Snow + Camera + Photoshop =

    Living in the hills and out in the sticks as I do has disadvantages, but add a little snow and ice....and you have a perfect recipe for an iron-clad excuse to NOT drive (or in my case, slide) into work. 

    Donning my favorite outfit - polar fleece and boots -  off I went, camera in hand, making tracks in the snow....

   I was mainly in search of cute little critters....however, it seems they had better sense than to be out in the cold - even my camera doesn't like temps below freezing.  The image above is taken from a  tree in my front yard....a local hang-out for squirrels and woodpeckers.    Although NOT today!  But....there is good news:  I have Photoshop!  And plenty of free time on my hands to create the image I would have liked to see.....as another 1'-3' of snow begins to fall....