Another Rose

Roses don't get much of a chance to show off their beauty this year with all the rain we've had over the last weeks. So I decided to provide a platform for those rare beauties and there is no better one than Lisa's Creative Exchange.

Have a wonderful start into the week and enjoy the links!

Aurora on Wednesday

This is my contribution for Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday. I know it's Wednesday already, but I still wanted to share this one with you.

This rose is one of the few that survived the cold temperatures, the rain and the storms and I thought I'd honour her with a little processing. I used two layers of Kim's freebie "Aurora" - I really like it on the photo, as it somehow integrates the brown spots on the petals in a beautiful way.

Lisa's Creative Exchange

In one of her recent posts, Ashley wrote about a wonderful vintage polaroid set over at Katie Lloyd Photography. Katie provides a free download of the set and as I loved the look of it I decided to give it a go. It's really so easy to use and so much fun to play around.

I tried the frame on several photos - this one is my absolute favourite and I'll link up to Lisa's Creative Exchange.

Have a wonderful start into the week!

From My Walk

It was really a wonderful day yesterday and I was so happy to get out from the office at least on time.

I enjoyed my photo walk, although somehow I had chosen a route where there weren't so many flowers around. I found this rather battered lavender - I wish you could smell it. Just to lean in close and inhale deeply was worth the photo!

I really wonder why I don't do that more often...

Have a wonderful day!

Creative Exchange

I have the feeling that summer is slipping through my fingers. I spend the finest hours of the day in the office, where my sinuses keep struggling with the air conditioning (which is also blowing much too cold for my liking, leaving me sipping hot tea almost all the time) and when I'm finally free to enjoy the sun one thunderstorm chases the next one and then there is rain, even hail and an abrupt drop of temperature.

The forecast for this week says that tomorrow will be a warm and sunny day (the last one for this week), so I plan to leave early and then enjoy the rest of the day. I might just take my camera with me and maybe find a few flowers that survived the last storms - just as the ones above I found last week.

Now, I'm heading over to Lisa's blog to link my post up to her Creative Exchange - see you there.

Have a wonderful week!

Memories

I really felt like a child when I saw these in a neighbouring garden today! The first currants this year, highlighted by the sun and ready to eat! I almost took some to put them in my mouth, but refrained from doing so, as I was already eyed suspiciously what I was taking pictures of...!

And while linking them up to Lisa's Creative Exchange I'm dreaming of jam and cake and other delicacies made with currants.

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Out of the Blue

I really thought I've had my share of sinusitis last year, well, obviously not...

What started with a sore throat in the middle of the night developed into a full-blown sinusitis within a few hours. After two rounds of antibiotics and some other medication I'm finally back here - still shaky and not yet able to spend long times in front of the screen. So it may take a while until I can make the round catching up on everyone.

On a lighter note, I'd like to share a wonderful experience I had last week. I was the lucky winner of the book "Flavor for Mixed Media" by the wonderful artist Mary Beth Shaw. The book, however, "got lost" on it's way to me - the package was cut open. I contacted Mary Beth about some delivery specifics I needed for a complaint I intended to file with the post office.

And guess what - Mary Beth sent me the book again together with some lovely stencils and wouldn't hear anything of my participating in the costs! I'm really blown away by her kindness and generosity!

I think that's reason enough to put this peony (one of my favourite flowers) up to Lisa's Creative Exchange to thank Mary Beth with all my heart.

Have a wonderful week everyone!