December 31, 2008 by Brad.

Greetings everyone! The Ladysmith Camera Club was honoured by an article in the Ladysmith Chronicle for Tuesday December 30, page 17. You can also find the article online at:

http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_central/ladysmithchronicle/entertainment/36855894.html

Cheers and Happy New Year!

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December 29, 2008 by Peggy.

In the December 23rd edition of The Ladysmith Chronicle, I debuted my monthly column, called “Creative Parenting”.  Using a question and answer format, my goal is to help parents learn how to deal with difficult teenage issues.  Readers are encouraged to send me their questions and I will rack my brains for the answers and best strategies to build a healthy relationship between parents and teens.  If you have a question you would like addressed, email me at peggy@grigor.org using the subject line:  Questions for Chronicle.  Your question may be printed, although I do not reveal any personal information. 

The first column addressed two questions.  The first was “What do you do when you know that something suspicious is going on, but you can’t prove it?”  The second was “What do you do when your teen talks back to you and is belligerent in front of your friends?”  For the answers to these and other quieries, look for my column, featured under “Creative Parenting” in the Chronicle, on the third Tuesday of each month.  For further information about my counseling services, be sure to check out my web site:  www.peggygrigor.com.

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December 29, 2008 by Peggy.

On December 15th, my dear friend and writing colleague, Joyce Barnes, passed away quietly in her sleep.  She had been fighting brain cancer for 18 months.  Remarkably, after removal of a sizable tumor early in the summer of 2007, Joyce managed to fulfill the wish list she made when diagnosed.  She accompanied the family on a cruise to Austrailia last January, she attended the International Midwifery conference in Glasgow last May and leading up to that, she completed and published her book “The Green Lady: Memoirs of a Glasgow Midwife”.  Brad and I were proud and priveleged to contribute to the book’s birth through editing, layout and book design as well as facilitating the publication and printing process.  Happily, most of the original 1000 books have sold and a second printing is being considered.

Joyce, whose pen name was Helena Joyce, never lost her quick wit and humour.  She was taken quickly and painlessly while her two daughters, Morag, from Austrailia and Sheila, from Wales, accompanied Rick at the Palliative Care Unit.  I spent some time with her just six days prior and we discussed other projects she would like to have published.  Brad and I hope to help that dream come true someday.   In our hearts, this dear and lovable lady lives on through her many stories and characters, including ‘Smithy, the Transfer Beach Ghost’, ‘The Adventures of Molly and Donegal’ and ‘Angus McDuff’.  I love you, Joyce.

Peggy

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December 24, 2008 by Brad.

We live on Vancouver Island in arguably the warmest climate in Canada. We don’t get much snow, but 2008 will probably go down as a record year. We found out today, for example, that Victoria has the deepest snowpack (41 cm) of the 50 major urban centres in Canada. We might not have quite that much snow here in Saltair, which is about 70 km NW of Victoria on the opposite side of the island, but there was enough accumulation on our deck that we couldn’t find our Bose 251 outdoor speakers.

But we could hear them! By following the sound while shovelling a path to our hot tub, we were able to uncover them, still playing in all their fine weatherproof Boseness.

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December 17, 2008 by Brad.

The Ladysmith Camera Club theme for December was “Emotion”. See the top 6 selections here.

If you’re interested in joining the Ladysmith Camera Club, please click here to send an email to the club to get further information. The club meets the 4th Tuesday of the month at “The Terrace Room” behind “The Beanery Cafe” at 341 First Ave, Ladysmith, British Columbia. The public is welcome. The LCC welcomes new members, novice to pro.

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December 16, 2008 by Brad.

We’re celebrating the Snow Storm of 2008 by extending our Annual Studio Sale and Open House until Sunday, December 21, 2008. Due to the attack of the white stuff last weekend, many folks were stranded and unable to take advantage of our once-a-year blow-out prices on Peggy’s fine pottery and Brad’s digital art prints and canvases. So, here’s your chance to venture down the newly paved Chemainus Road to finish your last-minute holiday shopping with unique gifts at fantastic prices.

Extended Hours

Monday December 15 to Sunday December 21

10:00 to 6:00 daily

25% to 75% off all in-stock pottery, art prints and canvases

Last-minute Holiday Shopping Made Easy!

Learn more.

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December 12, 2008 by Brad.

Greetings everyone!

Turning Point Arts will be closed for 2 weeks starting Wednesday December 24, 2008. We will re-open for business at 11:00am on Wednesday January 7, 2009.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Peggy & Brad

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December 8, 2008 by Brad.

The “Artists of Ladysmith Create…DOWNTOWN” sale, from December 8 to December 24, 2008, has extended its hours. The revised hours are:

Mon-Wed: 9am - 5pm
Thu, Fri: 9am - 8pm
Sat: 9am - 5pm
Sun: 11am - 5pm

“Meet & Greet” with the artists, Thursday, December 11, 3pm - 8pm

Gift shopping made easy! Find the perfect last-minute item!

The event is being held at 524 First Ave., Ladysmith, BC.

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December 3, 2008 by Brad.

If you have Photoshop (from 7 to CS4), there’s an even easier and quicker way to to resize an image with the “Fit Image” command:

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December 3, 2008 by Brad.

If you need to submit an image to a competition, you will need to resize it, usually to something smaller, e.g. 1024×768 pixels as in this example. Photoshop or Photoshop Elements is the best way to do it. Here is the step-by-step procedure. This works in Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3 and CS4 and should work in earlier versions of Photoshop. As far as I know, it should also work in Photoshop Elements 2 or later. The screenshots are from Photoshop CS4 on Vista.
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