June 18, 2007

Another Monday!! Where does the time go??? Last week was spent on dealing with malfunctioning electronics. Our TV which has been a lemon since day 1... has now been officially labeled a "Lemon" by the warranty company.

We were celebrating until we discovered that since they now agree it is a lemon, they no longer have to fix it. Instead they have opted to give us 50% of it's value in cash to "buy out of the warranty". HUH?????? That is NOT what the contract says. It says if they can't fix it they give us back 100% of the purchase price of the tv PLUS the money for the added warranty. They are saying that they CAN fix it... just choose not to....therefore that clause does not apply. Again.. HUH????? We are giving them 5 days to make good on their warranty or we will let a judge interpret their contract. As Roseanna Roseanna Dana said "It's Always something"!!!!!

As if that wasn't enough for one week. My (fairly new) Nikon D80 camera had a fatal illness and was dying a slow painful death. The GOOD news is it was still within the return period.... so back it went. Decided to get a different model and am now the proud owner of a Nikon D200.

This is a meatier, heavier camera than anything I have ever had before. It also has no "auto" settings.... fully manual. I hope me and this guy get along......so far he is not cooperating with me. He is a fuss budget about his settings and one little teeney wrong setting throws everything out of whack. Quit a learning curve. Above roses were the first decent pictures out of him all day. I gotta admit, when I tend to his every need, he rewards me with a picture than blows me away. I think after a period of adjustment, this will be a marriage made in heaven. Time will tell.

NOW....about those roses. They were last years end of the season rose bushes at Wal-Mart. I figured for $5.00 each, how could I go wrong. They are small bushes..... but they are very prolific and producing the most beautiful pinkish-orange roses.

Guess that's it for today. Gotta get back to enjoying SUMMER!!!! YIPPEE!!!! NO SNOW!!!! DOUBLE YIPPEE!!!!!

WHAT'S UP IN JUNE??

FLOWERS ARE UP!!!! Roses are blooming, Columbines are blooming, pansies are popping up everywhere, scent of lilacs fill the air. Every afternoon there is the threat of rain.... which never comes, except for a few distant thunderboomers. Ahhh.... Springtime in the Rockies.

This is the busy time of year for us. Lots of mini vacations for photo opts that will hopefully last us through the colorless Colorado winter months.

Lots of trips to the local nurseries (who groan when they see us walk in lugging our cameras and tripods) . Not really... actually they welcome us with open arms because they know I'm a sucker for flowers and will leave with half their stock and an empty wallet.

That's all for today. Along with the pretty flowers of Spring... comes also the never ending weeds.... which I must get out and tend to.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

I have a new hobby...... coin collecting. Am having a blast with it. My uncle (Mother's brother) has gotten me interested and now I'm addicted. He also sent me some WWII Ration Stamps.... so I've been trying to find time to do some reseaching on that period of time. Pretty interesting. You were only allowed 4.... FOUR!!!!!...gallons of gas per week. Didn't really matter.... because you couldn't buy tires anyway. I can't even imagine!!!! How did those poor women get to the quilt shops???