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Hooray for Office Equipment!

I've been without my printer/scanner for a month now. While I've been making do (or making doo -- see post below) by printing off important e-mails @ the library, not being able to scan artwork and not having a port to stick my camera's memory card into has been a serious drag, man.

All that changed TODAY (that is: like an hour ago), when my replacement all-in-one printer (they couldn't fix my old one, sad face) arrived via FedEx. I have quick-like-a-bunny hooked it up, and now we are cooking with the proverbial gas.

SO NICE to be able to print something off at will and get stuff done here at home! Hurrah & Hooray!

The crocuses (croci?) above were right outside my back door; took the photo a couple weeks ago, so these guys are now a thing of the past. But the dandelions are out in full force now, so take comfort in that.

This image © Megan E. Jeffery. All Rights Reserved.

Who Dares Eat My Clover?

The woodchuck with the most sensitive ears on record. I had to take these photos thru a window screen 'cuz he can hear me ever-so-carefully turning the doorknob. This dude can RUN!

   

And, just because sometimes I like to pretend that this is an illustration blog, here's a thematically-related piece that I did for an '03 directory:

Scanning the Horizon (haha)

Guess who's been playing around with her scanner?

Ok, you found me out: it's me.

A portion of our last class was spent in discussing digital cameras and scanners.  Very educational & helpful...

Here are some pieces of vintage fabric that I got at an estate sale a number of years ago.  Wow, you can make virtual quilts and never have to use up any of your fabric stash!

The ideas for using  fabrics and other  easy-to-scan items for illustrations is VERY intriguing!  (And I like the idea of scanning in the fabrics' wrinkles-- it lends a realistic look.)

I should have been SCANNING a little better the other day when I was mowing the lawn...

Apparently, the Squirrel Taskforce has been realllly busy hiding acorns JUST BELOW the  grass' surface.  As I'm mowing over that patch of lawn, POW!  A veritable schrapnel spray of nuts!  It leads me to wonder: are the squirrels going crazy with the hiding-food thing cuz they know something about the upcoming winter I don't???

Super Doppler satellite? Ha!  Super Doppler Squirrel.