The Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia surround the valley below
Another view of the valley below.
Another beautiful view taken from the overlook on Interstate 64.
Mountains in the background of our lush spring foliage.
I just got back from Staunton, which is a lovely little town in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. I took oodles of pictures this morning. Being Sunday, the streets were a bit empty. Most of the stores were closed, and I suspect most people were either at home or in church, thus it was quite. These are some of the street scenes of the historic part of downtown. I will no doubt add other posts here and there of some of the store windows and more detailed shots of doorways, etc. So many pictures, so little time. Enjoy please
This was one of my riding trails when Magi was boarded on ‘the’ farm. It’s hard to take a photo from the back an eager horse sometimes. 🙂
Hazy trail in the Fall.
When I first got my Corel program and had not a clue as how to use it, I started by experimenting with some of the features. For practice, I made this little game sheet for my grandchildren to either cut out and paste, or to draw the squares into the squares. These types of puzzles were (and maybe still are popular) in the activities sections of some newspapers. Of course, you can draw the picture, then cut out the blocks and paste over your drawing too if you are really bored. Please feel free to print off and cut out these squares for your own use if you would like. Hopefully this will be big enough to work with. The original sheet I gave to my grandchildren to cut out is 8 1/2″ x 11″. I used card stock to print it on for better results.
Magi playing Peek a boo . game cutout sheet
Below is the actual photo I used as my ‘test’ subject. First, I obviously cropped the photo, then bit-mapped it. Corel has some cool features to distort the original photograph for an artsy look.
Magi playing peek a boo with me before our ride
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squeezing the moment, sharing the joy
"A closer look is much more than a different perspective of what we see from afar, like opening a door in your mind to see what crawls out." Ledia Runnels
What you see is what you get....... birds, animals, and all sorts of things, but remember; Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress. Don't strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt. .
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