Simple Request

We didn’t get Emily and Keiran this Christmas, but they did stop by for a few minutes on Tuesday.

I just wanted a nice family picture.  Virginia suggested we try Chat GPT.  So, Tuesday I took Keiran and Emily’s picture.

Then Christmas Day I took a photo of the rest of us.  Then I asked Chat GPT to merger the two.

From a distance it doesn’t look bad.  But zooming in, AI changes how we looked and our expressions. I asked again, specifying no facial changes.

How many mistakes can you count?  

Next, Virginia tried.  Now Emily and Keiran are squatting for some odd reason.

Her second try magically produced Keiran’s brother, Cord.  

Last try, Virginia went to the professional, her friend Jordan.  With her premium subscription to Canva, she was able to do what AI could not, give me a decent family picture.  

Thank you Jordan, you’re the best!

 

25 Days Of Christmas, Day 8

I had a surprise delivery today. 

What could it be?  It was in a very "Fancy" box.  

Was it something for Kit Kat?

No, it was something for me!

Last month I got a notice on my Purina app that they were going to give away a Christmas ornament.  It said when the give a way started that it would sell out quickly.  I wrote myself a note to make sure I would log on and register in time.  Of course it was a day when I was at work.  But I was able to get in and here it is.  I love it.  It was from Fancy Feast. 

Maybe I should put it back in the box.  I just saw where they are selling on eBay for $100.  

2nd update, I have been reading on the Purina Fancy Feast's facebook all the complaints about people not being able to get the ornament from the app.  Apparently, people have been collecting Fancy Feast ornaments since the 80's.  Who knew?

Learning Curve

The weather was beautiful yesterday for our fall calving herd work.  

I had had another farmercising episode on Tuesday to help Joe get the cows into position to be able to get them up today.  But I was recovered and ready to go again. 

Fortunately, we had Mike to help yesterday so that really cut down on my workload.  

The cows worked well, through the chute for one shot and some dewormer.  Then it was time for the calves.  They got one shot, an ear notch and the bulls got castrated.  My job was to give the shot.  During my down time I remembered that I had downloaded a scale app on my phone.  It is suppose to "weigh" the cattle.  I tried it out without reading any instructions and decided there was a bit of a learning 

It seemed pretty self explanatory, get a side view in the frame and it gives a weight.  But the weight ranges varied wildly.  

This same calf went from 164 to 331.  It pretty much did that on everything.  You would have to have a good idea of what they are suppose to weigh for it to really help much.  

There was a feature where you would chose cow frame size and number in the pen and it would calculate the pen weight after you snapped however many you put in.  I was going to try that but apparently, there was a limit to the free time I had without signing up and paying a monthly $34.99 or yearly $349 fee.  I decided that this isn't an app for me.  

Back  to the calves, Mike and Joe had them worked without incident, 

and the calves back out with the cows.  And we got to go to the Dutch Pantry for lunch.