Reflections in that rain puddle

Scholarly Magics by Caroline Stevermer

Stevermer, Caroline ~ Scholary Magics ~ SFBC, 200? ~ 566 pages ~ For: adults, some teens. ...

May 30th

Sharing Knife Passage by Lois Bujold

Bujold, Lois McMaster ~ The Sharing Knife: Passage ~ EOS, 2008 ~ 437 pages ~ For: adults, some...

May 30th

The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan

There has been an explosion of heroic fantasy for children, tweens, and teens in the last few years....

May 30th

Soft, sweet spring.

May 30th

Weather has been mostly gray and cloudy. Sun peaks out now...

May 30th

Rainy, gray but humid. Still a gloomy sort of day. Good day...

May 28th

In the last few years, the newer, better fractal software...

May 27th

Grimspace by Ann Aguirre

Aguirre, Ann ~ Grimspace ~ Ace, 2008 ~ 312 pages ~ adults. “Are you afraid of falling, baby?...

May 27th

The viewfinder on my digital camera doesn’t really...

May 26th

Memorial Day

Given retirement where every day is part of a weekend, the real holidays don’t have quite the...

May 26th

I’m uncertain what this friendly, cheerful guy is...

May 25th

I’m not a big day lily enthusiast, but perhaps...

May 25th

Perhaps retirement is not so great {at...

Still not as well as I would like, but good enough for the essentials such as the morning dog walk...

May 25th

This dragon fractal from Fracture symbolizes my present...

May 23rd

The Second day

The second, and the third day, of my retirement was occupied by being sick with some sort of sneaky...

May 23rd

The same image using the watercolor filter in Elements for a...

May 21st

I don’t usually pay much attention to our white...

May 21st

Seed pods certainly have an interesting texture and color....

May 21st

The first day

Today is my first day of retirement. It feels rather like a Saturday. Got up at the regular time,...

May 21st

Another unfiltered and untouched fractal from the Mac...

May 19th

Last full day.

It seems strange, but today is my last full day at work. Tomorrow, I’ll be here for half the...

May 19th

Finally got Gimp {photoshop equivalent open source} to work...

May 18th

Cool, cloudy, with some rain in the early afternoon. Sleep...

May 18th

Here is the same image using a Flaming Pear Koyoto color...

May 17th

Yesterday was a curious mix of gray and now and then bursts...

May 17th

Still tossing years of notes as I prepare to leave on...

May 15th

 Finally, used Toyviewer to create a negative image. Nicely...

May 13th

 Terragen also has a 3D feature and here it is for the...

May 13th

Some idle time at lunch. Continuing to weed all the files...

May 13th

Although I no longer teach the history of the book or even...

May 12th

I rarely purchase CDs since I listen to previously purchased...

May 12th

Here is the original untouched image which you may find much...

May 12th

Noinfluenceart randomly creates art without human...

May 12th

All that excitement and back to work

Friday was a busy day. I was the host at the School’s graduation ceremony and gave brief...

May 12th

Review of the Well of Ascension by...

Sanderson, Brandon ~ The Well of Ascension ~ TOR, 2007 ~ 590 pages ~ adult, some teens. “The...

May 7th

Finally, the original image using a negative filter in the...

May 7th

Same image filtered in photoshop with one one of the Flaming...

May 7th

I enjoy the cheerful, smiling look of pansies. Backyard...

May 7th

While at lunch, I dumped a cloud image taken from my deck...

May 7th

While I no longer have a real website and when I did it was...

May 7th

Little to report. Trying to finish the stat part of my final...

May 6th

Here is the same image filtered via photoshop. Uncertain if...

May 4th

Plants in pots have many advantages. I’ve always...

May 4th

Hero yesterday, today just plain bill

The retirement event yesterday was nicely done. Difficult to believe that I was the person...

May 4th

Several years ago I purchased Photoshop elements and enjoyed...

May 2nd

We purchase plants and many last from year to year....

May 2nd