Snowy Roads

We escaped again, to run an errand and to go to the Post Office. Yes it is a big deal to get out especially if you are a Border Collie who is used to going for a ride everyday.  We missed a day..so somedogs sorts were out.

There is a road that we take sometimes to make a huge circle around the lake to come back home again.  Looks like something froze over.

When the snow blows off of a field unchecked by snow fence it makes huge snow banks.  Up ahead is a one lane corner.

When you are messing around with settings on your camera and get a bad photo you can take it into Photoshop and give it some texture.  It was fun to learn something new.  Thanks to Sherry for the tutorial!

I guess we have to rename this road.  It used to be Joe and Vi’s Road now it is Ashley’s Road.  Some day her horses will be out when we drive by.

So that’s it from Minnesota.  It is still snowy and it is still cold.

We are trying to keep busy with projects.  Far Guy is doing some woodcarving and I am sorting through “stuff ” and trying some new settings on my camera and horsing around in Photoshop.  We are warm and comfy and we are thankful for heat and electricity which is better than some people out on the east coast.  I have a longtime blog friend who lives in Pennsylvania…he is without heat or electricity.  It seems like this winter’s weather is all out of whack.

Just Like Magic

Last June when I got a new computer..I tried to load my very old obsolete Photoshop Elements on it.  It kept telling me that the scan disks were full.  ( Note>> It was so old it was called Photoshop Elements 2.0)  It loaded just fine on my laptop..but it just would not load on the new computer.  FRUSTRATION.

I had my baby brother look at it..he said “ Maybe you should just buy a new Photoshop program.”

Duh..I guess so..I have lots of photographs that I would like to repair over the winter.

Far Guy and I went to Wally World..and I picked up Photoshop 9.   As we were going through the checkout..a loud alarm began to sound.  The cashier quickly put her hand over the ear damaging noise coming out of the plastic case that was enclosing my Photoshop 9.  She called for help..people were backing up in her lane.  It is a small town Wally World..only about three checkouts are open at any one time.   Far Guy said really loudly “ If we were real thieves I bet people would come over here faster.”   We waited and waited.  Half the people in the store were staring at us.  Some were waving like Blog Reader Ann…and smiling!  Finally some supervisor takes off with the plastic box wailing down the aisles toward the electronics desk where it took three people to get it to stop making noise.  In the meanwhile we paid for it and Far Guy and I just sat and waited on one of those wire benches where old people wait and watch people go by.  FINALLY.  The supervisor shows up with our Photoshop 9…minus the alarm and the plastic box.  We walk toward the doors.   I have my receipt out..the buzzers go off..and we are apprehended and hauled off to jail. ( I just put that in there to see who was really reading.)  The greeter at the door shuts the alarm off and says “ I saw that you two had quite a time at the checkouts.”  She marked my receipt and we escaped to the car.

Well let me tell you..this new version is just a tad tougher to maneuver through..however I did change this

  To this!


Success is sweet..and so is Photoshop 9. Just like magic..it will make my bad photography better!   I am busy watching videos on the net..my daughter Jen took a class last year to learn how to do “stuff.”  Her class was filled with so many old people that the instructor barely got through the basics of how to use a computer, so she didn’t learn a thing, and suggested that I just watch videos.  So I am watching and taking notes and learning:)