PREPPING FOR DEPARTURE

ok, zero minus nine to liftoff…

I can NOT believe I am almost there! Got my luggage, after consulting THREE airlines for max size; got my Faraday pouch, anti-RFID scanning to protect against data capture; clothes will be the problem – I ALWAYS overpack but really REALLY want NOT to – problem is I’m packing for six weeks, not just three…some problem, huh?

Getting my GBP tomorrow, which I’ll need for car four of us are sharing from Heathrow to the flats. Oh, haven’t been able to decide which mascot to take – take a look…

 That's Mollie I was telling you about . . . sigh . . . 

I made her get out of pic....

That's better - everyone is labeled, so let me know your feelings - thanx!

Photo Editing Exercise

Here's original:

I cropped it to focus on the seating area...

Then I chose two effects. The first is called Posterize. I love this effect; knew it from Adobe many moons ago. I played with the level - zero is black, 256 just looks the same. I settled on 4.

I diddled with Ripple - not so much. Didn't really like many of the so-called Artistic effects, until I got to Photocopy. Renders it like a bad xerox, but I liked the kind of architectural drawing aesthetic.