The picnic is over

Time to pack up the basket and picnic rug - I just learnt that Picnik the photo editing site is closing, being absorbed/taken over by the giant Google. As they are stating 'the ants have invaded!'
So no more 'cueing birdsongs...picking blackberries...fluffing clouds...blooming blossoms'.
Picnik allowed you to upload photographs and add artistic effects, touch-ups, frames etc for scrapbooks, collages etc. It linked with sites like Flickr, Picasa & Photobucket.
Picnik started back in 2005, and though they joined the Google juggernaut in March 2010, they remained a separate site & presence. And now from April they will disappear into Google+