It snowed and the wind blew. I went out that afternoon and took the photos of the drifts. This afternoon I worked a while on one of my pastels and its much more finished. Its ended up divided right in half though - horizontally. One of the evenings around this time I got a couple of sketches onto large canvases, now hope I can get the ambition and time to get them painted. I don't know why I keep having visions of getting all these paintings done. I also finally figured out how to make the address labels for Mixed Media roster. Its very weird in that program, but I did it. I finally clicked print preview and it showed the page all perfect. All I needed to do was say "print", even though the document was showing nothing on the screen, as in blank. Wonder how much time I wasted on that. I even got the photo card to download. After several more unsuccessful tries, I scrubbed off the metal contact part (soft cloth) and the next time it worked fine. The card may be about ready to give up the ghost - I've probably taken more than a thousand pictures on it. I learned a bit more about the new Photoshop Elements. Hope I remember it next time. Having a time figuring out how its file system works.
This afternoon I made ladyfingers for Wednesday's dessert . Even though they are quite easy, mine didn't turn out so great, kind of flat. But I'll use them. Its probably one of those things you need to practice to get it right. And being egg whites probably need to work quicker than I did. I made a pastry bag out of a tube tip (where that came from I don't know) and a plastic zip bag. Worked great and threw out the icky bag when it was done. Got a couple loads of laundry done.
Charm invited me to drive with her to Jackson and have lunch and go to the galleries on March 2. She has a med. appt. Turns out its the same day Joe has his next eye checkup to see if he needs laser treatment on his second cataract surgery so I can't go (we've only got the one truck out). I think his eyes are bothering him, he sits with them shut a lot. I'll have to take another rain check. I sure would have enjoyed the day away.
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