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Remember I said my dog walk pictures did not come out? It seems that they did, but some of them went into a new folder all on their own. One of those magical mysteries of computerdom that I do not understand. I guess there is a limit on how many images the nikon file will hold, then it starts a new one. Who knew?

So I do have pictures. But they need some PhotoShop work, and of course it has been so long since I did any that I forget how. I even forgot how to load the program onto this newer computer. I finally got that done, but need to brush up on the skills to edit the pictures.

What we did find, on one walk in a nice, manicured bedroom community was a scummy frog pond, (complete with a frog nose), a dead mouse, a live mouse that got away before I got the camera out, the ugliest church that ever took 10 years (and counting) to build, black walnuts, a swamp, the corner where the idiotic lady almost ran me over because she didn't see me, an octagon house, a rooster, and a house like mine but owned by an architect. I will try and work on them this week. Oh, the dogs are in there too, of course!

Did I mention that I was fooling around with my computer last week or so, found a little plastic tab, pulled it out, and realized that it was a slot for exactly the size media card my camera holds? It works, too. What a nice thing that will be on my next trip. No cords, no battery draining.

In class today, I was demonstrating what storage device would be best for certain things. File and folder management is not the most exciting lesson, so I threw in some visual aids. I had a 5 1/4" real floppy, a 3 1/2" floppy, a CD, a memory stick, and as I dragged the memory stick out of my purse, I also took out my phone. Who would have thought a few years ago that we would be using phones as storage devices? Mine has pictures on it, so I counted it as a storage device. Jaws dropped when I told them they could probably scan and store every tax paper they have ever had - and these are senior citizens - onto one DVD. Even the guy with the portable oxygen machine was breathing hard on that thought. He is one of my best students in this class. Monday will be email day, so those of you who are willing to email pictures to the class, be ready!