I dropped off a couple of overdue books at the Mission Viejo Library the other day and was humbled at the sight of this simple memorial to some of the many fallen veterans of the war in Iraq. I felt such peace as I walked throught the rows of banners. We have peace in this country because of all the devoted service members who have dedicated their lives to this country and our safety. Tonight's the last night to see this memorial. 
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Mike Jones NMLS 223495
Rita: I love the sentiment, the photos, and especially the angle of the photos. What a great job you did with this post. You should join Photography and post it there too.
Mike in Tucson
Nov 16, 2007 01:31 PM
Laguna Hills, CA
Valuation Consultant in Orange County California 949-916-3263
Thanks Bill - it's fun getting to know such an interesting person.
Thank you Mike-as you can see I managed to sort of figure out how to drop the photos into my posts. Next time I'll have to remember to change the image quality in my camera. I keep it on VGA for my appraisal work, otherwise the pdf file appraisals get to big and I can't email them. I'll check out the Photography group. That sounds fun!
Nov 16, 2007 02:29 PM
United Country Countryside Realty - Mount Vernon, MO
Rita, your photos are just great, and what a beautiful memorial. So much more personal and to the heart when you can see the faces of the people who died fighting in our armed forces. Thanks for posting.
Nov 17, 2007 01:17 AM
Laguna Hills, CA
Valuation Consultant in Orange County California 949-916-3263
Thanks for your comment Judith. I just read your activerain homepage and you really made your hometown sound like a great place to live! Take care.
Nov 17, 2007 01:49 PM
Leo Parker Real Estate & Auction - Woodbury, TN
What a beautiful memorial and you captured it so well with your photos! It is nice to see these fallen vets remembered in such a way. My dad lost his younger brother during Vietnam and I have seen first hand how such a loss affects a family. These veterans and families have lost much in order that we may all have the freedoms we enjoy and they should certainly be lifted up for that.
Nov 18, 2007 06:46 AM
Laguna Hills, CA
Valuation Consultant in Orange County California 949-916-3263
Thank you for coming by Melissa. I agree that our service men and women and their families should be honored. As they say "freedom isn't free".
Nov 18, 2007 02:37 PM
SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ
Mike Jones NMLS 223495
Rita,
If you have Photoshop Elements, you can open your file, choose Save For Web, and resize the photos.
If not, you have that neat little Microsoft Paint program. Here's a quick little tutorial just for you.
1. Open the photo in Paint.
2. Choose the Image pull-down menu.
3. Choose Attributes and click on it.
The Attributes window will allow you to resize the photo. You'll have to use a calculator to keep the aspect ratio the same. Paint doesn't have a little box to check to automatically maintain the aspect ratio like Active Rain's "Insert Image" dialog box has under the "Appearance" tab.
4. Resize your image and "save as" to keep the original.
Mike in Tucson
Nov 26, 2007 07:58 PM
Fariss Appraisal Services - Bakersfield, CA
Appraiser - Bakersfield, CA
Great post, Rita. Do you know if this memorial is touring around the state?
Nov 29, 2007 11:39 PM
Homesmart International Tucson,AZ - Benson, AZ
Great Tribute to our Fighters,
Thanks Rita.
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