It has been almost four years since I have made a post. My world disintegrated in 2019. Almost everything in my life has changed since then and nothing for the better. It has been a very long and sad story that I will not burden the reader with at this point, other than to say I have ended up far away and removed from my beloved Gulf Coast and the now seemingly blessed life I had. To be lost in the very "Mountains of Madness. For almost 2 years I have had little urge to do much of anything. I sit and watch the telly, surf the net, and play the "Sims4". I have numbed my mind with loss. I guess in a way I have withdrawn and retired from life. It has taken me quite a while to get to this point where I am able to even consider taking up my long neglected blog once more. Initially I was way to busy to take time for making an occasional post, but the good kind of busy. When all was lost I did not think I would ever care to blog again or anything else. I am now waking up after a long sleep and in a way want to reach out into the world once more. I know that very few people will see this so it is kind of a safe step out of doors for me so to speak.
The image above is an art photograph that I did late last year. It started out as an image of some leaves blown to the curb in a strip mall parking lot. The next day I just happened to run into this big mantis on the front porch of where I am residing so I took a photo. I took an image of the rose that I have in a pot. Added an image of an ancient silver coin from the Greek city of Ephesus.
Photoshoped the living daylights out of them and ended up with this digital image that I have called "Rock n Roll". It is entitled as such, because the rose is named, "Rock & Roll". Created by American rose breeder, Tom Carruth, in 2006 and introduced to the U.S.in 2007 by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc.
