Archive for the ‘Photos’ Category
yucky duck
Tonight while taking new pictures of my duck collection, I discovered something very disturbing.
The eyes of one duck had somehow oozed out and were stuck to another duck.
I have no idea how this happened. I was rather freaked out by it when I saw it.
photos
I’m just starting to add my photos to a new gallery on [fuzzydoodles]. I took the photos and digital sections down there until I’m finished. Although, I have no idea when I’m going to finish. But I’ll mention that more in my next post.
I decided to rescan most of my photographs that I had scanned before. My old scanner wasn’t very good. My new scanner likes to put a reddish tint on things, plus the original photo was slightly yellowish itself (just a little from age) so I needed to do a little Photoshop work. I’ve been reading Photoshop Restoration and Retouching and am learning *a lot*. I finally know how to use curves and levels without just hitting the auto button.
There wasn’t too much to fix in this photo. Just removed the color cast and got rid of a little film grain. But it’s just so amazing what you can do with Photoshop. I’m anxious to find some photos that have some big problems.
the fixed version
the original
pictures
Spencer under my computer chair
Check out their license plate. We were driving behind them on the way to my parents last Sunday.
new shoes
Joe and I both bought new shoes today. He got a pair of black Sketchers and I got a pair of wooden clogs. They’re made by White Mountain and are named Belize. We bought them at a store called Famous Footware. I had never been in there before but they had a lot of great inexpensive shoes. I found my shoes in the clearance section. I was surprised, they had three pairs of them and only in my size (7). It’s a pain being an fairly average size like 7 sometimes (or a 6 in clothes when I could wear that size) because you usually don’t find anything good in clearance.
I had suddenly decided yesterday that I wanted a pair of wooden clogs. I think the reason for this is that the other week I read one of my past journal entries from October 1999 where I said I really wanted a pair of brown clogs but didn’t buy the ones I saw. Then last night Joe and I were at a shoe store at the mall looking for shoes for him. I had to look at shoes too of course. I saw they had some clogs in clearance but none in my size. I looked around a little online when we got home but didn’t have much hopes of finding any. I wanted ones with a fairly high heel and didn’t see many. Of course I had to wait until a shoe went out of style to want it. Then I saw these today and had to buy them. They were originally $50 but they were selling them for $25. They’re very comfy. They have a 2.25 inch heel and have a rose design on them and are covered with some sort of gold glitterish substance. I love them.
