Hooray For Panasonic!

Due to an unfortunate interaction with gravity, my little Lumix camera developed a case of 'stuck lens' - aka, broken.

Upon visiting the Panasonic web site, I submitted a warranty request. They responded with a case number and instructions for sending the camera in for replacement.

And... a week later, back came a factory-refurbished brand-new-looking camera!

Excellent support and service, I'd say. They made me a loyal customer. Oh, yes, the camera works good, too. And I sent them a thank-you note.

Geeky Stuff - New Helicopter

My new (bigger, faster, stronger) R/C helicopter kit arrived. The boring details are here:

HK500 on Azure Engineering blog.

Our Snowy Day

We had a snowy day today. It rained a lot during the night and this morning, then turned to snow around noon.

Back yard...

Tree...


Tree limb...

Across the street...

Fence...

How to spend a snowy day...

Playing in the Leaf Pile

Danielle wasn't so sure about jumping into the leaf pile.


But Naomi certainly was...




After the leaf pile came swinging on the rope swing. Naomi is good at it.


Naomi talked her Mom into trying it. She didn't do so well - the swing is too low!


Next came outdoor bowling.


After a couple of minutes of that, we did some driveway writing. The marker didn't work so well.


That led to using real chalk, and the chalk board.


Danielle helped clean up.


Naomi picked a bucket of berries from the Nandinas and Hawthorns, and then sorted them...


And planted them in the flower bed. Naomi is a regular farmer-girl.