COSMIC ROSE

One of my photos digitally altered with Photoshop.

This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme

HO HO HO!

Just seen in Magadan, Russia, on his way to Australia and here in 50 minutes and counting down!

This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme

HEXAGONS

This is a digital manipulation and collage based on a drawing I have done using coloured pencils and watercolour. The edits using Photoshop and digital photos were merged with the original drawing.In geometry, a hexagon (from Greek ἕξ hex, "six" and γωνία, gonía, "corner, angle") is a polygon with six edges and six vertices.

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

More of my art here.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

 This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme.

CALENDULAS

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme,
and also part of the My Corner of the World meme,
and also part of the Nature Notes meme.

SEQUESTERED

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

MOSAIC + MOSAIC

Today's mosaic is inspired by and (based on, literally) a real mosaic by artist Carol Hill who lives south of Adelaide, in South Australia. This is her website here, please visit and admire her fine mosaic work. The mosaic by Carol is in the lower part of the image, and on top of that I added my selected photos that seemed to me to harmonise with the themes of the three panels.

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme.

MINE

Two creations of mine about 20 years apart. The blue pastel sketch on the right was done first in a live figure drawing session. The photograph on the left was taken yesterday. They both depict similar feelings I was experiencing at the time.

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme.

YESTERDAY

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

BLUE RAIN

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme.

LEAF CHANGES

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

MEMENTO MORI

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

PETER WEPT

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Macro Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

TEMPUS FUGIT

Nay, every race on earth of men, and beasts,
And ocean-folk, and flocks, and painted birds,
Rush to the raging fire: love sways them all.
Fast flies meanwhile the irreparable hour,
As point to point our charmed round we trace.

Virgil - "Georgics" Book 3

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Macro Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme,

SPRING HEX

Spring in Melbourne is now well and truly under way and the gardens have begun to fill with all sorts of flowers.

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme.

CITYSPHERE

You may have seen those photos where a panoramic shot is taken and converted into a round, "tiny planet" spherical structure in Photoshop. Well, I watched a short video on YouTube and created one myself without spending too much time neatening it up. The results are below, with the original photo and the "tiny planet" version underneath. Try it yourself!

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme,

and also part of the My Sunday Photo meme,

and also part of the Photo Sunday meme.

HAND

Our hand, that marvel of evolution, the maker of wondrous things, the destroyer of beauty. Equally capable of giving a caress as well as of delivering a fatal blow. The hand that writes poems in exquisite calligraphy, is as adept at signing death warrants. The hand that builds is  also the hand that demolishes, that which takes as well as that which gives. The hand which plays beautiful music, can also beat the drums of war...

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,

and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme,

and also part of the Nature Notes meme.

PAREIDOLIA

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Macro Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

SHADOW BOX

A photo-collage mosaic created in layers in Photoshop.

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Macro Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

AUTUMN SEASCAPE

Where land and sea meet, where Autumn leaves fly onto the water, where evening sky reflects the colour of the woods, where seabirds wander over the forest, where wet sodden earth mingles with bracing salty winds...

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Macro Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.