ABOUT AL'S ART GALLERY PICTURES

Readers may wonder sometimes, where I get all the artwork pieces for 'Al's Art Gallery', and why do I choose the ones that I do.  First, all my images come from Facebook, and here's how that works.  If on Facebook, I come across a picture of a dog I like and click on it, Facebook's algorithm remembers that and decides that I clicked on the picture of the dog because I liked it.  Therefore, Facebook will begin sending me more nice dog pictures.  The more dog pictures you click on, the more dog pictures you will receive.   The same holds true for anything.  If you like vintage cars and click on a picture of one, you will receive more vintage car pictures. Files: I keep everything in files, so for example, using the 'copy and paste' method, if I click on a Facebook picture of Spring, I can copy and paste it into my 'Spring' file.  A cartoon will go into my 'Toons' file, and dogs into my 'Dogs' file, etc.  This is an easy way to keep things in order, and when you have as many file pictures as I do, it is important to keep them all sorted and simple.  Between my laptop and desk computers, here are my current files and the number of pictures in each file. 'Paint' (short for paintings, etc.) 2,795. 'Dogs' 389. Meanings:: 401. 'Spring' 99. 'Toons' 442. 'Winter' 352.  And, "Gnomes' 138.  That's a total of over 4,000 pictures I have saved to my Art Gallery files at the moment.  Why do I have so many pictures on file??  Well, I just keep finding new ones all the time I guess.  After I insert the pictures into my post, I go back to my files and delete those pictures so that I don't post them a second time.  That mainly works, but sometimes I forget to delete some and I might post them again by accident.  I'm sure readers have noticed that from time to time.  Okay, so what is it that makes me decide to pick any one Facebook picture to save to my files?  In Paint, Winter, and Spring, there are mainly two things that grab my attention.  Colors and shapes.  I am often drawn to the deep dark hauntingly vibrant and stark colors in many of the abstracts.  In 'Dogs', it is the dog's image itself and then the sometimes sayings.  In 'Meanings' it is solely on the meaning of the saying itself.  In 'Gnomes' it is the visual story that the magical pictures tell.  So, there you have it.  My explanation about my Al's Art Gallery pictures and how and why I choose them:))

With howling cold icy winds this morning, driving the windchill factor down into the low 20sF, I never even crawled out of my pyjamas until earlier this afternoon.  Woodsy had gone back to Stratford yesterday for a few days so I was on my own.  The only thing that finally got me dressed and outside was to top up the bird feeders.  And, what a blustery cold endeavor that was, but the birds, bunnies, squirrels, and chipmunks were waiting impatiently outside for their smorgasbord and I knew I had better get out there with some snacks if I knew what was good for me.  Those critters can get quite aggressive when they're hungry!!

Al's Music Box:: Eye In The Sky by the Alan Parsons Project.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A little boy was overheard talking to himself as he strutted through the backyard, wearing his baseball cap and toting a ball and bat. "I'm the greatest hitter in the world," he announced. Then, he tossed the ball into the air, swung at it, and missed. "Strike One!" he yelled. Undaunted, he picked up the ball and said again, "I'm the greatest hitter in the world!" He tossed the ball into the air. When it came down, he swung again and missed. "Strike two!" he cried.The boy then paused a moment to examine his bat and  ball carefully. He spit on his hands and rubbed them together. He straightened his cap and said once more, "I'm the greatest hitter in the world!" Again, he tossed the ball up in the air and swung at it. He missed. "Strike three!" "Wow!" he exclaimed. "I'm the greatest pitcher in the world!"

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- If you can’t find a lawyer who knows the law...Find a lawyer who knows the judge!

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I went to the pet shop and asked for 12 bees. The clerk counted out 13 bees and handed them over. “You’ve given me one too many” I said. “That last one is a freebie”

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- The wife’s mother said: ‘When you’re dead, I’ll dance on your grave.’
I said: ‘Good. I’m being buried at sea.’'

- If someone with multiple personalities threatens to commit suicide, is that considered a hostage crisis?

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A farmer got pulled over by a state trooper for speeding, and the trooper started to lecture the farmer about his speed, and in general began to throw his weight around to try to make the farmer uncomfortable. Finally, the trooper got around to writing out the ticket, and as he was doing that he kept swatting at some flies that were buzzing around his head. The farmer said, 'Having some problems with circle flies there, are ya?' The trooper stopped writing the ticket and said, 'Well yeah, if that's what they are, but I never heard of circle flies.' So the farmer says, 'Well, circle flies are common on farms. See, they're called circle flies because they're almost always found circling around the back end of a horse.' The trooper says, 'Oh,' and goes back to writing the ticket. Then after a minute he stops and says, 'Hey...wait a minute, are you trying to call me a horse's ass?' The farmer says, 'Oh no, officer. I have too much respect for law enforcement and police officers to even think about calling you a horse's ass.' The trooper says, 'Well, that's a good thing,' and goes back to writing the ticket. After a long pause, the farmer says, 'Hard to fool them circle flies though...'

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Al's Doggy World

Meanings::

Al's Art Gallery