Tropical Paradise

managed to photograph one of these beautiful swans - certainly not native, but most welcome here ! Black Neck swans - one Mute Swan - - from www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/birds/waterfowl/bl... collage done in: www.picmonkey.com © All Rights Reserved

Gardenia ... just one bloom ... but, oh so heavenly ... this is a layered photo .. done in www.picmonkey.com © All Rights Reserved

- still green - Lady Finger bananas - makes good banana bread - purple ? - just fun in the Monkey - edited in: www.picmonkey.com © All Rights Reserved

- of the day - from fuschia - to yellow - and all shades - in between - yard walking in colors collage done in: www.picmonkey.com © All Rights Reserved

- waiting in my dentist office can be an experience - have photographed a beautiful arched window - Spanish moss through the window - this time a Bromeliad was there - of course, it was there for me to document - and share with y'all edited in: www.picmonkey.com cropped/ signed / drop framed using colors in the photo it is really that vibrant - nothing added © All Rights Reserved

- beautiful sky - blue - teal - with white puffy thingys - so what if some power lines cross - upward looks - it is what it is - and it is Glorious ! edited in: www.picmonkey.com collage option - © All Rights Reserved

- using the same photo - three times - adjusting size and rotation - the bottom two were loaded in the overlay feature - of www.picmonkey.com - center photo was cropped and signed - signing was the tricky part ! - if you haven't used PicMonkey - they have a group in Flickr - check them out if you would like a program - that is 'UserFriendly' ~ - oh, if you ask a question - somebody will help you - can't beat that ! ~ these are leaves of a Copper leaf plant ~ volunteer from across the fence edited in: www.picmonkey.com © All Rights Reserved

- on the top of a Magnolia - reaching for the Florida blue sky - sunlight and shadows - caress these scent filled petals edited in: www.picmonkey.com - from the floridata website: www.floridata.com/ref/m/magno_g.cfm © All Rights Reserved

- golden flowers of the past - all in June - a cheery collage - for a rainy Florida day - top left .. Day lily - Aztec Gold - right side .. Thryallis - bottom left .. Bulbine [ orange/yellow ] - Archives - edited in: www.picmonkey.com © All Rights Reserved