Here's a little grunge to keep things interesting!

 boat

 butterfly

 apples

 gourd

 pink dianthis

 drop

 crepe myrtle

 grungy dahlia

 Thumb..... Abbi my granddaughter and her first pony ride!

Many thanks to Mr Ducky, this was great fun and quite the challenge. Got me thinking outside the proverbial box on some of these subjects.

 pet

 portrait

 L

 sweet

 work

 fun

 inside ( print on the wall called "Flaming June")

 macro

 trees

 scavenger trash to treasure

A cute little friendly critter just waiting for someone with a camera! This guy is tiny!

Thumb to the left for perspective

 frog posing for this shot

 smile!

 frogs are cute!

 thumb

One of my cats playing in the sheets.

 One Eye

 One Eye Again

 Two Eyes

 Bella's getting sleepy!

 boat  

 alpaca

 fisherman

These were all done by placing a texture layer over the original photo and then using the history brush to pull back in some of the original details. ( PS)

Sorry for the larger than usual number of shots, but I just couldn't pare it down anymore...

 dahlia

 another dahlia

 Dahlia #3

 b/w dahlia

 frog  face

 frog body

This guy was so small that I initially bent over thinking I was getting a shot of some unusual bug!

I sure do enjoy watching these little birds and listening to their chatter!

 Hummer 1

 Hummer 2

 Hummer 3

 Hummer, Creative

 dahlia bud

 sunflower

 dahlia duotone

 not a flower, but its still up close!

Caution....proceed with care.....post processing....grunge....fun........

 monarch

 hands

 beauty...

 beauty or beast?

 beast 1

( Orton effect...history brush to restore some details....frame

 beast 2

Seems like all the hummingbirds in Virginia are congregating at my house, I don't mind,  not only are they beautiful, but fascinating as well.

 1

 2

 3

 4 (  you can really see the ruby throat in the males)