Wiki-wha?

Anyone who really knows me, knows that I am the "Photo Shop" queen (actually, Paint Shop Pro, to be exact). Sometimes, I literally won't let a guest leave until I have spruced up the pictures we've taken. It is a sickness. It is the "Monica" in me. I can't help it. I once "cloned" over 50 tourists out of a picture of hubby and me on the Spanish Steps in Rome, just because I wanted the picture to look more like Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday. (I'm not saying I'm an Audrey, I'm saying I'm a Monica.) Anyway, I'm just saying.

On a related note, I've been thinking seriously of copyrighting my images lately. I've got lots of nice pictures and it would be a shame if someone took them and claimed ownership. (None of us are without blame, I'm just saying it happens and many times inadvertently. I've done my share of google imaging myself.) So any thoughts on this? I was thinking of some demure little symbol at the bottom corner or something along those lines...

Now to the heart of the matter, imagine my surprise to see that my photoshopping is famous! Of course, I never signed it or placed ownership of any kind - in fact, I didn't even take the picture. I just spent two hours photoshopping fixer out of it and adding faint touches of hues (Did you notice the blues and pinks? Please say ya did! That took lots of time!). And I am not upset, either, about this being here. I don't want to give that impression. In fact, I am flattered. These pictures turned out really good-looking and it is nice to see that other people like them too. And, this also means that someone has taken the time to really look through the website I designed for the library (because the images aren't "google-image" searchable). So, I guess "all's well that ends well" or something. But it does make you think, huh? The world-wide web is just that - open to all the world (and the world is wide).