Beyond Beyond

Kim has told us that we will not be getting a weekly reminder that she has posted, this could be cataclysmic for me!
I received the Texture Tuesday and went to work with it yesterday, I added it to the photo that I had taken and decided was 'the best' as instructed in the class.
Apparently there is a price for being late with Texture Tuesday and the link no longer exists!
Back to the drawing board.
here is my original using Kim's 'minus 34'

Then I got a little crazy and changed 'minus 43' from the original to a more purple hue, here is that version, which do you prefer?

here is a close up of one of the orchids, again with Kim's minus 34 texture. I just love the tiny frills and the yellow and purple combination. 

i would never put those two colours together in life, but, nature does it so beautifully.

I think I maybe spent more time getting close and around rather than above and below, lesson learned!

Tulips 1

No point mentioning I am behind, although I did manage the last lesson pretty much on time, just the 98  before that that are the problem.
Here is the first tulip picture that Kim gave us, she had an idea in her head and wanted to see our attempts before she posted hers.

Here is mine.




The bunch of tulips fade in from black and white to colour as I get a second chance to complete the year. Looking at other peoples' pages I see I have missed So much.
Here is the beginning of my 'second chance'.

Love Big

I have missed so many of Kim's lessons, I believe that she is leaving the available for another year for those of us who signed up for Beyond Beyond, so I get the chance to miss them a second time, to attempt reading them and maybe find time to try them out a second time.
Of course, how I think I will now find time to complete two classes when I failed so miserably at one is beyond me, however, you never know! The eternal optimist lives on.
My computer no longer will open Vimeo, so I need to address fixing that before I even try to attempt lessons.

Here is my interpretation using Kim's 2nd tulip image.
Something about the words 'Love big', struck a chord, it is not eloquent and delicate, but 2 words mean so much.
I used a Radlab mix that I had made then again as a screen, then as a normal, and then added Kim's Pumpkin Grunge as I love the way it gently warms things up.
Then I flattened the whole thing and did a crop and then had to fill in the empty spaces with colour.
I found in my other attempts that the leave at the base with the light on it just kept blowing out so I ended up cloning it out more or less.

Late as ever.

Sad to say I am happy that I am not the only one who got left way behind on this.
I have signed up for next year, hope Kim lets us do another year after that as I will need 5 years to accomplish what others managed in 1.
However, I have learned loads and feel that admitting I am slow is better than not even trying.

However, I appreciate ALL that Kim has done

Pink End of the Day

A walk round a lake and the sun set and this was
the residual colour in the sky.

12-12-12 Make a Wish

An interesting date.
Some one said today is the day that the world ends. Well not for me.
Some one said that this date is a wishing day.
I am going with the wishes.

I wish to work less at my job and get a change in direction, live closer to the land and enjoy being alive, rather than being a slave to work, more or less for works sake.
I wish to make a living through creativity, photos, crafts, or something similar. Not a huge wage but some spending money. Friends are having a party in Vancouver, can I go? no! No time, I have to work, and I have little money.
I wish for the creative job that would give me time and finance me to go and take photos of so many places in the world I wish to visit. Not sure I want to go to the Arctic or Antarctic, but all other continents have places I would love to visit.
I wish I would give myself permission to take control of my life. I should not worry so much about what others will think of me.
I wish I could work on this blog on a more regular basis, every other day would be fabulous, once a month would be an improvement. How do people blog daily? When do they find the time?
I have signed up for Kim Klassen's Beyond Beyond, I am hoping that I can take the classes next year as I missed so many this year.
I wish that I could read and do each of Kim's Beyond classes, and I wish that when she does her blog class again, I can afford to take it and actually complete it.
I wish for more money, I would love to win the lottery and pay off so many of my friends mortgages, however, as I do not buy lottery tickets this seems a frivolous wish.
My biggest wish is that my family, friends and those around me stay healthy and that the grey negative cloud that has been over our area for a while gets blown out to sea and lost.
I wish for happiness and health for us all.
I wish my wishes come true and that I remember to count my blessings.

Do you think????

Kim's class lasts for a year,

there are 52 weeks in a year, 

so DO YOU THINK ....

that once a week I could 

sign in and do one of her projects

sign on here and make a post?

Apparently NOT!

So here is a pic and a sweet thought.

I love taking photos

    they are supposed to be a way of slowing me down,

looking at nature and taking time.

A New Years resolution that is still on the back burner.