Foomph,
I had noticed that "sharpen" box before, but disregarded it...

I touched them a "touch" in LR, and almost always lay off the
"sharpening" button; they are very sharp on screen from my files,
but lost a step during Irfanview, I guess. I find if I pull my pics
from Flickr or Photobucket, they lose less, fwiw.

I will try that aspect of IrfanView in future, but the orig pics in this
post will have to do for awhile...

Thanks to all recent posters for your kind remarks. She is like a
good looking older woman, to me.
BR, mD