Forehead/Wall

*thump* *thump* *thump*

You may recall that sometime last fall my beloved Nikon CoolPix froze up on me just when I wanted to take a photo of a stunning rising autumn full moon... Subsequent tries resulted in the same "Lens Error".

So I bought an SLR. (Oi, vey.)

I finally tracked down the info I needed to ship the CoolPix back to Nikon for repair.

Form filled out and ready to submit? Check. Packaging material? Check. Parcel pick up? Check.

Then there was that stray thought... "What if?" What if I send this in and they find nothing wrong with it? I haven't checked it in awhile; maybe this time it will work. (I still believe in magic.) Let me try the camera just one more time to make sure...

*whirrr* Green light: okay to shoot.

Huh?

*whirr* Green light: okay to shoot.

What?!

*whirr* Green light: okay to shoot.
*whirr* Green light: okay to shoot.
*whirr* Green light: okay to shoot.

AUGGGHHHH!

Well, at least I checked it one last time before sending it in only to risk being told there was nothing wrong with it. And I really do like the SLR.

But still... Forehead/wall. *thump* *thump* *thump*

FAVORITE COLOR REVISITED

Some time ago I mentioned that my first and long-time favorite color was blue.


Erm, yes. This color. Bright, brilliant, electric blue...








Peacock blue, to be precise.

*tee-hee-hee-hee-heeeee*

DID I REALLY WANT TO KNOW...?

For those of you who didn't know, Google provides its Blogspot bloggers with access to their blog statistics--the who, how, why, what, where of the blogosphere. (Anyone can use the service, actually: you just add a tracking code to your website, courtesy of Google Analytics.) It's all quite interesting, being able to see where my readers are, what browser they are using, when they stopped by, how long they stay on my blog (on average), what they read while here, how they found me in the first place--oh, yes, Big Brother is watching! (Your computer habits, at least.)

Many thanks to Recylced Photons for the free advertising, and welcome to any visitors from there who have stopped in and stayed!

But how on earth did links to my blog show up on a movie review website and on this other website whose purpose I have yet to unravel...?

Thank you for the nod. I think. My apologies if you didn't find what you were looking for when you dropped in. Not my fault, those links.

If nothing else, those visitors are helping color in my blog's world map!

LIKIN' LICHEN

Pick your precipitation: snow, sleet, rain? How about some fog for good measure, as the rain (and close to 50° temps) disposes of what was left of the last snow? Don't worry: if you don't like it, it will change in a day or two. It was mild enough on Tuesday that I puttered around in the drizzle for a bit (sans camera). Took me until that evening to realize it was so pleasant because there was no wind...!


Is this really an improvement over all of that snow? Hmm…


At least the neighbor won't have to plow me out (again)!


Not so lovely next door as it was last week.


The moisture and warmer temps, while making a mess of the leftover snow, brought out a wash of green in the bare trees, even in January.


Looking closer, we find lichen. Lots of lichen. I believe I mentioned it earlier, and how much it likes our climate and habitat hereabouts.


I'm really liking the lichen…


And the lichen is loving this weather!


Really loving it.



[Why on earth do I know "celadon" as a color of green? It's a pottery glaze; I'm not all that into pottery. And it wasn't a Crayola color--I checked. The lichen is almost a celadon. Maybe mixed with sea foam? Sorry, it's a girl thing. My guess is that biologically it didn't much matter what color the deer/mastodon/whatever was so long as it could be killed and eaten, so men never really developed the eyes to see or mind to care what color dinner was. Women, being more gather-and-grow oriented, really like our colors. Lots of colors. With lots of names.]