The one where we finally finish with the chores...

Actually, we weren't finishing with the chores. We finished chores that should have been done a long time ago. First of all, I'm ashamed to say that as of Friday, we still had Christmas lights up. I know, I know. We didn't have them plugged in, and in our defense, it was too muddy to get the tractor in to take down the lights on the horse. Who uses a ladder when you have a tractor? Not Working Man, he's got a terrible fear of heights. Not that I'm any better. I wouldn't get up there in the tractor even.

Additionally, the last week was insanely windy. Our sign for the ranch got completely blown to one side so we needed to fix that too.

As a bonus, before I edited these pictures, I got the new Lightroom 3. Wow, what a difference. I love it! I'm a huge fan of presets (why do the work if someone else has done it for you?) and use them to get the big changes I want, then I tweak them a little. You'll also notice I managed to get a watermark for myself.

Working Man was frustrated that I was taking pictures instead of doing what he wanted.


And the heavens parted.


And there, with no fanfare whatsoever, Working Man takes down the last of our Christmas lights. Hallelujah!

So...I think other than the second one from the bottom, all of these presets are new in Lightroom 3. Oh I love it. A lot bit. I encourage you, if Photoshop is still outside of your capabilities (as it is in mine), please invest in Lightroom 3. Your photos deserve it.

FFR