I ditched out on Frank’s class last night (sorry Frank!) to go to a Photoshop class and I thought I would share what I learned. It was all about making eyes pop – brightening, getting rid of the red, changing the color, adding reflections, etc. I was so excited about it that first thing this morning I forced my daughter into letting me use her eyes as a model so I could practice.

Here are the results:

Before:

After:

If you want to know how to do this check out Jeffery Saddoris’ blog. He will be posting a video tutorial shortly. This took me about 10 minutes this morning so it is very easy… I promise.

Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?

~ Groucho Marx

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted updated photos from my balcony garden experiment. During the spring I realized I missed having home-grown tomatoes and decided to do something about it. I came across these “Topsy-Turvy” planters and got hopeful that I found a solution. Turns out… I did! I have had more tomatoes than I know what to do with the past two weeks.

I was a little bit pessimistic about the zucchini coming in considering they are not very large containers, but it seems to be working as well. They are not as big as you would get growing them in the ground, but it works for me.

And it wouldn’t be a real garden for me without flowers to look out at.

I also have a visitor in my garden… she was a bit camera shy. Although it could have been the water I sprayed on the web to get it to show up for the camera.

If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera.
~ Lewis Hine