Dreamy Purple Coneflower

Welcome to my new blog!  This is my entry for Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday. On a weekly basis Kim sends out wonderful, free textures. If you aren't on her list yet, I do recommend signing up! The challenge this week was to use two of her textures, any two. For this purple cone flower I used kk_canvasback and greyday plus her dream brush for the little quote in the corner. I took the photo of this purple coneflower when I was out photographing a listing for a realtor friend of mine. My flowers at home are dying because of the heat, and my brown thumb! How has your summer been going?

Summertime

My kids and I spent a few days at Stonelick State Park in Pleasant Plain, Ohio. We had a lot of fun at the beach and even went for a sunset swim and were the only one's on the beach, which can be nice, but it also feels kind of strange. This was a candid shot of my daughter on the beach playing in the sand. This is also my entry for the Rock the Shot July photo contest.