Susan Ewart

I gotta ask? is that the tongue sticking out or a berry. Because if that the tongue, I might just lose it...😅🤣😂 PS why does tongue have to be spelled so weird...tung would be so much better.

Oh, this makes me feel so happy! They are so darned cute! thank you.

What you are doing is incredible. we humans created the feral cat populations so we should also take care of them. And you are doing just that. I don't know of feral ones in my area, mine are all neighbour hood cats with collars or I know who owns them. So I tend to put my donation dollars to disadvantaged animals in need. It's hard to educate people that cats are not wild animals who need to roam. Nor, do I get into discussions with people like that anymore. Unless it's only to say, your cat will likely die a horrible death at the mouth of a coyote or tires of a car, can you live with that? It sounds cruel but you can't talk to people who don't want to change, and I dont need that kind of drama anymore. Thank goodness for you and animal groups that take on educating people.

WOW and WOW...and WOW again! You have been busy. Incredible shots. Barn swallows are so cool aren't they. When the horses would stir up insects in the long grasses , the barn swallows would be out with their fantastic flying feats, just like little fighter jets. LOVE the ground squirrel. Such an opportunist. Gave me a good laugh. That must be so fun to watch their antics.

I did the same with feeders too.

I have also read about the cat predation of birds. It's really quite sad people still let cats out to run freely. You don't see people letting their dogs out to run freely. Bird window strikes is another bird killer. It's amazing we have any birds left with those two strikes against them. I have Acopian Bird Savers (strings hanging outside in front of the window) on the windows I've have bird strikes and have had only 1 strike (pigeon) in the 5 yrs they have been up. Just yesterday I saw it work in action. the young magpies were in the yard all day and one flew straight at the window and then did it mid air halt right before the strings and went straight up to the roof. (NOTE: if you want more info google Acopian Bird Savers or check out https://www.birdsavers.com/ I used velcro to attach the ones I made (they give instructions if you want to make your own) to my vinyl window frames so I could take them off if I needed to change the parachute cord.

oh, such sweet faces. Beautiful shot and great light.

Beautiful shot. We have them here too, one spot where many gather is right by a very busy intersection on the corner of a golf course in a marshy cat tail area. there is no place to stop to photograph them, unless i become a golfer.

Week 26 Half way there and I'm still going. Nice to be almost caught up. the background is from Riley B Graphics at Creative Fabrica, along with the fonts Aesthetic Violet Slant and Aesthetic Pattern Sans. Changed the magnet out for a button. Not sure I'll keep doing the button, but it was what I wanted to do for the next 13 weeks. I had to go really thick on the face of the button or it cut the '7' off and looked weird. Also I made it huge so I had to take a chance on doubling or tripling the settings from the video. It's really good practice though to do a button, so I might do them even if they arent great to look at and they are white on a white playing card. Plus the cards themselves were so uneven on the actual deck.

Thank you so much Corrie. That means a lot to me, as I always admire your choice of color in your layouts.

I started by buying one month at a time. It is insane the cost of living now. I've certainly changed my spending habits in the last several years. Retirement is on the horizon and how to make ends meet when that time comes is more on my mind now than ever before.

Week 25 Working in colors that are quite bright for me. The background is a gradient that added a gaussian blur to the max and repeated it several times. Then i added a texture ("blinds" I think) and then added another texture on top of that (Texture>striation). I used the same gradient on the ring of the magnet and in the text (week 25).

I like your version better, nicer design, especially the wing and tail and chest area.

Thank you for sharing your hard work Daniel, I got it too.

Lice? I would have never known that.

Stunning Sharla. My kind of photo! Dont you just love the side lit and back lit flowers? Mother Nature is the earths first artist. We are artists capturing an artist in action.

I'll check that out, thank you.

I think we would all love that, it must've taken some time and a lot of patience to make it so precise. Daniel, you did a superb job on it. There is only one question left to ask.... Where's Canada? ...we NEED that too!😁

That's fabulous Corrie. There is so much variations in the color and the veining looks so cool. Petunias remind me of my mom, she always had them.

We also are heading back into to rain next week. Should be sunny and in the high 20's (Celcius) by now. the sun really helped my plants sprout up.

Wow Donna, that's a STUNNER!

me too. I wonder if it locks the settings in no matter if you try and change them in the F11 Variance palette. oops i just saw Ann answered it for you. I was WAAAAAY off.

me too. Echo is a grey tabby and Zeppelin (older now and does really wander anymore) is a black fuzzy long hair dude. My black cat (Sumi) is in love with Echo, so you can imagine her surprise at him attacking the window screen (he's actually a chicken and make all these noises if a different cat comes into the 'hood). we usually head out the door to stop the meeting. They have a Chow named Jasper, barely ever hear him bark.

I love that, it's moody and mysterious. Beautiful shot.

Good ideas. Echo and his brother Zeppelin have been part of my backyard landscape since their owners moved in. While I don't like it (especially when they try and attack my cats through the window screen and Zeppelin sprayed my downstairs window - with white frames, that are now spotchy yellow!), that they hunt in my yard and use it as a giant litter box (I dont care if they "go" in the bug hotel....the bugs probably think it's a feast), I want this to also be a cat-safe yard as we have lots of coyotes around here. And the neighbours are great people. We usually just knock on the window or go outside and call his name and he knows it's time to go home. And I don't have weed...that's the main takeaway for me. You'd almost think I planned it this way. 😁 I love what you are doing, it's so awesome that you take action and care for these disadvantaged cats. It's sad to think they have to survive all the seasons, the predators and manage to feed themselves. I'm glad my girls are safely inside! the world outside for cats is scary.