Portrait Class......Altering Images

We just returned from a road trip to

Yakima, Washington

This is the view when we pulled down the driveway:

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The Iris are blooming !

Suzy was glad to be home too !

The Lupine are blooming !

These Iris Blooms will be perfect images

for the Portrait Class later this month...

The evening sunshine enhances the iris petals

I need to alter these Iris images in Photoshop

and print them on fabric for the students...

While we were gone I spent a few days watching this

Killdeer Bird:

She is a beauty...

She is so protective of her nest full of eggs...

Here she is keeping her eggs warm...

Look closely...

She is nesting in the gravel just outside my sister's house.

She blends in so well.

Combine

This old piece of farm equipment has literally been put out to pasture

Combine.....side view

Combine

Gleaner Baldwin

Built By Allis-Chalmers

I am always happy to share my photography.

If you are inspired by these images,

feel free to use them in your personal art work.

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I had a fun time visiting my sister. We spent a couple of days in her sewing room. I made lots of progress piecing my Double Wedding Ring Quit......I was too busy taking photos of the Killdeer bird that I forgot to take pictures of the quilt.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Spring...is here !

Happy Days...

are here again!

Here in Western Oregon we are celebrating

the arrival of SPRING...

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The swallows have returned,

so we put out the bird house in the flowerbed

The birds are busy setting up housekeeping

Another sign of SPRING...

Flowering Cherry Tree

Blossoms

Looks like it snowed!

Let's check on the seedlings...

They were planted a few weeks ago...

The State Fair Zinnia seedlings

have tripled in size in one week

Hydrangea Vine:

The Hydrange vine that grows just outside the

Thread Shed doorway

is greening up nicely

This much needed sunshine

is casting shadows through the glass

on the front of the door to

the Thread Shed.

The girls greet you as you enter the

Thread Shed

Right next door to the Thread Shed

is the Hen House:

With the sunny Spring days, the hens are spending

more time outside in their yard.

Everyone in the yard is so happy it is finally...

SPRING

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Apple Blossoms

I spent some time in the yard today...

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Apple Blossoms

Gravenstein Apple Tree

If you are inspired by any of these images,

please feel free to use them in your personal art work.

Lots of blossoms...

I hope this means...

Lots of Apples this fall.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

A day at the Coast

The Oregon Coast

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The Oregon Coast was the place to be this week!

We are fortunate...

Just a one hour drive to reach the ocean.

The sun was shining and just a breeze off the ocean waves.

The sound of the waves and the smell of the ocean...

so relaxing.

Sometimes you need to stop the world...

and get off for a few hours.

The gorgeous colors,

the crashing waves,

the sun on my face....

It energizes you!

A change of scenery can do you good !

It's just what we needed.

This fellow definitely inspires me...

Please feel free to use him in your personal art work.

He is downloaded at a high resolution.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Life through a Lense # 7

New Brighton-Martin Parr 1985

Martin Parr captures the British like no other photographer. His images capture the feeling of the mass produced seaside postcard in colour and tone but tell a story. For those unfamiliar with his work I would recommend rolling up your trouser leg and dipping your toe in

Snow Day.....2011

Remember as a child when you woke up in the morning

to find out school had been cancelled...

because of a SNOW DAY !

Welcome to My World:

7 am I stepped out the back door

and this is what I saw...

Little Snow Cakes on top of the fence posts!

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Across the river the Cow Barns are covered in Snow

Gunnr was more than happy to join me outdoors:

He is staring over at the barn...

Gunnr is letting me know that he sees...

a yearling calf taking shelter in one of the horse stalls

This little yellow building is...

The happiest place on earth...

The Thread Shed

All of my quilted textiles are born in this building

Yes, I am a Jersey Girl Originally...

I have lived in Oregon for 30 years

Just outside the Thread Shed

Growing on the Arbor

These tiny little buds are braving the snow...

This is the corral fence just behind the Thread Shed.

The livestock are good company while I sew.

The corral fence makes a good perch for the birds.

Grape Arbor

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Luckily these little apple trees

haven't bloomed yet...

This is pretty much the tour around the yard...

I am heading back in to make some breakfast...

Gunnr and Suzy are ready to go back inside too !

After breakfast we are moving cattle...

I will post more images of the cattle drive when we get back!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Snow,

LuAnn