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  • I wish my eyes were this color. I got a new lens today, and I'm playing, while still trying to figure out how to use the TV mode. I don't think this focus quite made his eyes. …

  • Well, I ended up getting the Bissel Lift-Off bagless. I didn't see any Orecks and I think they're more than my budget for vacuum cleaners right now. My carpet is clean, and it does indeed get cat hair off carpets a…

  • I need a new vacuum cleaner. Having a hard time finding good reviews. Anyone love their vacuum cleaner?

  • Freedom can be dangerous. Even - maybe especially - freedom in Christ. Freedom can destroy lives, destroy souls. Maybe this is where doctrine and rules come in. If there are no rules, no path to follow, people simpl…

  • I am completely done in today..... And the heat and humidity are getting to me.... And my vacuum cleaner died today.... There's only one thing left to do. Have another cup of tea. OR....... I …

  • I got brave today and did a little more editing of some of the pics I took yesterday. …

  • PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE

    First of all, these are all best seen enlarged, so click to see them. Went up to the mountains to play with my camera today. (Big Bear) I thought this was pretty remarkable, the way those roots grew in and …

  • Hey! Thanks Squirrel! I've been doing family research all day today. Another excuse to take pics, retracing the steps of my ancestors who settled in Northern California. …

  • Jackson Hole, Wyoming 1993 Japanese Gardens, San Francisco 1988 The color in the original is very good. Not sure why it doesn't translate that way. I'll work on…

  • One of those odd questions that came to mind while I was reading another site about truth - a subject I have often pondered since I was a young girl. Spelling. If I say you are spelling a word wrong, is that truth? …

  • A friend sent me this link this morning. It's a very interesting story of a man who grew up knowing real Christianity, and his journey through disillusionment as he went to college, seminary, and met pseudo-christians…

  • So, here's how far I got. (*see below*) I have put the sofa and love seat in nearly every conceivable configuration, including putting them in exactly the opposite positions from one another. Here's where I ende…

  • So, the other day Eric (fishtree) said something about the view from my house being nice, and my being blessed to wake up to that every morning. Now, for nearly 7 years I have agreed with this. I have a terrific v…

  • Lake Tahoe Pics taken in 1992 I have a feeling my main interest in photography is and w…

  • Today's "must read" from the "wow" department:http://www.xanga.com/fishtree

  • Morning Light (PS: click photos to enlarge) And early visitors I tried to get a closer shot of the bunny, but he scurried away. Then there was thi…

  • I went to the Living Desert today. Since it was hot and I got a late start I only went to see the big cats. I posted the better shots on my photo blog. I would appreciate input on how to take better outdoor shots. I h…

  • So I guess you can click on the pics and enlarge, and you have to in order to see them the way I saw them. Like this one: http://x8c.xanga.com/1cda0b36d863359144164/b39643661.jpg and the one of the view from my house…

  • I never thought of the photoblog, Tim. I tried DA, Josh, but it took forEVER! And Photoblog is so much more user friendly. So, now my photos that I posted from today are over there. Most of them you really need to…

  • Wow! I got so many good pointers yesterday! Thanks to all of you! Today, I'm off to do some more shooting. Let's see what I've learned about composition. Here are shots from the Grand Canyon I took with a film camera…

  • The View from the Summit, AKA, my front yard

  • Well, we shall see.... I went to Oceanside today. Bad day to go. Overcast, foggy, even sprinkled. Still, I took photos, mostly in the San Luis Mission cemetery. I always find cemeteries interesting. I think it's rea…

  • Finally, a picture with some color. I'm not happy with it. It looked great on the LCD viewer on back of the camera, but it really loses something in the transfer. Okay, experts, please tell me how to get this s…

  • So, First Fotos hot off the press: Um, this one doesn't look much better than my phone cam shot! Boo! This was before I played with ISO settings. This, I believe, was my VERY…

  • I was talking to a man yesterday whose family has been looking for a place for him to go for AA-type rehab. They thought they found a place, a "non-profit" place run by a "christian" church. Further investigation reve…

  • I used to wonder what life would be like if all the crap that happened in mine hadn't. What would it have been like for me to have a good home, parents who loved and wanted me, who nurtured, protected, taught me about…

  • A lot of crap happens to people in this life. A lot of it happened to me, too. Through the years, I've come to the conclusion that what happens is not nearly as important as how we deal with it, how we decide to allow…

  • It's too hot for housework Besides, we need to conserve energy on such a hot day So, no laundry, no dishwasher, no vacuum Oh darn ...... So I opened the box... …

  • GOOD KITTY! This is Pepper. I was sitting on the couch and she kept trying to get something under the pillow next to me. I picked up the pillow, and what to my wondering eyes did appear? …

  • Some more new old pics from bygone days. But first, now that I've figured out how to use the scanner, a reprise on the Big Sur pic. And New Mexico from the cab of a Freightlin…

  • A new old pic is one that is old to me, new to you. With that in mind, here are a few.... New Bedford, Massachusetts, the historic area. I worked there the summer of 1989 L…

  • Update with new old pics coming soon!

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