Two Crosses

This wooden white cross was hung on the cliff of the St. Croix River by the family and friends of a young man who died this summer when he jumped from the cliff and landed wrong in the water.  My friends and I were looking at the cross when I noticed the natural made cross that is part of the rocky cliff.  Can you see it?  It gave us goose-bumps when we saw it.

A Great Place to Visit

I have added The Canadian Canoe Museum to my list of places I want to visit.  The canadians love their canoes and canoeing has a rich history in Canada.  The canoe I paddle, a Quetico 16, came from Canada and I was lucky enough to get a personal tour of the shop where it was built at "The Souris River" company.  One day I will take a driving vacation and head up to the Canadian Canoe Museum and learn more about our canoeing heritage.

Fun with Tomatoes

I have belonged to NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) for years now and I occasionally try hard to partake in forum discussions.  Some of the members participate in a fun contest called "October Photo Rally" (or whatever month we are currently in at the time).  There is a monthly theme and it is just for fun.  We post a photo that goes along with the theme and members post their votes.  This months theme had 3 possible topics:  Animal, Vegetable (or fruit) and Mineral (Rocks).  I only had time to shoot for one theme, but I had fun doing it.  Here are my little tomato friends that I created.  It was fun forgetting about everything for a while and just concentrating on how to pose my tomato.

Frames make a difference

I love picture frames.  The frame you choose to put your photograph in can make a big difference in the "look" of the image.  Here are two examples of my favorite way I frame my images at home.  These two photos are hanging in my living room right now.  They are large, the canoe with paddle is 20x24 and the loon is 16x20.  I put them in wide brown frames with a bit of carving in the wood, no mat, no glass, photo printed on metallic photo paper. Beautiful.