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Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Sketch 1.

Disregard the yellow surround. Is it possible to construct this sketch from the previous photograph? Pretty please twice? Sign in to see full entry.

First photograph (so far can only do one at a time)

Can anyone tell me how to change this photograph to the above sketch? Pretty please? Sign in to see full entry.

Artistic Bloggers. YES! YES! YES! I just posted an image.

I was a bit to hasty with the delete button as I hadn’t taken.Dave’s advice and constrained the image – mostly because I haven’t figured that part out yet. I half expected the photograph to take up the whole screen, so I deleted it so I wouldn’t look any dafter than I am. But I did post an image,... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Artistic Bloggers…..Continued

In a previous post I asked if any of the talented Bloggers out there could help me with a problem - how to change a photograph into a sketch. (Actually changing many photographs into many sketches, but if I know how to do one, surely even I might me able to understand how to do many). It has taken... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Of Half Naked Men and Belly Flops

The half-naked men are of the present. As they walk past the windows and climb ladders onto our roof to re-shingle it. Two of them, French Canadians, have already been in for a class of water from ‘mademoiselle’ and Ell is drooling. I have suggested she phone her coffee friend to come over for a... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Written and Solved by Blogit members?

I was mulling over an idea today as I cut grass and tried to fix an ailing garden table. It wasn’t grass as much as leaves I was cutting, for the third time in a week. The Poplars – the dirty trees – were being blown about yesterday and today like corn stalks. It took ages to pick up the branches... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Calling all Artistic Bloggers

Can anyone of you knowledgeable people out there in cyberspace tell me how I can change a photograph of a car to a sketch showing just the basic outlines? A friend has tried Photoshop, but even after using all the filters – whatever that means - all that happens is the photograph has more detritus... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Yesterday I Swam into a Wall

When the fish swam into the wall it may have said ‘dam,’ but when I swam into the wall all I did was gasp, swallow water and begin to sink. I floundered as I tried to comprehend what had happened. The instructress had just said ‘ you’re halfway there, why stop now? ’ Of course at the ‘halfway’... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 10, 2007

What do people who fear the worst do when the worst actually happens?

Do they celebrate? Or Tiredness, Blindness, Apprehension, Exhilaration, Cruelty - all within 24 hours It started off with my extremely early appointment with the ophthalmic surgeon. I should have been slightly apprehensive about this, because Ell had her cataracts replaced without this happening to... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Canada ranks higher than the US in the happiness stakes

At least that was what an article in yesterday’s paper reported. Have you noticed lately how many surveys and tests are being carried out for the silliest reasons – if they are being carried out, that is? You are always being told how your country is at the bottom of the international league when it... Sign in to see full entry.

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