So I’ve given up on the Photoshop Oil Painting for a bit so I can have fun again with Photo Art. This is a cougar that I took a picture of at one of the zoos. It doesn’t take half the time and I love the results, using overlays to create the scene.
I finished another scene and some others I expanded on yesterday, and I began editing the book again from the beginning. Fifty pages done, 150 to go. So that’s a good start. I need to write another scene, maybe two, but I wanted to start editing also to see if there are other scenes in Cougar Christmas Calamity that need to be written.
Okay, I’m off to type changes before the day gets away from me.
Have fun!! And with COVID-19 cases soaring, stay safe!
I took the picture of the cougar and added a snowy background and layers.
Had to drop what I was doing yesterday and work on marketing for an anthology of 4 of the wolf novellas I’ve written for 10th anniversary releases. I did 3 of them, but the 4th one is for a novella I haven’t written yet. It isn’t due until March. It’ll come out in December of next year. I need to reread Silence of the Wolf to even figure out what story I can write that will fit with the earlier stories and not contradict later stories.
I’m still writing on Cougar Christmas and should be past 80K today on it. I still have a way to go on it.
It’s cold out and creating snowy pictures has been fun.
This makes me want to write another polar bear novel, but right now, I’m still working on Cougar Christmas Calamity.
The background was from LA winter scenes from OSCRAPS. I added a sun glow, snow, and winter mist texture from Daily Texture. The polar bear was from Pixelsquid.
We did make the gingerbread house too, and I managed to get some more done on the story. Little one put on all the candy, Grandma did all the frosting so she could add the candy. It turned out great I thought, for someone who is only 3 and someone who is not a decorator of cakes. This is the first time I’ve ever worked on one.
Okay, I’m off to get busy. Both dogs had a tooth pulled last night, and Max woke me at 3 huffing and not sure what was up. I finally calmed him down and he went back to sleep but then I couldn’t! Poor doggy.
Have a great day! I need to turn on the heat because we do have that white stuff on roofs around here.
Cuddle with Grandma?” I asked my three-year-old granddaughter when she woke from her nap. I had gotten up at 4:30, I lie down with her so she’ll nap, and first the phone rings, forgot to unplug it. It rings every time we lie down. Spam Caller. Then the doorbell rings. Package at the door.
So I sneaked away and got the package and began cleaning the house while she slept. I managed to do a few edits, but I was also fixing dinner for my daughter and son-in-law, so I really didn’t have hardly any time to type corrections when little one comes up to the edge of my chair and smiled up at me. Scaring me. lol
She immediately wanted in my lap and pulled a Christmas toddler blanket over hers and that’s when I asked, “Do you want to read a book, or just cuddle with Grandma?” She would get both if I read her a story. lol
“Just cuddle with Grandma.”
No matter what else I wanted to do, that’s the best feeling in the world because one day she’ll be too big or too old for nonsense like that, I hope not though, and there will be no more cuddling with Grandma. So I enjoy every bit of it while I can.
I’m off to take the dogs in to have their teeth cleaned and hope that Tanner isn’t missing any more when he comes home later today. I’m also Grandma for the day again, so after I drop them off, little one and I will have breakfast and then work on decorating a gingerbread house. We were too busy to do it yesterday!
I think I missed blogging yesterday. I love chives on potatoes and eggs and last year, we had such a mild winter, they lived all through the winter on my covered patio. But they had gotten so root bound, I had transplanted some to a flowerbed and kept the other in a pot and both died.
Basil on the left, looking sad, pink and green plant and chives looking great
So then I had the brilliant idea of growing some inside. My daughter had given me a plant grow light for my birthday, and I had to bring in the basil and another plant, so why not grow some chives?
I had to go to the grocery store yesterday, it’s been about 2 weeks, and guess what I found? I was going to look for chives seeds, but even better? Poor little frosty chive plants and I took two home to hopefully grow all winter. Hopefully. I’m not the best at taking care of potted plants. I over water, under water, no in between.
The basil had gotten 5″ of rain outside, so when I brought it in, it’s now in very sad shape. It might not make it. If not, that’s okay. I don’t eat it like I do chives. The pink and green plant is looking beautiful.
Little one will be here shortly. We’re decorating a gingerbread house today. I got the easy one where it’s already made and we just decorate it with icing. It might still be too difficult for me. Since she’s only 3, I figure that’s better than trying to make one in it’s entirety.
Oh, and so I went to do my nightly: print out pages I’d written to edit and I get one page printed and the printer stops. Page jamb, I figure. Nope, red crayon in the printer paper drawer.
So here’s the scenario. I pull out paper from the printer drawer for my granddaughter to draw on. Or I print pages for her to color. To her, that’s just another drawer for her to put her things in. lol
I go to edit my papers and the top page is covered in her red crayon drawing. I had to laugh. So I’m trying to read the words under the crayon markings. I had put her turkey picture in the printer drawer to recycle and use again. I always do that with my paper. So she was helping me to recycle her pictures. lol
I’m off to get ready for her to come. I put up all the rest of my lights yesterday outside and inside. I’m done. Or…done in.
I did write another 2,000 words and I’m inching closer to the finish line on Cougar Christmas Calamity.
