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Day 127/365: Photographic View of Church

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Today was my day of playing around in Photoshop again. This time with plug-ins from Xero-Graphics. The subject my home church of Trinity Lutheran in Murdock Nebraska. I was driving by ans a friend was taking pictures for our upcoming open house dedicating the new fellowship hall. So I stopped, said “Hi” and took a few myself. Turned out to be a perfect subject for some special effects.

Which one do you like best and why?

#1: Straight out of camera (SOOC)
#2; Xero Tweak w/burn edge
#3 Xero Illustrator w/burn edge
#4: Xero Line Art
#5: Not sure which effect, misname it, but it's a xero effect, I can find it again.

Here is a different photograph, but taken at the same time in black and white. I’ll tell you which is my favorite after the comments and voting is tallied.

#6 Different image, taken at the same time, but an effect I like

Day 124/365: Spring Daffodils

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Day 124: My daffodils are blooming!

My garden is starting to bloom, I’m so excited! These were the first daffodils of the season and I thought they deserved a special highlight. I’m going to see how many flowers I can take photographs of this season, most will probably not be in my yard, but around town, ahhh, I can smell the fragrance of lilacs already.  So if anyone from Elmwood see’s me crouched around your bushes it’s just me and my photography addition.

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Day 123/365: High School Track Begins

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Day 123: High School Track Meet
Day 123: High School Track Meet

High School track season has begun in Nebraska. My daughter missed the first meet due to the State Speech meet, so the Yutan relay was her first meet. She ran the 4 x 800 meter  relay and the long distance medley, the 1200 meter leg. My son, a senior is also doing track this year, it’s a way to get in shape for the Marine Corps.

Day 115/365: Mother Natures April Fools Joke, Not Funny

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Day 115: Really, it's spring already!

Really? Snow in spring?

I can’t tell you how upset I was when it was officially spring, March 25th to be exact, and it snowed! Really? I love snow in December, Christmas just isn’t the same without a blanket of snow. Even in January snow is tolerable, it’s winter so yes, snow should and needs to be in the picture to complete the four seasons.

But, after March 21, nope, nadda, not a snowflake should appear. Anyone around me heard my disgust. I mean really, the flowers are blooming. Give me rain, but not snow this time of year. You might have seen an First Flower of spring of the crocuses, before the snow.

Retitled this post when I saw what day it was going live. Seemed like a cruel joke of Mother Nature. Somewhere I heard from friends in Connecticut that it’s supposed to snow on April 1st. Hopefully it’s a weather forecasters April Fools joke.

Day 113/365: Joe and the Jungle, The Band

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Rockin' the Philson Basement (SOOC)

Meet Joe and the Jungle as they gave a free concert in the Philsons’ basement. Beth lives across the street and her family’s philosophy should be  “Life is an adventure, explore and experience”. They have traveled to all over the United States, Europe, and have hosted multiple international exchange students. They are registered Couch Surfers and the Los Angeles California band, Joe and the Jungle, were their latest guests as their tour brought them to the Midwest.

The band has been compared to a cross between Guns n Roses, Cheap Trick and The Beatles with a splash of the Sex Pistols for flavor. If that doesn’t make you curious nothing will.  They are the best of both coasts starting in New York City and moving to the LA Strip and selling out venues on a regular basis.

Knickerbockers in Omaha canceled on them at the last minute so Joe and his band rocked away in the Philson basement in Elmwood Nebraska this week. Although the band drives a stereotypical van and couch surfs across the country, they have never stayed in a house with it’s own amps, woofers, drum set and extra bass. Papa Philson is a closet musician and has all the toys.

The band signs were hung, blue and red bulbs went into shop lights and the atmosphere was created. Didn’t matter that the acoustics were a tad off, the rock and roll beat was alive and a Joe and the Jungle rocked the Philson house. Those in Omaha missed out. Check out their music in the video below.