Wow this is gorgeous, Marijke!!! What an oasis.. How I would love to be there right now :) So tranquil and inviting.. Love how you blended the photo into the background paper.. Fabulous and also a Standing O! Congratulations!

This page by Marijke @marijke is absolutely stunning with her awesome blend work!

It's the new February Color Play at the O!!! Photo my Dad took during the Winter in the early 1970's at Tobay Beach on Long Island... snow was on the dunes and this beautiful owl was sitting and posing.. I switched the color slide to b/w for a better fit on my page. TFL!

@ClaireG Hope you are liking PSCC :) I figure at 33 cents a day I am worth it.. What I like is it is constantly upgrading with the newer stuff so you will always have the newest stuff available with the photographic package. I have PSE for teaching purposes (I am with PSE15 and have not updated)...

I use PSCC, but I also have PSE15 that I use for teaching purposes. I tried once 2 years ago to upgrade to a newer version of PSE and basically had trouble with it and then was on the phone with a tech for a while as there was a glitch in the upload and it kept telling me my "key" was no longer...

I do not always put a title on my page either. I may title it when I post it in the gallery, but a lot of my pages do not contain a title. Sometimes the word strip or word art I use is enough to be "my title". The pages are yours so do what makes you happy. The only time I would say you need to...

A tube is to Paint Shop Pro (PSP) as a PNG is to PSE & PS CC (PhotoShop Elements/PhotoShop CC)... Paint Shop Pro uses tube (.tub) files but they need to be converted to a PNG in order to be used in PSE/PS CC. Basically a "tube" .tub file is a transparent file used in Paint Shop Pro graphic...

Thank you!

thanks Olga!

thank you so very much Marijke!!!

thank you so very much!!!

Thank you!!

Oh my goodness!!!! Thank you so much for the GSO I am totally thrilled an you made my day!

Thank you so very much Gina!!!

Thank you so very very much Chris!!!!!!!!! You made my day!

Thank you so very much!! I am so thrilled !!

Love making a year calendar!

My childhood home.. one of the first snowstorms after my parents bought the house.

My mom's family

The Cooper's Hawk visited again on Wednesday...