Weekend Post

    Hi everyone. Happy weekend to you. I hope yours is going well. We're having (for my area) early spring weather this year. I noticed the chipmunks have come out of hibernation, and the other day I saw a red winged black bird. Sometimes March is just a bear with a lot more winter, and I'm not sure I can let out that big breath and say it's actually say it's spring, but  after a tough January and February, I am loving this weather. ❤

      I  had a couple of days this past week where I could sit out on the deck and read in the afternoon sun that inspired me to make this page.  My page for my Home Sweet Home challenge at Art Journal Journey is a celebration of deck/patio/backyard days. For those of us who live where winter is ending, there will be many more of these days to come. I love when I can move part of my living space outside.

    I used a stencil and blue paint for the background, and then I arranged several  images to make the patio scene.  To make the brick  flooring I used an embossing folder that I then took that piece apart and arranged the pieces randomly.  I added the girl and the cat images, and before I added the sun, I used some yellow glaze  to brighten the sky. The sun is made with 2 die cut sun pieces and also a punched out gold circle. I had originally stamped a face on the sun, but I didn't like it at all, so I added the gold piece over the face. The word is stamped on white paper and then added.

    And speaking of outside, did anyone see the blood moon lunar eclipse the other night? I'm not sure where it was visible, but I had to set my alarm to 2:30 in the morning to get up and see it totality. I have seen the early part of a lunar eclipse before and decided that sleep was more important than watching it reach totality, which was why I set the alarm for 2:30.

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     I didn't think ahead and put a new battery in my camera, nor did I want to rummage around for a fresh battery, so these photos were taken with my phone. When I zoomed in I didn't get the clearest views.

    This next one is zoomed in on the maximum,  which is not a great eclipse photo, but I actually like the effect.  I see a face in that moon, do you?

     And even though you get a very wide angle view, on no zoom my photos came out great. Too bad the moon is so small.

     This last view is just me taking some random dark sky photos. I just liked this one of a big old oak tree against the sky. 

    I'm also joining Gillena's Sunday Smiles with today's post. That's all for me. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.