Textures, Trails and Wramblings

 

Is it any wonder that Monet could get lost

in his passion for a lily pond?

Swans and Sunsets are my weakness, you know?

I will go to crazy lengths to capture photos of these little passions of mine.



I parked my car and walked about a block

to a dirt path and down the trail to capture these...



Swans.

When I came home to edit my captures of the day,  I started to play with the textures that Kim Klassen just sent us.

Kim Klassen calls this set canvas-backed textures.

I couldn't wait to play with my box of new crayons.

Today's theme for Texture Tuesday is the number three.  How about using these textures for three birdhouses?



As I reviewed the day's photos, I found so many photos were of trails.

It's funny how we wander down our trails in life.  Sometimes we think we know where we are going...we have a plan.  Yet other times, we haven't a clue as to where we are going.  It is in these times, that we get little unexpected surprises along the way.

The "Life of Bell"...

Bell, a friend of my Grandmother's lived around the block and would visit us often.  Bell, took care of the man who lived there for many many years.  He was ill but very wealthy.  Bell was very poor and although she lived with him to care for him, he never shared his wealth while he was alive.  Bell didn't even have proper shoes, when she visited us.

When he died, he left Bell all of his money.  She went on to live like a queen.  She moved to Florida and lived the rest of her life wealthy, happy and fulfilled.  She had sacrificed so many years taking care of him, but she knew that God was pleased.

I was designing this piece the other day, and I thought of Bell.  Somehow it seems to express how her life turned out.  I used several French Kiss Textures.



The song for this post is Gravity.