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Some days, there ain't much view at all! 

Some days, there ain't much view at all! 

Earlier, same room.
We're using concrete anchors to fasten the frame.
We hold that rectangle of sheetrock again' the window framing so it comes up again' the window where we want it - simple.
That 2" poly board is rated three more R than the less expensive board.
All the materials have gone up, up up! ...about a third, since we did the first room, last August.

That's the view out the front door

 
This is Camp Fire country, much quieter now.
Along this stretch, over half the homes burned.

"Studio" the last few weeks.
Here we're building out the cinder block 2.75", filling the bays with 2" insulation foam, pulling new wiring all around, hanging and finishing sheetrock, repairing and restoring the ceiling and other walls, texture, prime, paint, electrical finish.
Next, the third bedroom, which has one exterior wall, one window.
Here the lid is painted, next, walls.

Next door.
Toms are full on this time of year.

These photos were from April 12.  The first one, looking straight on to the patio, is my view from my studio.  Our basement is garden level, so I have nice light.  I can watch the birds as they come to the patio for a drink from the dog's water bowl, or to find a place to nest.  The 2nd photo is simply looking from the upstairs at the  birdbaths filled with snow that day!  
The snow is gone now for sure!  We have had lots and lots of wind this spring.  Once again, we are concerned about the fire danger.  Seems to start earlier every year.  
Roberta

Here is the view from my Summer Studio (on the back porch).

Yes that's a pile of brush.  I cut down a Holly tree that was crowding the eaves awhile back because (a) it had been hacked into pompom shapes at some point and (b) it was too big for where it was at even if it HADN'T been turned into a monstrosity of psudeo-topiary.  I'm working on it.  I am building a beetle bank as I cut it up into smaller pieces.  I'm only recently beginning to be normal, health-wise, again.
And those are my curry leaf plants - what's left of them after 6 months of torture - in that cage to protect them from the blue jay that has developed a taste, apparently, for Indian herbs.  @Hulk my orchids got left behind in the move.  I'd had them for 3 years.  Poo!

(I had been painting, that seemed like the never-ending-renovation)
They bloomed every single year.  I can't believe that's the only picture I ever took of them.  I miss my orchids!
Still haven't found my bats.  I was hoping there was at least one in the box with the wheel, but NOOoooOOooOoo!  I'll have to borry one from the studio until I find mine or get some, or I break down and make the hardiebacker bats I've been threatening to make.  They're cut.  I just need to measure for the bat pins, find some tubing as hole protectors, and Do It.
And here is what I have to look forward to when it gets cold again:

Minus the washing machine and accoutrements which are going next to the kitchen sink.  It's a little Magic Chef portable washer, the middle sized one.  The whole room is all of 6'x6.25'.  No windows.  Barely any space at all.  There is a utility tub on the wall to the left in the garage so there is that.
So yay!  Guess which space I prefer!

the studio windows here in florida really show only a slice of the back yard.  but the computer is on the porch facing the street and is all windows to the south.  yesterday, a coyote walked swiftly down the street keeping to the grass just off the pavement.  i was so shocked by it, i could not have gotten a photo even if the camera had been in my hand.  i live in the middle of a city here though there are horses in the next block and more horse properties for at least a mile.
the view out the studio door is of most of the back yard.  feral cats sneak by at the far end and birds share the huge tree outside the door.  blue jays, mostly arguing among themselves, scream by often.  a mockingbird frequently touches down to find the caterpillars who have lowered themselves down to the ground searching for a good place to form a cocoon.  some just outside on the studio walls.

The snow is all gone now-this is the view outside behind my cut & slam set up-I just happened to look up w/the camera nearby before he was gone.

The snow is all gone now-this is the view outside behind my cut & slam set up-I just happened to look up w/the camera nearby before he was gone.

Far right, an orchid; it has responded well to relocation to this window, and repotting - now in its third pot.
It's been setting two or three new leaves each year, and a flower spike as well.
The other three are from cuttings; I'm about to take cuttings and start anew.
...aha! Finally, the name popped up from "memory"...
Coleus - Wikipedia
Was down to one scrawny sickly plant last year - eighth generation cutting from a plant the boss had brought into the office, well, one of three. I "saved" the third one, got it growing, then started propagating. I gave away over fifty plants, back (way back!) when I was still working, and another dozen or so since.
They drop leaves and flowers - rather messy.

lee, i make birds sometimes and there is one just outside my studio door in wv.  it is in a planter with a rose bush and i smile every time i see it.

Okay. To add a third option that has nothing to do with Mac or Apple, and is available on Android (version 9 and higher) and IPhone, I’d like to introduce the Snapseed app. Most people take their pictures on their phones these days, and having an editing app right where you work is very handy.  It’s a google property, so it’s ad free and no cost.  I personally find very intuitive to use, and it has a very low learning curve. Unlike programs meant for desktops, it doesn’t have a lot of functions you don’t use frequently, and as a result is less confusing.
If you’re writing your post on a desktop, you can do the typing on your keyboard, and after you save, log into the forum from your phone’s internet browser and edit your post to add in the photo. 
*most newer phones will offer you the option of choosing your file size when you go to upload the image. Small or medium works just fine.*
But. If your phone doesn’t do that, you can resize your pic like this:
Download snapseed from wherever you get your apps, and allow it to access your photos when prompted.
1. Before you open your photo,  tap the three dots at the top right corner of the screen.
2. Settings>Image Sizing, and select 800 px (the default is no resize).
That’s the # of pixels on the largest side of your image. Making this number small  will only affect image quality if you try to print this picture off. The resolution on your computer screen shouldn’t chang, but smaller images load faster for those with spotty internet. 
3. Return to the menu and open your photo.
4. The option to export is at the bottom. It offers a few ways to save. I usually “save a copy,” so I can edit the original multiple ways, but save works fine if you don’t need the original for anything else. 
5. Your smaller image will be saved in your photos file.
If you want to crop or do other edits, I can do other tutorials in the business section, but I want to keep this simple. 
(shameless dog content credit goes to Bruiser, the Boston pug X studio “helper”)


 

Here is a simpler, less complicated  way to reduce an image size
This program has been around since Window 98, back when almost everyone was using dialup for the internet and getting a pizza delivered was quicker than uploading a 700k image. I use it on both Win 10 and 11 and it still works
https://pixresizer.en.softonic.com/?ex=CAT-3508.2
With this program you can resize a single image or a full folder full with ease
I usually go with the 600x 450 image size

Just open your image in Paint, then select Resize , select Pixels & choose just about anything between 500-600 for the biggest number and it'll probably be fine. Do some trial & error on posting it so that after a few tries you'll find the largest number to use for the result that you like. I use 680 mostly and all my pics are posted this way, using Paint.

Just open your image in Paint, then select Resize , select Pixels & choose just about anything between 500-600 for the biggest number and it'll probably be fine. Do some trial & error on posting it so that after a few tries you'll find the largest number to use for the result that you like. I use 680 mostly and all my pics are posted this way, using Paint.

Just open your image in Paint, then select Resize , select Pixels & choose just about anything between 500-600 for the biggest number and it'll probably be fine. Do some trial & error on posting it so that after a few tries you'll find the largest number to use for the result that you like. I use 680 mostly and all my pics are posted this way, using Paint.

With all due respect to Occam shaving with his razor, aren't we complicating things here? Move the picture to your desktop or wherever you keep pictures. Right click on the picture, and one of the options in the top group is "Edit with Paint 3D." Click on that and the picture will open right into Paint 3D. I'm not going to engage a debate whether the new Paint 3D is better or worse than the old Paint (or that both are abominations), but it is Win10's default built-in raster image editing  program. Once in Paint 3D, the crop tool is right there above the image. Click on the crop tool and the image will be surrounded by a white line with little white circles in the corners and midpoints. Push any of them in with the mouse to change how the white lines enclose the part of the picture you want to keep. Click Done when you like it. Then click on in the Canvas item in the tool bar across the top. This will surround the image with square white dots instead of the round ones in crop mode. With your mouse, drag any of the corner spots inward and the image will shrink. (Don't use the spots in the middle of a side - they will squish and distort the image. We just want to smallify it.) When done with this step, go to File and Save As to a new filename. This preserves the original in its full bigified glory. Find the new picture (yeah, Winblows will always put it somewhere you can't easily find it), hover your mouse over it and the preview box will show the file size. It needs to be less than 1 MB to be uploaded here. If the new picture isn't small enough yet, rinse and repeat with the canvas resize feature.

Lots of good news in my small rural state, currently very low death rates & low hospitalizations, which means high recovery rates. However, non-hospital levels of severity of infection are all over the place, from no biggie to quite severe and long-lasting. Yesterday there were over 300 new cases among our 10 counties.  The highest rates are in the far northern part of the state and the southern/eastern areas close to or bordering Maine & Massachusetts. It is these areas that have the most galleries and shows and many people participate in and visit shows/galleries in the cities of both Portland, Maine and Portsmouth, NH, as well as traveling to/from Boston.
So, for me, nope-not taking the risk.  I have friends and mentor-types showing now in the Portland Pottery Tour and hate to miss it, but even with vaccination protection I have too many risk factors. I want to visit my daughter in the Seattle area, who I have not seen now in literally years...so that is when/where I'll take my chances!  

Lots of good news in my small rural state, currently very low death rates & low hospitalizations, which means high recovery rates. However, non-hospital levels of severity of infection are all over the place, from no biggie to quite severe and long-lasting. Yesterday there were over 300 new cases among our 10 counties.  The highest rates are in the far northern part of the state and the southern/eastern areas close to or bordering Maine & Massachusetts. It is these areas that have the most galleries and shows and many people participate in and visit shows/galleries in the cities of both Portland, Maine and Portsmouth, NH, as well as traveling to/from Boston.
So, for me, nope-not taking the risk.  I have friends and mentor-types showing now in the Portland Pottery Tour and hate to miss it, but even with vaccination protection I have too many risk factors. I want to visit my daughter in the Seattle area, who I have not seen now in literally years...so that is when/where I'll take my chances!  

It's a new day, hope the boredom has evaporated like the mist over the Pacific just did...
I'll have to remember to get some "view from" pics; here's what I found perusing my archives.
The large window provides lots of light (during the day :| ), and views of the sky, neighbor's tree, a bit of valley vista, and direct line of sight to a neighbor's giant window, hence the plants on the shelf there. That's bisque on the counter, liner glazed, waxed - about ten days ago. Next was cutting the edge and wiping the excess away, then allow to dry afore outside glazing - mostly inverted dip, some inverted pour over...
The rollup door also provides lots of light (even at night, as there's a streetlight across the street ,) ), air, and view of the sky, street, a bit of hill and valley vista, and the neighbors' houses. The across the street neighbor (she is a treasure!) has a fish bowl (all glass), so I typically roll the door down a bit. There we're all set for last Fall's "Open Studio" event - the Studio (also bike shop/workshop/repair shop...) had never ever looked this good!
 

A dear friend gave that to me when I was in a deep dispirited downturn, and it rather magically actually made a tangible difference in my outlook.

Kinda like the "What's on your kitchen table". What's it look like out your studio window?  Here's mine, fresh snow coming down.

I was hoping for some pics of people's studio views, like all those wonder food pics from people's kitchens LOL  I guess windows are in short supply maybe.  Well, how about just some pics from inside your studios? (Lee's bored tonight.)

Kinda like the "What's on your kitchen table". What's it look like out your studio window?  Here's mine, fresh snow coming down.