Music

I would never have spent the extra money for a radio this fancy, 

but it's how the FIT Sport is configured.

It has a USB plug in the upper glove compartment 
(there are 2 glove compartments)

and the radio will play music files ripped from cd's to a thumb drive!

Saves wear and tear on the cd's 
and I can put lots of my favorite cd's on one thumb drive.  :=)

Frosted

It was REALLY cold last night and this back window was frosted.

I couldn't resist cropping a bit of the center.

Taken with the Nikon Coolpix P100 in Aperture priority mode with manual focus.

Two

Two deer in the back yard.

I'm gonna love thiis camera!

Nikon Coolpix P100

Using an automatic setting at full optical zoom -- taken outside this time.

It's so lightweight that I'll probably use a tripod to hold it still.

This time I held the camera out holding the camera strap tight and leaning on a wall for stability.

No cropping necessary!

The letter "N" - New camera

I finally gave in to temptation and bought a Nikon Coolpix P100.  It arrived Thursday and I'm just learning how to use it.  This is a macro shot of a small cookie -- out of the camera but reduced in size.  I guess I should use a tripod to reduce the shakiness.

And I tried the zoom to see if it really is as great as they say.  This is looking into the back yard from my back porch -- about 200 feet away I'd guess -- through a closed (and dirty and slightly steamed up) window.  Again basically resized for the blog.  I think I'm impressed with the zoom, but I'll have to try it outside when it isn't so horribly cold!

And I found how to do manual focus.
First icicle shot is in automatic mode with auto focus.
Second shot is in Aperture priority mode with manual focus.

Not ready to give up the Canon yet, but the zoom and the light weight make the P100 a winner so far.
We'll see how it works with burst mode and birds in flight.

Faceless portrait

I tried taking some photographs of myself with arm outstretched --

trying to catch the snow on my coat, not my face.

This is the best I could do and I cropped it, too.

And looking down...

The snow wasn't up to my knees in the driveway because my snowplow guy had been out early in the morning.  But it covered my boots.
Walking out to fill the birdfeeder was like wading through 8-10 inches of white mud!

Cold

It sure is cold outside -- and the snow is piling up pretty fast!

My snowplow guy shoveled the walk before 7 this morning,

then I shoveled a light fluffy heap at around 10,

and when my neighbor knocked on my door at about 11 there was another 2 inches out there!

I suppose I could have changed this to black and white,
but I like the hint of dark green in the evergreens.

The letter "I"

This block of Ice fell off my roof and didn't quite finish melting in the recent thaw.

It looks like a transparent critter oozing its way across my deck...

Taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ18

Vehicle

Well, I leased a new car -- a Honda Fit Sport.  My old Toyota served me well for 16 years but it was costing me too much money to keep it running.

And I've already heard all the smart remarks "where's wind-up key" and "do we have to pull it back to get it to start running forward".  My son-in-law is a smart aleck!