Touched up versus the real thing

So Lydia commented to me in a very loving way that she does not think that my paint shop touch-ups are very good and that she finds it very obvious that they are altered.

I say, don't you remember that it was ME that went to one year of art school? What is your artistic background Mrs. Eshelman?

I thought that I would let my faithful readers be the judge of my abilities. Should I begin to include the altered pictures on the weblog, or should I stick with the unadulterated pictures?

Here is a sample of my work...who can tell, right?