• Free Stuff

    Free March 2013 Desktop Calendars

    March 5, 2013 /

    Finally the March 2013 free desktop calendar is available.  There are three to choose from this month…. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. Click the link and choose “save” or “save as”. …

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  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 3.3.2013

    March 3, 2013 /

    Outside my window…is a beautiful blue sky, sunshine and a bit windy.  It is also 37°F but with the brrrr chilly wind it feels like 29°F at 9:45 this morning.  You know what, I don’t care if it is cold because there are blue skies and sunshine….for the first time since Thursday morning.  I don’t know if I suffer from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)…I have never been clinically diagnosed as such….but I can say that after day in and day out of nothing but clouds, it does affect my mood and spirit.  I want to feel the warmth of the sun on my face, I want to squint in the bright sunlight, I…

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  • Composites

    Beware When The Moon Is Full

    February 28, 2013 /

    Inspired by Jenny Le’s “Nocturna” The full tutorial is not available unless you are a member of the site {which I am not} so I took the idea and created something similar of my own. This composite has 24 layers including stock images and adjustments. If you click on the links below you will see the stock images used with the exception of the candles and flame ~ the owner has put her deviations into storage and they are no longer available but she has requested credit with this notation. Credit For Stock Used: Stone Castle Wings Background Skull Candle & Flame {deviations currently in storage} Bones {caution: his deviations and stock contain nudity} Gravestone Model Light Rays…

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  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 2.24.2013

    February 24, 2013 /

    Outside my window…is yet another cloudy day.  It does appear as if that bright object in the sky that some refer to as the “sun” is trying to make an appearance…it looks a bit brighter outside than earlier this morning.  When the dog and I went for our walk around 7:15, it was full cloud cover with some dark ones on the horizon…misty rain…and a bit cool.  The pavement is still wet but looks as if the mist has stopped for the time being.  Yesterday was rain….I know, shocking ~ we had rain!  We will get a couple of days off and then more rain is forecast for Tuesday.  I seriously…

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  • Recipes

    Homemade Vanilla Extract

    February 23, 2013 /

    You Will Need 2 – 3 Whole Vanilla Beans (Approximately 1/2  Ounce) 1 Cup Brandy or Vodka 1 Jar with Tight Lid Split the vanilla beans lengthwise with a knife, leaving the seeds intact.  Place the vanilla beans in a jar and cover with alcohol.  Cap tightly.  If the beans are very long, you may have to cut them down so they are covered in alcohol.  Shake the jar once a day for approximately four – six weeks.  The mixture will turn a dark brown color and will become stronger in flavor with time.  You may infuse the vanilla beans for as long as you would like but a minimum…

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  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 2.17.2013

    February 17, 2013 /

    Outside my window…is a mixture of sun and clouds as well as quite cold and windy.  Currently we are at 35°F but with the wind blowing at 13mph and gusting up to 23mph, it feels more like 26°F.  Our high today is forecast at 36°F which is not much over our low yesterday of 34°F.  We did get an inch and a half of snowfall yesterday however not too much of it stuck.  There was a dusting on the rooftops, some on the cars and a few patchy areas on the ground…nothing on the streets and sidewalks.  The weather folks had said that what snow we did get wouldn’t stick around because it…

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