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Flower Art
| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Occurred: 5/10/2017 Posted: 4/26/2024 |
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| Topics: #Photography #Photo-to-Art | |||
| Turning photos into art masterpieces. Or not. | |||
We have beautful flowers here in Arizona, not just wildflowers, but various types of cactus bloom as well! And I can't help but take pictures of them. But here are some that benefitted from being turned into digital art.
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Our Dogs
| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Posted: 4/25/2024 |
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| Topics: #Autobiography #Dogs #Ella #Finley #Lilly | |||
| Who's a good dog? They all are! | |||
Yesterday I posted random photos of our cats. Today it's the dogs' turn! Here are Ella (the Golden), Lilly (the Cattle), and Finley (the Frenchie).
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Blizzard
| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Occurred: 3/19/1956 Posted: 4/25/2024 |
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| Topics: #Autobiography | |||
| Four-year-olds don't necessarily know when to come in out of the cold. | |||
Now, I had done this before. Forbidden to cross the street, no one had told me I couldn't go all the way around the block. One by one, I had knocked on the neighbors' doors and asked them if they had a record player and, if so, could I see it? Most had invited me in, given me cookies and milk, and allowed me to choose a record to listen to. In this way, I had discovered there were such things as automatic record changers, and long-playing records that rotated incredibly slowly but played beautifully.
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Our Cats
| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Posted: 4/24/2024 |
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| Topics: #Autobiography #Cassie #Cats #Isabella #Milton #Snowball | |||
| In the cozy corners of our home, four feline personalities have woven their tails into the fabric of our family life. | |||
I've posted a lot of photos of our dogs. But we also have cats: four of them! They mostly live upstairs while the dogs (and I) mostly stay downstairs. But they do descend on occasion.
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Internet Down!
| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Occurred: 4/12/2024 Posted: 4/24/2024 |
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| Topics: #Autobiography #Internet | |||
| I got a new computer just in time to not use it. Also: Dog pictures! | |||
At the beginning of the month (before my birthday), I had two working computers. Both were what are called minis, about 5 inches square. They look almost identical, but I found they are not, as only one has a relatively powerful GPU, something needed more and more with modern computing technqiues, including AI. So my grandson, Zach, incredibly gave me, for my birthday, a computer with a super-duper GPU for me to do my photo and video restorations on. And I got it…just in time for the internet to go out!
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Getting Past Newsprint
| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Posted: 4/23/2024 |
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| Topics: #Photography | |||
| The very unintuitive way to extract a decent photo from a newspaper clipping. | |||
First, let me explain why I even care. My second grade teacher was Mrs. Alice McGinnis of Lyndonville, Vermont. I loved her. And when I grew up and returned to Vermont to visit, I visited her. On several different occasions. And we corresponded. So when a friend sent a newspaper clipping on the occasion of her 97th birthday in 2006, I kept it. (She has since passed on.) But, as you can see from the scan of the clipping, you can hardly make the poor woman out. So I decided to do my magic and get a decent restoration out of it. As a challenge.
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Of Ella, My Muse
| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Posted: 4/23/2024 |
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| Topics: #Autobiography #Ella #Photo-to-Art | |||
| The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog. Or at least be as photogenic! | |||
In 2016, my grandson passed his puppy, Ella, on to me as he couldn't take her off to college with him. And my life has never been the same, nor would I want it to be! In addition to being my confidant and companion, she has also been my artistic muse. And, without further ado, here are some of my favorites artworks of her.
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National Honor Society
| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Occurred: 5/16/1969 Posted: 4/23/2024 |
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| Topics: #Autobiography #NationalHonorSociety #StAugustine #StJosephAcademy | |||
| More photos from my high school yearbook. | |||
The National Honor Society (NHS) is a prestigious organization that recognizes outstanding high school students for their achievements in scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Established in 1921, the NHS has grown to include chapters in all 50 states, U.S. territories, and many schools around the world, engaging and serving more than 1.4 million students.
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Grand Canyon Art
| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Occurred: 4/22/2024 |
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| Topics: #Art #Autobiography #Photo-to-Art | |||
| I wasn't the first to fall in love with the beauty and majesty of Grand Canyon, and I won't be the last. | |||
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Priests, Nuns and Staff
| By: Paul S. Cilwa | Occurred: 3/12/1969 Posted: 4/22/2024 |
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| Topics: #Autobiography #StAugustine #StJosephAcademy | |||
| The staff at St Joseph Academy, 1968-1969 | |||
As I go through my 1969 high school yearbook and restore and colorize the photos (we have a reunion coming up and I'd love to have it done by then), I find many fond (and a few less fond) memories come up.
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