Happy Hump Day

Sorry I've been MIA for a while - just have a lot of piddly but pressing things to take care of.

I'm up to February 2019 in going through my photo archives day by day.

Here's one from 2019-02-21 that I recently reprocessed...

   

I will start this thread even if it is late

   

Good day all. We had 4 inches of snow last night with more to come today. We have been having a mild winter but not so much now. Temps in the sub zero category for a few days too.

This photo is of the Oregon coast showing in the distance the Hecla Head lighthouse. I massaged it a bit in Photoshop.

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Some more arid country stuff. These are known as antlions. They are the ravenous killer larvae that later develop into lacewings.

TGIF everyone.

Still going through my archives; this is from early 2019...

   

It's a variety of Oxalis, often found in my neighborhood in the meter wide strip between the sidewalk and the street.

I think it's a fine-looking little flower, but in some parts of the world is considered an unwanted invasive plant the spreads rapidly by long roots that become runners with numerous bulbs. In Australia, for example, it is definitely persona non grata - when it takes over sheep grazing areas the sheep eagerly consume it but the high concentration of oxalic acid can be fatal to them.

Thought I would start today's Thread with another scanned image from old B&W negs    

Well, my 2024 is off to an eventful start:

1) Today is my wife's birthday. I'd best not divulge her age - let's just say it's a milestone birthday.
2) Yesterday morning's early walk in the dark included a hard fall. My vision in the dark has slipped a bit; without clear visual cues my depth perception isn't what it used to be. I caught the toe om my boot on a raised portion and went down hard on the sidewalk, twisting my body in an effort to protect the camera (my back-up Canon, not my Nikon D7500 - more on that below). The Canon appears undamaged, but the mono-pod cracked and no longer secures the camera.
3) Regarding the Nikon, I've mentioned before that I've been having problems with it, and yesterday I took it down to the local camera shop. They determined that the lens is the faulty component and needs to be sent in for repair. It doesn't look like the glass itself has been damaged. They couldn't give me an accurate cost estimate or a time frame, but warned that it could be $200 to $300 and take 2 to 3 weeks.

So I'm back to using the Canon, on a second mono-pod. And I woke quite stiff and hurting in a couple of places, but without serious injury. Still, today's walk(s) will be challenging.

Here's one shot taken yesterday on my walk back from the camera store. A rather blah subject, but I need to reacquaint myself with how to use the Canon...

   

I hope the early days of 2024 have been less problematic for you all.

Happy New year! You can watch the Sydney fireworks video if this link works for you. I put it on full screen. It goes for 12 minutes.
   

Good morning all - the last weekend of 2023!

DW and I have been doing last minute shopping, etc in anticipation of the upcoming trip. I have even started to pack a few things. We will leave home about 5 AM Wed morning to get to the local airport, short flight to Atlanta, then a longer flight to LAX. I'm sure everyone is tired of hearing about this.

We will probably watch the Georgia - Florida State ballgame this afternoon. Other than that, I'll probably was a load of clothes this morning before DW gets up. In a few minutes I will get in my morning walk, as I've been trying to walk a minimum of 2 miles every day for the past couple of weeks.

Hope all have a good weekend.

Almost the end of another year.

I hope it was a good one you all, and that 2024 is even better.

And in going through all my archived photos I'm almost finished with 2017. Here's one I rediscovered and reprocessed...