I enjoy watching these and many other birds at our feeding station daily. Photo opps vary between shooting farily close (10ft to 25ft) behind a blind (through dbl pane house windows) or, when lucky, outside 50 feet back at the rear house porch. The cardinals and finches, though skittish, are getting used to humans...but only to a point. This was a spontaneous moment caught within about 5 seconds from inside the house. Canon 100-400 MII / 7DMII.

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This little guy landed in our backyard feeding station the other day just as I was stepping outside. Did a quick 180 back into the house, grabbed my camera, aimed, fired, then nothing. Batteries were inside being charged. Duh. Slipped inside, loaded back up, then slowly outside again with doubts he'd still be around. But there he was (or she) posing and looking right at me in the last hours of the afternoon. Fired off 3 shots. Split second later it was gone.

Canon 7DII, 100-400L II, About 20 feet away.

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I Started with Quicken home and business in 2005 and then upgraded to 2007. Been on that ever since. Completely meets my needs.
Hate most software subscription business models. Just more money for them and minimal-to-zero benefit. Often it's a negative benefit. Menus are reshuffled causing wasted time finding features that remain the same. Most software companies know their product functionality reached full zenith years ago. For some software, There's no need to update at all. New features don't directly equate to higher productivity. Often, the reverse happens with bugs, broken drivers, reshuffled menus, and removed features (at times).
A permanent software license used to be the norm. Upgrading software made more sense when it occurred every 2 to 3 years instead of every 12 months like today. Renting yearly software licenses is much more lucrative and how they keep their stock price growing. But When the rental price is too high, it becomes a scam. Adobe, Intuit, MS, Autodesk, et.al, knew that to grow their stock, they needed higher and consistent yearly cash flow. So they killed the permanent license model on flagship versions and switched to 12 month forced renewal. The software is 90%+- the same in all cases. But, if the monthly/yearly rental price is low enough, and new features are received well, then renting yearly software works for many users. Not worth it to me. Too much leverage for software vendors when your software license expires every 12 months. Plus, I personally hate navigating new menus that arbitrarily change the location of basic functions for no reason other than to appear new. It wastes my time.
Intuit's price increase to rent you Quicken jumped 63% in one year. Outrageous.
I am sticking with my permanent 2007 license. Have you tried installing your Quicken version on another PC with the original CDs? I had to do that about 6 years ago and it worked fine, other than a nagging "registration" prompt, which I skip. Once passed that, fully functional. Fully legal too.

That car looks great in silver. Wonder how much money the owner has sunk in it.

Fabulous shots. Enjoyed the narrative too.

Excellent pics and informative commentary.
I learned something new.

Excellent shots!

Too funny.

Very kool high key look.

My home town. Those are Fan Palms. Date Palms have longer prawns and are about 10x more expensive. Fan Palms were planted evewhere throughout LA due to cheap price and durability, growing to 60+ feet tall. I planted both types on many homes I built in LA and Palm Springs.

Nice looking dog. Reminds me of the shepard we used to have long ago. So alert, focused, and ready to reak mayhem at a moment's notice.

All excellent!

Had them in a few prior cars. Never did anything for me.
No turning back for that poor little corn husk.

His teachings on QC are legendary. As you already stated, American mfgrs laughed at him after wwii, but Japanese mfgrs loved him. 35 yrs later, american car mfg was in the dumps while the Japan mfg era took off thanks to Deming. That's because Deming found an audience that embraced quality and long term vision as a way of life. Stupid american managers only cared about short term profits and built-in obsolescence to make products last shorter. The Japanese way, enhanced by Deming's QC teachings, is superior. Thanks for sharing.

Very well done!