Here are a few more rainy-day creations. Here are a couple images of roots I photographed at Hanging Rock State Park NC. I'm planning to create some notecards with the caption "My roots are in the Carolinas!"

I have gone crazy over cows! Here are a few photos that I created art from using Topaz Impression, Textures, and Glow.

It was a very stormy afternoon, so I decided to work on some more art. I created a couple pieces in Aurora HDR Pro, but today opened these two images in Topaz Glow to get some shiny glowing effects on them. I finally broke down and bought the whole Topaz Collection of 17 apps. I love this software!

During the Month of May, I was able to go to Hanging Rock State Park and Southport, NC. Near Hanging Rock I found this old house. People were actually living it it!

Also one of the evenings we watched the sunset over Tory Falls in the park. The colors were beautiful.

We had the pleasure of staying in a cabin for a week at Hanging Rock State Park in Danbury, NC. We were able to hike to all 6 waterfalls, and the scenery was beautiful! My favorite structure there is the bath house that was build by the CCC in the 1930s our of the native rock on the mountains there. I have been visiting Hanging Rock since 1976. To this day, it is my favorite state park in NC.