Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... May, 2009

5-1-2009 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

Welcome To....


'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
and those who enjoy poetry.
'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.
Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepers
your thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*.

Enjoy! :)











Never Forget!





Bad Penny



Amy's personal guardian ~
the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[MEG33]

Time to cook dinner..I’ve enjoyed it all here!

[JustAmy]

I remember riding the train from Texas to California during the early ‘40’s. My sister and I played train for at least a week after we got home.

My family has taken the train several times but after the last one that ran 11 hours late, we have been reluctant to try again. Even Marissa said she hated the train. She prefers to fly. :)

The train cuts several days off of driving time and you get to see some beautiful scenery.

[JustAmy]

LOL

You did it again, FunnyGirl.

Thanks for the smiles and fun that you bring to Amy’s Place.

[JustAmy]

I’ve saved these links.

I need to check them against the ones I use.

I have trouble resizing animated graphics.

[JustAmy]

I’ve had to get used to the resizing programs. Some are better than others.

[JustAmy]

See you later, Meg.

We are going out to dinner for Mother’s Day tonight.

See everyone when we get back.

[MEG33]

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/imageoptimizer/
This one will resize animations..but many times to get to the right bytes it makes them lose detail or look strange..
I just usually take the animation out by using shrink pictures or Paint to get them to the right byte size.
Billie knows how to do it better..Lady Jag might, too

[yorkie]

Do either of you ladies know a good link to minimize GIF’s?

[Majie Purple]

Lovely Hymn and pic pairing!!

[Majie Purple]

Adorable lamb & cool green effects!!:)

[MEG33]

#955
**I use these below all the time**
This one takes huge size pictures and cuts them down as noted..sometimes its enough to get the byte size below 100,000..and I don’t have to use the optimizer..byte size reducer
http://www.shrinkpictures.com/

for images 300,000 or less dynamic drive
http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/imageoptimizer/

for larger
http://www.321webmaster.com/optijpg.php
(The above site only accepts jpg)
You can use Paint to change a gif or png to jpg

[Majie Purple]

Re: National Day of Prayer on May 7th...The obamalamadingdong admin drops the ball again,it figures!

[Majie Purple]

Ahhhh, that dewey white rose in Your garden is bloomin’terrific! Awesome shot! It rally pops:)

[Majie Purple]

Late to say so, but, thanks for Your National Day of Prayer ping too!

[Majie Purple]

Awww sweet;expresive lil girl.../ opener for Fri!

[Majie Purple]

Appriciation and Respect for The US Troops and Allies...Amen & lovely mag cover art!

[Majie Purple]

“Listenin for dustbunnies” Cuteness!:)

[Majie Purple]

I like tempura mushrooms and zucchini,yum!!

[Majie Purple]

Oh and shrimp and chicken too but I usually eat tempura only out at Chinese restaurants.:)

[Lady Jag]

Sorry, I use an old animation program that came with earlier versions of Paint Shop Pro.