Playing in Photoshop

I was playing in photoshop. I wanted to resize a photo ands keep it clear, no blurring. I got out my photoshop book and started playing with a pic of Chanacey that I took at Scott and Kristen's wedding party. It had turned out kinda wierd looking but I still liked it.

This is the results:



Then he preceeded to tell me how to change the pics without having to start over. Just by changing a few things and a couple of clicks, I had the pic of Scott instead of Chanacey without having to start from the beginning. It took about 15 seconds to make the changes. Pretty neat HUH?






I should have taken the pic of Scott into photoshop and played around with it a bit, but to late now.

The Deer

The other day I went for a walk and as I rounded the corner of this old building on the property I was walking on, I almost ran right smack into 4 deer out enjoying a nice dinner until I interrupted them. I think I scared them as much as they did me. I just happened to have my camera with me so I wouldn't be so bored walking by myself and I would have a reason to stop and rest more often. Of course I had the wrong lens on my camera, so I went running for home (well maybe a fast walk) to change the lens, then headed out again to stalk the deer. When I got back they had started to move up the hill.


This one was taken before I changed my lens.

Look a human.



I took these after chasing them up the hill.

Oh no! she's back.





Honey! I have an itch on my leg, will you get that for me?




I have an itch too.




Wait, I gotta go pee.




Excuuuse me!



I'm so embarrased.




Damn! she's still there.




What are we going to do? She won't go away.






I'm outta of here.

Saving the Bird Nest

Last Friday I had to go to work. It was cold and rainy, but we had to save the bird nest. It seems that an Osprey had decided to build a new home on top of a highline power poll. It was right smack in the middle of 2 insulators, which is needless to say a very bad spot to build a new home. There is a great danger to the bird and could also cause a lot of people to be out of power, if the bird is unlucky enough to get caught in the hot wires. Instant grilled bird and a loss of power. The power company set out to save the day, it was a major production. Line truck, giant crane, jumper wires, 4 guys and 2 flaggers set out to save the day for the said Osprey.







The guys took a special platform, made just for this reason, out and preceded to put it up on top of the pole. Boy did we have 2 pissed off birds, they were flying all around and swooping in and out and chattering at the top of there lungs trying to scare the guys away, little did they know it was all for there on good.





After they finished putting up the platform, they moved the nest to the top of it. Then cleaned out the mess in between the insulators and all was well. They were happy and the birds were pleased with the new home.




PS the birds had already returned with more twigs and were busy building again before we left.

My pics are straight out of the camera, so I hope you can see the details.

My New Banner

How do like my new Banner?
I don't think I am going to leave it this way, but I could not find the pictures that I used in the other one. They seem to have gotten lost somewhere in computer land. I guess I am going to have to schedule a new photo session if everyone is not busy.
I'm not sure I like this one at all, so check again soon for more changes.

Early Christmas Present

Hi Guys'

I just wanted to show you my Early Christmas Present from Robert.

I was working on my old computer and the moniter went out, yes the new one Bob got me for Christmas before. Well it croaked, so I went looking for a new one or to get that one fixed. They said it would cost at least 100.00 to fix it. That being said I just decided to buy a new moniter. Well I bought a new one and as I was heading to the check out stand I saw this new HP computer. It was an HP Touchsmart and very compact, kinda like the IMac. I found their sell paper and it was on sell, so of course I took the paper home with me and showed it to Bob. He looked at it for awhile and said if you want it, go back to the store and get it, I was out the door before he could change his mind. I also had to take the moniter back and get MY money back.

This is a very smart machine and it has so many easy ways to do things. You can use the wireless mouse or use the touch screen. It also has a wireless keyboard. You can also hook the computer up to wireless if you have all the right connections, I have wireless for my laptop, but I haven't tried hooking this up to wireless yet. I love the scroll system, it sure makes finding photos easy, you can view photos by year, month, or date. You can also look at all the pics on your computer at once using the scroll or view screen. You can also move things around in the touch screen by touch drag and drop, you can put your favs on top so they are easier to find and the others at the bottom of the page and still be able to scroll through them.

Here are a couple pics, I had to use their stock photos because I could not get any good ones of my own.

Robert's New Toy

Robert just had to have this new TOY, it's a Kubota RTV 500.

He bought it to take hunting, which he does so much of and to go scooting around in the hills.

He also said we could take it to the beach and ride around in the sand, we'll see.

We Did It!

Now Now Now

Get your mind out of the gutter, it's not what you are thinking.


WE DID IT!


WE DID IT!


WE FINALLY DID IT!


AND BOY DOES IT FEEL GOOD.


You want to know what we finally did.?


OK OK


WE FINALLY PAID OFF OUR HOUSE.



No more monthly payments to GMAC.


IT'S ALL OURS NOW, FREE AND CLEAR

WOO HOO

See you later when I find something good to write about.

WOO HOO AGAIN

SEE YA,
Linda