Susan Ewart

Yikes Ann! They are mutant bugs. They are freaky. I have never seen one, not even in a zoo. Of course we might even have them here, they are masters of subterfuge (SP?). See, they are evil....mutant evil bugs! kidding, it's really cool you get to see them. I must ask (with toes curling upward) how big are the invasive ones.

Thank you both. I think I wondered because I had bought 2023 and waited 6 months before downloading and the keys they originally sent me expired so I had to contact them for new keys. I couldnt find the page where you can enter your keys to download, and when I did find something and try i ended up having to contact them, they had to verify my purchase and then send the new download email to me. I thought I would have to do the same again, and I want to put 2022 on and wondered if I would have to jump through hoops like I did with 2023. Otherwise, in the past (2020) I had loaded 2019, 2020 on both my desktop and laptop with just using the original key and the page on their website.

Another note but regarding istallation: Hubby is building a new computer with all programs to be installed from scratch (years of Windows and MSOffice upgrades we think it's getting buggy in other stuff we do). Do you know if I can install my PSP 2022 and 2023 (both Ultimate) onto the new computer and still have it on the one I'm using now, until we know the new one is working well with no bugs?

Whew, sorry I'm late in answering this post. I'm taking the scripting course and I think my head imploded at the new language I'm trying to learn. Here I thought I understood English, but it appears I dont. haha. Thank you for your suggestions. I did deadhead my other flowers and I will do so...with a very tall ladder...on the mutant sunflower. 2 are mutants and almost taller than the peak of the garage and 2 are smaller. Among them are some other "mutant" plants that are huge but came with mystery mix in the package and are yet to grace the yard with flowers. I wonder what they will look like. I have some Zinnia and Cosmos that have made many flowers and I did them from seed early in June (as I did with all of them). May is unpredictable and can be very warm or very cold and snowy...and the snow in the backyard is just finishing melting in May. Next year I will start seeds inside and thin them like it says in the instructions. it rather looks like a jungle in the space in the back yard. I did lots in pots too, that way I can move them to get the sun or the background I needed. Sadly, the neighbours cut 2 very large trees down and I lost all the lovely shade that works great to have black background with the flower in the sun. It's being a challenge as my two trees arent filled in enough, so there is some dappled areas in the photos. sometimes if the stems are strong enough I'll shoot them in my studio under constant light so I can control the light and background. but mother nature is a better lighting artist than me and has better, stronger equipment in her arsenal, so I employ her when I can. I have yet to learn how to use bulbs in planting but will try next year.

Sloooowly. I just made myself use it. Still much to learn, but it can wait. I can shoot and change setting easily now and that's the important part. Still need to tweak some user set up to stop some annoying things from happening. Nice to see you back. I was wondering where you were.

This has nice balance with the two arrows and of course always dynamic is diagonal lines leading you to the payoff in either direction (my eye tends to to go up rather than down), each end has a crawly payoff. I like those spring colors. Nice to see you back in the saddle.

What are the odds of this happening. It gives me goosebumps. A wonderful story. I have been with people who are visiting me (they are from out of town) and they bump into people from their town, not just once, but a couple times. I very rarely bump into people from my own town, let alone, if I was in another town.

Best of luck, cant wait to see what you make. Also, I love clocks, clock faces, the numbers the hands etc.

How exciting Jenifer! Congratulations. I love buttons. i dont know why, since I cant sew at all. I love old keys, vintage stuff. Old cameras (I have a fairly good size collection, yet to be photographed. I like flowers too, but recently I have being photographing flowers in my studio for extraction. Oh, ribbons too and bows. I'm sure i'll think of other stuff. I'll post if I do.

Wow! that double scallop is really nice.

That's so sweet! Contrats on the house.

I had this problem with 2022 when I first got it. It was set to save my .pspimage files as x8. x8 doesnt have the ability to save the text in a selection. Change it where Carole said to change it to X8-2021 and you will have no more problems. Some scripts will sometimes turn it back to x8. So if you get that message, first thing to do is check the compatibility. I learned the hard way and had only a flattened layout because I eventually saved in jpg before I knew to save as psd format. I routinely check before saving now, especially if I've used scripts. the one I know that does it is the Open (a photo) and make it a copy. I forget the name.

This is fabulous. right up my alley. CF Spark was made for you. I was fairly new at the time, Annie was still posting. I was in awe of her layouts...as I was with pretty much everyones layouts.

Here is my take on the DIY. I should have called this Pink Power (or rather...Magenta Power in my book). I went outside one morning and this stem was all wrapped up in spiders nest. It looked like it was holding it together. I've learned these are Cosmos. I grew some in pots which turned out to be a good thing. Then i can move them around for photos. I have some in my tiny flower bed too. Please dont think I actually know how to grow flowers. This is a first for me. I put a lot of stuff in the flower bed. The packages all said to THIN THEM OUT, when the seeds come up. I thought NO WAY, what if I thin them out and ones left dont survive. Well, it looks like a jungle, the little LBJs (little brown birds) love it. I also tried growing sunflower. the package said 6-7 feet tall...mine is reaching about 9 feet and still no flower. It's a mutant. Here's the details on the supplies Font: I love Myself (Creative Fabrica) Paper for Scallop strip: DiHiller PSSep20 Paper 6 Paper for bottom straight strip: Espy Background 2C (Espinoza Paper for top strip: cpjess-campout wood paid paper 08 All papers from Digital Scrapbook Photos: mine PSP techniques/tools etc: graidents, bevels, texture (from Effects>Texture Effects>Texture and Texture from the Materials Palette), lowered opacity. I like the DIY challenges. They are hard but it's nice to come up with a plan and make it different than everyone else's (that's quite hard when there is a lot of layouts).

I am in a small city in Alberta, Canada. Close to a bigger city. Lots of rural areas close by though if I need a country fix. I'm not a fan of the big cities either. Where are you in the world?

It's a good trade off. But dragonflies are special arent they? Do you have a big property. I used to live on various farms (horse), but have lived in the suburbs for 20+ years now. I still miss living in the country. Hopefully we can see your layouts of your property and critters you get to see.

COOL!

WOW! This is cool and so easy. Hidden gems, I love those. Okay, right clicking is not really a "hidden" gem. thanks for the new discovery.

I didnt even know google did that until read someone on the campus using it. All this time I couldnt read the comments. One day the computer programs will know our own native language and translate autmatically. That would put the AI's to a good use.

I highlight the text, copy to the clipboard, then go to Google and type in Google translate, it's pops up with it will pop up and click to put your cursor on Enter Text (it's picky, I had to click right by the beginning of the E) and then paste. Hope I got this right.

Sue, where I work in an industrial area that borders natural areas there is a few empty lots (2 of which are in the middle of the industrial area). they are always grassy and that's where I picked my Western Salsify weed to photograph. a couple weeks ago we went to cut some more for me to photograph. I only took cutters and no camera. We get there someone had cut the long grass in the lots. What we saw was ground squirrels... a lot of them, too many to count...and no camera. I've worked there almost 10 yrs and never once saw a ground squirrel. My doctors office is also there and I parked by one of the empty lots a couple days ago and there they were again, not more than 10 feet from me. They are adorable. I had no idea they were there at all.

This is fascinting. The detail in the wings of the bigger photo is unreal. I cant imagine the patience and timing required to photographing these bees. The information you gave is very useful. I have made a bug "hotel" this year from some stumps of a tree that died. Next year I can add a log tower hotel. Do you lay this log down or have it vertical so no water gets in. Do you make a lot of holes in the same log? Very interesting indeed.

They are super cute. We need to learn how to make those digitally.....probably with Vectors, our new super tool.

What a cool technique with the white overtop and reduced.

That is weird isnt it. I wonder why some of us have and some dont. I have it for some versions and not 2023.