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My hat is off to all who participated in this challenge. I've loved seeing all of your pics.

I have completed all 52 weeks, posting week 52 a few days early. I have thoroughly enjoyed participating in this challenge. It has given me the opportunity to post many of my favourite chosen weekly photos, without having to create detailed showcasing pages. When a photographer, even an amature like myself, takes the time and effort of aiming to capture the best image one can, is rewarding. Well done to everyone who has participated, giving us a glimpse into your lives, through your photography, whilst showing of your photography skills. All the photos I have posted have been my own, without any post enditing.

I used Carole's script for the patchwork Christmas tree, added some picture tube strings of stars and some gold snowflakes from my winter stash. The wordart is from my Christmas stash. I tucked some packages under the bottom of the tree to create the illusion of a base. After I created the tree I grouped it so I could add a shadow.

We have had more snow in December than we have had in the previous 4 years. Of late I have been pre occupied with photography, and other outdoor stuff.

Nice, I don't have time to do much scrapping this week but I try to keep up with the things that are posted! I see that you have unpacked your Anna Aspnes goodies too!

Weeks 48. Female Snowy Owl

Here is Design 1 of my Christmas cards that didn't get to the print test page. This would be on the outside of the card, the insides never even got designed. I'll post this also on FB as it might appear really dark here. Soon as I saw this quote I had to do it for my Nephew. Hope it doesnt offend anyone. I added a white-ish(textured) border so you could see it. I was going to use the paper as a white border going on a grasscloth textured dark desaturated brown cardstock (from Bazzill). I'll post the next 4 designs over the next four days.

Here is my week 50 - the Hudson River Otter. It looks like I only need one more to finish out 2024. The photog is Ed Meekel from our HV in Pictures Gallery.

It does feel good, Susan! One less layout to complete. 🙂 Sometimes, I go a different route from when I started, but in this case, it was more to resize the photos and add a few extra touches, and it was done.

Thank you, Ann! I took the background color from the photo. I tried other colors, but this is the one I liked best.

I very much appreciate your kind words, as I do anyone elses. I will use this photo in next year's cards, as I have a policy of always using last year's photos in next year's calendars, and cards.

I've been pre occupied with other fun stuff. Time to get back to PSPing now.

@ Sue I'm glad to see you back and was starting to get a little worried by your absence. Those 4 photos are fantastic and give a nice glimpse of the winter in your neck of the woods!

A fabulous winter scene. The red of the wheel is a perfect contrast to the snow and trees. I love it. Am glad you're posting again - I've missed your photos.

We still have that same foggy grey and sometimes very wet weather as the last 4 or 5 weeks. Only yesterday we had a short period of sunshine, but alas I had a couple of appointments and a lot of things to do, so very little time to enjoy it. Therefore again I have experimented some more and this is the result. I used this plant Nandine Obsessed in week 49 too but now I zoomed in on the foliage and changed the light setting to stage light with gave this result.

One of the times it shut down on me, I wasn't working in the program. In fact, I wasn't even on my computer. I had the program open but not working on anything. My doorbell rang so I went to answer the door. When I came back and wanted to start working in PSP, the program was completely closed down. I swear I have ghosts living in my computer at times that just like messing with me.

That is what I think is happening with mine. I can use text as long as i dont wrap it.

I do need to look into it further.

I'm so sorry to hear of your sad news Jannette. Cherish the time you have with your husband. And try to remember to look after yourself too.

Prayers for you and your husband.🙏

Jannette, so sorry to hear your sad news about your husband, I hope you can take strength from those around you.

I too learned to save frequently, but I have not observed that temp files are saving all the time and I don't see anything like you said on the bottom of my screen either. So maybe we should have a good look in the settings, often it happens to be something that is on instead off.

Q = Queue there's usually one for something

Here is week 52. I took this shot today. Hairy Woodpecker.

Week 51

Week 50 Mountain ash berries and frost.

Week 49. White tailed hare.

Isnt it a great feeling to finish something that was unfinished. What a beautiful quote. I always find it so neat to look at where people live and think, hey, the nature there looks just like the nature where I live. same grasses, same trees. Those photo could be in anywhere in the provinces (Canada) I've lived in.

S = Santa Claus

Sorry to say this didn't work for me. For one, all text came in as one long line and while trying to fix that, it would crash. Every single time.

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Have you ever had a funny or cute encounter with wildlife? Was it at home or on vacation? Share with us and if you have photos, share those too!

Have you ever encountered serious vandalism in your neighbourhood? Have you ever been afraid for your property? Let's chat.

Z = Zebra Plant

C = calendula

H = Heidelbeer-Knödel (Austria)

C= Champagner-Sorbet

K - Kiss Cookies A small chocolate cookie with a Hershey's kiss on top.

Q = Quince pie

P = Photo album, maybe nowadays days it will be a video.

O= Overnighted😊

Yes, once in a while, they wake up! 😉 When it happens, do you have the option to "Clear the window" (or some wording like that) at the bottom? I think that it sometimes, just remembers your last post and THINKS that you were not finished so it tries to help you. Check at the bottom of the box for a link to clear or delete.

A = Abs

the more you do the faster you get. Mind you I've only done the first two. Break time over, back to chore-time

It is so nice when the work you put in turns out to be so fantastic! I know that feeling when you get a book/album printed and it turns out just as you wanted it to be, especially when it is such a precious gift. It will be great to see their faces when daddy opens his present. Enjoy!!!!

L = Lettuce which is on most fast food sandwiches.

K = Keurig

Q = Quick - when a tooth has to be extracted hopefully the dentist does it rather quickly

Anne creates beautiful things! She has been hounding be for over a year to get PSP. Well she finally convinced me to do it and I am learning from her as well as here. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and Anne thanks for being a great friend.

Some time ago (maybe a year?) I bought a Wacom Intuous Pro on sale. First I chose the large, but it was too big for my workspace so I returned for a smaller one (size S-M I think). It is easy to install and use, just need to tweak a few settings after the installation. I like using it, but the secret to it is to use it ALL THE TIME. No more mousing. I've not been able to do that yet, but I keep telling myself I will. When I feel a bit rushed or impatient, I just reach for the mouse and then the habit is broken again.