Snowy Geese

Actually, Canada geese in falling snow.  Did you know the correct name is "Canada geese", and not "Canadian geese"?  Now you do.

New Year's Eve

Wow, don't we all yearn for more?  And this is the time that longing emerges the strongest, this artificial construct that lets us imagine a change of calendar heralds a brand-new life.  A life with no mistakes in it, a life in which we can finally be the person we want to be.

Hey, I'm not disparaging that longing!  I feel it too.  The more intensely, as a matter of fact, as I get older.  My longing is also tinged with regret for the growing number of new years that haven't been an entirely successful reinvention of myself.  Hope is futile without action, though.  May this be the year that all of us add the proper action that makes a strong foundation under our dreams.

So dream on.  Dream big!  And act, my friends.  Let's take that step together.

Happy New Year!

Playing 'What If' With Photos

I've taken photos since I could hold a camera.  Love it, just love it!  Who knows why we are drawn to the interests we are?  Me, I'm all about the visual.

So it's no stretch to want to take my photos further.  I do that with Photoshop Elements, the budget-friendly version of Photoshop.  It's another tool, like a new camera, that helps me express myself.

So here's the latest, with a beautiful birdhouse that deserves to stand out from it's dull and foggy day.


before:

after:

I call this Cozy At Home.  To do a little shameless self-promotion, a lot of my photos are for sale at krislove.smugmug.com, including this one.

Blowing Snow

And there's one in every crowd . . .  (I wouldn't know anything about that.)  😉

What A Difference A Day Makes

"They went that-a-way!"

Ice Testing

Not so much fishing, but a lot of hole-drilling.  I'd volunteer to test the ice for them, but, you know, I like my bath water hot . . .