sketching...

...flowers

on a big piece of parchment paper... with all different kinds of colored chalks... wouldn't that be the life? when i was younger, i often thought about sitting on a hillside - in grasses - viewing landscapes - having a sketchbook - drawing to my hearts content... alas - i have no skill in the arena of drawing... none, nada, nope... i wasn't even left at the end of the line to gather up a teeny-tiny bit of skill! my stick figures turn out crooked... relying on a ruler is useless since i can never quite get the ruler straight either! it's truly sad... sigh... drawing is a gift - i believe you're born with it - you have it or you don't... as much as i want it, i don't have it even though i'd love to just sit down and draw... yet, i know it's not going to happen...

it's why i've played with this image... some may not agree with post processing - the idea of messing around with what comes out of the camera... it was not my intention today either. i rather enjoyed how this flower appeared as i took it - for once, unlike yesterday, i was quite pleased... but then i clicked on a little box mentioning something about sketching - boo! well, how do you pass that up? after all my rambling up there - i ask you... what was i to do? i couldn't ignore it: the box, the click, the word - all beckoned to me... you know what happens when i'm beckoned... i respond - i play - it makes for...

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happy day.....