Love this new camera

I bought this Nixon Coolpix L18 for my daughter yesterday. Got it on sale at Freddie's for $99.99. I have a Nikon Coolpix too but I bought mine several years ago and technology has changed. LeeAnn's has some neat-o features that mine doesn't, like the ability to take and stitch together panoramic shoots. Plus it seems faster than mine and I love the big screen. Color quality is wow! Both of ours has the b & w option but hers has so many more auto features than mine does. And both take movies with sound. So far, I'm impressed. And LeeAnn played with the camera all day yesterday and was extremely happy. So, if you are looking for an inexpensive camera--one to take on car trips or even just around town, this may be the camera for you.

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Crazy 'bout Crafts

This is the largest mosaic I've completed thus far. I finished it at the end of summer. My inspiration was taken from the magazine photo on top. I more or less had a design in mind but made things up as I went along too. It seems that that's the way I do mosaics. Maybe when I'm more experienced I'll be able to follow plans. But, who cares! I love the "play" aspect of creation and if you can't make it up as you go along then it's not fun anymore. Anyway, the photo at the bottom is without grout. I have since applied a charcoal gray grout and it looks a lot like stained glass in my window.

HAPPY SNOW DAY

End of Year Hopes

I hope we all have enough to eat.
I hope we can resolve our differences with words rather than with wars.
I hope we can be our authentic selves, that we can be courageous to act as who we really are without much fear.
I hope the children in this world are loved and well cared for.
I hope we seek to understand other people rather than shutting out those who opinions are different than their own.
I hope we all work toward making the planet less polluted.
I hope we preserve old growth forests around the world.
I hope we love our pets and honor the other animals who share this planet.
I hope the economy becomes stronger around the world and that Americans learn to save for purchases rather than going into debt via credit cards (and I hope the govt. better regulates credit card companies).
I hope we can love each other.
I hope that after all is said and done that we can all still have hope!

Going Batty in December