I want to start this post by stating loud and clear that I have never seen a zebra. I’m not sure I would ever even want to see a zebra. A zebra running free is just plain scary to me. Mom told me that a group of 4 zebras escaped from a trailer in Washington state. Three of them were quickly captured and returned to their trailer, but one continued to run free for 5 more days. That zebra became a folk hero to people in the area. Just like Bernie Sanders sitting with his mittens, her picture was added to memes. She appeared on ferry boats, at bars and restaurants, and seeing the sights in Seattle.
Mom thought that she would take the picture of me sitting on the large dog, and replace the dog with the zebra. That is when she realized that she remembered the concepts of using Photoshop to do that, but since she rarely used the program after she stopped teaching, she had forgotten the steps. She did a sloppy job of removing the dog and an okay job of isolating the zebra, but her efforts to combine them were a disaster. It is a good thing that she is no longer teaching this class! I would not let her share the picture where she removed the dog. This version is embarrassing enough! I think she need to stick with just writing her novels.
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