Plum Blossoms

This is about as far from the snow as you can get, although the fallen blossoms possibly resemble snow, at least in poems. Today was a reentry day, full of unpacking and sorting and laundry and putting away from our short trip. It doesnt seem to matter if you go for a couple nights or a month, there is always the same stuff to do when you get home. It was a gorgeous warm day, temps in the low eighties! Unseasonable but very lovely. 

I'm trying out a new camera here, as I need to replace my Lumix ZS 50. This is the ZS70 with a few more features and a slightly bigger body. It's not quite a pocket camera anymore, which is too bad, but I hope the 30x zoom makes up for that. It seems to have a steeper learning curve than I'd like. I intend to spend a good chunk of time every day trying to master a feature. Truth is, I'd just as soon have the 50, but it would be too pricey to fix it and they aren't around in the market anymore.