Beautiful Morning

Another texture play day! This is one of the photographs I took but decided not to use for my Mortal Muses post today, for the theme "Morning." Pop on over there to see the photo I did choose and the poem that I wrote on this journal page. But I thought I would share this one here today, as another experiment in using textures from Kim Klassen. For this image I used her "Autumn" and "Wet Tile" textures, both blended using Soft Light. I like how it softened the image, giving it a more contemplative feel, which is what I was going for in the shot. Original image is below for comparison.

See you all again on Tuesday, with photos from Oktoberfest!

Happy Monday

This picture just exudes optimism to me. It is beautiful morning in Venice. The sun is shining, the reflections are beautiful and the photo just seems to say, "It's going to be a great day."

This morning I was reading about optimism as a habit. Like being happy, optimism can be a learned behavior. Of course, some of us have a natural bent toward the glass being half full, but that doesn't mean if you don't that you can't see things that way. Because being an optimist means that you are open possibilities and solutions that are out there, instead of shutting yourself into a box with no way out. Today I'm choosing optimism. It's going to be a great day!

Always a Princess...

I can't help it, I love the castle. I'm going through my Disneyland Paris pictures now and picked out this one to share with you today. I think I photographed the Sleeping Beauty's castle every time I walked by it! But this one is one of my favorites so far, I love this one with the early morning light (yes, we were there before sun-up!) and the moon. How pretty!