Flash: our correspondant in China has been made privvy to exclusive photos of an alien invasion in China. Naysayers maintain these photos are fakes, pointing out the subtle effects of photo-manipulation. Drug companies protest character assassination.

Tell this to the locals whose lives are being disrupted by this huge creature.

Is it alive? Or some sort of Alien Ship? A 21st Century Trojan Horse perhaps? Thus far, no damage has been done other than the local water supply being drained and local plants trampled, but who knows what will be next?

UPDATE!

Proof positive the pictures were a hoax. The correspondant in question has been fired:

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Tee hee…With many thanks to my darlin’ sis for the great birthday present. Himself definitely approves!

Does anyone else have a pet that just smells good? (Spouses don’t count. They’re supposed to “smell right.”)

I’ve had three wonderful cats, Effy, Elrond and Efanor. Loved the first two dearly, and Rondo was, IMO, the Most Amazing Cat Ever, but I was never conscious of their smell. But then, they never parked in front of my nose every morning. Efanor is a morning cuddler, and a confirmed smoocher. I wake up every day to him lying across my arm, his head on my pillow and my nose buried in his ruff….and I just realized this AM, I love the way he smells. He always smells…sunwarmed.

Oh…I promised pics of current state of the mural. It’s virtually impossible to capture the color I’m talking about. It’s very subtle blues in the water and sky and green in the main mountain. I’ve enhanced the contrast a bit on the one of the mural itself to try and bring it out, but it doesn’t really capture it.

As you can see, the waterfall is still, which gives the backyard a whole different look. It’s getting so cold at night right now, that we turn it off at night. Since I haven’t “set” the rocks of the fall, I fear that freezing would cause the rocks to shift all funny, tho it would probably be really pretty. :D

sweatdropcriesNo one mentioned I spelled copyright “copywrite”! Nothing like putting your stupidity on public display! I hate to admit, I do that all the time, and I was in a rush. Wanted to get the pic up before we headed out for the rink. Well, fixed now.

You will forget you ever saw that…

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Ah, well…. I’m glad the cover meets with approval. It was Carolyn’s idea, but I always wanted the cover to reflect that opening, so we were on the same page from the start. The eyes are supposed to be Dubhain’s, but the cat eyes just worked so perfectly, it was irresistable. Actually…think to come of it,  it was also Carolyn’s idea to use Efanor’s eyes. We decided these are Dubhain in transition between his human form and his pooka form. 

You know…I’ve got all the layers I used putting this together. Would that be interesting for you all? Just little thumbnails showing how it was done.

later!

It wfrolicorked! It worked!The long-awaited waterfall is flowing. Check below for the entire sequence…at least, I think you’ll see all of the new ones. I reached my upload limit (that didn’t take long, now did it?) and had to go over to a pro account. It hasn’t been processed yet, so I’m not sure what you’ll see. But I think it’s the old ones that fall out of reach. They’ll be back.

The waterfall worked better than my wildest expectations. Read the rest of this entry »

questionRemember the good old days, when we thought a five meg drive was the cat’s suspenders? (I won’t even mention my first calculator.) Did any of us back then even imagine 1.5 TERABYTES in one small package? More, could any of us imagine needing that much?

Scary…but I did—need it, that is, not imagine it. Did. Do. Have, for a long time. Read the rest of this entry »