Eastern Blue Jay; copyright © reserved 2010, Richard Lovison

“O Blue Jay…
How did you happen to be so blue?
Did you steal a bit of the lake for your crest,
And fasten blue violets into your vest
Tell me, I pray you,—tell me true!

Did you dip your wings in azure dye,
When April began to paint the sky,
That was pale with the winter’s stay?
Or were you hatched from a blue-bell bright,
’Neath the warm, gold breast of a sunbeam light,
By the river one blue spring day?”

Susan Hartley Swett

Alien Snowman; copyright © reserved 2010, Richard Lovison

We woke up Sunday morning with this snowman from another world staring at us from across the road. It seems our neighbors and their friends were up to some creative fun Saturday evening. The creature brought a smile to both of us… one of the best things that has happened within our community in some time.

I couldn’t help but try a solarization technique provided by Nik software to further add to the otherworldliness. In the old days, back when we walked to school and communicated face to face , the solarization effect could be created by exposing the print or negative while in the developer to a light source for a brief moment. The brightness and color of the light and how long the light was on, all affected the final result. Today, it can be done with a few mouse clicks and the movement of some virtual sliders.

Illusion; copyright © reserved 2005-2010, Richard Lovison

“We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.”

Quite possibly there lies a miraculous truth, hidden ever so slightly, just under the perceived surface of our everyday world.

“…and in case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!”

Rose; copyright © reserved 2010, Richard Lovison

“I say love, it is a flower,
and you its only seed.”

Amanda McBroom