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Posted by CollieSmile 12/31/20 at 10:15pm

Yoo hoo... Pete...

I am SO SO GLAD that this year is ending, and that it's time to wish you a

I hope it will be a good year for you-- and much better than last year!

May you find all things fresh and new, and have much to look forward to!

Happy Hugs,

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 10/31/20 at 4:58am

Hello everybody... It's me, coming up for some air! In all honesty, my life has been nuts lately!

I had been spending a lot of time in the woods, getting all sorts of nature photos-- it is so peaceful, and I need peace these days! (Don't we all? lol) That came to an abrupt halt on October 6th. I've been dealing with a toe, a tooth, and a squirrel ever since. Well actually, the squirrel problem is resolved now, but it was CRAZY while it lasted. I hope you'll read about it all in my journal-- you'll probably get some smiles out of it.

https://my.desktopnexus.com/CollieSmile/journal/a-toe-a-t...

I am still trying to get my life back to a semblance of normal. Nursing my toe along has really slowed me down.

I hope that you are doing well and that your life is more serene than mine has been lately. Take care, find something to smile about ever day, and stay safe!

Hugs,

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 9/1/20 at 2:18am

Hello everyone!

If you think that it's been a long time since I visited your profile, you are absolutely right. I haven't been doing much visiting�here since the end of March. One thing that I have been doing, however, is logging into DN a�couple of times a day so that people here wouldn't worry about me.�

My state of Michigan went into lockdown on March 15th. Because I am in a high risk category, (heart attack last December among other things) I take lockdown very seriously. My husband started doing all of the grocery shopping. I stopped going to any stores. I either worked (part time because business is down) or stayed at home. It didn't take long for me to start feeling stir crazy.�

Then I rediscovered an old love of mine. Nature.�I started going to a nature center near my house with my camera in tow. The center itself was closed, but the trails were not. I walked those trails, sat on benches, listened, observed, and started taking photos. I've taken several thousand photos since March, and have no plans of slowing down anytime soon. I've photographed trees, trails, birds, deer, wildflowers, squirrels, insects, and more.

I've been to at least 6 Nature Centers now. The wallpapers I uploaded today (even the blue Chevy wallpaper!) are from 3 different ones that I've been to recently.�

I feel so much calmer and happier than I used to. Trail walking or even just sitting outdoors and listening is wonderful medicine. Give it a try and you won't be sorry!

I hope to start getting more active here again. I have ideas for 2 nature groups that I haven't yet seen on DN. I actually meant to start those 2 groups a month ago though, and it didn't happen.� If and when I finally do, I will let you know.

Thank you for not giving up on me. There've been many days when I've desperately needed to walk the trails and let the computer go. With the way that things are happening in our troubled world, I'll likely continue to need the trails very much. I'll try not to be as much of a stranger though. You might be surprised at how much I think of many of you as I walk!

May God bless you all and keep you safe.

Hugs,

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 4/12/20 at 7:17pm

Have a special, blessed Easter! I hope you are doing okay. Send me a PM if you need to talk to somebody... our entire world has been crazy lately!

Giant Hugs,

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 3/31/20 at 3:42am

Greetings to everybody!

Although I've been logging in to DN everyday, I haven't been very active. Case in point... I haven't uploaded any wallpapers this month... until today, and it's the very last day of the month!

I have to admit that part of it is I've been watching all of the Coronavirus/Covid 19 TV news. (That's about all the news there is, these days!) I've watched in horrified fascination as the numbers of sick people go higher and higher. At least the TV news does one good thing, it leads me to pray, again & again & again for nurses, doctors, and other medical personnel. Also for all of the people who have fallen ill from this hateful virus...

In Michigan we are under "Stay at Home" orders. I think every state in the USA should be doing that-- I feel sorry for people in places that do not have these orders. One of my sisters who lives in another state told me she wishes so much that their governor would give Stay at Home orders too, so everyone will be safer.

At this point, I want to apologize to everyone who belongs to my Cows, Sheep, and Balloon Groups. Normally, I favorite and comment on all of the wallpapers in those 3 groups. I just haven't had it in me to do that lately. I may not be getting back to that very much until the pandemic is more under control and less worrisome.

If you have uploaded wallpapers to any of those 3 groups that you would really like me to see and comment on, post them directly on my profile, and I'll try to do better. For that matter, if any of you have ANY walls you think I would appreciate, post those on my profile page too. Frankly, I could use some beautiful walls right now, to keep my mind off of the latest Covid-19 woes.

The 3 wallpapers that I've just uploaded are below. The first wall especially, was inspired by the Covid-19 situation. I hope it will make you smile. We can all use something to laugh at these days...

Whatever you do, take care of yourselves and your loved ones! I hope we DNers can all get through this pandemic safely!

Giant Hugs,

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 12/31/19 at 7:20pm

Hi Pete,

I'm driving by...

to wish you a

If you are like me, you have some great memories of 2019 but also things you would just as soon put far behind you. For now, let's leave the old behind and celebrate the new!

Hugs,

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 12/25/19 at 10:32am

Hello everyone,

It is so good to be able to write a greeting to all of you!

I had a major life changing event this month. Many of you know that on December 9th I had a massive heart attack. I am so glad to be alive and able to tell you that.

I will never be the same again. I am not talking about what I went through or the 2 stents in my heart. I am talking about mentally. You can't go through something like this without rethinking your priorities and what is most important to you in life...

I won't tell you about every priority that I've set for myself, but there are a couple that you will want to know. One is that I am more committed to Desktop Nexus than ever. I still love and care about this website, in spite of the spam and neglect. You, my friends, make this website a joy to be on. I will do what I can to battle spam and stay in touch with all of you.

I can probably explain the most important priority in my life by talking about my December wallpapers. They are in this post in the exact order that I uploaded them. imo these wallpapers are an accurate description of my life so far this month.

"Christmas Ribbon Dance" is a simple light hearted Abstract I completed about 3 days before I went through the heart attack. (I also had a funny one to go along with it, of a somewhat psychedelic poinsettia. I never finished that one. I'll probably upload it next Christmas.)

I created "A Stained Glass Christmas" in the spirit of, "Oh gosh! I'm barely going to have any Christmas wallpapers to upload this month! I've got to get busy creating something!" Well, I starting having so much fun manipulating my stained glass window photo that I forgot to worry about the number of wallpapers that I might or might not upload. It felt so good to take my time and simply create something intricrate and pretty!

"A Wonderful Gift" has two hearts in it's design. (At first glance they may not be easy to see.) In the description of this wallpaper I've written about some of the things I went through during my heart attack. I did not go through it alone! God was with me all the way through...

The last wallpaper in my post, "O Holy Night" is the reason that I didn't get to upload these wallpapers until Christmas Day. (As I write these words, it is 3am where I live, and yes, it is indeed Christmas!) The other 3 wallpapers were ready to go up a couple of days ago. But I felt like something was missing... and after some soul searching I realized that I wanted to create a wall that told a story... the Christmas story. I hope you like it! Of all of these wallpapers, this is the one that I'd love for you to take a close look at, in part because I put so much work into it. I think I spent at least 16 hours on it! (I had that kind of time on my hands because my cardiologist didn't want me to go back to work or drive for a couple of weeks.)

Thank you so much for being my friends. Thank you for the care and the concern and the get well wishes that you all PMed me with and/or posted on my profile page. That meant so much to me...

Have a beautiful, wonderful, and blessed Christmas, everyone. And if you don't celebrate Christmas, have a beautiful, wonderful week ahead!

God bless us, everyone!

Hugs,

Elaine

PS. There is one Desktop Nexus member who is no longer with us. Blueangels1015/Judy went home to be with Jesus on Thursday, December 19th. Grandma Gingerbread/Joyce let me know this just today through a PM. (For anyone who doesn't know, Grandma Gingerbread/Joyce is Judy's sister.)

Joyce is extremely busy right now with funeral arrangements and many other things that must be taken care of when someone passes away. She told me that she would be on DN sporadically for awhile because of that. Here is a link to her profile page in case you would like to send her a sympathy card. (I can only imagine how rough it must be to lose a loved one at this time of year.)

https://my.desktopnexus.com/grandma_gingerbread/

Posted by CollieSmile 11/18/19 at 3:09am

Hi Everyone,

Many of you have probably noticed that I haven't been very active on here for the past month. I have been dealing with a lot, including the death of a relative, and my mother who's in her 90's was ill for awhile.

My life has calmed down now, thank goodness. I'll hopefully be able to get back to commenting on your wallpapers and thanking you for your thoughtful comments on mine. Profile Greetings & Wallpaper Comments make Desktop Nexus go 'round--- and I've hated not being a part of that!

One thing that I have done in spite of being busy, was carry my camera around. Luckily, it doesn't take long to shoot pictures, and I have been--- of the crazy weather we've been having lately! If you are from the USA or Canada, you probably know exactly what kind of weather I'm talking about. Weird on and off stuff! For example...

A beautiful Fall day on November 3rd...

Then 3 days later, it looks like Winter!

Just 1 day later, it's back to being Fall again...

But 6 days later, it's acting like late December!

No I am NOT making this up... actually, a lot of you know that for yourselves, I am sure. Here's a link to my latest journal entry. It has these photos in it and more, along with the exact dates I took them. (At one point I said to my husband, "Do you know why I'm taking so many photos right now? It's because I want PROOF that this CRAZY weather is actually HAPPENING!)

https://my.desktopnexus.com/CollieSmile/journal/what-happ...

I hope you enjoy my journal... I think you'll identify with it. Even if you haven't experienced any of this loony tunes weather recently, we all have been amazed or stupified by the weather at some time or another...

Hang in there, everybody. May you be warm if your weather is cold, and cool if your weather is warm!

Hugs,

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 8/31/19 at 12:54am

Greetings to all of my friends on Desktop Nexus!

I've spent a lot of my life chasing rainbows. I finally caught a good double bow in July --- several times --- with my camera. Can you use a rainbow in your life? Search for them after a rainstorm; if there is one it will be directly opposite the sun. In the meantime, here are 5 you can choose from.

Besides chasing rainbows, I've been busy with work & watching my 2 young granddaughters grow. It's been an interesting, happy summer for me. I'm not quite sure I'm ready for it to end. (I bet that any of you from Australia or other places in the Southern Hemisphere are ready to trade off seasons though. lol)

I never realized that the seasons are opposites in the northern and southern parts of the world until I joined Desktop Nexus. I think that GreenFroggy/Di from Australia was the first person to enlighten me. (I got curious when she was busy uploading Spring wallpapers in the Fall, I think.) That seasonal fact still fascinates me!

For those of you in the USA and Canada who celebrate Labor Day this Monday, I hope you have a great one! As for everyone else on DN, I hear that many of you celebrate Labour Day on May 1st. Don't worry... your turn is coming!

In any case, have a great weekend!

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 7/21/19 at 2:01am

Do you remember where you were and what you were doing when Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon? Did you watch it as it happened on television like I did? Share your memories in the comments on this wallpaper.

Have a great evening!

Elaine

PS. If you are too young to remember the moon landing, congratulations... you are probably in a lot better shape than I am...

Posted by CollieSmile 6/26/19 at 5:37am

Hello everyone,

I've been behind in all things DN, especially visiting around. I've been dealing with everything from a very painful tooth to taking a short 3 day vacation. Unfortunately, I had to take the painful tooth with me! Finally, towards the middle of the 2nd day, the tooth began to calm down as the antibiotics I was taking started to work. When my husband and I drove home on the third day, we felt refreshed and rejuvenated. Sooner or later, I'll be uploading some vacation photos. We stayed in Michigan and went to Mackinaw Island and then to the Soo Locks in the Upper Peninsula.

Something funny happened to me just before we came home. We were eating at an old fashioned diner. After we had hamburgers, we decided to order soft serve Sundaes for dessert. (I was all for anything soft & easy to eat.) When the waitress brought them out, her hand hit my tall glass of ice cubes and water. Ice and water cascaded into my lap and onto the floor. The poor waitress was very dismayed... but I just burst out laughing. I told her not to worry; she had picked the right person to spill ice water on. I had an extra set of clothing in our suitcase. After John and I ate our desserts, he went out and got me a denim skirt and a green tee shirt. I changed out of my soaked clothing in the bathroom, and then we started our drive home.

I took loads of photos while we were on vacation, but all of the walls here are ones I tried to upload before we left. I simply ran out of time. (2 emergency dental appointments just before we left didn't help!)

Anyway, I hope you like these. The "church geese" and the wallpaper with the moon in it were all photographed at my church. The other three photos are ones I took near my home.

Have a great week, everybody. May you experience lots of blue sky and sunshine!

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 4/20/19 at 2:17am

Greetings!

I've been playing with colors...

...keeping my eye out for color loving rabbits...

and being thankful for what Easter is all about.

Have a beautiful & meaningful holiday! And don't eat too many chocolate marshmallow eggs!

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 4/1/19 at 1:48am

Hi Pete,

I did some unexpected & unusual cloud watching the other day. I've got some striped wallpapers to prove it!

Have you ever seen cloud formations like these? If you have, I'd love to know about it. They're sure new to me...

Happy cloud watching... and have a wonderful week!

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 3/17/19 at 7:31pm

Posted by CollieSmile 2/1/19 at 4:39am

Hi Everybody,

I've been a bit out of touch with most of you, because my back decided to go out once again. So up until now I've had to limit my computer time because of back pain. I finally feel better, however, so I'll be able to start spending more time on DN.

Have you ever seen sundogs? I got to see some on January 6th. I couldn't photograph both of them at the same time, or I might have ruined my camera. (I would have had to point it directly at the sun.) I was able to photograph one sundog at a time though, and I've uploaded 3 of my favorite shots.

I hope you will read the description under one of the sun dog walls, especially if you would like to see sundogs in person. Each description gives the best times of day and the best season for spotting them. I like the way they came out in my photos, but everybody should have the joy of seeing them in person. They are more common that you might realize!

There is one more wallpaper description of mine I hope you'll read. The colorful abstract above is a sort of journal entry for me, about the deep polar vortex cold that so many of us in the USA & Canada are experiencing. Michigan residents were asked to do something last night that I'm sure will go into the history books. Hope you read it and add your own comments!

Take care of yourselves everybody, and stay warm!

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 12/30/18 at 4:49am

Guess what? It is almost

It's time to party, celebrate,

and have a

May you have a wonderful year! I'm looking forward to great times one Desktop Nexus. I hope you are too. Thank you for your friendship, now and in the years to come.

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 12/23/18 at 2:24am

Hello Everybody,

Merry Christmas!

So many of you have already posted wonderfully cheery Christmas greetings on my page already... for which I sincerely thank you!

I haven't been able to do any Christmas posting until now because my life has been bananas! Actually, I've been feeling a lot like a banana lately.

As many of you know, I work at a laser engraving shop where my daughter is my boss. (Yes, she's been going nuts too...) What's happened is that we've been bombarded with all kinds of large orders. One company that sends us 4,000 to 6,000 parts to engrave each month decided this was the right month to send us 15,000 parts. This is great for our business, of course, but oh, the timing!

I've been working many extra hours. My eating is rather off kilter; I'm beginning to believe that candy canes are one of the basic food groups. (The canes that haven't made it into my stomach are handed out to customers.) I still don't have my Christmas shopping finished. My Christmas wallpapers never really got finished either. I was hoping to get at least a dozen uploaded. Not anymore... looks like these 5 are going to be it.

Oh well, the rest can wait until next year. I've had a lot of fun with the ones that have made it up, with one exception. (I'm not going to tell you which one it is, but I will tell you that it had me laughing hysterically while my husband rolled his eyes up, because it gave me so much trouble!)

Thank you so much for the love, care, and patience you've shown me over these months. You guys are the greatest, and I'm so glad I know you all!

Christmas Hugs,

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 10/30/18 at 3:14am

Happy Halloween! Don't eat too much candy... save a little for the trick or treaters!

Elaine

(If you don't live in America and your country doesn't observe Halloween, feel free to have some candy anyway!)

Posted by CollieSmile 10/22/18 at 4:04am

Hi Everybody,

I hope you are all doing well, and if you live in the Northern hemisphere, are enjoying beautiful Autumn colors in the trees.

I was finally able to get some wallpapers uploaded today. I usually don't upload 9 at a time... but until today I wasn't able to upload any except for a couple of simple ones on the last day of September. My back and carpal tunnel problems kept me from doing so much that I wanted to do on DN... including visit around! So here are some walls I wanted to upload in September, along with some Autumn ones for this month.

The wallpapers with the men on the utility pole are in them are not the type that I usually upload...I am more into Abstracts and Nature. These men, however, were working in my backyard, and I was very happy to be able to photograph them at work. Here is the story about them in my journal:

https://my.desktopnexus.com/CollieSmile/journal/a-powerfu...

Now that my back and wrists are doing better, I hope I can be on DN more for longer periods of time. See you around DN!

Elaine

Posted by CollieSmile 6/26/18 at 4:50am

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Slott's current wallpaper is now #2323437

Title: Life is good
Category: > Other
Description: Laughing oneself into state of tears should sought as often as possible

11/11/17 at 7:02am

Slott has commented on the profile of CollieSmile:

Hey Elaine how are you, it's been a while I know but I don't get online so much these days, even if I do it's by phone now. Wishing you well, Huggs Pete

11/11/17 at 6:17am

Slott uploaded a new wallpaper.

Title: Life is good
Category: > Other
Description: Laughing oneself into state of tears should sought as often as possible

11/11/17 at 6:11am

Slott uploaded a new wallpaper.

Title: Bottoms up
Category: > Beaches
Description: an unexpected sight

6/10/17 at 4:24pm

Slott commented on the Flowers wallpaper Beautiful Thimble Flowers!.

love this picture, love the flower even more

7/16/16 at 10:14am

Slott's current wallpaper is now #1561801

Title: Shepherd Mom and Pups
Category: > Dogs
Description: None

7/16/16 at 10:09am

Slott has commented on the profile of CollieSmile:

Hi Elaine, hope your well and doing ok, all the best pete

4/1/16 at 3:02pm

Slott uploaded a new wallpaper.

Title: Bideford Bridge with flowers
Category: > Flowers
Description: wild flowers in the evening light..

please leave a comment if you like it

4/1/16 at 2:57pm

Slott uploaded a new wallpaper.

Title: Lovely Fields
Category: > Fields
Description: another field wallpaper located south of Bideford, Devon, UK.

please leave a comment if you like it, thanks.

4/1/16 at 2:51pm

Slott commented on the Cadillac wallpaper Forgotten Caddy .

Nice

2/24/16 at 5:23pm

Slott has commented on the profile of CollieSmile:

Hi ElaineThank you for you 4th July post it's always nice to hear from you. I hope all is well with you my friend. Pete

8/1/15 at 3:34am

Slott has commented on the profile of CollieSmile:

Hi Elaine, Thanks for the Easter post a good solid message of truth and life. I hope all is well with you and your family. I see you have some Irish in you, cool, I worked there for a while, great people and fond memories Pete.

4/9/15 at 7:59pm