Important Info for those who use Cell Phone Cameras...

Greetings, all. I have been feeling 'under the weather' with my winter allergies, hence I have not posted in over a week.

However, one of my good friends, Iris, just emailed me with info that I think you might find interesting, so I thought it was important to share.

It seems that if you post a picture online, taken with cell phone cameras (GPS-enabled cell phones and Smart phones), someone could right-click on your photo and get an exact reading of where you are located -- i.e., your home address... It's called "Geo-Tags."

The news video really is enlightening... And scary....

You might want to consider just using your digital cameras from now on to post photos.

Watch this NY ABC news story HERE.

Best,

A Cold Sunday...

Happy Sunday! It is so very cold here in my neck of the woods. We had more snow this week, plus rain over that, which turned the shovelled snow on our paths to ICE beneath our feet. Not fun. I haven't done a post all week, I have been feeling 'under the weather' with my winter allergies.

But, at the beginning of the week, I did manage to do a little online shopping. :)

I ordered these two silverplated mint julep cups that were on sale.

I also ordered two little metal birds online. This photo is so small, it's barely worth posting! I think I might paint them a nice bright color when I get them... Any suggestions on what color to paint them?

Well, I hope everyone is having a nice Sunday! Thanks for visiting and have a good week ahead.

Best,

Gloria

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today, we honor Martin Luther King, Jr.

In 1963, Dr. King delivered his famous "I have a dream..." speech.

Here is a short excerpt below, in addition to some photos to honor Dr. King on his day.

A short passage from Dr. King's most famous speech:

Dr. King and his lovely family:

Dr. King and Robert F. Kennedy:

A great man, a great speaker:

Dr. King seemed to be a very serious man, handling very serious issues. It was, therefore, touching and special to find this photo of him laughing.

In remembrance:

Best,

Gloria

Please note: Photos courtesy of Google.

Yes! We DID have snow! Man, what snow!!

We had A LOT of snow. I hope you like the pictures I took. The photos, in turquoise, were taken this morning at 7:00 AM. Aren't they beautiful? I couldn't believe it when I looked outside, I had never seen the sky that color before... The other photos were taken in the late afternoon -- from out of my window... and from out of my storm door. Hey, I wasn't going out there. ;)

I hope you enjoy our snowstorm photos from Connecticut.

These were taken late last night, after it 'started' snowing...

Now HERE are the lovely photos from this morning...

OK, now here are photos from late this afternoon....

See below: I couldn't even open my storm door!!!!

--And please excuse my "dirty" storm door. Hey, I live in the country! There's a lot of DIRT here! No, it's NOT that I am a lazy cleaning person. ;)

I took this because of the huge icicle, see?

You might have seen this "bike" in other pics/on other posts. I can't even tell you how long that has been there, I am too ashamed to say...

This was from a news report on the storm/snow this afternoon...

And our forecast for the next few days...

OK, I think I am finally done! I hope you haven't been bored and you've enjoyed the photos.

I will try to get some photos of my house, from the bottom of the hill -- my son is going out to shovel a path now. Yes, at this late hour! That's how we are around here... very unconventional. Don't know if that's good or bad... Guess it's all how you look at it. Some might say we are ridiculous -- I'd rather say we are FUN. (Sounds better.)

Best,

Gloria