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Yes, it is a great idea -Sue's three wise men is beautiful.

I am pleased to say that my own cards have been printed and I received 10 today from the owner of our farm. They are like post 3146 on this thread -a great prompt from Margaret and my first time in print!:D

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I have just been playing around a litle more with Photoscape.....same pictures with a little more embellisment

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It has to be the first one now -love the festive border and it eally makes the photo look good! Thanks.

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I like the second one too.....it is an understated embellishment.

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Can i just make you all aware of copyright laws
the site will not host copyright material and members posting copyright material could be banned for posting it.

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Mick, just a little question....have we posted anything that could be construed as copyrighted?......if we have can you please point it out and remove it.

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Not that i know of its just a remimder:D:p

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I worried when I saw this post too - it's the Catholic up-bringing - you immediately feel guilty even if you've done nothing wrong!:rolleyes::D

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Or a guilty conscience:D:D:p

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Me too......mine is the influence of a catholic upbringing,(I'm not catholic, but my mother is) where you are presumed guilty until you can prove your innocence beyond a shadow of a doubt.

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Say three Hail Marys

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I've already done ten...so I'm seven ahead :D

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Today in Pictures, a rubbish day, it was wet, wet, then more wet. So just some wet stuff.

1. Things wetter than me.
2. There had to be a droplet or two.
3. Hypericum berries, ( wet ).
4. Cotoneaster berry, ( wet )
5. Berberis berries ( moist )
6. Taking shelter, before getting wet again.

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Very conscientious Margaret! Have sent some green K to make up for slipping up last time - it's still on my mind -I'm thinking of getting some worry beads to go with my Rosary!:rolleyes::D

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At least the ducks don't have to walk on water any more Dave! Lovely close-ups, I especially like your description of the differing levels of wetness!:D

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Dianne, I always thought Rosary beads were a kind of worry beads....I wouldn't bother with the worry beads, you will only forget where you have put them causing you another thing to worry about :D.
Thanks for the K...though truly, it didn't matter.

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One of my many nicknames is "Little Worrit", Margaret -I'll leave you to guess who calls me that!

I think worry beads aren't religious at all more a sort of anti-stress device -i really could do with some at times...:D

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Yes, no frost at the moment, and today has been sunny.

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Today in Pictures. no time for an expedition today, just a walk on the canal and round the park. So not much to contribute today, just a few close up shots.

1. I have watched this progress through the year.
2. Moss on a tree trunk.
3. Its a baby bracket fungi.
4. Close up of a ground cover leaf in the park.
5. A small clump of moss with even smaller droplets

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We went to the Christmas makets in Manchester yesterday

1...Father Christmas on top of Manchester Town Hall
2...The crowds
3...Made me laugh
4...A statue in The Town Hall
5...Some strange child in a mask
6...My Christmas present
7...Harvey Nics
8...Reece and my niece Chloe in their new onesies

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Great pics Shaz!

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Can I come for a ride in your pressy?

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you can when i find the keys to it

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It looks a bit of a crush for Christmas, number 4 shows in the old days they still messed around with their phones. Thanks for the contribution.

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hahaha

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I like the variety of colours in the ground cover

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Ask the little fat baldy geezer with the tiny tadger. ;) :D

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Its not often the colours are noticed due to it being ground cover, but when you get close they look a bit tropical.

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I never said I had the keys !

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Today in Pictures, the day was dull around Foxhill.

1. A fungal foray.
2. A wonky wall.
3. The top res, with the new kingfisher wall. (to encourage the visiting kingfishers to breed )
4. My mum says I haven't to climb trees anymore.
5. The res from the kingfisher bank side.
6. The stream that flows between the two reservoirs.
7. Its a Jelly Ear fungi.
8. I've got a bad case of catkins.
9. One from left field, the view from the car park at Pets at Home, Blackburn.

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....(dots for dave)

.... because I seem to have lost the will to take my camera out with me. Guess its the weather. The S.a.d. I dunno. I just don't stop to take many pics with my phone, never mind have the energy to take my camera with me.

Dave thought you might have posted pics of the "xmas" house in clayton..... You know the one!!

great pics again Dave. .... go with the karma. :)

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As my camera is a compact I put it in my pocket without thinking, sometimes I dont see anything to snap, other times I do.

Xmas house ? you have me on that one.

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Annoying I was in Lancaster today, saw a few things I would have liked to snap and of course no camera - too many other things to put in my bag and not the right kind of pockets - I'm always afraid the camera will fall out.

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Not been walking the canal in the dark then :D perhaps Margaret can snap a few. House on Burnley Road... dude puts up new stuff each year. :) Few of us at work, We have a saying. It ain't xmas till he(or her) puts their lights up :)

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There are some houses like that in Morecambe, they get later and later each year, think it's because the leccy bill keeps going up!

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I've had a big thunk, and I now thunk I know which house you are referring to, railway engine decor. Although I am a miserable git when it comes to the festive season, and can't wait for it to be over, I don't mind other people having their ding dong merrily on high, just keep it to yourself.

trying not to wander to far from the thread, this year I could have bought mince pies and fireworks at the same time as my Halloween costume.

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Oh No Rob...not me...on the canal bank in the dark. Far too dangerous.
I'd be drinking with the little fishes.
If we get a dry evening I might walk up the road and take a pic. I know Dave has the same camers as me, and it doesn't seem to mind the water.....but me? Well, I'm still very chary about taking my camera out in wet weather.

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Today in Pictures. just a few due to my extensive curriculum, and my large portfolio.

1. moisture close up.
2. Moisture, not as close.
3. There will be tears, and another lonely night for teddy.
4. Well..it was a droplet day.

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Oh what a sad picture number three is. Poor teddy, left out in the cold, cold rain.

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You just know some child will cry at its loss.

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And it's a girl teddy too... fur coat and no knickers.

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I didn't look at it in that way, but now I know, I will not sleep tonight :D

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#3 is like my life

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What soggy, unkept, and flat on your back! :cool:

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Alright Eeyore ! :)

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Nice droplets again Dave /I have some lovely pics from my first few days in Tenerife but unfortunately can-t post them as mum-s upgrading her broadband and is awaiting a new router /so no wi/fi at the moment! Very frustrating but as soon as I can will post them! We had an amazing sunset yesterday evening and because they had rain a month ago the plants are fantastic too, everything is flowering and it-s greener than I-ve ever seen it here!

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Today in Pictures......On another of those days you wouldn't put a dog out, I took a dog out.

1. Water is coming down places you don't normally see water.
2. Should I shoot the rapids, no, I don't think I'll bother.
3. Razor Strop fungapusses on a silver birch by a babbling brook.
4. Last time I was here I could walk the stream bed in parts.
5. What am I doing now I hear you ask, well.....I think the doggy paddle is the best I can come up with.
6. Time to break formation and find a footpath.
7. And this is the footpath I found.

(Hameldon Woods by the way)

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Great shots Dave some of that water looks almost solid. You deserve a medal for your all-weather efforts, hope Bob appreciates them as much as we do.

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You are a braver man than me Dave

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I think I am outstanding in my field, and woods and rivers and reservoirs


In fact I was the only man outstanding, I was going to go up the quarry at Hapton but when I got to the edge of the woods it was whistling with wind and rain, I didn't think it was wise to go any further. Still thats a walk for another day.

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We we to Formby today.The winds were howling around the nether regions,so we didn't stop long on the beach.
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thats one for the album, the dog and dune shot, very nice.

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Could be the name of a pub

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I like them all.
Wish I'd been there - however cold it was.

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Today in Pictures, a walk around Whalley.

1. A wet weir in Whalley.
2. The wall to the left is the new wall after it was washed away the last high tide.
3. Whalley weir from a way away.
4. A terrace close to the weir..
5. As we approach the entrance to Whalley Abbey.
6. Whalley Abbey entrance gate.
7. The gatehouse outside the abbey walls, cars drive through here, I bet they don't see the roof.
8. Whalley viaduct, built like a church.
9. A stone coffin in the church, in the centre of Whalley.
10. The church in question.

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Very historical today Dave.Great Pics

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Got to agree with Dave Mac, cracking photie that.

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Thanks Dave

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Today in Pictures, well it was another wet one.

1. Start point, its all uphill from here.
2. I'm up a tree again, if I fall out of here I will squash my chips. Its a jelly fungi.
3. Its a Lichen, I do like a Lichen.
4. Its a mushroom up a tree.
5. Here is the summit, its all downhill from here.
6. Its another Lichen, see, I do like a Lichen.
7. When I said downhill, forgot to mention the climb down, and then back up again.
8. Its a Liverwort, did I say, I do like a Liverwort.
9. That was a bit hairy, where did the path go.
10. Just to finish for the day, a few droplets on moss.

Condiments to one and all by the way.

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Wishing you all a very Merry Xmas!

Was sitting out on the balcony a while ago drinking my morning cup of tea with mum and we had a fantastic display as a pod of whales swam past an unusual Xmas day greeting as they don-t usually come in so close to the shore.

Hope this finds you all well and that you have a lovely day wherever you are celebrating.

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Dianne...you are making us all envious here......it is grey and damp.....but not really cold.
Have a great celebration...I know that for you it is more than Christmas you are celebrating.
Have a wonderful time and give my best wishes to your parents...and a special hug to your mum(tell her she was always my favourite teacher).

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I think you are pulling our legs, no whales swam past that view.

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Today we walked around Entwistle in the cold , mist and damp.
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Today in Pictures, it was proper parky at altitude.

1. Its wet, cold, with a bit of an icy blast.
2. Can you tell what it is yet.
3. Its a Lichen on a Larch, I do like a lichen on a larch, lovely.
4. We are getting closer.
5. Quick, save me a seat.
6. Here we are up close.
7. You couldn't plan this.
8. Haslingden centre.
9. A diversion on the way home.
10. Generators in the mist.

With that it was time to return home for a bowl of pobbies.

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Today in Pictures, looking for Jeppe Knave, aka. Jeppe Curteys, aka. Geoffrey Curtis. He was a wrong un, but did we find him.

1. Parked up and start point.
2. Looking down on Sabden.
3. Looks like its a bit mushy underfoot.
4. Never seen pink moss before.
5. Here its just walls and wilderness.
6. Its very brown.
7. The walls just go on until they vanish over the horizon.
8. Thats a bit of a worry.
9. I think we have found him.
10. Here he is cast into a neolithic burial mound in 1327, he was a highwayman who was caught and decapitated, the inscription was put on the stone in the 60's. Follow the link to read the very interesting story, and realise it wasn't just witches up Pendle Hill.

By the time we were back at the car we were wet through to the knickers.




Jeppe Knave Grave, Wiswell, Lancashire | The Northern Antiquarian

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Great pictures again Dave......I'm getting a bit worried about you and your wet knickers:D
Hope you got some talcum powder for Christmas:)

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It serves me right for wearing them on my head when it is raining. I don't use talcum, its too soft I use Ajax powder.

Like I always say, I wet my knickers so you don't have too.

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Great ones again Dave

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Can you still get Ajax powder?
I haven't seen that for donkeys years.
Thought it was all cif and cillit bang nowadays......no damn good to stop chafing anyway.
Dave thanks for making me chuckle, on what has been a pretty boring day.

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Yep - a quick google shows it's still available - and Vim... though you have to look on the bottom shelf at the supermarket.

Yes... a super-boring day - must be if I'm driven to look up things like that!

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I don-t tell porky pies Dave! I have a witness -was sitting there with my Mum in the early morning:hothothot

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The view you presented was the swimming pool, and said whales swam past, if you had said goldfish I might have believed you, but you cant get a whale in a pool, unless its one of those you blow up.

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Didn't get the joke Dave -I'm a bit slow on the up-take at times! Mum actually went out and bought some binoculars yesterday down at a little shop in the village - no more whales have been sighted since! Typical :rolleyes: but we are enjoying watching the boats go by and birds that fly over from an Eagle park in the mountains not far away.

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christmas eve .. :D

10. just goes to show accys in good company wi their wonky tree ....:D

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great christmassy pics Jen.
Wish I could have been there, it looks lovely.

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Today in Pictures, nowt special today, just Cutwood Park.

1. No black swan this time ?
2. Skimmia colouring up.
3. Its a bit small yet to be certain what it is, best guess, turkey tail bracket fungi.

After that it was the BIG shop.

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How in the world do you get Bob to do the "looking off in the distance" Pause every time. Its very much like he enjoys sight seeing.... Love these dog pics....

was it you other day in Spar holding your dog? and I said hello? hehe. Looks similar

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When I am taking pictures, and this happens a lot on the walks, bob either stops and stands still, of sits down and waits, this makes it easy to include in the picture.
No it wasn't me in the spar, dont use that shop.

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I can just imagine you holding Bob under your arm(not)

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I haven't room, I'd have to put one of the sheep down.

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I will be sorting the photo competition out tomorrow so we can start it up again
its just for fun but if you fancy a little prize i am sure this can be sorted out too

i have just treated myself to a new camera the Samsung NX 1000 so once i get used to it i will be joining in

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Thats a serious bit of kit, and 20 megapixels as well. Good luck to all who enter.

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Today in Pictures, a walk on the wild side, with wet and windy options.

1. Thats the direction we are going.
2. Half way up, a watering hole.
3. the next section covers water coming off Hameldon Hill.
4. We progress towards the wet bits.
5. Signs of a past long since buried.
6. Moisture at its moistest.
7. The long view.
8. I'm doing the doggy paddle for this one.
9. Looking back from whence we came.
10. The return point, it will be dark soon

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Today in Pictures, a poodle over Pendle, or a walk on the wet side, or I'm getting to old for this, or there is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing.

1. Thats the destination, the wooded bit.
2. Its a sign, I have received a sign.
3. How stuff survives in the open is a mystery.
4. A dry stone wall with bits sticking our, don't know why.
5. The overflow from Churn Clough Reservoir.
6. The passage of the overflow as it heads towards Sabden.
7. The jetty out to the centre pier, cant walk it, just poking my head through a gap.
8. Far side of the res, one of the streams that feeds the reservoir.
9. Heading back now, just a final wave before departing.
10. An old gnarled tree growing in the base of an old cart track.

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Today in Pictures, only a barmpot would go out on a day like today.....................I'm a little barmpot tall and stout, heres my handle heres my etc.

1.Pass my crampons I'm going in.
2.Its a wooden motor bike and sidecar,......I know, its a gun carriage.
3.Thats a big sod.
4. I do like a lichen, but, I like a lichen on a Larch more.
5. And so to water, the roar off the water is a bit intimidating.
6. If I fall in here I will bob up at Southport.
7. I can't hear myself talk, its a good job I'm not talking, I am however doing duck impressions.
8. Should I be this low in the water.
9. The bottom reservoir appears to be compromised at the outflow.
10. Finally a much taken snap as we head down off the Coppice to the car.

and as this is my final contribution to this thread for this year, I would like to thank all viewers, contributers, and supporters of the thread. Also those of you that got cameras off Santa this year, we would like to see your snaps.

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Dave you are right...only a barmpot would go out on a day like today.
I ventured only to Ma's(up Woodnook) and then never ventured out again.
Thank you for showing us so many places during this past year...and getting wet, so that we don't have to.
I have really enjoyed your contributions.

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Thanks for your contributions throughout the year, and I will continue to get my socks and knickers wet, and perhaps other places not yet given to an attack of moisture, in search of the forbidden places not easily accessible, and perhaps places not yet visited by barmpots.

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whoops I meant Co-Op

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No, it still wasn't me,:signntme: I would have introduced myself had we met:gorgeous:, I would also have asked for that tenner back you borrowed.( I bet that peaked your interest).
I think you are talking to strangers, has your mum not mentioned this before. :indeplus:

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Today in Pictures, the worst walk I have done this year, when you can hear the noise of a sink plunger as you walk only a barmpot would carry on....all together....I'm a little barmpot tall and stout, here's my handle here's my etc.

1. I think my choice of a Hawaiian shirt and flip flops was a bad decision.
2. Will he charge ! I hope not I've only got two pounds.
3. Here we are in a muddy field looking down the length of Dean Clough reservoirs.
4. The first flower I have seen this year.
5. Its a Gorse of course.
6. Its a wall.
7. Its a Lichen, and I like a Lichen, but never lick a Lichen even if you like a Lichen.
8. You would not see this under normal conditions, you have to mooch, and I have a certificate in mooching.
9. As you will see from this, he has a muddy winkle.........ok you can stop looking now..............Oy, I said stop it.
10. Cones on a Larch, the light was going, so this was my last offering. Although the nights are getting shorter

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It's the way you tell em Dave - and that poor dog deserves a medal - and a bath!

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When we had a bright spot today, I did think about taking the camera...if only to see if it still works.
Thinking about it was as far as I got.

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You are right Sue....his blood's worth bottling!

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Today in Pictures, more today in picture as I only took one subject,(due to BIG shop) however when I was cropping it I pressed a button by mistake and look what happened.

Pics look great on the tapatalk app

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You must make more mistakes like that Dave...I like it.

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Don't have the app myself, so glad it works for pictures.

I will tell you which button to use, but keep it to yourself as everyone will be having a go. When you have a picture in Photoscape ready for editing, above the resize button and levelling arrows there are four square buttons with diagonal colouring, the fourth button reverses each colour. Sometimes they appear as mine did, and some landscapes turn into infrared photos, an interesting button to play with.

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Thanks for that Dave, that fourth button is quite fun isn't it?

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I have been playing with some old landscape shots and they look like infrared shots or night-scope shots, the right photo can be the dogs doodahs...........thats a thought ..........I'm off.

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Hmmm. I am going to have to investigate that later.