Ha ha ha!Very funny,Dough!!!Ooops....Doug. LOL. ;^P But in all seriousness,thank you Doug,and Tom.Your opinions are invaluable to me. Sooooo,the consensus is... #1-A goner.Tooooooo booooooooring!And funky stuff to boot!LOL. #2-The sky needs fixing,but most like it. #3-Good to go.Yay for me!Score one.Lol. #4-Color vs. b/w...and if color,maybe a diff crop?...I guess the jury is still out on this 'un. #5-Another a good one...BUT the 'drop' could use 'a drop' more.LOL.Which I think I may actually have...fortunately... and #6-Pretty much a no-go on the gallery.That's okay.I really only did it for fun.It's not often I do self-portraits,so I thought I'd give it a shot.I guess it's time to give up smoking,huh?LOL. And again...thanks to all of you.It's great to get this feedback.I wish I'd done it sooner!Yay for the forum...and yay for all of you guys as well. Have a great night/new day! -Marlene :^)

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