Wasn't sure Mr Stone would love me being the queen of everything, but he liked my page. Thanks Lynn and Esther, for taking me so far out of my comfort zone, because I actually had a photo I could use and I enjoyed it. :p

In two weeks with lots of water and cool weather, the new lawn was bunny tall and ready to mow, if only we got a break from the rain before our trip to Alamosa. Our street appeal was good, the volunteer black walnut tree looked great and we had our flower pots all filled with color.

:cool: CHALLENGE 1 - 52 INSPIRATIONS https://oscraps.com/community/media/challenge-1-hawk-moth-white-lined-sphinx.379124/ CHALLENGE 2 - STORYBOOK/FANTASY https://oscraps.com/community/media/challenge-2-i-see-the-moon.379232/ CHALLENGE 3 - MOOD BOARD...

Love the retro route 66 vibe. :cool:

I had a lot of photos and really needed to do a page about our new grass. I started by removing a bunch of fotoblendz from the templates so there'd be white space on the left page. I used threadz and word strips, and stain on the black frame. All of that green made this layout pretty close to...

While we were in Arizona it had rained a lot at home. Tony finished the lawn prep, and it took a few days for it to be dry enough to cut the new sod. I was so happy to see his truck, and it began to rain as he worked. There was daily rain in the 10-day forecast and the bunnies loved it.

Thanks for the challenge, Adryane! Some of my favorite colors. Maybe I need to use them for the cover of my book which still isn't done. :p

I asked Garth about his city in New Zealand and he sent great photos of his view from Wellington of Tapu Te Ranga (Rat Island). He told me about Rotorua, which is volcanic and touristy like Yellowstone. I shared my work with him, and was determined to add more fractals to my daily artwork.

Anisoptera flower (water lily stamp is magenta), sequins, algae(6), bubble stamp, jprompts 2- messy marks & overlay6, date stamp. painted overlay Sygnathidae pin, beads, flair, dragonfly (4), paint splat01, 02 Thanks Esther and Rachel for this challenge!

In the afternoon we walked over to the pond, and as I approached I waved my selfie stick over the edge of the water. I hoped my phone might find a frog I couldn't see, and it did. Maybe my curiosity was contagious, because it wasn't long before one frog didn't dash off but sat still and watched me.

:cool: Thank you so much, Veer!

Thanks for the challenge. I used a subtle cinematic chromatic aberration and color grading. ;)

I asked Bob R. about the whispy flowers and he called the Apache Plume. He added that they were the seed dispersement phase and the flowers had come earlier. I was pleased when I spotted just one or two of the tiny white flowers on the same stalks as the plumes.

Thank you for this challenge. I picked spring for my season. Springtime in the desert.

The middle of spring was a wonderful time to visit the desert climate of the Chiricahua Mountains. It was in the forties in the morning & 75-85 in the afternoon. The wildlife was abundant and there was a sign at Bob's feeders that rattlesnakes were out. Thankfully we missed them.

Not much challenge for me because my whole book for many years is A4. But for this challenge, I tried to emphasize the notebook style in my pages by contrasting colors. Thank you for this challenge, which I sort of turned into a new challenge for myself. :D

Bob R. was at the feeders with us and pointed out several birds we didn't know. One. the phainopeplia, which I had taken photos of earlier, and two, the Crissal thrasher, a less common visitor and new to us. It was our last day of the trip and we said we'd see him in September.

No wi-fi so this is later than I like to be, but it gave me time to wrap my mind around rain, which is somewhat rare for us to see. It's overnight or only for a few minutes most of the time. :D

On Sunday, we welcomed a gentle rain as we got close to Maxwell, and it was off and on for a while. We saw the rainbow before we drove into the rain. Traffic was very heavy north of Denver and it took an extra half hour. We were looking to get rain for several days in coming week.

Thanks for this challenge, Vicky. I'd been wanting to use Natali's new collection and it was great for my photos.