Warming Up?

Good Afternoon, Gentle Readers!

Today's image is titled Lit From Within. This picture was partly planned, and partly an experiment. I was thinking of trying to put angel wings in here somewhere, but decided against it; I used those in another picture instead.

It's nowhere near as bitterly cold outside right now as it had been- but the melting ice is slick, so I still advise against trying to move too quickly on it. While I was outside, I found we had had a couple of four-footed visitors recently: One a dog, I'm pretty sure. And I'm equally certain and just a bit surprised to see that a deer had been through. At least, I think it was a deer; Whatever it was looked like it had cloven hooves. I now wonder if that's what had the cats watching out the windows so intently.

Until We Meet, Gentle Readers...

Cool School?

Good Morning, Gentle Readers!

Today's image is a rerun from about a year ago titled Christmas Circles. I named it that because of the color scheme: Red, white, blue, and green. Since it doesn't have snow or trees in it, I didn't relegate it to the holiday-only file. But I thought it was seasonal.

Believe it not, it has warmed up just a hair today- Just enough to melt a little bit more of the ice off. I'm not betting on it lasting too long, though; There is supposed to be a chance of snow-showers tonight. I can believe it; The clouds are hanging low overhead, though they're not positively black like some of the storm clouds I did see during the spring and summer.

I got a call from the college yesterday. For once, it wasn't about a new monkey wrench in the financial aid; It was to inform me that I had succeeded in earning my associate's degree! I'm sitting here panting; A couple of those courses, especially the last ones, were scary.

The courses from here on out are going to be compressed a bit, which does concern me somewhat. But it will be based on courses I had taken before, only a practical application of them instead of just the theory. We shall see what happens.

Until We Meet, Gentle Readers...

Random Bits

Good Morning, Gentle Readers!

Today's image is titled Winter Star. Those of you who have been following me a while will recognize it as one of my 'star' series.

I thought the image appropriate for today; We now have snow on the ground, a light dusting that looks like powdered sugar. It won't stick for very long, but then it is unusual for snow to come before late December anyway, at least where I live. Still, I think it can be taken as a sign of things to come and that we will have a chilly winter.

One assignment down for next week, two big ones to go! I'm not even really counting the daily question for accounting, though I probably ought to. Speaking of that, that is the project I will tackle today.

I do have a word of warning to pass on, if you are a member of Facebook; Apparently some one has devised a nasty little gremlin as a 'test' that, if you take it, it will close down your account. At least one of my friends got bitten by it. I don't think I have, but I am running an anti-virus scan just to be sure. Be careful out there, my friends!

Until We Meet, Gentle Readers...