Photoshop Magic

There can be more to creating an image than pulling out paper and paint.

My food blog has presented new challenges in illustration. When cows unexpectedly visited my garden, I wrote a post and need an illustration.

I had a painting of a jersey cow.

And I had a painting of the garden gate.

Could I put the cow in the garden using the magic of Photoshop?

I began by creating a file that had the cow as a bottom layer and topped the cow with a garden gate layer. After I adjusted the scale and position of the cow, I selected the cow and erased areas in the garden gate painting where I wanted the cow to appear.

Success!

To read the post on my food blog *click here*

Carol Egbert

Spring Snow

Today I began to think about my garden and as I was thinking loads of fluffy white stuff began to fill the air.  Pollen perhaps? Dandruff from above? Nooooooooo. A friend called it 'poor man's fertilizer'.

It may be too cold to plant but it's never too cold to plan. Last summer I planted vegetables among the flowers - parsley and feathery carrot tops bordered roses and cone flowers, onions served as row markers, the beets were hearty, the green beans and lettuce were sparse and the spinach was a no-show so I need a new game plan.

Potatoes, tomatoes, dill, onions and patty pan squash are on my list, at least for today, I'll see what tomorrow brings!