We’ve already received a few submissions to our August Touch Up D.C. photo editing extravaganza, so here’s our very first selection, by Flickr user htlvhwy, titled “Tessie, the Tidal Basin Monster.” The serene paddle boaters are a particularly nice touch to this mashup of Scottish folklore and American tourism. Well played, htlvhwy!

In case you missed yesterday’s announcement, inspired by our sister site Londonist’s regular Touch Up London feature, we’re going to run the best submissions we get from our readers of creatively re-imagined scenes from around Washington, D.C. Upload your best Photoshopped entries to Flickr, tag them with “touchupdc,” and we’ll post them throughout the month of August as a way to beat back those humidity blues.