Fun with AI

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I was playing around this morning and uploaded a photo of Chris and me to ChatGPT.

Cat Chris and Chuck profile photo

I typed, “Can you recreate this image as a formal portrait painting in high resolution?”

It gave me this, although it ignored the high-resolution part.

I then said, “Now, recreate the uploaded photo as a 18th century formal painting,” and got this.

It then said:

If you’d like, I can also:

🎨 Turn it into other historical styles (e.g., Renaissance, Victorian, Impressionist, or Baroque)
🖼️ Create a museum-style framed version
📜 Make it look like an aged canvas hanging in a palace gallery
🐱 Or even create a matching portrait of just the cat (which could be fun if that’s Frankie!)

I said, “Yes, create a museum-style framed version.” I then told it that was me and Chris and mentioned when Chris died.

I wasn’t happy with my hair, so I asked to have it combed neater.

I then asked it to remove the picture from the wall and crop it so the entire frame was visible, but it said I reached the free limit for chats with attachments. Oh, well.

My Newest Book: Lifeline

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My newest book, Lifeline, is out today. This book is a science fiction thriller with elements of romance.

The story is split into two sections, a before and an after. The official blurb describes the before.

James and Mary have loved each other across ninety-nine lifetimes. Each time, they find one another, live, love, and die, only to repeat the cycle as different people in different parts of the world. Each life begins on the same date and never lasts past their eighty-second year.

Never during their many lifetimes have they found a shred of evidence for what has been happening to them, but now, on their hundredth life together, something is different. A mysterious entity has spoken to them, warning them to prepare for what’s coming. Their next life will be unlike any before, and it could end before it begins.

I started this book in 2023 after I finished The Last Healer but soon gave up on it. I started and stopped three more times before finally finishing it. As always, I need reviews. If you are interested, you can find it here. If you want to read more about the book, check out my personal blog here.

I did not enroll this book into Amazon’s KDP Select program so I can’t offer it for free, but I decided to offer the three books that are eligible for free: Bad cat Chris, Last Seen, and Repeat. The first two are about cats. Repeat has no cats, but it is a short read with a twist at the end. If any of these books interest you, they will be free today only or, if you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read them for free anytime. Any review you give will be appreciated.

Visiting Old Cat Friends… and Humans, Too

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Some of you may remember I used to work for an aquarium maintenance service that was run out the garage of my boss’s home. I would show up early in the morning and spend time preparing for the day’s work. Mr. Bill hung out with me in the garage and we became quite close. I had to quit when we moved to the other side of Tampa Bay.

We drove to Clearwater yesterday to visit Bill, Sampson, and Delila, and of course the humans who live with them. Unfortunately, their dog Buster is no longer with us. My former boss also sold her business and retired.

Bill is almost 18 years old so I was happy to see he is still doing well. I think he still remembered me and I spent a fair amount of time petting him.

Sampson and Delila, both around 8, and brother and sister, were also doing well. Sampson came to me for pets, but Delila wasn’t interested so I didn’t get her photo.

We had a good time visiting everyone and look forward to our next visit.

Cats and Guests

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We had a couple of guests over for dinner yesterday evening. Before eating we sat on the catio and had some wine and cheese. Of course, Frankie and Floki were both interested in what we were doing.

They were pretty well behaved most of the evening but after I cleared most of the dinner plates from the table, Frankie jumped on it. He seemed interested in getting pets from our two guests and had to maneuver around wine glasses to do it. I watched from the kitchen and laughed as Rose attempted to get Frankie off the table, first by yelling at him, which he ignored, and then by trying to move him physically, which he resisted with all his strength.

In the end, Frankie came out on top in the “who’s the boss” competition.

Photo Friday: It’s My Turn

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I don’t know how it happened, but the bag we used when we went to the pool on Wednesday ended up on the coffee table on Thursday. Since it didn’t belong there, naturally a cat needed to lie on it.

I didn’t notice at the time, but the late afternoon sun is lighting Frankie’s face.

When Floki saw Frankie sleeping on the bag, he hopped up on the coffee table to wait his turn.

Shortly after I took this photo, Floki had enough of waiting and started a scuffle.