A rose is a rose

I've been tinkering with a new image for the last day or two. It's one of the pics I took the other day of a late growing rosebud that I found in the yard. I snipped it and took it inside and tried a few macro shots, and liked this one. I've found a decent background for it, but I haven't found anyway to give it some punch. Right now, it's just a simple rosebud. There's nothing wrong with that, I suppose. Still, it just looks unfinished, so I keep plugging away. I'll scan through my files, and hopefully something will inspire me.

Meanwhile, I realized today that Thanksgiving is next week. That came out of nowhere! I'm still in Halloween mode. Strangely though, I managed to start my Christmas shopping last weekend. I decided to get a PS3 for Chris and me. I didn't know if the stock would be picked out after Thanksgiving. I'd originally thought I'd get a Wii, but the stores seem to be incapable of getting them in stock, so maybe a lot of folks will opt for the PS3 and Xbox instead. Anyway, the PS3 more or less covers the gifts at home, and that's most of what I need to get.