Learning curve...

Today, we changed Pookey's bandage.

And I am happy to report that his incision looked fabulous!

However, because this is a family-friendly blog, and graphic photos of incisions and sutures are not universally suitable for the under-18 crowd, I decided to substitute a 'pretty' picture for a more scientific one.

While searching for a 'pretty' picture I came across this head shot of Pookey Bear, in which his head looked just fine, and part of the background looked great, being naturally blacked out already, just like in those lovely TB track photos. But since this is not Hialeah, unfortunately there was a good bit of distracting debris in the background: a ladder, some old dog crates, a few gas cans, an oxygen tank, a couple of hay bales (Put away the extinguishers, boys! No fire danger here!) and at least half a dozen half-empty range cube, Equine Senior, and old fertilizer sacks.

So I gleefully imported the picture into Photoshop, where I have worked on it for the better part of the afternoon. Well, in between runs to WalMart, holding patients for The Boss, and doing laundry, that is.

I am very happy with the result! Except that I cannot quite get the line on the far side of his face smooth. When other people do these, the result looks natural. Mine looks like the poor horse's face has been gnawed on by grasshoppers.

There must be a learning curve!