Momma duck and her almost grown brood:
Dragonfly at rest:
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Nikon D80 - First shots
Over the weekend I sold my Nikon D50 and upgraded to a Nikon D80. Here are a couple of my favorite shots from my first outing with the new camera body. These were taken at the pond on the grounds of Louisville Memorial Gardens East.
Nikon D80 - First shots
Over the weekend I sold my Nikon D50 and upgraded to a Nikon D80. Here are a couple of my favorite shots from my first outing with the new camera body. These were taken at the pond on the grounds of Louisville Memorial Gardens East.
Momma duck and her almost grown brood:
Dragonfly at rest:
Friday, June 27, 2008
New Eyes
I can see again! It really is amazing how much better I can read the computer screen with my new reading glasses. Guess you really never know how bad it is until you fix it. I went cheap on the frames this time, but I kinda like them.
New Eyes
I can see again! It really is amazing how much better I can read the computer screen with my new reading glasses. Guess you really never know how bad it is until you fix it. I went cheap on the frames this time, but I kinda like them.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
First Book Club Meeting
Our first book club meeting was tonight. It was fantastic! I managed to read the entire book in two hours yesterday. (I am the queen of procrastination!) Jennifer cooked a wonderful dinner of grilled swordfish with rice, salad and various dishes the other group members brought. I usually don't care for any kind of seafood, but YUM was it good!
This is my first book club experience so I really didn't know what to expect, but it was so much fun! If any of my blog readers are here local and want to join let me know. We meet once a month on Tuesday evenings for dinner and discussion. The next book is "The Moonlit Cage" by Linda Holeman and the next meeting is July 29 (*hint hint to Jenn Lee!*).
I'm also looking for future book recommendations, so if anyone has any good ones let me know! I'm already raiding Pigs' list for the next meeting deliberations. :)
First Book Club Meeting
Our first book club meeting was tonight. It was fantastic! I managed to read the entire book in two hours yesterday. (I am the queen of procrastination!) Jennifer cooked a wonderful dinner of grilled swordfish with rice, salad and various dishes the other group members brought. I usually don't care for any kind of seafood, but YUM was it good!
This is my first book club experience so I really didn't know what to expect, but it was so much fun! If any of my blog readers are here local and want to join let me know. We meet once a month on Tuesday evenings for dinner and discussion. The next book is "The Moonlit Cage" by Linda Holeman and the next meeting is July 29 (*hint hint to Jenn Lee!*).
I'm also looking for future book recommendations, so if anyone has any good ones let me know! I'm already raiding Pigs' list for the next meeting deliberations. :)
This is my first book club experience so I really didn't know what to expect, but it was so much fun! If any of my blog readers are here local and want to join let me know. We meet once a month on Tuesday evenings for dinner and discussion. The next book is "The Moonlit Cage" by Linda Holeman and the next meeting is July 29 (*hint hint to Jenn Lee!*).
I'm also looking for future book recommendations, so if anyone has any good ones let me know! I'm already raiding Pigs' list for the next meeting deliberations. :)
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Busy Weekend
Whoo boy...I'm almost glad to go back to work to get a break! Almost...not quite. ;) It's been a heck of a weekend that started Thursday night at the casino boat. Mom and I went out for what seems to be becoming an annual event for her birthday. We went to Caesar's (being renamed to Horseshoe as of July 11) and had a nice dinner to prepare us for our gambling. Then off to the slots we went. We found the new ones they had just installed the month before and much to our surprise we both did well on the first machines of the night! Usually when I go to the boat I'm out of my allotted money within 45 minutes...but we were doing so well we played for 3 hours! It was awesome! I still didn't come home with any winnings, but it was well worth the fun.
Friday morning was spent at work, as usual, and then off to the eye doctor at 2:00 due to some issues I've been having with headaches and focusing on the computer screen after about six hours. Seeing as I'm on the computer roughly 13 hours a day on average those six hours just weren't going to cut it. So of course the good ol' eye doc prescribed me some reading glasses...blah. They should be in sometime this week. At least they are cute...turquoise in color and with a little bit of a funky shape to them. With my dilated eyes I couldn't do much for the next several hours so I spent my time helping Jason assemble Portia's new desk. Portia's boyfriend joined us for dinner and that was all of the excitement for Friday night.
Saturday was spent hanging with a local Flickr group - one of our first meet ups as a group. We had lunch at Red Robin and then headed over to one of the member's house for some Photoshop tips and tricks. I learned a lot and have already started using some new techniques. After that John, Jenn, Eric, Tina & Chuck stopped out and we did the usual porch-sitting and chatting. Eric and Tina had a newly adopted seven week old chihuahua named Logan who everyone cooed over all night. Isn't he adorable?!
And of course today, Sunday, I had to catch up on all the work I had been putting off since Thursday. Now that's done and I'm loading up the iPod for a new work week and pondering on playing with some new flash techniques John taught me (camera flash, that is). He did this cool shot with Jenn when he was showing me some setting tips. Pretty cool, eh?
And as for my book progress for Tuesday's book club meeting...well, I'm on page 50 of 198. I might have a teensie problem in finishing that by Tuesday night...especially if I keep writing novels of blogs. :P So off I go to read my heart out!
Friday morning was spent at work, as usual, and then off to the eye doctor at 2:00 due to some issues I've been having with headaches and focusing on the computer screen after about six hours. Seeing as I'm on the computer roughly 13 hours a day on average those six hours just weren't going to cut it. So of course the good ol' eye doc prescribed me some reading glasses...blah. They should be in sometime this week. At least they are cute...turquoise in color and with a little bit of a funky shape to them. With my dilated eyes I couldn't do much for the next several hours so I spent my time helping Jason assemble Portia's new desk. Portia's boyfriend joined us for dinner and that was all of the excitement for Friday night.
Saturday was spent hanging with a local Flickr group - one of our first meet ups as a group. We had lunch at Red Robin and then headed over to one of the member's house for some Photoshop tips and tricks. I learned a lot and have already started using some new techniques. After that John, Jenn, Eric, Tina & Chuck stopped out and we did the usual porch-sitting and chatting. Eric and Tina had a newly adopted seven week old chihuahua named Logan who everyone cooed over all night. Isn't he adorable?!
And of course today, Sunday, I had to catch up on all the work I had been putting off since Thursday. Now that's done and I'm loading up the iPod for a new work week and pondering on playing with some new flash techniques John taught me (camera flash, that is). He did this cool shot with Jenn when he was showing me some setting tips. Pretty cool, eh?
And as for my book progress for Tuesday's book club meeting...well, I'm on page 50 of 198. I might have a teensie problem in finishing that by Tuesday night...especially if I keep writing novels of blogs. :P So off I go to read my heart out!
Busy Weekend
Whoo boy...I'm almost glad to go back to work to get a break! Almost...not quite. ;) It's been a heck of a weekend that started Thursday night at the casino boat. Mom and I went out for what seems to be becoming an annual event for her birthday. We went to Caesar's (being renamed to Horseshoe as of July 11) and had a nice dinner to prepare us for our gambling. Then off to the slots we went. We found the new ones they had just installed the month before and much to our surprise we both did well on the first machines of the night! Usually when I go to the boat I'm out of my allotted money within 45 minutes...but we were doing so well we played for 3 hours! It was awesome! I still didn't come home with any winnings, but it was well worth the fun.
Friday morning was spent at work, as usual, and then off to the eye doctor at 2:00 due to some issues I've been having with headaches and focusing on the computer screen after about six hours. Seeing as I'm on the computer roughly 13 hours a day on average those six hours just weren't going to cut it. So of course the good ol' eye doc prescribed me some reading glasses...blah. They should be in sometime this week. At least they are cute...turquoise in color and with a little bit of a funky shape to them. With my dilated eyes I couldn't do much for the next several hours so I spent my time helping Jason assemble Portia's new desk. Portia's boyfriend joined us for dinner and that was all of the excitement for Friday night.
Saturday was spent hanging with a local Flickr group - one of our first meet ups as a group. We had lunch at Red Robin and then headed over to one of the member's house for some Photoshop tips and tricks. I learned a lot and have already started using some new techniques. After that John, Jenn, Eric, Tina & Chuck stopped out and we did the usual porch-sitting and chatting. Eric and Tina had a newly adopted seven week old chihuahua named Logan who everyone cooed over all night. Isn't he adorable?!
Friday morning was spent at work, as usual, and then off to the eye doctor at 2:00 due to some issues I've been having with headaches and focusing on the computer screen after about six hours. Seeing as I'm on the computer roughly 13 hours a day on average those six hours just weren't going to cut it. So of course the good ol' eye doc prescribed me some reading glasses...blah. They should be in sometime this week. At least they are cute...turquoise in color and with a little bit of a funky shape to them. With my dilated eyes I couldn't do much for the next several hours so I spent my time helping Jason assemble Portia's new desk. Portia's boyfriend joined us for dinner and that was all of the excitement for Friday night.
Saturday was spent hanging with a local Flickr group - one of our first meet ups as a group. We had lunch at Red Robin and then headed over to one of the member's house for some Photoshop tips and tricks. I learned a lot and have already started using some new techniques. After that John, Jenn, Eric, Tina & Chuck stopped out and we did the usual porch-sitting and chatting. Eric and Tina had a newly adopted seven week old chihuahua named Logan who everyone cooed over all night. Isn't he adorable?!
And of course today, Sunday, I had to catch up on all the work I had been putting off since Thursday. Now that's done and I'm loading up the iPod for a new work week and pondering on playing with some new flash techniques John taught me (camera flash, that is). He did this cool shot with Jenn when he was showing me some setting tips. Pretty cool, eh?
And as for my book progress for Tuesday's book club meeting...well, I'm on page 50 of 198. I might have a teensie problem in finishing that by Tuesday night...especially if I keep writing novels of blogs. :P So off I go to read my heart out!
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Book Club
Something I have always wanted to do is join a book club...and now I'm a member of one! As we were having dinner with our friend's Jennifer & Scott last week I found out that she was starting a small local book club. She asked if I was interested and I jumped at the chance to try it out. We'll be discussing our book over dinner and wine for our first meet-up. The first meeting is next week. The book of choice this month is "Amsterdam" by Ian McEwan. If anyone has read this book I'd love to hear opinions.
I have the book, but I haven't even read the first page yet, but it's only 193 pages so I should be fine. I'm already in the middle of a Patricia Cornwell book and I hate to start a new book when I'm in the middle of reading something else, but I guess I'm going to have to due to lack of time to sit and finish the other one first. I tend to stick with authors that I know and like and don't venture out much unless something is recommended to me, so I'm hoping this club will open me up to trying new authors and different types of writing styles. We'll see what happens!
I have the book, but I haven't even read the first page yet, but it's only 193 pages so I should be fine. I'm already in the middle of a Patricia Cornwell book and I hate to start a new book when I'm in the middle of reading something else, but I guess I'm going to have to due to lack of time to sit and finish the other one first. I tend to stick with authors that I know and like and don't venture out much unless something is recommended to me, so I'm hoping this club will open me up to trying new authors and different types of writing styles. We'll see what happens!
Book Club
Something I have always wanted to do is join a book club...and now I'm a member of one! As we were having dinner with our friend's Jennifer & Scott last week I found out that she was starting a small local book club. She asked if I was interested and I jumped at the chance to try it out. We'll be discussing our book over dinner and wine for our first meet-up. The first meeting is next week. The book of choice this month is "Amsterdam" by Ian McEwan. If anyone has read this book I'd love to hear opinions.
I have the book, but I haven't even read the first page yet, but it's only 193 pages so I should be fine. I'm already in the middle of a Patricia Cornwell book and I hate to start a new book when I'm in the middle of reading something else, but I guess I'm going to have to due to lack of time to sit and finish the other one first. I tend to stick with authors that I know and like and don't venture out much unless something is recommended to me, so I'm hoping this club will open me up to trying new authors and different types of writing styles. We'll see what happens!
I have the book, but I haven't even read the first page yet, but it's only 193 pages so I should be fine. I'm already in the middle of a Patricia Cornwell book and I hate to start a new book when I'm in the middle of reading something else, but I guess I'm going to have to due to lack of time to sit and finish the other one first. I tend to stick with authors that I know and like and don't venture out much unless something is recommended to me, so I'm hoping this club will open me up to trying new authors and different types of writing styles. We'll see what happens!