Another week, another seven photos… or maybe a few more. The crazy flower I found in our friend Judy’s garden in Chilliwack, BC, is really cool. Not too happy with the flags from Monday. It was just an exercise to see if I could remember how to do certain things in Photoshop. I just realized I didn’t do a weekly Keeley. Shame on me. I’ll have to do two next week. Until then, enjoy.
PS: Don’t forget you can click the photos and see them enlarged.
As you can see, I did something quite different today. I did take a photograph with my Nikon. Since it was Labor Day, I was out driving to the grocery store, and many houses had flags displayed in front to celebrate our national holiday. We have one as well, but ours (unlike the rest) is made of metal. I wanted to do something somewhat patriotic today, so I took a photo of our metal flag, duplicated it several times, and used different neural filters in Photoshop, dropped in a background, and there you have it. Not just a photograph, but a photo illustration. It’s been so long since I used Photoshop in that way that it was kind of fun to remember the techniques.
Woooo! I was just lucky that I took this photo on my iPhone and sent it to my best buddy while I was on my walk yesterday. Otherwise, I would have broken my streak of taking a photo every day. This is the only thing I captured yesterday. It’s not one of my favorites, but it’s a photograph. I did six miles, starting in downtown Redmond and heading out on the beautiful Redmond Connector trail. I’m so thankful that I try to always send my Chilliwack, BC friend, so I had this picture to keep my 2025 journey going.
We are in Canada visiting two of our good friends, and one of them is a Master Gardener! She makes my sad attempt feel even more feeble. She grows from seeds. This flower is amazing. It’s called celosia, and it’s awesome. It feels fuzzy. Just a fun plant.
We had our monthly Travel Club meeting tonight, and once again, it gave me a chance to capture some interesting faces. These individuals were completely absorbed in the attention to our speaker, Kevin from Overseas Adventure Travel. He was there to describe our upcoming Travel Club trip to Scotland, England, and the Orkney Islands. The group was entirely captivated by Kevin’s presentation.
Out for a walk today, and it was HOT in the sun. So I cut through the forest, and along the way, I took this shot. I just love the trails and the beauty of the greenery. Trilogy is such a beautiful place to live. This shot is just a few hundred yards from our home. It’s so great to live in a place this beautiful.
Visited the Redmond Saturday Market today (because, well, it’s Saturday ?). Since the season started, these mushrooms have caught my eye. They are very interesting, and there are so many types. The problem has always been that they are very popular, and I couldn’t get close enough without someone getting in the way of my shot. But today, the booth was without customers, so I got a chance to photograph the tiny world of mushrooms for the first time this year.
On my walk today, I took a photo of some horseback riders on the Tolt Pipeline Trail, and a little later, I cheated. If you’ve been following along since the first of the year, you know I have been taking quarterly photos of Welcome Lake on this walk. My next one isn’t due until October 1, but as I crossed the bridge at the end of the lake today, I couldn’t help myself and snapped this shot. That lake is pretty all year, but summer is best.
On my walk today, I took a photo of some horseback riders on the Tolt Pipeline Trail, and a little later, I cheated. If you’ve been following along since the first of the year, you know I have been taking quarterly photos of Welcome Lake on this walk. My next one isn’t due until October 1, but as I crossed the bridge at the end of the lake today, I couldn’t help myself and snapped this shot. That lake is pretty all year, but summer is best.
Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second. – Marc Riboud
