Random Joy

random-joy

I go through this life looking for beauty everywhere I go.

It’s the exercise I practice daily and the joy and love it brings to my heart is truly immense.

I love the world in all its moods and seasons – summer or winter, rain or shine – but when the sun is shining the brightest, the sky is the bluest blue, and the air is crisp and fresh, that is one of the world’s faces I like best.

Come along and enjoy some random pictures that I took in the past few days.

Eye candies!

Whee!

Back, Thankful, and Learning

Hi, dear friends!

Just a few days ago I returned from the visit to my sister’s home that I wrote to you about recently. The visit was kinda tough, though it can not be easy when people are in trouble. Especially when health has been thrown in the game.

Oh, well.

Nevertheless, I and my sister would like to thank you for the nice and very kind words you’ve expressed. Big THANKS, big HUGS, and many KISSES are flying your way right now.

And the picture above? It has nothing to do with the visit, but it has much to do with our day yesterday. We visited Vienna again (gosh, do we love that city) to have a look what their Museum of Nature and Science looks like from the inside. Right now I am going through many, many pictures that I took there and will post about that magnificent experience as soon as possible.

Spoiler alert: DIAMONDS and DINOSAURS will be included.

Till then, have a very nice and a very BOOTIFUL week!

With lots of love,

Petra

You Don’t Want to Meet Me When I’m Crazy

See the picture?

I’ve taken it.

It proves that I don’t write and think about food only. Sometimes I leave my kitchen for a little while to go for a trip and visit some strange places. (Hm, now that I think about that trip, I just remembered that I had a really awesome sandwich prior to taking these photos. It was yummy!)

Anyhow, in my life there surely are other issues than food that catch my attention.

Like, food photography, for example.

Oh, yeah, you’re right. That’s still very much about food.

Hm, there has to be something else that interests me. I am a sensitive and caring human being, after all.

YES, now I remembered!

The next thing I really care about are my personal issues.

They are fun!

Not!

 

For example, I like to climb onto very strange vehicles.  They carry my high in the mountains. But that’s not the issue. This one is simple to solve. I’m too lazy to walk and too eager to take nice pics from high above.

The issue that I want to talk about is my nervous breakdown that I seem to go through each time I find myself in a stressful situation.

The breakdown lasts for about five minutes.

And it’s wild.

And beastly.

And on this particular trip it started right after they had sat me in the blue chair that you see in the picture.
 
 

Right now, when I am taking this picture, I am cursing the day this insane passenger ropeway was built. I am cursing the grass below for not being more soft and cushy. I am giving my man a threatening look because he dares to breath and rock our seats as a result. And most of all, I am cursing myself for not wearing a parachute on my back.
 
 

Mere five minutes later I am the king of the world. I am enjoying the cool fresh air, I am reveling in the beauty around and I am tapping my man on the knee saying: “Lovely, huh?”.

 

I can’t reverse that thing although I know it is coming.

When the stress begins I get convinced that I am a goner any time soon.

When the five minutes have passed and I come to my senses a wide smile appears on my face and you wouldn’t find a more careless person in the whole wide world.

But those five minutes – you don’t want to be near me when they are happening.

You just don’t.

 

Which makes me think of my man right now. Poor him, he gets to be near me all the time.

Lord, bless his kind and precious heart.
 
 

I doubt this guy has his 5 beastly minutes.

Though, he might – when he meets a photographer who takes photos right IN HIS FACE.

Luckily, we were heading in opposite directions. Which is the only occasion when I dare take pictures of strangers.

I am that courageous.

Hm, I think I’ve just revealed my next issue…
 

Adventures in Cropping… Part 2

how to crop a picture in photoshop tutorial

Just recently I brought a story about the Photoshop Crop Tool and what gorgeous role it plays in my life.

Surprisingly, the story seems to be expanding into a series.

This is part two…

 
 

how to crop a picture in photoshop tutorial

This is the original picture with no editing at all.
 
 

how to crop a picture in photoshop tutorial

And this is my new crop.

Okay, I might be the only person on Earth who thinks so, but that line of ice-cream-licking heads – that’s too cute and funny.

I just love those ladies!
 

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