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6/4 -- I came home from work to find
some candy waiting for me. My mother and her close
friend, Sandy, visited Mackinac Island recently.
They brought back a tasty treat from a local store
called Alford's. The store sells Alford's Mackinac
Island Original Swedish Fish Assorted. Mighty fine
candy. I ended up with a slight stomachache due
to it. One shouldn't eat a whole bag at once. I
predict I will soon need a little trip to the
dentist also. I can't blame this bag of candy
though. Every day of my life, I find a bag of
candy to consume. It is just my nature. My maiden
name, by the way, is Alford. So the present had
dual meanings to me.
It also brought back memories from childhood.
As I mentioned, I love sugar. When I was 12-years
old and packed away to Camp Friendship, my mother sent
me a giant bag of candy via mail every
single day possible. I kid you not. I kept it in a
shoebox on the top bunk where I slept. One
afternoon, upon entering the cabin, I was amused
that my fellow campers felt the need to put a
stuffed mouse on my box of candy. I was not
amused, however, when the "stuffed"
mouse ran across my bed and out-of-sight when it
spotted me. I didn't really care for that cabin
from that day forward. |
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6/3 -- A full moon above our condo
in Maui. I thought the image had hope but the Palm
Tree leaves seemed too dark and the moon too
bright. |
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I decided to try a new trick I
learned from thepioneerwoman.com. What you do is
add a new layer to the image. |
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You can then lighten just that new
layer which I did. I wanted more detail in the
leaves. |
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I then grabbed the eraser tool from
the task bar. |
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I started to erase the new, lighter
sky. The moon itself needed to be darker if
anything. |
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Now, the leaves are lighter, the
moon was returned to its original state and I let
a few of the clouds remain a touch brighter. It
isn't perfect, but I like it more. |
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