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Scentsational rose, Scentsational blooms

March 4, 2007 by Tricia

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scentsation Rose's Scentsational blooms

This is a photograph of one of the many roses that I grow in my garden. This rose is called Scent_Sation and it’s a hybrid tea. It doesn’t really have much scent, but what it lacks in scent it makes up for in prolific blooms.

Once this baby gets going sometime in June each year it’s pretty much in a constant state of bloom until October or November. I believe that this past year it still had blooms on it into December since our winter was so warm. Of course those blooms weren’t doing much and looked kind of raggy but it was interesting to see.

Now, after the recent snow and ice storm, all of the roses and other plants growing in my garden are covered in a heavy layer of snow. The weather is warming though and I’m sure that many of the plants will peek out from under their snowy cover soon.

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Filed Under: Green Thumb Sunday, Photography, Tricia's Garden Tagged With: camera, digital camera, Gardening, Green Thumb Sunday, Photography, Tricia's Garden

Slush, Margeritas and the Ocean – a salty bunch

March 3, 2007 by Tricia

I should have looked at this weeks Photo Hunter theme earlier. The theme this week is Salty and I’m having trouble figuring out what I could post for it.

We just had a snow and ice storm so I suppose that I could take a photo of the slushy streets as I’m sure the melting snow contains some salt. Yes, when we have ice storms I think they still use some salt in the mix when the city clears the streets.

My brother came to Toronto from Vancouver with his wife. He’s here for a business conference, but his wife just tagged along so that she could shop and visit with us, my sister and one of my other brothers.

Chris and I will be getting together with them this afternoon. I’m not sure what we’ll be doing – perhaps some shopping, maybe just walking around downtown and seeing some of the sights. Either way I plan on bringing my camera along. Perhaps I’ll find some interesting things to take pictures of. Toronto is an interesting city … and now that I know that next weeks Photo Hunter theme is architecture I know which Toronto building I’d love to get a shot of. You’ll love it!

Later this evening we’re going to meet up with my sister and my other brother and perhaps some of my nephews and nieces for dinner in a downtown restaurant. Maybe I’ll order a margarita and take a photo of it’s “Salty” rim? That would work!

I’ve been feeling so rotten lately that I haven’t been out much. It will be nice to get out and visit with my relatives as well as just be out of this house. Of course I think I’m going to be out for 10+ hours, so I hope I’m up for it. It’ll be a drag if I’m feeling horrible by the time our dinner out rolls around.

I’ll leave you with this photo that my friend Jordan sent me. It is Salty since it’s a photo of the ocean:

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Have a great weekend!

Filed Under: Family, Photo Hunters, Photography, Recreation, Socializing, Toronto Tagged With: camera, Canada, digital camera, Family, Photo Hunters, Photography, Recreation, Socializing, Toronto

Save money when you purchase ink and printer supplies at 123inkjets.com

March 1, 2007 by Tricia

I’d love to take a poll to see just how many of my readers have digital cameras, laser or inkjet printers, or even photo printers and scanners. My guess is that at least 85% of my readers have a printer and possibly a digital camera, and that a good number of you might also have a scanner and a photo printer.

Why do I think that most of you have digital cameras and printers? Well, because I’ve visited your sites and read your comments. Many of you are web designers, photographers, graphic artists, web developers or have small to medium sized businesses.

I have all of the items I listed above with the exception of a photo printer. That’s next on my list. You see I do a lot of graphics, and as you know I have been developing my photography skills. I occasionally print out my photographs or graphic work. I frame them and give them as gifts. I’ve also been considering starting a small business where I would sell some of my photographs and art work online.

Considering that I like to print out my work I need to be sure that I have ink for my inkjet printer and both regular and photo quality paper on hand at all times.

I hate going to computer, department stores, or even office supply stores to buy my ink and photo paper. I always feel that the prices are much too high. You know, when I purchased my last printer (this is my third!) I purposely bought it with the price of ink in mind. The one I bought has separate color cartridges so that If I run out of yellow or magenta for example I only have to purchase the color that I’m low on, and not a whole set of colors. I thought that this might reduce the overall cost of printer ink, and while it has I still find it very expensive if I purchase it through a retail store.

So that’s why I’m starting to take a look at the fantastic prices over at 123Inkjets.com. They carry a large variety of brand name premium laser and inkjet cartridges as well as all of the other types of printer supplies that I need.

Just looking through the site for the type of Cannon Inkjet printer cartridges that I need for my printer I have discovered that I can purchase the cartridges that I need for 75% less than what I’ve been paying in the retail stores. I’m amazed!

Remember I gave an example of running out of yellow ink? Well if I had to purchase that in a retails store I’d pay anywhere from $13 to $19, but at 123inkjets.com that same cartridge is only $3.75! It’s even cheaper if I purchase three or more as I’d get them for $2.75 each.

Now I’m all excited! Yes, printer ink is exciting when you can save 75% off the retail price. It is!

I went on to look at their stalk of printer paper and discovered that I can get 20 sheets of photo paper for as little as $3.95 to $11.80 depending on exactly which type I’d want to purchase. I like to have a variety of photo paper – matte, glossy, and in different sizes which is why I gave a range in price. I can tell you that if I were to purchase the types of photo paper that I’m interested in at a retail store that I’d be paying approximately $20 or more for 20 sheets.

You know, I don’t think I’m ever going to purchase my Inkjet printer cartridges or photo paper in a retail store again. The prices at 123inkjets.com are amazing!

123inkjets.com offers free shipping on sales of $55 or more throughout the continental US. With those prices why not buy everything that you’d need at once and get free shipping too? I know I would.

So what are you waiting for? I know that the majority of you have an inkjet or laser printer in your home. Go take a look at 123injets.com and see for yourself how much money you can save if you make your purchases with them.

Filed Under: Photography, Sales and Marketing, Shopping, Web and Technology Tagged With: camera, digital camera, Home and Lifestyle, Photography, Sales and Marketing, Shopping, Web and Technology

Amazing zero click picture correction software

February 28, 2007 by Tricia

I’ve found an amazing software product. I couldn’t wait to tell you about it either because I know that many of you enjoy taking photographs, but might not be all that great when it comes to editing them and making a good photo turn into a fantastic photo.

Well, look no further. I found software that you’re going to wish you knew about years ago. It’s Photobot, the world’s first ZERO CLICK picture correction software. I visited the site and saw a demonstration of how the software automatically brightens dark photos, takes red eye out of pictures, and gives life like color to photographs automatically.

You can download Photobot for a free 30 day trial, or purchase it now for the low introductory price of $29.95.

Now you can put fantastic photos into your posts or on your websites and you’ll save a lot of time using Photobot because you won’t be tinkering with your photos. You’ll have more time to concentrate on other aspects of your blog or website.

Want to know more? Here’s the company Press Release:

Photobotâ„¢, the First ZERO-CLICK(TM) Picture Correction Software, Now Commercially Available Find Photobot at major outlets including Amazon.com and Overstock.com, and at leading camera stores like Adorama and B&H Photo-Video Tribeca Labs (www.tribecalabs.com), a leading developer of digital imaging software and services, and winner of the DIMA 2006 Innovative Digital Product Award, has announced the release of PhotobotTM, the first Zero-Click picture correction software.

With Photobot, consumers now have a fully-automatic program that instantly brightens dark images, reduces red-eye and gives their pictures life-like color. There are no more buttons to push, no more sliders to slide – no work to do and no time wasted. Photobot does it all for you, automatically.

Photobot is now available for purchase at major outlets like Amazon.com and Overstock.com, and at leading camera stores, like Adorama and B&H Photo-Video. “We are pleased to announce the commercial availability of Photobot in conjunction with such well-known retail partners,” said Mike Bevans, one of the Partners at Tribeca Labs.

How It Works Once installed on the computer, Photobot continually searches the user’s hard drive for photos. When “he” finds them, he goes to work applying award-winning, multi-patented technologies to instantly and automatically optimize picture quality.

Photobot uses Perfectly Clearâ„¢ to improve brightness, Full Spectrum RGBâ„¢ to deliver vibrant, life-like colors and FotoNation’s Red-Eyeâ„¢ to reduce red-eye. Importantly, Photobot’s technologies are all adaptive, which means that he only makes adjustments to images if they are needed, and then only to the degree necessary to achieve optimal results.

“Photobot is specifically designed for the everyday point-and-shoot consumer that wants to take lots of digital photos, and have them come out looking great,” said Bevans. “Busy moms and dads don’t want to have to do photo-finishing work on their computers. Taking pictures is fun, but correcting them is homework. With Zero-Click technology this chore is eliminated forever; users simply save pictures to their computers – and seconds later Photobot provides them with great looking photos.”

Correct your pictures – Protect your pictures In addition to improving images, Photobot also automatically uploads them to the user’s personal Swiss Picture Bank account, where they are protected from hard drive failure, accidental deletion, theft and disasters of all kinds.

Tribeca Labs operates Swiss Picture Bank in the same high-security data centers that Swiss banks use to store billions of dollars in electronic assets. “Swiss Picture Bank is the first practical, effective solution to the problem of digital picture backup,” said Bevans. “Most consumers aren’t very diligent about backing up their pictures.

With Swiss Picture Bank, your precious memories are automatically backed up for you so that you’re never at risk of losing years of your life’s history. Swiss Picture Bank keeps your photos safe. Forever.”

MSRP: $29.95 including a free introductory account at Swiss Picture Bank. For more information, visit www.photobot.com. # # #

Filed Under: Cool stuff, Entertainment, Photography, Recreation, Shopping, Web and Technology Tagged With: automatic picture correction, camera, Cool stuff, digital camera, digital photo, digital pictures, Entertainment, free software trial, photo, photobot, Photography, photos, picture correction software

One way to greet a visitor

February 28, 2007 by Tricia

Wordless Wednesday

gettin razzed

Nothing like stopping to admire an animal and getting razzed by it!

Ok I’m at a loss as to what this creature is. It looks like it’s some type of sloth, but for the life of me I can’t remember what it is.

Putting this photo up today has made me realize that it’s been a long time since we went to the zoo. I’m pretty sure ours is completely closed at this time of year, but in late April or Early May it should open again. I think I’ll try to remember to go. I always enjoy going to the zoo.

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Filed Under: Entertainment, Photography, Wildlife and Nature, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: camera, digital camera, Entertainment, photo, Photography, Wildlife and Nature, Wordless Wednesday

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