This is an extremely hard decision! I feel like a kid in a candy shop, wanting to choose them all. :deep sigh: ********************* 1) anniemation Not just because I have a weakness for space, but this also has a sense of aiming for a goal, and thereby being placed among the stars. 2) gunsan Delicate and etherial and mysterious... just lovely. 3) solrac_gi_2nd Immaculate composition, perfect exposure (of a difficult subject), clean and elegant presentation. ******************* It hurts to only get 3 choices, since I emphasize with chohole's kitty (mine is no help at all when the trimmings and ornaments come out), netsia's story touched my heart (my own experience of hypothermia wasn't quite as inspiring), and I got a giggle out of both the snowmen and the holly. :sigh: Even chainedpoet's first attemmpt at lighting is gentle and sweet. Carolly