Meant to post this a couple of hours or so back, but fell asleep. It's a Christmas card I made at the suggestion of regular reader CJ, after I showed a photo of my dog Zara in the previous post, taken around 1987 or '88. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology (namely an Epson printer and Wordpad), I 'created' this in about 10 or 15 minutes - and that includes the printing, cutting, folding, and placing the message inside. I think it looks great and will be making some more to send out this Christmas. What do you think, readers?
Update: I've changed the layout of the greeting, which you can see below.
12 comments:
Ah, good. Nice and subtle, befitting the image.
Too many here would have included an exhortation to "Have A Barking Good Holiday" or some such.
Well done. I suspect it will be most graciously received.
Thanks, 3. I've got a few other 'Christmassy' images that I could turn into cards, so I'm looking forward to getting stuck into the task. Makes cards a bit more personal, doesn't it?
Looks fantastic - it's not often I have a good idea :)
I think I'll redo the greeting inside. Same words, just laid out better.
It should say "from Kid" - who's this Gordon fella ?
But seriously, the greeting looks fine!
Some WILL say 'from Kid', CJ. Just depends who they're for. I've added the amended greeting to the post, so take a look. I think it's a far better layout.
Colin - obviously Sara is a cross-dresser. Gordon is her name when she's not wearing that beautiful fur.
Dunno who this Sara is, but Zara would've had her for breakfast. Must admit, while getting dressed on a cold Winter's morning, I can get a bit cross at having to get up out of my cosy scratcher.
I should look closer; thought i typed Zara.
As you might have guessed from the comment, it was before first cuppa. I'll be sure to get her name right next time.
If I were ever to get another dog (unlikely), I'd call her either Sara or Kara, so you were nearly right.
You saw my blog yesterday. You know where my vote goes.
I understand the disinclination in that regard. Much as i may have loved previous dogs, a new pet seems almost unimaginable at this point. And, frankly - I don't think i'd make a very good keeper these days. Way too many people get pets and then make them miserable by not taking proper care - physically, emotionally, or both. I don't want to be one of them.
The other thing is that, as one's life seems to go quicker the older one gets, having a dog now that lives for perhaps 12 years would go by in no time. Zara lived a year longer than her predecessor, Tara, but it seemed to go by in half the time. 11 and a half years from the age of 16 to 27 plus, to me seemed a lot longer than the 12 and a half years from 27 plus to 40, which I turned 2 weeks before Zara's end.
What I'm saying is that having a dog now would be a very quick means of measuring my life winding down.
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