macro monday 27.8.12 - meadow walk

some shots from a wander through the mini 'meadow' 

we planted in memory of my father

Posting to Lisa's Macro Monday

and 

Flowers for Leontien

Janet xo

Snapshot & a Song 26.8.12

The Eagles are the 5^th highest selling act 
and highest selling band in U.S. history...
Their “Greatest Hits 1971 – 1975” is the biggest selling album of all time.

After a 14 year break up they released the album

“Hell Freezes Over” in 1994. 
Legend has it that the album name was the result of an interview 
when the band first broke up, in which, when asked if they would ever consider getting together again one of them responsed with 
‘when hell freezes over!’

They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and they are still touring and will be in Vegas in November 2012.

I loved and still love that comeback album!

And there are several songs I could choose from as favourites

However, as you can see from my snapshots and the highlighted lyrics, there is a reason why I chose this particular one:

 the mister 'standin' on the corner in Winslow Arizona ...

note reflection of girl in flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at him...

and a photo of travel weary me with a bronze statue of Don Henley
taken by the mister...

"Take It Easy"

(written by Jackson Brown & Glenn Frey)

Well, I'm running down the road

tryin' to loosen my load

I've got seven women on

my mind,

Four that wanna own me,

Two that wanna stone me,

One says she's a friend of mine

Take it easy, take it easy

Don't let the sound of your own wheels

drive you crazy

Lighten up while you still can

don't even try to understand

Just find a place to make your stand

and take it easy

Well, I'm a standing on a corner

in Winslow, Arizona

and such a fine sight to see

It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed

Ford slowin' down to take a look at me

Come on, baby, don't say maybe

I gotta know if your sweet love is

gonna save me

We may lose and we may win but

we will never be here again

so open up, I'm climbin' in,

so take it easy

Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen

my load, got a world of trouble on my mind

lookin' for a lover who won't blow my

cover, she's so hard to find

Take it easy, take it easy

don't let the sound of your own

wheels make you crazy

come on baby, don't say maybe

I gotta know if your sweet love is

gonna save me, oh oh oh

Oh we got it easy

We oughta take it easy

Why not join me over at Photos by LeAnne

for Snapshot and a Song

Janet xo

flower art friday 24.8.12

This is the first time I have participated in Flower Art Friday

over at Photos by LeAnne

This photo of the pink phlox in my garden was taken on a sunny day!

I used it SOOC with the texture Drippy by Karen Burns

(you can find her AMAZING work here and here)

using the normal blending mode at 91%
and lightly brushed the flowers at 16% opacity

That's it!

If you aren't familiar with LeAnne's blog, 

you ought to pop over and have a peek...

besides the wonderful work of the other Flower Art Friday participants,

she has some happening stuff going on over there!

She has recently started an awesome new meme

Snapshot & a Song!

You should definitely check it out!

...and 

you should definitely have a great weekend!

Janet xo

Also posting for Leontien