Puffs of air!

Apparently, as I learn more and more about my camera weekly, a couple of solid new tools have cleaned up the situation. Not perfectly, it's still a bit dirty to my eyes. This doesn't seem to show on the photos though. I had a day off today and went on what the Hubs calls a "duckpond safari". Walking through the duckpond area with the camera wedged on my face and my lovely fellow watching out for the perils: stepping backward into a ditch, awkward positions that show panties, rabid coyotes, animal turds on the trail, weird dudes and creepy old guys who try and tell me what to take pictures of and trap me by my manners into long conversations.

Bah! Dirty Camera.

So...after the fright of a raging house fire just beside us, I discovered that the changing of my lenses in the smoky ash filled air resulted in a dirty camera. Apparently the only way to clean it besides mucking about with it myself is to send it away. Until I can figure out a way to get the specks out of my view, I am stymied. On the upside, the dust doesn't appear to show over much in my photos.

Hawaiian Good Times con't

Hawaiian Good Times

It's a toss up whether the best part of Hawaii is Hawaii itself or the time spent with my family. As a re-unification of the Cowlings looms this week for some important birthdays, I post these with the hope eventually the same thing may occur in the place we all find it so much easier to relax.

Oops.

Forgot somebody...

Today I will be happier than a bird with two french fries...

Long weekend over. All is not so bad. A little time to head to the Parental Nest approaches. Some birthdays to attend to. Birds on my mind, bouncing along trying to make the best of a world full of cats and windows.

Memory carousel

Could't sleep. Up early. Clicking (as opposed to flipping) through old photos. Thought they should make reappearance. Happy Friday!