President’s Day

Monday, February 20

President’s Day is one of those holidays that often goes unnoticed, except for all of the sales ads one might see in newspapers and on TV.

At my company, President’s Day is a floating holiday.  What that means is that I can either take today off, or I can ‘save’ the day to boost my available vacation days when I really need it.  I’ve opted to do the latter and plan to use my ‘free’ day when we go on our spring trip with the Phaeton.

Even though I am working — I have a big project on my plate — I do want to recognize this holiday.  In some ways, President’s Day is intended to honor all US presidents (let’s not get into politics here), but in particular, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln — one the father of our country; the other the man who reshaped our country.

Notes:

• The background image is a screenshot from Madame Tussaud’s President’s Gallery website; the images of Lincoln and Washington are from the public domain.
• I created the collage with PhotoTangler, an app Kate mentioned in her blog this morning — thanks for the tip, Kate.  I downloaded the Mac app for the grand price of $1.99; there is a Windows/PC version as well.
• The special effects are compliments of Picasa; the final processing was done in Lightroom.
• And lest you think it took a lot of effort to create this collage; it didn’t.  Finding the photos was the most time consuming part; the rest was a piece of cake.