| | The number of my brain cells killed due to cleaning fumes is directly proportional to the number of spots I cleaned out of the carpet. Still looks old and torn, but it's clean and it works. Painting remains to be done on the house and several other repair jobs are still slated, but the photo editor doesn't have fumes so it is my go to toy right now.
This summer has a visual focus and it is satisfying to be able do something that creates a change in the original. Certainly, completing my humdrum chores is not going to produce any significant change. Such are the dubious benefits of home ownership.
But the toys are my new crayons and my tendency to use all of them has not faded since the days when I tried to eat them. (Evidence below.)
Portrait #3
Becoming tired of using images of myself, I went to the FB and took screen shots of friends. I thought of giving these people the portraits I've made and will make, but it might come off too weird. Receiving an edited picture of yourself could be construed in all kinds of negative ways that are far more interesting than the truth. The pictures are starting points for exploration, like canvas, and not the stuff of stalkietown.
The photo above is of a male friend who would not think my playing with it in the editor was any more weird than anything else he's known me to do. Still, I doubt he would recognize himself. The two below are of me and share very little resemblance to the original. The original is tired and torn but she's clean and she works well.
 Portrait #2
Portrait #1
Not everything I have been making is so abstract, but the abstract ones are safer to post. Can you imagine coming to a blog and seeing a photo of yourself all edited and alien looking? It would make me feel odd.
Oh yeah, I made a vid on the fly for the fourth of July:
 My apologies to anyone who has seen this stuff before as all but the first photo here has been posted elsewhere. Have a good week please.
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I admit I have encouraged this behavior, starting when he was a little kid and we beta-tested an activity book for the Exploratorium, with lots of exploding experiments. 
