It is cold and wet and grey here in my little corner of the world.
But sometimes, when I least expect it...
I find beauty!
(Texture by Kim Klassen- Cinnamon)
I ran outdoors to let the girls out of their coop and was so happy to find these sweet spring blooms. If I remember correctly they are called Lenton Rose.
. (Cinnamon )
My garden has just begun to wake from it's long winter's nap.
But still there is so much beauty to be found.
My Garden Gnome
(Whitewashed)
He is old and crackled and missing his nose but I think he is perfectly wonderful!
(Life's Good)
My rusted garden birdbath
(Nature's Beauty)
(A garden hose guide)
(Pumpkin Grunge and Silence)
I am linking up with Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday.
This image was textured with her new freebie texture called silence. You can download this wonderful texture for free at the Cafe' and if you are interested in learning how to add these textures to your photographs you can check out the classes she offers. Don't blame me though if you become a texture junkie. LOL!
(Cinnamon and Silence)
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I wonder what the whole garden looks like… You should've taken a landscape photo. Anyway, you found and created something beautiful with these photos. A good collection, it is. I love how everything looks so gorgeously aged!
Posted by: Jamie Keifer | February 18, 2012 at 09:12 AM
Delightful images! Ooo I love your garden. Knomes should always have broken noses, and there should always be something beautiful and rusty in a garden. Well done you! :)
Also am catching up here - the photos in the next post of Lulu are so beautiful. What a collection of precious, sweet photos you have. Just perfection.
Have a great week Lorraine - I'll get to work on starting the Pickles Fan Club now... :)
love,
Sherilyn at Clear Crick Cottage
Posted by: Sherilyn Koss | April 26, 2011 at 03:31 PM
Oh - the flowers are beautiful! Beautiful! And the textures are wonderful. Nice work!
Posted by: Renee | April 19, 2011 at 09:14 PM
Oooooh - these photos are gorgeous and you have a lovely, lovely blog! I´ll put you in my Google Reader at once so I can find my way back! :-)
Posted by: tinajo | April 18, 2011 at 11:50 PM
the roses are lovely and the textures very cool...thanks for the link to Kim's site
:) Heidi
Posted by: Heidi | April 18, 2011 at 08:28 PM
I really must get to grips with this lovely idea. Textures make photos look so lovely - although I have to say that yours look particualrly lovely anyway! I love hellebores. Aren't they pretty?!
Sarahx
Posted by: Modern Country Style | April 18, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Oh such beautiful photos and the flowers are so beautiful! You do such a wonderful job with the textures. It just made my night looking at them! Your wisteria will be there in bloom before you know it and then you can wow us again. Sadly our wisteria has been gone now for a couple of weeks. It doesn't last very long.
I love your site! Just beautiful!
Posted by: Sandra | April 17, 2011 at 08:34 PM
Hi my sweet friend..these are so lovely...hugs for a great new week. xoxoxo
Posted by: koralee | April 17, 2011 at 06:49 PM
SO lovely... thank goodness there are some flowers around.
It's been dreary here in New England too.
:(
Your blog is lovely.
Posted by: Kelli | April 16, 2011 at 06:23 PM
The textures you used created some very beautiful fine art photographs of your lovely garden of flowers and stone figures. Stunning!
Posted by: Lynne | April 16, 2011 at 03:11 AM
Hi Lorraine,
I loved having a look around your Spring garden and how very beautiful.
Your textured photographs are amazing and you are so talented.
Happy weekend
Hugs
Carolyn
Posted by: Carolyn | April 15, 2011 at 09:31 PM
I always look forward to being in my garden after a long winter. Thanks for the walk through yours with the beautiful photos.
Posted by: Gale Wall | April 14, 2011 at 08:40 AM
So wonderful Pictures!
And so kreative!
( I hope, this is right, I am a German with incomplete english knownledge...)
I love your site, Lorraine!
Posted by: barbara | April 14, 2011 at 07:43 AM
Hi Lorraine - we call those lenten roses Hellebores in the UK - your pix are just fantastic and work so beautifully with the textures. Thanks so much for sharing such a wonderful garden!
Posted by: Val Thomas | April 14, 2011 at 05:52 AM
Hello Lorraine, thank you so much for visiting me. Your photos are so very beautiful, I am in awe but inspired to do more with Kim's truly addictive textures! x
Posted by: Miriam | April 13, 2011 at 11:57 PM
Breathtaking! Oh how I love the name of that flower Lenten Rose...I have never heard of that before. I will have to look for them.
Posted by: kerrie | April 13, 2011 at 07:19 PM
Oh my, your photos are so beautiful! I love your use of Kim's textures. I'm going to have to look and see if I have that Cinnamon one, that looks really nice. I love your blog...it's very pretty.
Posted by: Tricia | April 13, 2011 at 01:05 PM
Beautiful pictures - they make me happy! Now I'm off to shoot a pic or two of my garden gnome....
Posted by: Marty Mason | April 13, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Beautiful!
Posted by: Deb | April 13, 2011 at 08:57 AM
Hi Lorraine,
I am so lovin' these textures on your beautiful photos. I would love to learn to use them. I just keep wondering if I can start a new addiction.heehee (I already have too many to count)
Your garden is waking up I see. I think mine may be...but I am such a pansy about the cold that I haven't been able to make myself go out there and work yet. lol! When it gets warm enough,I will be coming to Utah to see my daughter and making a trip to the Ikea. I have never been to an Ikea before.
Your pictures of your time in France are gorgeous!!!!
sending hugs...
Posted by: June | April 13, 2011 at 08:42 AM
GOOD MORNING DEAREST LORRAINE! Oh thank you for your sweet comments to me about my birthday! We are having fun. AND LOOK AT YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY! Kim is really influencing a lot of people, and the results of her skills are just stunning in all of you who are participating. We are finally getting warm weather, now we just need the rain to help things grow. Have a BLAST in your garden!! Anita
Posted by: anita rivera | April 13, 2011 at 02:54 AM
I love those we call them jouluruusu and the straight translation is christmas rose. I got Lenton rose from my mother as a christmas present few years ago and then I planted it to my garden next spring, now I'm waiting did it survive from the winter. So beautiful edit and pictures.
Posted by: Henrietta | April 13, 2011 at 01:56 AM
Love the flower shots...so pretty!
Posted by: AJ Kreations | April 12, 2011 at 11:46 PM
These are all beautiful! I really love the flowers--so sweet and soft!
Posted by: Cedar | April 12, 2011 at 08:48 PM
Beautiful!
Posted by: Katie | April 12, 2011 at 05:37 PM
Such beautiful flowers! And I love your sweet little statues.
Posted by: sarah | April 12, 2011 at 04:45 PM
Everything about your photos is lovely. Yes I agree life is good, even if it is cold a rainy you found beauty in the day.
Posted by: lilylovekin | April 12, 2011 at 04:20 PM
Just beautiful..thanks for taking me out to the coop with you..loved it! ;D
Posted by: Julie Harward | April 12, 2011 at 04:04 PM
The beauty of your spring garden, Lorraine!
Posted by: Zita - Mlle Magpie | April 12, 2011 at 03:06 PM
oh my gosh Lorraine.... you so found beauty... totally....
just love each of these... and you too...
thanks for linking and sharing Texture Tuesday....xxo, Kim
Posted by: kim klassen | April 12, 2011 at 02:59 PM