I'm fiddling with the logo

The previous one used a photo of an Icelandic waterfall without permission; I'm trying to substitute one of my own. This first attempt doesn't seem quite right re proportional text. I'm not asking for votes or comments - just letting you know that the top may fluctuate from day to day as I find time to struggle with Photoshop.

This morning I changed the photo to milkweed seeds to allow black text for title. Have also tried moving the bulk of the explanatory ("newbie") text to the sidebar to make the logo less cluttered. Enough for today. (in view of the sidebar comment, maybe I should get a picture of a "cabinet of curioisities" for the logo. will check.) (curiosity cabinet photos are too detailed).