Yesterday was Transgender Day of Remembrance, and the official death toll was in the upper 300's. These were people just like me or any of you. People with dreams and aspirations, hopes and fears, loves and hates. These were people who were killed merely because they were transgender, and that's just WRONG. It's wrong to be murdered for any reason, but because of sexual blinders ... no words. I hope you had a chance to put some of these victims into your thoughts and prayers yesterday, and if you didn't, maybe you could do that today. OR ... here's a thought. Why not think about keeping all of those persecuted in your thoughts and prayers EVERY day.
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The REPORTED Transgender deaths over the past year amounted to a bit less than 400 lives. That's people who deserved to live full and rich lives, who interacted with others, who lived and loved and tried to do the best they could, just like the rest of us. Hold them in your thoughts and prayers. |
This week is Thanksgiving week - Thursday is Turkey Day. My middle niece was kind enough to Facebook message me yesterday, inviting us to the annual family get-together for Thanksgiving, which will be held at her house this year. Of course, the invitation came less than a week before the date, and I already have a turkey defrosting in my refrigerator and the various fixings accumulated on my kitchen counters. So, no. I thanked her for the invitation and turned it down. If it had been given a couple of weeks earlier, DH and I could have discussed whether or not we wanted to attend, but at this point, we're already blocked in to our own Thanksgiving (which I'm quite looking forward to). I'll be spending the day roasting a large bird, watching football, and painting my Holiday Cards. I have my schedule already set.
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Thanksgiving is a holiday that's all about the food. We'll have a turkey and stuffing, a veggie or two, DH will probably have mashed potatoes and gravy too, and I'll try to pick up 1/2 of a pumpkin pie on Wednesday when I'm at the grocery store. I'll have turkey and a salad and I'll also have a little bit of stuffing and gravy, but not much. I'll probably also indulge in one piece of pie. Then I'll be back to my normal eating on Friday. It's actually not a famously unhealthy meal, just pushing my boundaries just a little bit. |
Yesterday, while watching Minnesota lose (BADLY) to a team they shouldn't have lost to (and while hearing that Denver also lost their game - sigh), I set up my photography area again and continued photographing my Swarovski crystal rounds. My goal was to photograph the 3mm rounds, and to begin re-shooting the other sizes I had done a few days prior because I wasn't happy with the quality of the original photos. This new batch of pictures is turning out MUCH better. I understand my ring light much better, and found the doohickey I needed to get exactly what I wanted. I've left my photography lights, etc in the den once again, although out of DH's way. I want to re-take the 4mm and 6mm sizes within two weeks. I'll start massaging the photos I took yesterday while I'm at the shop today and tomorrow. I'm quite sure I'll be much happier with the quality.
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I purchased a Kobra-Tech Ring Light with stand from Amazon in May, and I've been using it for the photos of my crystal beads. It works really well, but I was sure I could get it arranged to be directly over the product sheet. I did a bit of research, found the part I needed to add to the set-up, and put that onto the stand on Sunday. Now I finally had exactly what I needed for great photos. I took photos of the 3mm round crystals, and re-did the photos of the 8mm round crystals on Sunday. Now to bring them into Photoshop and size them properly for my Etsy pages. |
And on that note, I'm out of here. I've been a bit long-winded today, but that's how it goes sometimes. This will be an odd week, with the Thanksgiving Day holiday on Thursday, and my having to work on Friday and Saturday for our "Two-Day After Thanksgiving Day Sale" days. I have to have the store all decked out for the holidays immediately after Thanksgiving is done, so I'll have a few busy days at the shop. Have an excellent Monday and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.
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