Photo Shoot...

So, our old digital camera was stolen out of our car while on vacation in NM (sadly, with all our vacation photos therein)...I've been without a camera for the first time since I was - 15?

It has been interesting to be sans camera for a month or so - starting right off with being on the last week of vacation and no way to capture all that we saw. I noticed that I spent a lot more time looking at things with my eyes, and thus actually seeing what I'm often urgently trying to shoot. So - all of that is firmly captured in my mind (I even did a few sketches in our trip journal - Georgia O'Keefe I am not). But then we had friends visit from out of town with their 7-yr old son, complete with fun tourist activities and great meals - and no photos!

Thanks to my dear brother who is always willing to do the technical research on my behalf, I went out and got myself a new camera last weekend - Panasonic FZ35 (superzoom). I'm favorably impressed after playing around with it ever so briefly and looking forward to the chance to take it through its paces. The startling clarity and detail of the few photos we did take left me thinking the superzoom should be reserved for wildlife viewing, not closeups of the pores on my face!

See for yourself:

And here's Bob, to be fair:

And for good measure, Leota (check out her scaly leg!):

Pretty damn nice...Can't wait for the next vacation!!

So long, Mabel

We'll miss your pluck and zest for life - thanks for 7 amazing years of chicken delight...

Summer

Hello, it's been a while - hasn't it? Hard to follow a murder of crow, I guess.

It's August, and it finally feels like summer up here in our far-flung corner. The days have been delightful - marine layer in the morning, cool air that smells like saltwater and seaweed. Burning off in the afternoon to reveal a sunny blue sky, people are in a good mood and everyone's out and about.

We were away, vacationing in Northern New Mexico in search of the sun. We found it, it found us. Alas, no photos to share as our camera was stolen from the car in Chimayo - I'm sad to lose those pictures, but no matter. We had a terrific time, it was hard to point the car north when the time came.

Hope you're having a great summer too.