Monday, July 25, 2011

Crushed Raspberries and Lace



A week or so ago, my trusty little Canon digital bit the dust.  Well, not dust exactly, but a battery seemed to have sprung a leak, and when I tried to take a photo, nothing happened.  Because I had just put new batteries in it, I had a look, and found "stuff" all over the bottom and inside the camera.  Not good. I may at some point have it repaired if possible, but I needed a camera 'now'.  This was the camera I often took along just in case I saw something I wanted to photograph. So I went shopping, looking for something inexpensive this time, but able to do what I needed to do.
I was introduced to a Sony Cybershot, waay more than I wanted to spend. BUT, there was one, lonely last year's model left over, and it was  offered to me at less than half price. I am now the happy owner of a great little camera that takes great photos, is slim enough to fit in any handbag, something the other one was not, so this one really can go everywhere with me, and best of all, it is a delightful shimmering crushed raspberry in color. Well YES, color is important! :-0
While we were driving along the other day, I commented how beautiful the roadsides looked, now that the municipality is no longer spraying them with weed killer. At this time of year, they are thick with Queen Anne's Lace, blowing and billowing in the breeze. So I whipped out my trusty little camera, and now I can share our beautiful country roadsides with you. Have a lovely day everyone :-)
Heather Anderson   . . . . .  .Sheltie Hollow
http://www.heatheranderson-animalart.com/

Saturday, July 23, 2011

New Beginnings



Welcome to my brand new blog!  It's new because my old one vanished over night, in fact, all the blogs I posted to, went along with it.  I can't do anything about the other blogs, but this one, we were able to start over with.  That's sort of fun, and in that spirit, I chose colors that are among my current favorites because I want to have some fun with this.
I chose an image from the old blog to open this new one - "STEPPING LIGHTLY", a 14 x 18 watercolor on Arches 300lb hot press paper.  Don't worry, Mum never so much as brushed against her baby when she stepped out of the tangle he had made of his legs! This painting is on my website and is available.
http://www.heatheranderson-animalart.com/