Rearranging things & Scrapping with Holli

We both were on a total roll scrapping and sometimes

it's fun with a friend and she has a terrific room

with lots of stuff.

Anyway, this photo was replaced by a deer photo

that is now hanging in our bathroom.

 Holli stamped a few of these sunflowers for me and

I found that they are perfect for this page.

I brought my buttons galore and dumped them in the

middle of the sunflower and used

some watercolors to give it a bit more umph.

These wild horses are from Assateague and

are so beautiful in real life I would recommend putting Assateague
on your bucket list - but keep an eye on prevailing winds.
You do not want west winds blowing - they bring in the biting flies and
the horses tend to not be as available as
they are when the winds are perfect.
 I also decided that

I wanted to do another 8x10 on 12x12 as it
allows for more dodads that don't overwhelm the photo.

Scenes from Chincoteague and Assateague

This was the view from our campsite at Tom's Cove.

The lighthouse which is silent during day - does flash from dark to dawn.

Absolutely stunning!

If you look below the treeline to the right those

itty bitty dots are wild horses.

They come out every morning to graze - and that's about

as close as one can get.

And that's about the length on my Canon 80-300mm lens.

 They did come a wee bit closer.

But not much.

These two were amusing.

 Just sayin...

Scenes inside the wildlife refuge when we where

hunting for close ups of the horses.

 This was the trail to the lighthouse.

Beautiful walk.

 The lighthouse is beautifully kept with

rugged terrain around it - and dense - so you couldn't

see the horses on the other side of the trees.

I really tried.

 And I tried a Thomas Fitzgerald preset called "Winter Chill".

I quite love the look.

Makes it look old timey.