Author: Jennifer Hartnett-Henderson
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I Got Outside! How About You?
I got outside! I hope you did too! The wind was going 12 mph along the SF Bay and whipping the mustard back and forth. I shot this with the app SlowShutter to accentuate the movement and then layered it on top of a still to add definition. My kitchen bouquet of ranunculus looked great…
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2 Breezy Reads
The last book I read was heavy. So heavy that I craved an antidote. These 2 books are light and fun. First up, Air Plants: The Curious World of Tillandsias by Zenaida Sengo. I love air plants. They are whimsical yet elegant and remind me of Dr. Seuss! It turns out that Sengo works at…
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Another New Look: Dreamscope
I first noticed @dogsitter80 using Dreamscope in early March. Intrigued, I bought the app and began experimenting on flowers. First I made the best version of the image in Snapseed, correcting and enhancing the natural image. Then I pulled the image into Dreamscope and applied filters until I found one I liked.…
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Just Mercy
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson begins, “I wasn’t prepared to meet a condemned man.” Stevenson, a Harvard Law School graduate, founded the Equal Justice Initiative. The book shows the stories of many individuals who were condemned to die unjustly. The story of Walter McMillan, a young man sentenced to die for a murder he did not commit,…
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Extraordinary Leadership
Nothing like a rainy day cozied up with a cup of Jasmine tea and some Hobnob cookies to help you finish a book! I selected this one because a group of women at my church were reading it. The timing of the meetings conflicted with my long distance runs so I ended up moving ahead…
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A New Look
I was playing around with some apps and found a new look. An IG friend @tesswyatt told me she thought it looked like Polaroid emulsion transfers and encouraged me to do more. So I did. Using Snapseed to set the base, TangledFX to create an over the top version and Blender to blend detail with…
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Driving Change
Desiring to drive change in my own life, I had the good fortune to read 2 books about how to do just that. Make It Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live on Purpose. is by Lara Casey, CEO of Lara Casey Media, publisher and editor-in-chief of Southern Weddings magazine, founder of the Making…
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How to Get Dressed and Other Fun Reads
How to Get Dressed by costume designer Alison Freer had me going through the clothes that remained from my Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up inspired closet cleaning to see what new combinations I could find and what needed to be fixed. Despite that effort I ended up on a business trip with a dress…
