DollsArtCats

This is where all my time has gone--look at this shiny thing :D There is even some wear on the "seat velvet", so I am learning stuff as I go along. The set is almost ready--I am doing promo renders and I have found some flaws now that I am rendering at larger sizes, but once those are fixed, the set goes to the testers-- and then hopefully on sale. I also have fixed the washing machine. It was getting slower and slower to fill on the cold water side, and the plumber said there was a filter at the end of the hose that was probably clogged. A really simple fix--except that the plumbing in the house is so fragile any unscrewing of hoses has to be done very, very carefully (when shut off, the cold water valve on the wall leaks, and the shutoff handle is crusty with rust. If the handle broke off, it would be another call to the plumber, and all the house water would have to be shut off.) So I got the hose off, and the filter was a mess--some of the washer inside the hose had ...

It's supposed to get up to SIXTY FOUR DEGREES F TODAY! :D I hardly know what to do first. Yesterday I even planted a plant: I also got a lot of stuff clipped back to new growth, I saw a cardinal, and a cat that looks a bit like the one we lost last year is hanging around. (Stripey is afraid of him or I would start giving him tuna.) I also updated Photoshop Elements and gave it a test run yesterday. I took these: And made this: (The abstract piece is a grunge map I made with some acrylics). Photoshop Elements runs my Wacom tablet better than CS3 does, and it looks like it has all the functionality I would need in case I have to upgrade the computer and lose the use of CS3 (I'm not going to subscription, ever, if I can help it.)