More gum leaves transformed

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In between tasks to do with the preparation for a Garage Sale on Saturday, I get onto the computer to make a few new images which started as a few red gum leaves I'd picked up. Using Picasa and Photo-edit, the new images are very far from the original because I used 'negative colour', or 'thick line', or 'crop' or 'gamma', etc. All I want for Christmas is another Image program? But then I wouldn't get any cooking done! Our house is like a transit lounge at present, friends coming and going, some to sleep overnight and I'm a bit overwhelmed about it all as I'm really a loner at heart, although last night I went to a Deakin University Writers group and it was so good because I met up with two friends I hadn't seen for years. We did get some writing done, some stories read, even though the leader didn't turn up with the wine, Timtams, cheese and bikkies!

Five red gum leaves

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This morning I attended a Morning Coffee with a speaker from Ballarat, telling us about Sovereign Hill. The photograph doesn't show the humour and the amazing stories she told.

Afterwards I picked up some reddish leaves as I waited one minute for Peceli to pick me up - with much to do at home, preparing for this huge Garage Sale on Saturday next. I'm a bit of a bower bird, picking up leaves and odd flowers and gumnuts, so I scanned them into the computer and made some new digital images.