the pics i talked about. i just got a new camera for xmas and am still learning to transfer and upload pics from it. most of my pics are from the old defunct camera, but this program from olympus seems much easier to deal with. now i just need to learn all the features of the camera. we have appmnt. to get our taxes done today. i have mixed emotions about it. we are both on soc. sec., but we also sold our property in marysville last summer and got a decent down payment and are receiving monthly payments. so by about 2 p.m., we will be smiling or crying. we did make an estimated tax payment after we sold the property. we had to take our cat, norman, to see andrea in her capacity as vet again yesterday. he has had an abcess for a couple weeks. thought it was cleared up, but it came back. she opened it up to make sure it would drain. i still need to post a pic of him if i can find a good one. or take a new one. we have had dozens of widgeon ducks viviting our small pond for the last while. they like to get out of the water and forage around in the pasture. they move as a swarm. fun to watch. i wonder what kind of feed i could put out for them. i love to watch ducks land and take off. yesterday morning some landed on the pond, but it had a thin sheet of ice on it. i saw one pair come in. the drake stayed on his feet and skated. the hen fell on her butt and slid about 10'. no ice today.