This is cool. I am sitting on the lake porch with the EeePC netbook running on battery and writing a story. Oh yes, I am connected to the home network and the internet so I can check mail as I am working. Pretty nice tools we have these days. I have the digital camera with me to so I can grab a few shots of my daughter’s dog who is also sharing the back porch...
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Ladies of the Lake
I just had to post this picture. I call these gals the “Ladies of the Lake” as they are friends, all living on the same end of the little lake that adjoins our homes. Left to right is Evelyn, Sandy, Pam, and my wife Gloria. The picture was taken at our home at a wedding shower party held for our daughter Shelley. I did not take the picture, the photographer may have been Danielle. If...
Continue reading...My Cup Runeth Over
This is a Christmas present from my daughter and her fiance. It is an overflowing pot of water. A little electric pump in the base keeps the flow going. Is has taken just over five months to get it flowing. Here is proof that it works. The trickling water through the rocks is supposed to have a calming effect. You just have to be sure you have an empty bladder before trying to relax. Otherwise...
Continue reading...The NEX Step
After doing about as much study and homework as I care to do, I made a new camera purchase decision. There is a previous post about the joys of the hunt. For almost 10 years I have enjoyed the photographs I have taken with my Sony DSC F-707 digital camera. So I decided to stay with the brand. Not that it is any better than all the others, but it fits my comfort zone. I...
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