Here are four versions of the same pic. The smoke portrait came from a photoshop tutorial I did a while back. I wanted to try it with my own pic and Cleo was the lucky subject. Kinda spooky but a fun tutorial.
I don’t have any flowers here yet and the lake is still mostly ice, though it’s melted about quarter of the way to the islands. Today I heard a couple of loons across the lake and a few mergansers were fishing near the shore. There’s a mama and baby moose loitering around the neighborhood which makes dog-walking a spooky venture.
But I really want some flowers and spring-y things like butterflies even though it’s far too early, so I’m recycling old pic’s with some photoshopping:
A couple of years ago I made the unfortunate purchase of a Sony Reader Touch (prs-600). We had a contentious relationship from the beginning, thanks to its inability to hold a charge for more than 3 days and really bad customer support from Sony (in Texas AND India). It’s clunky interface didn’t help either. I won’t bore you with the details but in summary, the Sony Reader sucks and Sony customer support is worse.
Sweet justice
Mushed screen
Two years after that misguided purchase I was so happy when I accidentally leaned my elbow on the reader, causing the screen to mush and bricking it. I don’t believe I’ve ever taken a frustrated hammer to a gadget or pc though there may have been a moment or two in the Nineties when a pc deserved it. Oh, the missed opportunities! It was truly satisfying to hammer that piece of Sony shit.
Latest pics of Cleo playing in the snow. She’s about 8-1/2 months. I’d guess she’s around 60-65 pounds.
Some pics of the ice and a cool winter scene.
This crack caused was so loud and caused the house to shake. I actually thought a tree had fallen on the house!
There have been many freeze/thaw cycles since November and lately the lake has been very vocal about it. Eerie, swirly ET-type noises of the water under the ice, some gurgling, the crunching of the shifting ice when it melts/freezes and the loud bangs from pressure cracks. Bang isn’t the right word. BANG is better but still not quite as shocking as the real thing. I found this site which has really good info on ice.
