A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....08-22,23-07...Warm Fuzzy Wednesday...and Thursday

August 22, 2007 | Billie

[MEG33]

People from a planet without flowers would think
we must be mad with joy the whole time to have
such things about us. ~Iris Murdoch

Good Afternoon To The Finest!

~Happy Warm Fuzzy Thursday~

[Billie]

Thanks, Dolly, the good thing is I'm not having to learn a new program - that's the thing that I DIDN'T want to do. I love the one I've been using for 2 years, and I was able to get the next version of it installed and OPEN yesterday afternoon. There are a few minor changes, but it's basically the same features as the one I was using. Always have to reset the toolbar preferences and add the plugins that I like, but at least I'm back in bizness now! :)

I would still rather have XP back than Vista, but I can live with this now. I hate the ONLY version that AOL has that will work with Vista - it stinks, but I did install Firefox, and between that and opening IE7 (INDEPENDENT OF AOL), I'll be able to view and save graphics as they really are, not as they look when I view them with aol. They are compressed SO MUCH (and no, there is no way with this version to UNDO compression) that some of the photographs and textured backgrounds are just gosh-awful ugly and blurry. :( Plus, along with them LOOKING like that, they can't be saved with their normal extensions - it's .art or .bmp, and that's it. Just one more step I have to take to save something I want while browsing with aol - have to copy the url and put it in Firefox to open it to save as a jpeg or gif. I can't get IE7 to open a graphic by itself, nor will it necessarily open ALL the graphics of a single web page. Firefox doesn't always show the correct font color or face of a webpage, so it's just a lot of unnecessary steps. :(

Oh well, I know that both Vista and AOL will eventually be better.

[Billie]

More from San Diego Zoo....

The polar bears were a popular attraction - they are so beautiful!

[Billie]

The zebras are so cute, and they were feeling frisky.

[Billie]

So pretty, Meg. Wish my flowers were still looking so fresh and colorful. (but by this time every summer I’ve slacked off keeping the spent blooms picked, and my hanging baskets and pots of petunias start to be more leggy and less bloomy.)

[La Enchiladita]

Kitty Mittens, that is ENCHANTING...!!! I LUV you for showing that to us!!!

[Lady Jag]

[Majie Purple]

I love lightning bugs/fire flies!! That footage is such a delight! T Y Kitty!
Here there are none to enjoy.

Beautiful flowers Meg! T Y too!

S D Zoo pics what fun!(I’ve been there too...
T Y x 3 Billie!

& Sweet kitten pic L J...to complete the most resent round of Thanks!!!!

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Biggirl =^..^=
Your pumpkin must be adorable. :)

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Dolly,
I’ve been keeping you in my thought and prayers.
Bless you for what you are doing for others who need you. I hope you get positive results when you go to DC. Isn't that the sad truth, politics showing it’s dirty face in everything.

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Jaycee

I hope you had a good day! :)

[Kitty Mittens]

I'm Glad you Liked my Lightning Bug Video, Finest FRiends, and Billie, those Polar Bears and Zebras are Cute! Lady Jag, the Kitty you Posted is Adorable, and Dolly, I Loved your Collage Earlier, Especially the Kitty and his Owner in an Embrace; it's a Sweet Pic.

Have a Lovely Evening Everyone!

[Lady Jag]

[Billie]

Lots of sweet warm fuzzy pictures these past two days. I will have the weekend thread up in the morning around 9 or 9:30 CDT. Don't forget to wear your red. :)

[The Mayor]

[Billie]

You gonna sleep in your red jacket? :)

[luvie]

This cottage is on an penninsula on the coast and we rented it. It's not Ms.B's home, but she has spent a lot of time with us.

NYT got this shot when we were at Kennybunkport. A coup is what it was--taken with his zoom lens!

I got this shot without a zoom lens....
who can't tell it's her with that beautiful white hair.

Needless to say we were pretty excited to have gotten these!

[luvie]

Hey! Good to see you right before you take off.

We are having a ball...and the highlight of our trip
was meeting you and your family and Dolly!

Take care! Nite!

[DollyCali]

wow, great pix. you papparizzi you!

what fun & so glad you have had this special vacation.

when do you return home?

[DollyCali]

great graphic work Billie & what a cutie pie she is. Makes me “ALMOST” wish I had one of those again. BUT just for a few minutes & sanity is then returned. LOL