A CAMERA FEATURE I HAVE USED A FEW TIMES BEFORE

It's starting to look like our January thaw may be upon us a wee bit early this year.  Or, could this be the first of two January thaws?  I certainly hope so.  Anyway, with a couple of inches of snow overnight and temperatures on the rise, I decided to grab my snow shovel and clear the driveway and paths.  Could have let the milder days ahead take care of that snow, but what the heck, I needed the exercise anyway.  Out I went, and an hour later, I had rearranged all the snow that was needing some serious rearrangement.  With not much else going on, I took a drive into Bayfield looking for a few photos.  

 LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF UPCOMING PROJECT IN THE BAYFIELD BEACH AREA

I THINK THE FELLA OPERATING THE MACHINE WAS NEW BECAUSE THE OTHER FELLA STANDING THERE WAS GIVING HIM INSTRUCTIONS

 OH-NO, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BIG MACHINE IS ABOUT TO GOBBLE UP THE LITTLE MACHINE

I have a lot of features on my Sony RX 10 camera, and I decided to utilize one of those features this morning.  It can take a picture in black and white, but whatever color I choose, it will highlight that color in the photo.  For example, if I see a red car and take a photo of it, the photo will be in black and white except for the red car.  The camera gives me a choice of four colors to choose from: red, yellow, green, and blue.  I have used this feature a few times before, but unfortunately, I keep forgetting I have it, as well as a bunch of other fine features.

Finally got up my tall ladder in the sunroom this afternoon to get after a few dust bunnies.  While up there, I cleaned the fan and put in a couple of new light bulbs.  Took a few iPhone pics of the sunroom below as well.

Al's Music Box:: Hallelujah by k.d. Lang. (one of my all-time favorite female singers)

 A FEW OUTSIDE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS IN THE SNOW

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A husband was sitting quietly reading his paper one morning, peacefully enjoying himself, when his wife sneaks up behind him and whacks him on the back of the head with a huge frying pan.  "What the heck was that for!" he asked.  She replies, "I found a piece of paper in your pants pocket with the name Marylou written on it..." "Oh, dear, remember two weeks ago when I went to the horse races? Well, Marylou was the name of one of the horses I placed a bet on."  The explanation seems to have appeased her, and she leaves the room to go about her business.  Three days later, the man is again sitting in his chair reading the morning paper. His wife abruptly hangs up the telephone and then whacks him on the back of the head with the huge frying pan.  "What the heck did I do wrong this time!" he asked.  She answered, "Your horse just called!"

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According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington recently was faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick, they would press their lips to the mirror, leaving dozens of little lip prints. Every night, the maintenance man would remove them, and the next day, the girls would put them back. Finally, the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man.... She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian, who had to clean the mirrors every night. To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required. He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it. Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror. There are teachers, and then there are educators...

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