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Here's one of the shots I took yesterday while I was playing with my new camera.  I played around a little bit with the color and saturation. 

I got called in to work today, so that kept me from doing anything at home.  I took me twice as long to drive home tonight as it should.  My car had two inches of snow on it when I walked out to the parking lot.  At least it was light and fluffy and didn't have any ice under it.  The four-lane still had one open lane, but the secondary roads where completely snow packed.  It was still snowing but not blowing, and it was warmer than it was when I left this morning. I can't tell if it is still snowing or not.  I want to go out and get some snow photos tomorrow. 

My mother by candlelight.  I lit a candle this afternoon while I was working on the computer.  Tonight while I was watching the Orange Bowl game, I remember that the candle was still burning.  So it was back up the ladder to the loft, but before I blew it out, I took a few pictures.  My mother was born in 1916.  I think this was either her high school or her college graduation photo.  It isn't dated.  Either way, it has a few years on it. 

I had posted some time ago that I wanted to get some shots of hats at Wal-Mart.  I finally had a chance on Sunday to take a few.  This shot is fairly typical, especially the stocking cap. 

 

Not sure what is going on with this hat.  Do you think the shape in the back is so it doesn't hit the headrest in his vehicle? 

 

I know I have some bad hair days, so I try not to be too critical, but this one is in serious need to a major makeover.

I did find my camera manual for my new camera today, and so far I have fixed the day/date setting.  I've also played around with it here while these photos were downloading.  Sorry!  You'll have to wait until tomorrow to see if I got any good ones! 

It was a bit warmer here today, and the sun was shining.  I was even tempted to put on my boots and got out and walk around with my camera.  I got some new gloves for Christmas that turn back so you can use your fingers.  Maybe I'll get out there tomorrow before the next snow comes in! 

I made creamed tuna again for lunch today.  Yum.  I had some leftover grits, so I warmed those up, but that wasn't a good combination.  I should have made brown rice instead. Now I need to go work on dinner.  I'm going to try meatloaf again.  I also have some broccoli that needs to be used, and some spinach and some mushrooms.  Wonder what I will come up with?

 

 

We had a grand time at our holiday party today.  I'm glad we make the effort to get out in the cold and drive over there.  I didn't take as many photos as I thought I would.  This is one of my favorites.  It was taken with my Canon PowerShot A540 in nightime mode with the flash turned off. 

 

 

There was only one baby at the party today, but he was a cute one.  I can't resist sleeping babies.  This is with my new camera, and once again, poor quality.  I'm going to have to put my new one away until I have time to sit down with the manual and figure out what I am doing wrong.  The pictures look good on my computer, and a couple that I took earlier that didn't upload well to Vox printed just fine.  Looked good.  So what's going on here?  I may just have to stick to shot with my old camera when I want to upload to Vox, but all my shots from Wal-Mart with my new camera upload just fine.  I'm going to take it with me tomorrow and take a picture of something just to see what happens. 

I hope things are slow at work tomorrow.  I'm ready for an easy day! 

I was trying to take photos of the moon last night from inside the house with some interesting results. 

 

Does this look like a full moon to you?  I can't figure out what the shape is in  the lower right hand corner. 

 

I had reduced the number of pixels to distort the photo, then saved the distorted view.  Then I increased the number of pixels to get a larger photo.  The image in the right hand corner almost looks like a self portrait, but if it was, where is the camera?  Anyway, it is pretty weird. 

 

This looks like black and white icicles, doesn't it?  Enough weird stuff for today.  I need to get ready to go to our party.  I made some lemon bars, but I accidentally put in twice as much salt as the recipe called for, so I'm not sure if they will be edible.  Oh, well.  I tried! 

But first, a photo from the Wednesday before Christmas that I forgot to post earlier.  The rain was blowing in from the east, which it rarely does.  It was running down the glass of the window, and the window screen.  From across the room, it looked like ice.  This is both cropped and resized. 

We had 10 degrees this morning, our coldest day so far this winter.  The sun was shining most of the morning, but gave way to clouds this afternoon.  Never did warm up very much. 

We watched three of our grandkids last night so their parents could enjoy a night out at a concert.  They were fine until it was time to go to bed, then they wanted to be home.  After three stories, I managed to get them all asleep in my bed.  Needless to say, I didn't sleep very well.  The first thing I did after they went home was take a nap!

Haven't accomplished much the rest of the day, but that is okay.  I need a little down time.  We are invited to a party tomorrow.  Hope I feel better than I do tonight.  We are going by ourselves so we can always come home as early as we want to. 

The plot thickens with my camera issues.  The Christmas picture that I like so well was taken with my new camera.  I thought it was taken with my old one, but I looked it up tonight.  It was set on Auto mode with the flash turned off. 

Think I'll go watch some football, then go to bed early.  Toodles!

 

Okay.  Here's the test.  This shot was taken this morning with my new camera.  No editing except format to make it smaller.  The top of the shot isn't too bad, but the bottom is all fuzzy. 

 

Exact same shot with my old camera.  Bottom of shot still isn't very good.  Hmmm. 

We woke up to a couple more inches of snow this morning.  We left early for our errands for the day so we wouldn't have to drive fast.  First 10 miles of road had be bladed, but still had a lot of snow and was slick.  Next 5 miles was mostly just wet and sloppy, but I could drive the speed limit.  Interstate was just wet in places, but I still had to use my wipers when someone went around me.  Thank goodness I had enough washer fluid. 

My hubby had a doctor's appointment this morning, so that was our first stop.  Doc wanted him to get some tests, so we spent some times trying to get that figured out so he could still get the tests done today, and I could get to my dentist appointment.  He ended up leaving me at the dentist getting two crown preps while he went to get his tests.  It was after dark before we got home.  Long day!

We ate leftovers for supper.  I had a raging headache and my teeth hurt.  Three Advil helped a lot.  I went downstairs and finished the dress I have been working on forever, and even finished the binding on a place mat that was leftover from a long time ago.

 

Here's the dress that has taken so long.  It has the same pleating detail in the back as well.  I don't think I will volunteer to make another dress from this pattern any time soon. 

 

I was just fooling around with my camera this morning before we left.  Thought this was an interesting shot. 

 

Out of focus lights on the tree.

 

And last but not least, a gingerbread man.

Happy New Year to everyone out there in my Vox neighbor.  Have a safe, sane celebration tomorrow, and a wonderful first day of the brand new year.  Cheers!

I tried a larger format size for this photo, but it is still fuzzy.  I'm beginning to think it is the camera.  It seems to work just fine on the photos I take of my cakes, but there is more light there.  All the photos I have taken with my old camera work just fine in smaller formats.  And it worked fine on those outdoor nighttime shots.  May just have to stick to my old camera for indoor shots.  I'll try to remember to take another shot of the Christmas cactus tomorrow with the old camera and see what happens. 

 

Wow!  The quality of this picture is perfect!  This is Christmas to me.  The light of the candle represents the Christ Child who came into the world on Christmas Day to be our light.  The wine bottle represents good times with family and friends.  And the Christmas tree is a reminder to stop and think about the people in our lives who provide light for our days and make living worthwhile. 

Not your traditional photo of the Christmas tree, but I wanted to see how it would turn out.  I need more lights.  One of the strands I had on the tree burned out after we had started putting on the ornaments, so I just rearranged the ones we had for this year.  Plus they are blinking, so you can't see all of them. 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my Vox neighbors and friends!