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Photos for the 2021 Pet Calendar – Due Nov 1

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Hey everybody,

It’s time to get your pet photos in for this year’s calendar, if you haven’t already!

You know you won’t be able to focus on much after Monday, right?  Let’s get ’em in.

All the details are in this earlier post.

Calendar lists #1, #2, and #3 in the sidebar have been updated.

We’re having two calendars this year so each pet photo gets more space.

Cost is $25 per calendar, but if you buy Calendar A and Calendar B together, it’s only $45 for the set.

Calendars will be available for order on Dec 1.

I’ll be around if anyone has questions.

Open Thread, 60 Minutes, I Will Vote Concert

Plus we’re offering 12 months of wallpaper this year – for phones, tablets and computers.
Something on the order of this, only with BJ pet photos instead of yarn.

Photos for the 2021 Pet Calendar – Due Nov 1
Example from Knitpicks.

Does $10 seem like a fair price for that?
That’s about how much we make off each calendars for the pet charity.

Open thread.

 

 

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    I hope you are all text banking or phone banking to get out the vote, otherwise i might have to wonder whether anyone cares about the calendar.

  2. 2.

    Fair Economist

    So, I’m on the low resolution list but every pic I sent was over 1 megapixel (1.1 to 5.8 IIRC).

  4. 4.

    Sab

    So, I am not often in touch with my email. Have good pictures for four of the five. E mail them to you?

  7. 7.

    WaterGirl

    @WereBear: I did the math.  :-)

    If everyone sends in the pet photos they committed to sending – 336 photos – we would be at 28 pet pics per page, so everyone would really be super tiny.

    This way Beth will have more flexibility in the design, also.  With nearly 30 on a page, there’s only so much you can do.

  8. 8.

    Sab

    @WaterGirl: Yes . I will contact my e-mail. There was an attachment I did not know how to communicate with. I will let you know if that was the problem.

  10. 10.

    WaterGirl

    @Sab: Not trying to be dense.  Yes, you need me to send the link again, or yes you already have it?  :-)

    edit: Not sure what this means: “There was an attachment I did not know how to communicate with.”

    Whatever it is, I’m sure we can get it figured out.

  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    @WaterGirl:

    I shamefacedly admit that I am not involved in phone banking or text banking for Biden, and that the thought of paying well over RM100 for a calendar (not including shipping from USA) is daunting, even if the money is going to a good cause.

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    @Amir Khalid: Then maybe you want the wallpaper for your electronic device?  Just $10 for a new BJ pet wallpaper every month, and every penny goes to the pet rescue.

    No overhead!  :-)  Also no pressure, it’s fine if you don’t want anything.  We still have your site and your good nature.

  13. 13.

    Sab

    @WaterGirl: I did not know how to contact it. Stupid but that was what it was. I am on an extremely primative android flip phone. In my email on spectrum I got the the little paper clip symbol indicating an attachment and I did not know how to connect.

    ETA: Nobody could be denser than me on connecting with the internet.

    Except my 96 year old dad who doesn’t even know there is an internet. He just wants to know where the fuck his kids are.

  18. 18.

    TomatoQueen

    I struggle with taking pics and doing other stuff requiring fine motor control because of a tremor in my dominant hand. Merlin goes “hahaha” and ZOOMS off anyway. Is it even remotely kosher to request that his pic this year be the same as last year?

  20. 20.

    Juju

    @WaterGirl:  I would like the rainbow changed to the heart since Heidi was my little sweetheart.  I appreciate the commiserations. It has been a rough few days.

  23. 23.

    daize

    Hi, WG —

    Thank you for all of your hard work on this project.  I’m sorry I didn’t notice your email about resolution.  Will try to send better versions.

  26. 26.

    WaterGirl

    @daize: Boots, Otis, Oyster and Seamus are good.  The other photos need to be higher resolution or they will need to be very small in the calendar so they aren’t blurry.

  27. 27.

    WaterGirl

    @Juju: Heidi has been changed to a heart.  I am so sorry.

    I am teary already today because I have a 90-year-old friend who is suddenly failing, and having to move out of her house.

    I could only drive over and talk to her from the lawn while she stood in the doorway, and she couldn’t really hear me because her hearing isn’t good.  She was essentially saying goodbye to me because she thinks she won’t be here much longer.

    Multiply that by 1 few million, and that’s life for a lot of people right now.

  28. 28.

    daize

    Just a quick followup – not sure I have better resolutions of some of the photos.  Will keep looking. And I will def order a calendar and donate $25.  Thank you again.

  29. 29.

    WaterGirl

    @TomatoQueen: That would be perfectly fine.  I don’t know if Beth keeps the photos after the calendar is complete.

    Would you be able to send the photo again, or should I check with Beth first?  I think you’re recovering from surgery, right?

  33. 33.

    Mary G

    Just finished texting to Georgia and l am going to spend the afternoon trying to take photos. They may be of sleeping cats, though I am going to try the can opener and tuna

    ETA: I have phone photos but they are low res, will try the camera.

  34. 34.

    CaseyL

    I tried to do phonebanking.  It’s too high tech – juggling phone and computer, using an interactive script which bounces between subsidiary screens – and the organization wants you to keep your camera on while you’re doing it.

    I wanted to do textbanking.  They’re full up and don’t need anymore.

    (This was for WisDems and the Pennsylvania outreach.  If you know of any others, I’m all ears.)

  38. 38.

    Juju

    @WaterGirl: My mom is 87 and I am her caretaker. I dread the day when she feels like your friend. I will think good thoughts for your friend, and hope for the best for her.  Your friend may not have heard everything you said, but she knew why you were there and that’s all that matters.

  39. 39.

    WaterGirl

    @Juju: She told me she has really enjoyed our friendship, that she was sorry she had never finished teaching me to crochet, and that when her daughter returns from Michigan that she will go through all her *handkerchiefs and give me the rest.

    She suddenly doesn’t really want to eat much or drink much, so I know she is dehydrated and is surely malnourished.

    From her perspective, it was definitely goodbye.  I hope your mom stays well for a long time.

    (She knows I like handkerchiefs and often gives me one as part of my Christmas or birthday gift.)

  40. 40.

    Juju

    @WaterGirl:  I have some beautiful handkerchiefs that one of my grandmothers made for me, including the lace on the handkerchief. She tried teaching me how to tat when I was seven, but that was a bit beyond me at that age, since tatting is hard. I also have a few pillowcases that she made for me with embroidery and lace she made. My other grandmother crocheted and she used to make clothes for my Barbie right on the doll. It was the neatest thing to watch.  When my grandma gave me the handkerchiefs I wasn’t sure what they were because I grew up with tissue. I couldn’t believe that people actually blew their noses into such a beautiful thing and then put it in their pocket. She called me a ninny. I still have the handkerchiefs in the box they came in in a safe place.

  41. 41.

    Zelma

    There is a slight possibility that I succeeded in uploading my pet picture as instructed.  If so, it would be a great accomplishment as my technical skills atrophied when I retired 13 years ago.  Even should I have failed, I still want a pet calendar.

    I also have a picture of the feral cat who ambled into my house two weeks ago and has remained under the bed in my guest room ever since.  However, it is by no means clear that he wants to be a member of the family.  Any advice as to how I can lure him out would be appreciated.

  42. 42.

    Villago Delenda Est

    As I mentioned in the #1 thread, my kitty should be labeled “Mocha” without all the stylings and stuff, although if there’s room, by all means make it “Her Serene Highness, Princess Mocha”.  If that’s too long a string, just cut back to Mocha.

  43. 43.

    TomatoQueen

    @WaterGirl: I have two pics of Merlin from last year, taken by Edith and Laura Too. They live both as gmail attachments and I’ve just downloaded copies to this hard drive. I’m recovering from major surgery yes & pleased to report I am off that damned and damnable oxycodone/contin tilt-a-whirl so recovering equilibrium.

  45. 45.

    WaterGirl

    @Zelma: You can add a photo for your new kitty, if you want.  Just upload it like you did Bandit’s.  Successfully, I might add.  :-)

    edit: kitties come out when they are ready.  but maybe WereBear has a better suggestion.

  47. 47.

    WaterGirl

    @TomatoQueen: Nice!  Send me an email message and I’ll send you the upload link.

    Or, since you just had surgery, you get the special dispensation from the pop and you can just send the photos as email attachments if that is easier for you.

  48. 48.

    InternetDragons

    It looks like everything is in order for my picture. I just wanted to thank you for providing such an effortless upload method.

     

    I didn’t realize you were snake phobic, so I hope I didn’t cause you stress. Next year I will be sure to let you know in advance that I am submitting photos of my scaly pets so that you can have someone else check them for correct resolution, etc.

  49. 49.

    WaterGirl

    @InternetDragons: You are most welcome!

    Not to worry about the snake, you had warned me (without realizing it) when you said snakes don’t get enough love, or whatever it was that you said.

    So I didn’t look at your photos :-) and Beth though the snake from last year’s calendar was adorable, so you won’t cause her any stress at all.  :-)

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