Taken at Lumpini Park in Bangkok. This guy... ...was being stalked by this guy (six foot monitor lizard). But, the first guy knew what the second guy was up to and flew away. A happy ending for everyone except the lizard.

It's always a problem to make people cut into it. If I make it for a meal at my own home, I don't put out any other butter, so they have no choice. When I take it to parties elsewhere, I always have to be the one to slaughter it. But sometimes the hosts want to "keep" it (not sure for what or for how long), so it doesn't get used at Easter meal.

Yes you are all so clever, it's Misty's tummy fur jrb I don't know that your choice describes what I did. On the mac, photo editor allows you to play with color curves. saturations, etc. By selecting a color and then changing the curve, you can get all kinds of interesting colors. You can also get dramatic effects by selecting the darkest and lightest shade from the photo for each color using the eye dropper. Here's a picture of the section of the edit panel that deals with colors...

Record high temperatures in recent years. Causing record high evaporation from bodies of water. That cause their own storms of increasing intensity. Including newly developed lightning that sets more fires. Burning thousands of square miles of forest, increasing almost every year, including parts or all of a number of towns, even cities. Every tree that used to take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen ... ... now using oxygen to produce carbon dioxide. Mother nature telling heedless humans who think they can live as they please without major consequences ... "As creatures, you need to learn from me, but you don't make all the rules, and when you mess with me, sometimes you do it at your peril!!". Mankind - becoming an endangered species - largely by their own hands! ole (learning participant) joyful