Scavenger Hunt Sunday

A perfect day begins with a bowl of Super Oatmeal, click here for the recipe, freshly squeezed orange juice and a cup of decaf with cream.

It's remarkable that generation after generation orchestra musicians dress so much alike.  Here I am in high school getting ready for a concert.

This was taken in the hotel room of my perfectly sweet, but technology-mad in-laws.  Mary Ann and Bill, and their two kids love their gadgets, and they travel with a lot of them!  The power strip has outlets in every direction, to maximize the number of adapters that can be plugged in at one time.

It would have been too easy to show socks in the "Mismatch" category.  I mean, who doesn't have a stash of orphan socks?  I love socks!  I wear them practically every day to work!  Thank heaven the days of mandatory panty hose are long gone!!!

Boy, this was a tough one for me because I'm very much a matchy-matchy sort of person.  But the organization gods were with me (or actually, NOT with me), and somehow my Birkenstock clogs got mixed up!  And now, if you'll excuse me a minute, I'll go fix them . . .

Stop over at Ashley Sisk's for her delightful Scavenger Hunt Sunday blog party.  Have a great week!

The marvels of Photoshop

I promised my friend Miriam I'd do what I could with this picture she had taken with her adored niece, Milene, whose life was sadly cut short by an aneurysm. The picture was faded and had serious water damage. She scanned it and sent it to me via e-mail. Here's the progression of the repair:

The original . . . Much improved, I think, with the help of the "dodge" tool (thank you, John!) although I'll never be completely happy with the color. I also resized it to make it more dramatic . . .

But this is my favorite . . .

I intend to send it to her at Christmas, placed in a 5 x 5 silver frame from Pottery Barn. She has no clue this is coming, I gave her so little hope that something could be done . . . I don't know, it's an awfully long time until Christmas . . .

Maya and Me

My husband took this picture of me, on a good hair day, thank goodness, sitting at my new computer, which, hoping for inspiration, I've nicknamed "Maya" after Maya Angelou, one of my favorite poets.