Caturday Art - Tired of Waiting.

I am joining Athena the Cat Goddess for Caturday Art again this week.

I had a few pictures ready for Caturday Art, but after a major freeze on my computer, and then having to force it into shutdown when it had stayed like that for a few hours, it refused to reboot properly. I know you should never force a shutdown but I couldn't find any other way to do it.
I tried everything but nothing worked. In the end I attempted to save all my files to discs so I could re-install Windows to factory condition.
After 5 discs I thought it was looking a bit familiar, so watched one downloading right through, and sure enough, each disc was downloading the same files instead of continuing on.

I have all of my photos and important documents (except for January, which may be on my internet security back up) saved on my external hard drive so decided risking a reinstall without backing up first.

It seems to have worked although I have lost some very recent photos and documents including all of my Caturday Art ones.
It is the first time I have done anything major on the computer and took about 7 hours, so I am feeling quite pleased with myself that I have got it running again.

This is the original and was taken in 2008. Both boys liked to join me at the computer and would often be there waiting for me.

As usual I have used Lunapic. I started with Landscape at 50% then added Illusion at 50% followed by Sunshine at 20%.
I didn't really like it, but didn't want to just delete it so....

I added Floating at 25% which toned it down a little and gave it a 3D bricks border at 30 width. I am still not sure that I like it. I should probably have scrapped it and started over.

I prefer more toned down colours so was more pleased with this one. I used Lunapic again and added Psychedelic at 55%, then Quirky at 45%, then Scribble at 45% to tone the colour down a bit and finished with a canvas border at 60 width.