2025: Day 6....."Detroit Lions vs. Hopcat"

 

Okay. I get it.

Hooray for the Lions.

But I wouldn't pay the high price for those stadium tickets.

Before the game we had some Sunday Funday at Hopcat.

Our bartender said he contemplated buying a $600 ticket but his 

girlfriend wouldn't go so he decided to work instead. (Good call.)

Because $1200 for a football game for 2?

Uh....no.

Where I ended up watching the game was is in my cozy bed.

But I feel the excitement and happiness for all the

goodness it brings Detroit.

Hopcat before the game was more my jam.

Had a great beer and it wasn't $18 for

a can of Bud Lite like it is at the stadium I hear.

But hey...that restroom 

at HopCat is CRAZY and just

my jam too. You'll never walk out the door 

without feeling like you need to tell 

someone else about it.

Kinda like talking about football to some.

2025: Day 5....."Over achievers Christmas lights"

 Not my house.

So glad it's not because it's 20 degrees here and

I wouldn't want that job to dismantle and 

store away these lights.

I'd turn them off and hide or fly to Florida

or Arizona until spring.

But they sure were pretty and fun to look at.

Thank you to those industrious over achievers

whoever you are over there in White Lake.

2025: Day 4....."Favorite Photo Apps"

I love photo apps to change up a standard photo.

(I used multiple ones on this photo but mostly the 

free app Brushstroke.)

I always like to see what other folks use and give them a try.

So here's some of my favorites.

I mostly go for free ones.

But I do pay for Photo Lab, Peachy and Live Collage.

Juxtaposer is free and one of my most favorites 

because I love changing backgrounds to something fake.

So don't ever believe I'm really in the tropics if you see that.

Snapseed is my favorite for adding highlights 

that can really make things pop.

Creative Fabrica (online) has a great background remover but

I also use Retouch with a free once a day feature.

Juxtaposer has one also that allows you to touch up

what they miss on the first go around.

iColorama is loaded with so many features 

I couldn't begin to describe them all.  

I understand it's made and maintained by a lady

in the Ukraine who's made other quality apps.

A favorite feature is the 'coherence' tab that

smooths a picture brilliantly and also has a huge amount 

of paper and canvas overlays that makes things more artistic.

I'm still on the learning curve on this big app.

I probably use Live Collage the most and I pay about $5 bucks

monthly for the pleasure of it's robust & user friendly variety of 

both photo and video options that work great on my iPad.

I decided to cancel it once because I can be very frugal

that way but I had to re-up because I found 

nothing comparable and I missed it.

(This isn't a sponsored ad by the way. They don't

even know me.)