I GET IT!

Apparently verbosity will get you nowhere. I thought the criticism of my long post might just be a Canadian thing, but since all three of my readers (I have three readers now, my popularity is soaring - thanks for commenting twice, Mom) have mentioned an aversion to posts of length I will keep my posts much shorter and sprinkle them with pictures (actual photographs, not "word pictures" of which I am so fond.) Brevity is my co-pilot. That being said, my posts may be few and far between until something even remotely interesting and picture-worthy occurs.

Since pictures are now required for audience approval - check out this one.