you again!!!

Hi Rosalie!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!! My apologies for not getting back to you sooner, but I’ve been away. Thank you again, hon!!! hugzz!!

Hiii Ildi!!!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!!

thank you, Mugsy … this shot was taken on a quick whim … I wasn’t even taking photography seriously at the time … but i just couldn’t leave without somehow preserving this beautiful place!! Thank you again!!!!

Hi Andy!!! thank you, thank you so much!!!!! Hugzz!!

Carolyn, it’s interesting that you were drawn to this courtyard image … as I am to your amazing watercolor digital painting. I’m so glad you enjoyed this one … and I agree … somehow the clutter of the bicycles and the chair with the towel draped over its back suddenly aren’t clutter … they’re part of the story!!!! I love that you like this one so much!!! YAY!!

Andrew thank you so very much!!!! This was taken long before the photography bug bit, but something about this little courtyard just beckoned me … to the point that I had walked past, then ran back and snapped!!! I guess I knew even then!!!!

thank you, thank you soooo much!!! I’m thrilled that you found this one and liked it!! This was long before I was a camera-holic … so, it was just good luck!!!!!

Thank you so much, Lori!!!!! Good heavens, don’t worry about missing stuff … there’s no way we can keep up!!!!!!!! Hugzz!!!

Thank you very much, Michael. Considering the itty bitty camera … and that I knew even less then than I do now about photography … it’s not bad!!! The scene just grabbed me when I walked by … I actually dashed back and snapped this one off. My family (remember, I wasn’t a cameraholic at the time) thought I’d lost my mind, lol!!!!! Thank heavens for photoshop!!! And thank you for your visit and kind note!!!! I’m honored!!

Hi Bruce … thank you so much!!!!!

Oh, Sonia dear!!! Another wonderful message I missed!! HEAVENS!! Where was I the day you visited!!! LOL!! Thank you again!!!!

so so so sorry I missed your note … but thank you!!! I’m so happy you enjoyed this one!!!!

My apologies for not seeing your note earlier!!! Thank you!!!!