Chase away the winter blahs

with more snow on the way today I decided to work on some digital pages.  This is my latest creation.  I so love watching the birds at my feeders.  They always bring me a smile.  The other day I was leaning across the wood-box with my head propped in my hands and my daughter asked if I was bored?  I told her no, I was enjoying the birds.  Her comment to me was that it still sounded like I was bored.  Hope you like my page.

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I am hoping to get several more done today.  This was made using Storybook Creator 4.0 with Customer Appreciation artkit from Winter 2012.

Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner

Today I want to share with you the joys I have had with this great little scanner.  I purchased mine in August 2012 and immediately fell in love with it.  I have used it so many times for large framed articles that I wanted in digital form.  I have a few listed below that I have done and I am thrilled with the outcome of each photo.

My very first one is a photo from my family's genealogy.  It is an 11x44 inch framed panoramic print from a 1930's reunion.  My mother painstakingly identified most of my immediate family members in the photo & then had it framed.  Afterwards as technology advanced, she wished to give me and each of my siblings a copy.  I used my NEW Flip-Pal scanner and after 22 scan stitched together this was the end result:

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Most of my family is located on the left side of the photo, except for one lone sole on the right n the front row...I'm told by him that he wanted to be up front and away from his siblings (smile).

The nest time I used this great little scanner was for an old newspaper article my mother had saved from a Fair that I had items entered in...I used the dry/erase pens and marking board to identify my article without having to write directly on the news article.  That photo is shown below:

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I have also used this again and again for many things.  Photos that are in albums that can't be removed, I have scanned right over the page protectors and they give me a terrific digital copy.  Here's an example of a 2-page layout I wanted to share right here on my blog.  You'll have to excuse the skipped areas, it was a learning process for me & this was one of my early scans.

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I've brought these photos to your attention because I LOVE my Flip-Pal scanner and wanted to show you the many uses for one.  Between my genealogy & scrapbooking I have found endless uses for mine. 

To purchase one for yourself check out the link on the left of my blog page.

Panstoria Digital Content

Have you visited the Panstoria Digital Content recently?  Be sure to check out the new Cottage Arts digital artwork that is available here.  There are so many great packages.  Remember that there is no such thing as Too Much content.

More Activity at the feeder...

I am enjoying the variety of birds I am seeing this season at my feeders.  Here are a few more photos.  There are more you can view here:Feeder Watch 2014

 

A traffic back up at the feeder.

A new member has started coming to the feeder...A Downy Woodpecker.

 

A Cardinal and a Junco in flight.

 

...and how I plan on keeping warm this week.

Happy New Year 2014

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!  I have spent the past few days enjoying the many different birds on my feeders in my yard.  Here are a few of my favorites and a link to my album if you care to follow: Feeder Watch 2014

I was able to get these in the past week.  I will continue to add photos throughout the season as I love capturing the bird with my camera and the feeders provide the perfect spot.

Caught in Flight

Messy, Messy, Messy! Red Bellied Woodpecker

Merry Christmas!

Our Tree

O, Christmas Tree; O, Christmas Tree...

Wishing you a love filled holiday.

Snow, what better way to get in the Holiday Spirit...

We are in the midst of our third snow storm in a week.  We have been lucky that ours accumulations have only been a few inches each time.  Tuesday's storm though hit during morning rush hour & caused quite a bit of havoc.  Here's a photo from the buildings where I work.  Very pretty.

BLACK FRIDAY SALE ALERT

be sure to check out the Digital Content on Panstoria's page.  They will be having a sale on digital content on Black Friday, be sure to follow the link on the right of my page.  To view content, you will need to select the content , then the category before the kits will show in the preview.  Shop away as many of the kits will be leaving soon.

Here's a link: http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=535583&U=862322&M=47864&urllink=

Massing the Colors

Here are some of the things I did this weekend.  It was cold, cloudy, and rainy this Saturday, but it was also a perfect day to be out snapping some great photographs.  I had been through a very hectic week & really missing my camera.  I resorted to my camera on my phone a few times, which is like a sacrilege for me.  Not use my Cannon T1i for taking photos, rely on a total point & shoot camera on my PHONE!  any how.  I got some terrific shots and here are a few I want to share with you.

These three were from the beginning of setting up the flags to completion, just under 2 hours.  This is amazing to see this every year how the MAsonic Village honors our Veterans the entire month of November!

These three photos were taken in sequence in a matter of 90 seconds.  That's how quickly this front was moving through.  This was on my way to my parents, I was picking up my Mom to go take some more photos.  These were with my Canon, not my phone's camera as the 1st set were.

These two are of the signage at the massing of the colors explaining what the flags are representing.

I was able to capture the perfect shots with the flags and the breeze.  I'm hoping to get back on a little bit brighter day to get a bit more vibrant colors...maybe an early morning shot with the sunrise over the field of colors?

My last shot of the day and this one was with my camera phone...not bad.

My beautiful Maple tree!