July 18, 2006
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As are so many other places in the world,
IT’S HOT IN CINCINNATI, USA.
I am managing by not thinking about it as much as it’s possible
not to think about it.
I hope YOU are managing to keep cool.
Several things have changed, I am leaving a graphics group I have been helping with for a while, I am working in the same capacity in a photography group, very small and I failed, REPEAT FAILED, miserably in the .css classes. My concentration was not there so, chalk up a failure. I am still learning and will learn more about .css but on my own as I am able. I know it is not hard and believe most people interested in page making can work with it’s boundaries.
I have an aquarium, small, wanted for a long time. I have had them in the past but children made it difficult for their existence. The last fish aquarium was destroyed by a flying shoe kicked from the foot of my daughter to hit the front plate of glass. Fish, glass, water, gravel all were on my floor and that was the end of aquariums at our house. I don’t have children at home now and I hope I can enjoy this aquarium, very small, 5 1/2 gallons sitting finally where I have wanted it to sit, on the back of the commode where I can view fish swimming while I relax in the bath. It is, very pleasant. I have had a casualty already. The fish type I decided on are fancy goldfish, inexpensive relatively. This particular fish was at the pet store and watched me through the glass following me closely so I decided it needed to come home with me. The reason it followed so closely was not because it liked my good looks but that it had very good eyesight and an appetite to match plus it swam faster than the others and knew just where food came from, the hands belonging to the faces in front of the glass. It ate its food and the food put out for all the others so constipated and killed itself. I tried to discover ways to manage its voracious appetite but failed. I learned a lesson and have since discovered how to control some of the problem but only after crying for two days over a goldfish. You might say I have a soft heart as I know that fish died a miserable little fish death. So much for Shove which was the name it had, the others being Bump, Push and now DEAD Shove and the snail called Flash. So much for my continuing education and the life of a small fish buried at sea in my toilet.
Fish
© RSBlain
Beg and plead
Vacuum mouths to feed
Overfed, they bloat and die
Some of my play time efforts …
A coloring challenge I offered
One of my results
the challenge from a member
my results and get 1024 x 768
The challenge, use only what you see along with any side bar tools of brushes or selections or flood fills etc. No tubes or graphics from elsewhere, no scripted changes, only your own work. The challenge came from me.
My result #1 and get 1024 x 768
result #2 which I want to try to put a child into yet. I can do it but am not sure how good it will be. I’ll add it when its finished.
Result #3 with human figures and a dog that looking at its condition it’s no wonder my fish died. It is a funny looking dog. get 1024 x 768
This was an older challenge and when I saw it, I won’t repeat what I thought.
This is what I did and I felt I had accomplished something from absolutely nothing.
You are welcome to enjoy my graphics but I would appreciate none of them being used on a website somewhere.
Best to all,
Everything on my site is © RSBlain
Becca
