The Leaves are Changing in Southern Indiana

I haven't had time to edit many pics lately, but this one was on my phone and accessible. This last Tuesday we took a drive down through Harding Ridge to see how much the trees had changed since leaving a week ago. All the camp hosts had to leave a week early due to the government shutdown. The weather was a bit dreary and drizzly, but it was nice to get out and take a drive with the pups. 

Here is one of the pics taken on the overlook to Lake Monroe. We enjoyed our little drive through Hardin Ridge and reflected on the many wonderful memories with family and friends in our five months of living in this beautiful place. I love seeing fall in southern Indiana!

Rain Rain Go Away!!

It has rain/poured just about everyday it seems here lately. The first day of July while up at the gatehouse, I took this photo of all the rain pouring down the road. Some areas close by got 3-4 inches of rain on this day!

Later that evening, after more rain, I and a friend went down to the beach and snapped this pic. It wasn't till I looked at the photo on my computer that I noticed a faint rainbow in the upper left corner. The sky always looks interesting after it storms...makes the colors more bold too.

Here is a random pic taken while I was going over the bridge (side note: I only do this when there is no traffic coming toward me) toward Bloomington last week. Again, more storms were hovering around that day also. What are the odds, right? ;) I like cloud and sky pictures, clearly.

 

Textures and Overlays

I have been working with textures and cloud overlays this morning...still learning how to use them. The first pic is SOOC (straight out of the camera) with no edits and the second is the finished photo.

For this picture, I used a Shoot the Moon texture from Kindling 2 Luminescent Textures Collection in CS5 and a KML Creatives cloud overlay with tweaks here and there with a sharpening action. Both creators can be found on Facebook and they are on sale from time to time also. Easy peasy. Love how layers can add so much to a photo! 

Love this photo of our grandson, Jonah, on Lake Monroe beach. 

I used a few textures on this too.

Some more critters over the last few weeks

Since living in an RV since September, we no longer get to luxury of wi-fi internet and are now relying on our data connections via our phones which was the plan knowing the changes we'd be making back then. Sometimes my laptop syncs up and sometimes not so much. So here are a few photos of some other visitors over the last month.

This is a striped skink we found at the park entrance. So colorful!

A baby painted turtle down at the beach of Lake Monroe here at Hardin Ridge:

This baby skunk that was taken on my phone and would have been closer if I'd had my good camera. Oh, well. He was cute, fast & stinky! We have seen two skunks cross the rode just in front of the gatehouse this week...may need to post a "skunk crossing" sign if this keeps up! lol!

Just a gorgeous pic of the beach here at Hardin Ridge on Lake Monroe. The water was really high at this time and has since gone down so the beach is now accessible to everyone.

Monroe Lake, Bloomington, Indiana

Today is just gorgeous!! The air is warm and the sun is shining...can't get any better than this! My family and I went to the country today to do some target shooting and we had a ball, as usual, just being together. Here is a pic of me and my little grandson, Jonah. Never too early to learn to use a camera, I say! =) Lovin' life in beautiful southern Indiana!
Lee Anne

 

This one was taken on Lake Monroe just south of Bloomington, Indiana, this week. The air was crisp and the sky was a gorgeous blue. We even spotted an Amercican Bald Eagle as he flew not far from us. Never tire of seeing that majestic bird.