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 ...

What do you think - would anyone buy this on a card?

Told you I was having too much fun with those little Japanese dolls ...

So that's what I saved them for.

I was cleaning out the basement last week and found some little paper weeble-wobble dolls we bought when we lived in Japan.  

My first thought upon finding them?  Grab the camera, I bet I can sell pics of those!

Looking to spruce up your walls?

I've got just the thing. Well, lots of things, actually: