Trying Out Tea...

So, tea. When I was little I would drink tea even though I really didn't like it 'cause I thought it made me so cool to drink tea.

Eventually I got some sense knocked into me and decided that since I didn't like I shouldn't drink it :P

Anyway, recently seeing all of Kim Klassen's awesome tea photos has officially inspired me to try tea again!

Herb teas in general, and my mom brought home a box of assorted herb teas for me the other day! There are 6 different flavors:

Pomegranate Pizzazz ~ sweet & tart taste of pomegranate

I Love Lemon ~ Refreshing blend with lots of lemon

Mint Medley ~ Blend of cool garden spearmint & peppermint

Orange & Spice ~ A zesty blend of orange and spice

Cozy Chamomile ~ Calming chamomile for quiet moments

Sweet Dreams ~ Relaxing blend of chamomile & mint

And I admit I am a little timid to try a few of them (I have never liked trying new things), but I will try them all eventually.

I have already tried the mint medley and I thought it tasted like the dentist. So I think I just have to get used to the taste.

Textured with Kim Klassen's Daisy and Isobel.

My question for today is do you like tea?

If so, do you have a favorite kind?

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And a new fabulous link up, Tuesday Muse hosted by the lovely Nancy over at A Rural Journal. I have missed her weekly linkys and am so glad she has decided to do them again ;)

Golden

Hello! So today I used Kim's tutorial on how to add a soft gradient color. And I found it so easy and am looking forward to using it again!

I once again found myself brave enough to have a photo shoot with Dixie. Until she scratched me, then I left because I am so not going to be nice if you are going to claw me 

(which I don't like). But I definitely got some good photos (which is all that matters right? :P)! I also just realized that I shared a photo of her exactly one week ago...

I used Kim Klassen's texture Sybil from the Downton Collection

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Kitty Silhouette

Hola, so now post yesterday. I felt icky all day, and have since Friday. And I actually took a nap, which I haven't done in years.

Then I went and played in a soccer tournament. I really did not feel up for it but I'm not the kind of person to miss a tournament (or any game for that matter). We had 2 games, the last game decided if we made it to the championship or not, end score was 4-3 and we lost. I scored to of the goals and got an assist. Okay, picture time.

So Dixie is a very affectionate cat, and believe it or not it gets super annoying. And she stares at you, and literally will not look away as if we are having a staring contest.

So, do you have cats? If so, do they do something that gets to be very annoying?

Texture used is Sybil from The Downton Collection.

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The Love Edition

Hola! This week Texture Tuesday's theme is Love. And I wanted to share a picture of something that I love.

Sunsets!

I love sunsets, like a lot. Lately we haven't had any really colorful sunsets so tonight I was really excited to finally have one. I'm calling this one fire and ice.

I used Kim's texture Havana 

And this doesn't really have anything to do with the post but I wanted to show you all how much ice there is all over the place. On Sunday everything melted and then froze and so now there is tons of ice.

And okay I actually like ice 'cause its fun to slip and slide on on.

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Chickadee

Hello and happy Tuesday! Some of you may know that I play in 3 to 4 games every Monday night. Well last night at the end of the first half of my first game I hurt my knee, it did sort of a pop/snappy kind of thing? So my day will most likely be spent reading tons of blogs and watching Supernatural. Lets get to todays picture! 

Yesterday when I was taking pictures of some cookies by a window I glanced out and saw this little Chickadee! It was perfect timing considering I already had my camera out and on and so I quickly took a picture with almost full zoom, and I actually got a clear shot of her!

And since it was a sunny, bright (but freezing!) day outside the blue sky made for the perfect background!

I used Kim Klassen's texture 1301!


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Texture Tuesday

Hello! First off I want to tell you that I am guest posting over at Dawn's Disaster today and would love for you to go check out and maybe comment! Second, I made some Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate cookies yesterday that were SO good, Recipe will be here on Wednesday!

Here are the fab cookies. Don't they just look good? Yes? Well thats 'cause they are!

I already shared this here yesterday, but Kim said she wanted to see some color. So is this enough color I hope?

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Single Digits

It. Is. So. Cold.

It is supposed to get down to -5 tonight, and it was colder last night. It is supposed to start warming up tomorrow the high is 11 with the chance of some very light snow. 

On a second note, I checked out this book from the library today, its called Simply Beautiful Photographs and is so awesome I have fallen in love with it. There are some especially awesome summer pictures in it they are almost making me drool. Weird but totally true.

Okay here are some pictures!

Today I have edited the same picture twice, one cold looking and one with warmer colors.

This was taken last week but it pretty much looks the same now. The sun is out but its not doing anything to make it warmer. I think this pretty much says winter.

This version on the other hand looks more like everything is melting (don't let it fool you...) and I personally like this version more.

This is the first winter I have ever looked forward too and it was good with a few good blizzards but I am so ready for Spring! As you may be able to tell from my new header...


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Yay, Texture Tuesday is back!

Hello hello! I am soo glad that texture tuesday is back! I have definitely missed it the last month or so.

This weeks theme is 'cuppa'. Lets get right to it!

I was so looking forward to this week so I had an excuse to go get some yummy hot chocolate or coffee.

I ended up getting hot chocolate 'cause I didn't really want any caffiene.

The nice coffee lady put a ton of whipped cream on it but most of it evaporated right away.

Both pictures layered with Kim Klassen's partings and nested.

I can't wait for next week, the theme is going to be free and easy. I can't wait to see all your entries!

Linking up with...
Texture Tuesday, Sweet Shot Tuesday, 52 Weeks Of Happiness, Tones On Tuesday, Tuesday Around The World, Our World Tuesday.

Sunset Park

Hola! I only have time for a quick post today. So lets get right to it.

On Sunday we were on the way home from ODP soccer and I had him stop so I could take pictures of this gorgeous sunset,

I see a little bit of a sun flare!

I took a ton of pictures, more then I thought possible in 5 mins.

I thought this was kind of a funny experience cause I go swimming here sometimes in the summer. But since it was all ice and snow so I didn't go swimming this time ;)

Linking up with...
52 Weeks Of Happiness, Sweet Shot Tuesday, Tones On Tuesday, Tuesday Around The World, Our World Tuesday.

Happy New Year!

Hello hello! Happy new year! So I am doing the 101 in 1001 thingy. If you are not familiar with this here is  a little bit about it... You choose 101 things, and you try to accomplish  all 101 things in 1001 days. Here are a few pictures from my day..

One of the things on my list was to stay up for the sunrise on new years day. I made it to 7am without any caffeine (boo ya!)!  I actually got so bored that I started cleaning the house. I then fell asleep until about 2pm. I have always hated waking up late in the morning and even more so when in the afternoon! But it was worth it.

I have never had much luck taking pictures of candles. But today was the day it finally happened!

I think my sisters camera is magic...

This cute little fence caught my eye...

I hope you all have a wonderful new year! I know I am definitely looking forward to this year...


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Our World Tuesday, Tones On Tuesday, You Capture.

Winter Scenes

Hello hello! Guess what we finally got, half a foot of snow! I am so thrilled, I was gone all day Sunday while it was snowing so I don't really have any pictures of that, but I went out and took a bunch of pictures yesterday! Here are a few of my favorites...

Winter Scene

Snow Macro

Leaf Macro

Panorama

Winter Tree

Bonita

Lately I have had a big lack of imagination, but I think that this will spark something and I will have some fun stuff coming up! So stay tuned!

And just wondering, which is your favorite picture?

Linking up with...
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Christmas Ornament

Hello hello! Here is just a quick photo from one of my many sessions with my camera, tripod and the Christmas tree.

I've had fun taking lots of pictures inside of all the fun Christmas stuff, now I cant wait to take pictures of all the Christmas things outside (and the snow, if we had any..). I really want a bunch of snow (don't tell my dad I said that.) so I can take lots and lots of pictures, at least if its not too cold.

Linking up with...
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Little Mushroom

Hello hello! It feels awesome to be blogging again after a week off. Today I'm doing my weekly routine of Texture Tuesday.

So my sister and I were in the woods looking for cool things to take pictures of and I saw this perfect little mushroom, I took a few pictures and this is my favorite! 

Texture used was Kim Klassen's Kristin.


Linking up with...
Texture Tuesday, Sweet Shot Tuesday, 52 Weeks of Happiness, Tones On Tuesday.

The Mystery Flower

Hello hello! I am once again linking up with Texture Tuesday, I love participating every week!

I don't know what this is, but it really made a wonderful subject for me to shoot.

It was a very rainy day but every time I tried to take a picture the background had a bunch of stuff I didn't want in it. So I got a white piece of card stock paper and was walking around with it and placing it behind what I was trying too shoot. It worked out very nicely : )

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All texture credit to Kim Klassen.

Linking up with...
Texture Tuesday, Sweet Shot Tuesday, 52 Weeks Of Happiness, Tones on Tuesday.

Pretty Pink

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my wonderful regular readers, and WELCOME to my new visitors!

Here we go again for Texture Tuesday...

So firstly I made some little cropping and cloning adjustments. Then went black and white. Then a wonderful Matte kind of look. Then of course, textures! I used Kim Klassen's Nested, and then Partings.

Hope you enjoyed it!
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Linking up with...
Texture Tuesday.
Sweet Shot Tuesday.
52 Weeks Of Happiness.
Tones On Tuesday.

Water Drop

While looking up I saw a single water drop about to fall from the tree.

Layered with Kim Klassen's Partings.

Linking up with:

Texture Tuesday.

Sweet Shot Tuesday.

52 Weeks Of Happiness.

Tones On Tuesday.

Fluffy Caterpillar

Textures used:

Kim Klassen's - Nested at 20% fade

Sommerfugl Design's - Apricot at 56% fade 

I found this little Wooly Bear caterpillar the other day in the grass and immediately got down on my hands and knees taking pictures. Oh how I love photography...


Do you like caterpillars?


Linking up with:
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You Capture - Shapes.

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I went on a nature walk last week and it was so pretty!

I took over 200 pictures and this is one of my favorites.

I used partings and sun-kissed both at full opacity.

What do you think?

Linking up with:

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Sweet Shot Tuesday.

52 Weeks Of Happiness.

The SITS Girls.