What Happens At Becky’s House…Is Usually Hilarious…

 

Our Last Reunion Planning Meeting…

Zoe stole the show!!!

 

Hank, Becky & Zoe, Greg, Linda and Jackie…

our forces have dwindled !!!

 

Our reunion is next weekend…I know it will be successful!!!

What I wasn’t prepared for was the great friendships

that we’ve developed during this year…

We want to continue meeting …

Do we really need a “cause” to work on???

I t has taken all of us to make up our “group”…unique personalities,

various lifestyles, many different occupations and four short years forty

years ago in common…we’ve grown…up…out…inside and out but have

arrived back at our common roots with a lot of love and laughter…

Thanks Gang

It’s been wonderful

Love All of You!!!

 

 

 

 

The Biggest “Dirty Little Secret” In American Politics

 

Yes, there are some “dirty little secrets” in our politics.

This is one of our biggest even though I fudged on the “dirty” part…

This secret is completely fabulous… shhhhh…don’t let this one get around!!!

We have some of the most wonderful young fun-loving young people involved in politics!!!

Surprising??? Not so…why in the world would we keep being involved…if it was old people and boring people???

Here are some of the photos I snapped last night at a local event that was held in my bff’s home…enjoy!!!

 

There was a red, white and blue cake!!!

 

“Hunky” young men…

 

 

mmmm…. maybe I got a few too many shots

 

State Senators who also “Chef”…for his friends!!!

A little one-on-one time with technology…

 

Everyone wants some prime rib…

 

 

 

There are so many wonderful faces that have gotten interested in our

local politics, it has been such a pleasure getting to know all of them

because they represent our future!!! This group gives me more

hope than anything I’ve seen, real people with real ideas!!!

 

…and they know how to have fun!!!

 

See you over at Mary’s Little Red House!!!

Overbooked? Of Course Not…

 

I’ve been AWOL this past week because I’ve been trying to get my house in shape for a really busy week.

I ‘m hosting a reunion planning meeting and an early meal Saturday afternoon from four till six..

These guys are more like family now…I’m so happy to get to host this last one…

 

 We will be attending a dinner at six-thirty where this “guy” will be doing the cooking!!!

Come to think of it, these guys are like family also and it’s always a treat to be in their company!!!

 

Thursday is Thanksgiving and we’ll be cooking dinner for all of our kids.

 

Next Friday is our 1970 High School Reunion at four o’clock. Forty years sure was short!!!

 

Our entire high school is having a reunion at eight, that is two reunions in one night…

 On Saturday I always help host my friend’s annual Christmas Open House…and take photos.

 

After all of that, I plan on spending some quality time on something like this with a glass

of the above…but after that I’ll have lots of photos to share!!!

Using a Texture On A Photo In The Picasa Program

I ‘ve had several people ask me how I make a photo with a texture in Picasa.

I developed this on my own and it may be a little bit crazy but it works for me.

I love the beautiful photos that have textures applied and even bought

a Photoshop Elements Program in order to do it.

Well, Photoshop has kicked my butt so I decided I’d figure out a

way around using Photoshop.

It’s so easy to do in Picasa, it’s funny!!!

1. Click on a couple of photos to hold them in your photo bar…

I’ll use these two

A cropped photo of my eye…no reason…

I was playing with a new camera lens while waiting in the car…

I told you I was crazy.

I always enjoy a little bit of time waiting in the car

because I’m usually pretty easily amused with my phone or/and camera!!!

My photo of a rose…cropped…you can crop or not…doesn’t seem to matter.

2. After checking these two photos I click on “Collage”

3.  I then check the first box/ down arrow and you get a list of options

4.  Choose the last option “multiple exposure”…

5.  Now click “Create Collage”

That is all there is to it….if you like it --  keep it, if not try some

different photos till you get what you like!!!

I guess that technically it is a collage but to me it’s a “photo with a texture”…

.but my degree is in business not photography!!!

This is a photo that I used this technique on. I like it a lot..

I’ll show you the two photos I used….

This is our newly elected State Representative being congratulated by his cutie pie wife!!!

This is  a little section of the following photo that I cropped out…

Now quit laughing…

I cropped out the light bokeh in the area to the left and above the birdbath…

it had both bokeh (little yellow and white circles of light) and water drops in it…

I lightened it by adding fill light and highlights…After all of that I made it black and white…

So technically, I guess I made my own texture!!!

I’m sure I’m not the only person to use this technique, I just stumbled upon it by

playing around with my photos…

Hope you enjoy it!!!

Edited...go here for some great textures...
http://bettyjosview.blogspot.com/

Celebrating My Last Yellow Rose

 

 

Mosaics made in Picasa (collage). This was my last summertime rose!!!

I’m looking for the link where I got this texture…I thought I bookmarked it…any help appreciated…

It was a free Flicker download…

 

This mosaic is made from two of my photos…The same rose is in both photos

 

I’m linking to Mary @ Little Red House Mosaic Monday