Find a good independent TV repair shop, is my advice. A lot of these TV's have cheap components on the boards especially the power supply. I had a Samsung go out after about 3-4 years, turned out to be $2 worth of capacitors on the power supply board. Didn't cost all that much to fix.

You sure can capture nature's beauty. Wonderful pictures.

Cameron, interesting bees! Hard to tell what kind they are. Bug Guide is a good place to find bug IDs if you want to go to the trouble. You can do a search for 'striped bee', 'black shiny bee' or whatever. Alfie doesn't mind telling his age... :-) He's a little over a year old. For me his 'birthday' will always be Mother's Day since he was found hiding on my front porch on that day a year ago. Omar, everything is looking wonderful! Love how those pavers define the flower beds. Very neat! Your oregano cleaned up real nice (seems you have a knack for that :-) if that's the same one you posted before that wasn't working. The little one you sent me is happy since I moved it to less sun and is also blooming. The 'Fireman's cap' (I think) in your first photo is gorgeous. Dang, I bought one years ago, couldn't find a place to plant it, so planted in my neighbor's yard. I can see it blooming over there. Oh well ... Oh, and "have I told you lately that I love ..." having flowers to cut and take to friends when the occasion arises, like today?

I have never found a front light mirror with lights that are bright enough for doing makeup.