Julie Magerka

A = Awesome!

My contribution to the holiday wishes here. The pic is from my niece and shows one of her kitties at the "ranch" in Montana where they now live.The Quick Waves script (which I won!) came in handy for this layout. Gotta love those scripts!

What? Everything you do is useful, and exceptional. We all appreciate the time, creativity, and expertise you put into helping everyone. Both books, the abundance of materials on the site, and your personal attention and support. And a welcoming and helpful community. We are fortunate.

Y = Yuletide

He looks white all over!

Ditto what Michele said!

I find myself singing Banana Box Christmas every once in a while, for no apparent reason!

I gotta agree with Susan. I will never hear the "Twelve Days of Christmas" ever again without seeing those two guys, and the squawking partridge!

W = Wassail

J = Jubilee anniversary

What a lovely memory and a wonderful family tradition. It might not have lasted through the descendants, but it makes for such a touching story.

I have a friend who has had dizziness (spinning sensation) and nausea for years. It must be a terrible condition where there seems to be no help from medical folks.

H = Hullaballoo

I have never thought of you (or anyone else) in that kind of "traditional" garb. My mother and her sister each made their own "kroj" (pronounced kroy) when they were young and wore them in Canada and the US in the 1940s & 50s for special occasions. This photo shows them (mother & sister) as children in their native garb in Moravia). I wish so much I had one of those intricate, lovingly-made dresses to preserve.

C = cake

I hope places other than just Nashville are working at keeping these beauties alive and breeding.

The layouts I've worked on recently have been mostly personal ones for birthdays and anniversaries, and I feel most of them are not that suitable to post. But I kind of like this one for an anniversary, a 65th no less! The background is an image of a canal in Venice blended with an Anna Aspnes transfer and some other stuff thrown in. The anniversary couple have been extracted. They had dinner at an Italian restaurant and used their mural wall as background, so I replaced it.

This has nothing to do with PSP, but I know there are some dedicated photographers here. In my inbox there appeared an article about the images taken by French photographer Albert Kahn many years ago when he wanted to capture the world before it changed too radically. He took over 72K "autochrome" photos that are now being exhibited. This article presents some of them. Just FYI. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/albert-kahns-archives-of-the-planet/

T = Turkey!

Q = quality time with friends & family

H = holiday

D = Diwali

U = Ululation (wailing or howling sound in some cultures at a funeral)

S = Sepulchre

I'm not able to do the Text Workshop this time, but I enjoy seeing the output from others who are. I don't actively look for photos online, but if they happen to appear in front of me, and they touch me somehow, I grab them as a layout possibility. National Geographic is a good source, and I get plenty of emails from them (even though I don't pay for a subscription to read the articles). This one is from their Photos of the Century collection, and I just loved the face. So many of the pix they present are sad and reflect the steady decline of wildlife species and flora of the world. Since 2005, this photographer has taken pix of over 10K species to document their peril and to encourage people to be aware. I think Nat'l Geo is preaching to the converted, unfortunately. I did an extraction of the image since it had a black background and was straightforward to do (but not perfect I fear). Anna Aspnes and Katie Pertiet design elements used. Font for 'cheetah' is Stardust.