Does the fix look better?

Well I made my first attempt at fixing an old photo, does it make a difference?








This time I spent less time on sharpen and crap like that in order to crop better. Boy there is a lot to learn! But I think I like this one better. Next I tnink I will color the flowers.


I can't tell, you tell me. I like the size and the fact that the crack on the photo look better, but I think I made it look grainy. I guess I will have to try again to get the defects better but make it less grainy, maybe I played around too much!

Pronouns are lost on 3 year olds

Over the weekend (before Anden's big break), she was so patiently and quietly sitting in a chair on the patio, watching a barn swallow working on her nest.

As is typical with a kid this age, when talking about the bird, it was "Her flew away" "her is feeding her babies" "her came back".

Thinking I was doing it right, I explained that "She flew away" "She came back".

Monday night I told DeAnn about the bird watching, and DeAnn asked Anden what the bird's name is.....

Without missing a beat, Anden replied, "She".

First attempt without DeAnn's Assistance

Okay, so I am trying to learn photoshop all by myself....Not an easy task with as few viable brain cells that are left in my noggin.

Here is the original photo:



Here is the cropped:



And here is the altered:



For you photoshop gurus, this may seem really simple, but I had to get the crop thing down right (actually it took longer than you would think), I had to make a layer and turn the layer black and white, and then remove the black and white to make the colored shapes. Finally I got to flatten the image. Hopefully my future attempts will be more intricate!!

How Hillary Might Have Won

If only Hillary had listened, it might have been Barak dropping out of the race!

Pilgrims invade Mayflower Hotel in DC

Catchy headline, eh?

Actually I thought you might like to see the hotel we are staying in this weekend. Thank you DeAnn and Priceline.com.

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-photos/wassh-renaissance-mayflower-hotel/

Also to see some of our first day here in the Nation's capitol, see:
http://www.burgranger.blogspot.com

Tschuss!

Just me and my new friends

This one's for you Reece!!!



and this one too!!!



I know you all think that crickets and madagascar hissing cockroaches are yucky, but they were very nice and they said to tell you all so!!!!!!

Would you believe?

Trip to Florida not so much fun for a lot of reasons, Dad being sick, kids could only stay a couple of days, and then there were the fires.

It wasnt without humor though, here is a video and the song that was playing on the radio at the time....