ART and SOUL

Total disaster to total delight in just a few days.

My beloved Cougar, 150,000 miles and good for another 150,000 miles, or so I thought, stopped coughed up green and brown engine fluid and would not go at all. Verdict, engine totally wrecked. Problem can be solved with a new engine.

A few days of emotional melt down but spirits were revived by a long week-end at Art & Soul in Hampton, Virginia.  The wonderful chirpy delightful Claudine Hellmuth even managed to wipe out memories of spinal osteoporosis. 

A whole week with no workout, no running, no stretching - doesn't happen often.

Instead I learned a lot about blogging from Kecia Deveney about how to make blog'n fun. Kecia AKA Lemoncholy made a beautiful papier mache bird while I struggled with a mish-mash but she has real artistic talent and it showed. 

Jan Harris gently pointed me to improving technique without ever saying that and was even nice about my bird.

Then I spent a whole day with Kathyanne White aka Art in Common who took me many steps higher in Photoshop Elements expertise. 

This is her image which she allowed me to play with - thank you.

Then I worked on a photo of me from long ago taken at the Parthenon in Greece. The original was a holiday snap and this was an opportunity to see if Photoshop could improve it. One day I'll do something about the teeth.