Wander

Wandering Around The Harbor

6/24 Photograph Explore

Travel / Tour / Wander

Today's prompt was a travel prompt and I used one of my favorite shots from Sunday. While my husband was buying lobster, I wandered around the shack to take pictures. I did ask ahead of time for permission, sometimes you just never know if it's okay. There were a lot of good shots from Sunday and I had a hard time picking out one that represented the stop. This works for me.

The other option for today was this photo from golf today. It was a tournament day up in Ashland and the course had terrible greens, no improvement from last month when we played. However, I had fun with the women that I golfed with and we all felt that our scores were not a good representation of our play because of the putting. The day was overcast and there was slight drizzle on the last hole. We lucked out with the weather. On this particular hole which is to the right of the river there is stream with deep banks about 150 yards from where we teed off. As one of the women I played with said, no harm in going for it, it's a one stroke penalty if you go in. The other two made it over, while I went in the river, but with my next shot from the edge, I got it on the green. No guts, no glory and as I watched other women at the same hole, we actually played it better than a lay up shot. I learned something today, always a good thing!

Friday Find- Peonies

Peony Blossom on the Porch 

Texture kk_waterfront28 Overlay, 53% Blend

Same picture as above without texture. 

 My gardens start out sunny in the spring, but once the Maple and Oak leaves come out, they become shade gardens. The flowers are a week or so behind my neighbors and this week our Peonies finally bloomed. These are from a Peony plant that I dug up from my in-laws backyard after they passed away before their house was sold. It is a nice memorial to have in the front garden.

The first year, I had no support for the heavy blossoms, but this year I put the ring out early. The flowers bloomed this week and they are still leaning over. I was hoping for a lot of blossoms and I was not disappointed,  they are beautiful.

I love the textured blossom above in the vase. I used Perfect Effects 8 to add a vintage layer and then took it into Photoshop elements 10 for the texture. The Perfect Effects is new for me and I am not sure what I am doing, but will need to practice since I think there are some great features for landscapes. All it takes is time.

The progress of the Peonies through the spring.