From My Mind's Eye

"For Grandma and Grandpa"

2009-12-12T23:33:00.004-05:00

Here is Cheyenne's first cheer competition meet!

(Make sure you pause the music player at the bottom of this page or it gets all jumbled up with the cheer!)

She is the 7th girl from the right... Watch her close because they will move positions a lot throughout the cheer.

Camping on the Muskegon River

2009-07-01T20:19:00.000-04:00

These videos were specifically taken for Mom and Dad down in Florida... (see what you are missing??)... but I hope everyone that views them will see how close and silly/crazy our family is... or maybe that's just me!

Enjoy!!

continued...

No Fear? Is that possible?

2009-05-25T18:48:00.001-04:00

I am learning, as difficult as that may be, to NOT be afraid of myself in front of the camera. I have joined a group a talented ladies who, like myself, want to take better pictures. Our first assignment was a self portrait. Aaaagh!!!

Not owning a tripod (for obvious self-conscious reasons), I am forced to hold my camera at arm's length to get a shot. I didn't use a flash or have the light on in the room, so the lighting is totally natural. Most of my attempts came out blurry (I guess I am getting old and shaky), and there were some that just didn't look right. But I challenged myself to take the not so interesting ones, and the "oops, how's that get there?" ones, and see what I could do to fix them with my photo program. I must say that most of the time I really LOVE my PSE 5.0... and this is no exception!

So, without further a-do... introducing ME!ok, that didn't hurt too bad, let's try another one...I softened the colors here, and I think it has a more peaceful feeling to it, don't you?

Moving on----> This one has the saturation almost down to zero. Interesting, but I'm not sure...

So then I wondered if I could get Chloe to co-operate with me...

...and I ended up with a little lovin' just as I snapped the picture! How lucky is that? So we took a couple more, but this one turned out the best, and I played around with it in PSE for a little while.

I'm not sure which one I like better. The contrast is great in the first one, because I can see Chloe pretty well, but I like the softness of the second one...Hmmmm.

Moving on (I am getting over my nervous, sick to my stomach feeling... these didn't turn out quite as bad as they used to. Thank God for PSE!!)

I started looking at the ones that I would never keep, and tried to see if I could salvage SOMETHING. This is what I have after the cutting room floor is full:

This one got a little more attention with my different filter settings

noise

sprayed strokes

glass

charcoal

So there you have it... my portrait session with myself! Comments are most welcome!

Uninspired

2009-03-28T02:23:00.000-04:00

I feel a slump has hovered over me, and I hope it goes away soon! Tomorrow I am determined to browse my photos and favorite inspirations to see what I can do...

Until then, hugz to you!

New Family Member!!!

2009-01-19T15:21:00.000-05:00

This is the reason why I have been AWOL...

INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST FAMILY MEMBER

GRACE LYNN WATERS

She arrived on December 31st at 8:33 pm. A healthy little bundle of 7 lbs 4 oz, and 21 inches long.

It was a long wait...
...and the guys fell asleep...

but the contractions were steady, and she was soon to arrive!!

After what seemed like forever
She finally arrived!!

I am now, for the very first time, a Grandma!!!

2008-10-18T08:46:00.000-04:00

Hello friends. It's a quiet, crispy morning, and I must keep my fingers moving on this keyboard, or they may freeze up on me!!! Brrr... I miss Florida!

Sharing a few of my most recent layouts:

I may change this title at a later date, because this seems more Christmasy, so "sunshines" doesn't really fit the theme of the LO... any suggestions?

Next, I have a couple of Cheyenne:

and:

I am off to find some inspiration and see what else I can do to share with you!

Hugz! XOXO

2008-07-07T09:26:00.000-04:00

It was a beautiful Saturday evening on July 5th when I went to the Owosso Speedway with Tim, Todd, and my BFF Sue. We watched several "heat" and "feature" races, and one of my favorites were the street stocks because my sweet friend Jan's, husband was driving the #13 car! I have become an official part of the fan club and cheering section!

... AND HE WON BOTH HIS HEAT AND FEATURE RACE!!!!

(I don't have a photo of his feature win yet, because I am in the photo with his fan club!)

... the wind blew, and the dust flew...

2008-07-07T09:00:00.000-04:00

they had to stop the race a couple of times because of a

"ker-thunk"!

The dust was so thick that no one could tell if anyone was hurt in the collisions, so they put out the red flag to be able to check.

2008-07-07T08:58:00.000-04:00

... and the winner was a woman!!

... and then we watched fireworks!!

2008-07-06T22:38:00.000-04:00

Welcome to my MUD BOG BIRTHDAY

2008-06-23T11:43:00.000-04:00

It looked as if everyone was going to have a bad day at the beginning. The first time some of them went out, they got stuck!
... and then others ran out of gas! Duh!

Everyone got a turn on something

2008-06-23T11:26:00.000-04:00

Lilly and Kaylee got to have some fun on "Uncle" James' quad that day too! They were all smiles riding around with Daddy (Bobby), until they saw the camera! Kaylee cried everytime we tried to get her off !

Hitchhiker

2008-06-23T11:18:00.000-04:00

I hitched a ride with Kevin from the "back 40" to get back up the hill. Luckily no one got a picture of me trying to get into this thing!!!

Six feet up!

2008-06-23T11:09:00.000-04:00

Q. How in the heck do you get out of a muddy Jeep that's 6 feet up in the air??
A. Fly! I think my mind is way too young for my body sometimes!!!

P.S. Just forget it! I am NOT going to tell you how I got INTO this thing!!!

The Overseer

2008-06-23T11:01:00.001-04:00

There sat "Miss Princess" Sage, up on the hill where she could get a bird's eye view of everything going on. She didn't miss a thing, and had to go down and check out every curious antic those guys did!

Furl's Beefed Up Saturn ~ video

2008-06-23T10:48:00.000-04:00

James' best friend beefed up this Saturn, and it usually holds it's own with the big trucks in the bog, but the water pump wasn't working right, and it kept running too hot. So, it went back to the garage... it'll be ready next time, I'm sure!! (If you look close, you can see Daniel's GF, Ashleigh, in the back seat wearing the blue hoody. Daniel is in back with her. James and Cheyenne got to ride in this one later on, too. I rode in James' other friend's Jeep that's near the end of this video)

Doug CAN drive good when he's not drunk!! ~ video

2008-06-23T10:14:00.000-04:00

One of the guys let Doug drive his truck a couple of times before he got too wasted. He turned out to be a pretty decent bogger!

Short ~n~ Sweet ~ video

2008-06-23T10:08:00.000-04:00

It didn't look like much of a hole, but a couple of trucks almost got stuck in this spot.

Is this the next "King of the Bog"? ~ video

2008-06-23T09:58:00.000-04:00

There is always one sorry guy that has to try to make it through the middle. Look out man! Looks can be deceiving!!

Back 'er on out Dude! ~ video

2008-06-23T09:46:00.000-04:00

They all think that they can get through the deep spots that no one else can conquer... and they all end up retreating with their tail tucked between their legs!

James and Ryan at my Birthday Mud Bog ~ video

2008-06-23T09:20:00.000-04:00

It rained a little just before the mud bog started, but turned out to be a beautiful day. Everyone had fun thanks to these two wonderful young men!

2007-11-22T17:00:00.001-05:00

I took this test today and these are the results. I think I must agree:

You Don't Need a Man ... or Want One!

Generally, you're very happy being a single woman. And anyone who has a problem with that... well, that's there problem. Not that you wouldn't share your life with the almost perfect guy. You simply won't settle though. Your life is too good to share with some substandard man!

2007-11-22T12:28:00.000-05:00

Thanksgiving Snow, the first in 4 years!

2007-11-22T12:13:00.000-05:00

Peanut and Chloe's First Snowfall

2007-11-22T11:35:00.000-05:00