spending time with photoshop . . .

i will kind of miss the cold dreary weather since it is so conducive to inside playing . . .  but on the other hand, i am running short of subject matter and have to get out and about with my new camera.  here are some of the fruits of my labor:

and this one is a work in progress.  i was following a tutorial but my version of photoshop is too old to follow exactly so i headed off on my own.  i have no idea where it will take me:

the end.