Susan Ewart

I'm shocked that I can see that difference. How sad this is. I wonder how "tanked" on drugs these ones are. It reminds me of wild fish and farming them, prisoners in their own habitat which isnt natural (to be confined) at all. It seems like when we take wild animals and farm them, they require more drugs to keep them "natural".

I love it.

And we all learned and had an example of two different ways to use it. I understand how foggy a brain is when you are tired. today is that day for me and I'm about to get in a car and drive! Look out world, here I come! With less than 3 hours of sleep. Got home from work after 1am (work was physically exhausting and my hands are really stiff this morning from it), scripted till 3am. Saw my husband leave for work at 3:30am. bed at 4am. Cat woke me up at 5:30am, she was hungry. back to bed, up at 7:30am. thankfully, today is my day off and my appointment is a massage....I might be snoring on the table. ?

You are in the right place Barbara. With a beautiful layout! I've done the bootcamp 5-6 times. I would never have being able to use PSP if not for the bootcamp and the Scrapbook Campus. So, you are right place on two accounts.

What a sweet kitty. The best assistant ever.

Ohhh, yummy, I'm coming for lunch.

I thought it was supposed to be like that. It actually looks cool the other way (the first way you did it) too. I do like this version, it's very polished and pretty. And good to know that we should use the eraser brush. I wouldnt have known that.

wow, what an experiece for you. We were at Elk Island Nat. Park, (it's close to us, 30-40 min) and we drove in and there was one right there beside our truck (glad we were in the truck and not the car), it's just as you say "almost scary in their size". It's amazing how fast they can move too. They do seem to have an air of nobility dont they. Truly magnificent. Well, I think any nature experience is magnificent. A squirrel running along the fence, the LBJs in the bird bath or dirt bathing. It's fascinating to watch and makes you happy.

I love the style of your layouts. I download/buy these types of papers/element then cant seem to use them. You've seen my style, it's pretty static.

I will look for this one. In AB we have Elk Island Nat. Park where conservation of Plains Bison is going on. They have sent bison all over the world to help repopulate areas they used to be in. A big part of them establishing in areas is natural vegetation which is hugely stripped where any farming has/is going on. It's a fine line, I have farmers in my family and my niece's sister-in-law works at Elk Island with the bison conservation efforts. We need to find a balance for everything on the earth to thrive dont we? I'm sure I will shed tears watching this one.

That's a good idea. I didnt know enough to try Suz's script. Now I'm more confident and will give this a try on the files I have that I couldnt load.

Do they have instructions on their website somewhere.

Simply beautiful Corrie. The punch in the corner is really pretty. Great colors as well.

What a cutie! And if you find any extra time...please send it my way.

Beautiful Mary. It's like you can just step right into that autumnal path. beautiful color choices, did you pic them from the photo itself?

We'll make it a surprise....400 people showing up on her doorstep. SURPRISE! Where's the bathroom?

You got that right about retail therapy. I appreciate all opinions because if that ever happened that bird did get stuck I'd be devastated and I do think about what can happen (I'm can be a chronic worrier) and try to watch what any surround branches/perches are looking like (are they dry, is there ice on them etc). I tend to worry more about wildlife than humans, is that bad? I always love to read your words, you have a way with them. One day, I will get to your area and we can chat with a tea and watch the birds and bugs and mammals. Of course that will be one stop on our pilgrimage to the motherland...of PSP....Carole's place!?

I have been doing the same, empty at night, fill in the day. I do admit I use a heated bath and was worried about that, so I sought out some advice. I have a friend who works with a biologist who studies birds for a conservation Trust. She said she hasnt heard that happening, as they are well adapted to bathing in standing water that they find in the winter. She did say it's possible to happen and if using a heated bath she said to keep metal objects away to be on the safe side. I have lots of branches that I place around the bath. It gets emptied every night and stored inside till the morning. It's against the garage wall so it does not get snowed on. Last year the LBJs (LBJs -Little Brown Jobs- ) found a spent plant pot with dirt in it and were bathing in it. They like this fine dirt I have in one spot so this year I have made two dirt bath spots in low wide planter pots. I have placed branch perches nearby as well. I'll be excited to see if they use them.

What an awesome shot! These are the ones, well, not the EXACT ones, but ones just like it that were at my baths. By the way, that is a really nice bath you have. I even see the junco. I'm tempting Mother Nature by leaving my baths out this long. I'm trying to keep them out as long as possible for the birds, they seem to be using it more than I would have expected. Hope we dont get a sudden freeze. Thank you for sharing this photo and for information on these guys. I'm told their song is really pretty. I've probably heard it but didnt know which type of bird sung the song. Some, like the Merlin are distinctive. the one that fools me the most is the blue jay, I heard they are mimic birds, some pretty odd sounds come out of them. I never get tired of crows and ravens and love the magpies, as they seem to talk a lot. they are the tabby cats of the bird world.

You are absolutely right! I'm planning for next year. I have doubled my garden space for flowers in the last couple weeks and even going to try and grow some vegys. And I want to get out into nature like I used to. The studio is still a favorite place to get lost in and I have lots of projects I'd like to do in there. It has taught me a lot about observing light. But, winter is the time for indoor photography. Most of the flower photography was out doors this year, a nice change(some indoor stuff for later extraction to have as elements). It's a short time period and I tried to make of the time I had. On another note: The weirdest thing happened at the bird baths late this afternoon. We had 6-8 what I thought was robins come and drink and bath and they were there for sometime. they had the rusty chest and a white ring around the eye, the ring was very noticeable so we thought it might not be robins and because I've never seen that many in one spot. I didnt know if they hang out together like the waxwings do. There was even more in the trees. I looked in my bird book and it said they were migratory (and that some overwinter as well) so we thought maybe they migrated as a group and just stopped by. Must do a bit more research on that.

Thank you. My internet went offline for some reason now it's back. We still have TV and streaming devices worked. So weird.

I'm not sure how I got there, might be (likely) that's exactly what I was doing only I didnt know.....as you know (with scripting) I seem to have my own illogical logic. I know that I would have initially followed one of your tutorials. I'll have to download some to see just how I did it. Memory is fine line isnt it. Thanks for clearing it up. The more I read what you say the more I think that's what I do when using ABR but didnt realize it was making pngs. I just now imported ones with PSP by going: File<Import<CustomBrush<dialog box pops up; choose Open<get the file which adds the brushes to the dialog box(Brushes)<add all (adds to Selected for import)<OK - this sounds like a script! There must be some if/else structures in there. ? Is PSP also written in Python? Does Python talk to other coding languages?

I love how the background, you can see what it is but doesnt overpower. And of course your text on a path is mimicing your words about the Merlin's flight patterns. Magnificent birds. I'll have to get onto FB to see the full size one.

Wow! beautiful. And thank you for letting me see what lives my 'hood. We can hear them calling to each other and one day one brought it's snack to my yard and once i was treated to an airshow as they were training the kids to hunt. One flew over the yard (I was outside) and it hit the afterburners part way through, took off like a rocket. Amazing!

Beautiful layout Ann. the colors are perfect.