Thanks for the compliments, all ! I am a media arts student, and one of my classes, about 1 1/2 years ago, was intro to Photoshop. I got a copy of the program, and I use it for about 4-5 hours a day (its summer vacation time !).
John P - You have to use care when taking photos out a window. Use the manual focus, set to infinity (if you have one) Don't use the flash (reflections from the glass). The auto-focus will usually set itself to the distance of the glass. Put the camera as close to the window as possible. I just point my camera up at interesting-looking cloud formations.
The 3 semesters of photo I took were the biggest source of info I could have had.
I'm glad that you like them, as I am compelled to do them at every oppourtunity I get. I'll try to post another today (I'm working on it now _ its my birthday today, so I don't want to do too much "work" !) Thanks, Pix.