happy new year

wishing you all the best for 2015!

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below, some of my latest encaustic work

seen on my new blog

nancylynndonaldson.blogspot.com

 

change in weather

i've been hibernating this winter, mostly due to a "popped rib"

its been a problem since late november and i've done everything possible to make it better

some days better than others

going a little stir crazy, watching too much tv and no art

on the weekend there was a huge change in the weather

temperatures reaching 13c 58f 

the 2 foot layer of snow on my front lawn is now completely gone

i decided to head out with my camera, i got as far as the bluffs near my house

the marina was filed with ducks, geese and this wonderful swan

i really wanted to play in ps  when i got home but sitting at the computer is difficult

so i finally "rigged" a spot on the couch, with lots of pillows and got some time to play

i found several interesting masks and bokeh at shadowhouse

a half and hour later i was happy with the results and getting a chance to create

now back to rest!!

change in weather

sunrise in the country

sunset

back in the city , my front yard

one day snow the next, rain and fog

rare sighting

while visiting my sister in kingsville, ontario

the small town of 20,000 was buzing with bird watchers

from as far away as new hampshire

a great grey owl showed up just before the holidays

20 inches tall with a wings span of 5 feet it's the largest

rarely seen below lake superior it's a long way from home
i wish i had my big camera with me

first snow

christmas clipping mask

while i was blog hopping this morning i came across this wonderful

clipping mask from marie otero
just add any photo on top. clip and watch the magic!!!

thanks marie!

(photo taken on hwy 1o , converted into b/w with a spash of red)

a nite at the distillery district

the toronto christmas market

on now until december 18th
if you get a chance stop by

snow bonus

the one good thing that came out of the last snow fall

was some of the cool photos

(above, you know spring is on it's way when the geese come home)

as i was walking past one of the many driveway i notice how the

snow landed in the cracks it looked like cracks in marble

so i took a shot

when it got home i notice that the snow had made a nice oval frame

so i played a bit in ps

changed it to black and white and added it to several photos

here i used the color burn blending mode this one i used overlay

snow & the details

after catching up on my blog "hoppin'" for owoh

i st0pped by shadowhouse creations

there where a lot of new tutorials and free downloads

which i managed to at least try a few on

above, four of the textured overlays

snow day!!!

after 2 days of hearing about the storm of the century

i woke up to a normal ( for canada) snowfall

schools closed, the streets were quite,

the news says 10 cm ( that's only 4 inches)

not much going on so i decided to take a look for myself

6 inches with a drift............

beanie wasn't liking it!!!!

since my encaustic class was canceled

i caught up on some paper work

playing on the computer

and watching groundhog day

btw, phil did not see his shadow today

so it means an early spring!!!!!

winter wonderland