A few years ago, I came across a Photoshop plugin made by Profactions, called “Aquarelleum”. I used it to modify my photos to look like watercolor paintings. I loved that plugin and used it quite extensively. However, I recently upgraded my MacBook and although I was able to reinstall the […]
Just a little jaunt down memory lane with a few of the things from my past. This is a slideshow of the photos I’m keeping on my SmugMug website at StevenRalphImages.com in the “Collections of things” gallery: This slide show doesn’t show the entire description of every photo, so if you want […]
Lisa asked me to photograph the stuff in my office and I finally got around to it. She thinks that it’s an interesting, eclectic collection of tchotchkes. Here’s a slideshow of the photos I’m keeping on my SmugMug website at StevenRalphImages.com in the “Collections of things” gallery: This slide show […]
Lisa subscribes to an email list from “The Art Of Being Human” by Ernest Holm Svendsen. She recently received an interesting email with the title, “Letting Go of ‘Because'” Here is what was included in that email: Dear Lisa, When doing The Work, I often notice how “because” slips into […]
The Pigmy Date Palm in their backyard was taken out the other day, along with many of its fellow plants. Bye, Pigmy Date Palm and its fellow plants! Sandra’s Landscaping, LLC of Las Vegas did an excellent job!
Here are a few quotes that I have collected and a few photos of garden hoses that I have taken. I’m sharing them here because, why not? “Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm […]
On Saturday, October 19th, the 14th annual “Cars In The Park” car show was held in Shawnee Mission Park in Shawnee, Kansas. After parking my truck and walking to the entrance of the car show, I passed this corvette in the parking lot. It wasn’t in the show, but it […]
Lisa and I had the wonderful opportunity to spend time with Leslie and Bruce in San Jose, California earlier this month. We were able to be with them to celebrate their marriage. Due to a few reasons of the pecuniary variety, we almost didn’t go, but Leslie and Bruce convinced […]
In 2013, I visited Arches National Park twice; once in March and once in July. I took lots of photos during both of those trips. During the March trip, the sky was a bit overcast and rather a dull, grey color. Here is an example of the original photo with […]
In June, Lisa and I adopted Tucker, a Miniature Schnauzer. We’ve known Tucker since he was a puppy, so it was like being reunited with an old friend; which is exactly what it was. I’ve been taking Tucker on two walks a day, one in the morning and one in […]
I’ve been working from home since the start of the Covid Pandemic in early 2020, and I’ve really enjoyed it. I actually end up putting in more time at work than I did before, and I feel that with the extra time I put in, I’m just as, if not […]
I was able to spend a day with one of my teams while I was in Salt Lake in early June. It was suggested that we do a team-building something-or-other and Color Me Mine was the chosen something. We all met at the Color Me Mine store in Salt Lake […]