Old dog, new tricks

 As many have said, sometimes one must avoid the news for mental health reasons. My circle of influence is small. I know most of you are up on pressing problems in the world, local and national and international. What helps, as my readers have said, is to focus on a hobby. 

My old camera is pretty worn out. The new one came with a mid-zoom lens, and uses the old lens. I've the camera set up on the bird feeder with the big zoom lens. As long as it sits nicely we are good.

Barb had wise words regarding my new camera features: 

"Just keep on doing one new one each day, and repeat the ones you like."

This is a learning curve! It has Wifi, which interests me. I haven't figured it out! It was a bit of frustration yesterday. OK, a lot. It involves QR codes to do the set-up, and that didn't work well. By the time I load that up on the phone, then send it to the lap top. I just can't work on the iPhone!

All of us need something fun in our lives. Things are so dreary outdoors, with days of rain, snow, mud. I like snowshoeing, tracking the critters in the snow. Speaking of which...

This is the view out the back deck. My little daffodil garden sleeps. The now is melting. Can you see the meadow vole tunnels, slowly melting in the snow?! 

This is a meadow vole one of the cats brought home. I captured it in my ball cap and hustled it outdoors. They are ubiquitous!

Back to the camera. This was my first try at night. You'll have to imagine that the waning moon was shining brightly. By the time I grabbed the camera, trying to get a photo... the moon itself was gone. 😣

These are the yard lights. This isn't bad! 

The funny thing was it ended up snowing Wednesday. All this is now recovered with snow. Be careful what you wish for!

It is so peaceful, and it protects flora and fauna from the bitter cold. This is Dec. 9th. The same thing happened Wednesday! We are white again. The cats are pretty frustrated!