thanks everyone. i am quite fond of this little photo so it makes me happy to know that a few others like it as well.
dan, i am frustrated regarding the color in lith prints issue. i RARELY get any color in any paper save for the old forte paper which i am now completely out of...other folks seem to get color in everything they use (or maybe that is just what i am seeing due to my frustrations). so, considering this, i have settled for the look i get with the fomabrom. sometimes, it even looks like a pencil drawing or etching, as in the gourd pics..