The light in a child’s eyes is all it takes to make Christmas a magical time of year. 
Image captured by available light at Santaland located at Heather Floral in Madison, Minnesota. Beautiful holiday displays and well worth the trip.
Winters can be long and brutal in Minnesota, but that just makes spring all the sweeter. Optimism fills the air as the soil receives tender seeds and new life spring forth. Across the road, newborn baby calves are bouncing under the watchful eye of their mothers munching on fresh spring grass.
…and children play.
To a child, every lighted tree seems thirty feet tall, jingle bells add magic to the air and even the days leading up to this holiday seem extra-special with the aroma of freshly baked goodies, colorful blinking lights while festive music fills the air.

Christmas is that joyous time of year filled with hope as we praise and thank God for sending us our Savior from sin. How special to share this good news with children as they remind us to never lose these feelings of joy, hope and excitement.
May your Christmas season last throughout the whole year…
“I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful — an endless prospect of magic and wonder.”
— Ansel Adams
Give an autumn image a little nudge using Photoshop.
A few adjustments in channel mixer, blending, selective colors and filter photoshop effect.

Another option is using Photoshop to add lens flare for an extra kick.
Enjoy these last days of autumn…
…until that magical first snowfall!
Above is a Photoshop tutorial on creating an autumn effect: