we made it back from florida and i finished editing my favorite pictures, or at least some of them. the first one i turned into an oil painting, i am so in love with it. it reminds me of a very special person and so i named it after her. i still havent unpacked, it usually takes me a month! i hate unpacking its so depressing especially since its snowing again.

 …Deanna…

marie selby gardens

we went to see all the orchids yesterday and wow! what a fantastic garden, the whole thing sits right on the bay. the butterfly garden wa vaccant, sadly for me. i am using jim’s laptop and there is no photoshop on board but there is a neat little dell program which i had fun with last night using the boarders and frames. i put them on the pics below!

this is by far my favorite! this will hang in my home, somewhere!

Just a few

Here are  couple shots so far on the trip. The weather is awesome! Sarasota is like 45 minutes from Tampa, which is where the 2008 PPA convention will be! Jim has been wearing the t-shirt they gave away by the pool. People are asking what it is..lol I took some cool shots this morning of orchids and other flowers. I will try to upload them tonight!

Here are some dolphins I got from my room. I only have my 200m so i couldnt get closer

Sunset view from room 

pool/beach view