Snowman and snow scene

Snowman in my neighbors yard, Chaumont, N.Y.                                                                             Gary Walts photo

Went Christmas shopping yesterday with the Better Half and in the course of it picked up our Christmas tree. I'll put up photos of that later. In the mean time the snowy tree in the field was taken in Calcium, NY at the Gracy farm. The snowman is in the front yard of one of my neighbors here in Chaumont.

Snowy tree in a field at the Gracy farm in Calcium, N.Y.                                                Gary Walts photo

New Years Day 2013

Happy New Year everyone. Today is New Years day, the first day of 2013. I am hoping for a productive, fruitful year.
Today is also the 24th day I have been ill with a cold or infection of some sort. It will not go away. It began on Sunday, Dec. 9th when I awoke with a mild sore throat. That soreness was gone the next day, but since then I have had assorted bouts of sneezing, coughing, sinus congestion and the like. It's been mild enough that it has not detracted from me from my normal routine. Maybe more tired than normal. I simply am not myself and I am getting fed up with it. I suppose I better get the doctors.

It is 8:30pm and the temperature outside is 10 degrees.

I snapped this snowman on Leray St. in Watertown, N.Y. I used a Nikon D7000 with a 70-200mm f2.8 Nikon lens.

I have been watching episodes of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone sporadically throughout the day on the Syfy Channel. That series was some of the all time best TV ever aired. Well written, well produced.