A new year's gift to myself

I got a circular polarizing filter for my camera, which means that shots that would otherwise look like this:

... can now look like this:

See how I almost completely eliminated the glare by turning the filter by 90 degrees? I'm going to have so much fun with this next time I get to do photos outside in the sun.  Of course, we're supposed to get a couple of inches of snow today and tomorrow, so I may have to wait a while, but I can be patient when I have a new toy ...