I've been admiring some beautiful photo's on your blogs of the spring blossom that's finally opening up...so wonderful! Our small cherry trees are now just blossoming, so with the blessing of some sunshine and some time I got outside earlier today...











Of course I had to take a few pics of the Ranunculas too! This one above is just opening now, they've done so well, enduring lots of weather this week including several heavy showers of hail -ugh! I preferred it last year when April was hot and summery...

It's great to experiment with textures, finding the right combination of image and texture, playing with different combinations to find new and interesting effects...I've been experimenting with my new texture Barley which is from my new  RH West texture collection one, it's a versatile texture, giving lots of depth and interest to images...