"We've got NATURE!

McKee Botanical Gardens, May 2010

Our seven year old neighbor Lianna has a flare for the dramatic. "Hi Simon" is too mundane for her. A typical Liannaism is "hello dear Simon". One summer day when she and her brother stumbled upon a snake eating frog (mid meal for the unfortunate frog) she summoned the entire neighborhood with the proclamation "we've got nature". Well, the blog has nature and unlike the snake and frog variety, the reader can eat breakfast and view the blog simultaneously. Disney Vero Beach, Indian River Shores, FL- May 2010

SOMETHING NEW

Vero Beach, FL- May, 2010

Who says you can't teach an old blogger or even older photographer new tricks? Wanted to mix up the blog a bit and found out you can do lots of cool things it just takes a little experimentation and a lot of patience. Perhaps you want to add a picture in the middle of your text? It is that easy.

By the same token the photographer with his new digital can take close ups - or closer ups than he could with the Vectis which didn't have a macro lens.

or how about an uber closeup of the same flower?

Something Borrowed

New Windsor, NY- May 2010

Not my picture, although I wish it was. (from left) Tracey, Ryan and Kelsey have been friends since the fourth grade and celebrated their junior prom last Friday. Formerly known as the group called 'monkey friendship' more recently they've cleverly recreated themselves as neopolitan for obvious reasons (hair color in case one's monitor isn't up to par).

The picture was taken by Jody Wenke, Ryan's mom. She is an amazing photographer and when she is on site with a camera I breathe a sigh of relief knowing that all will be in good order. Jody is my blogspiration www.jodywenke.blogspot.com Check her stuff out; she is a scrapper/blogger who has not only maintained her own blog for over a year but 'guest hosts' other scrapbooking sites and has a musical treasure trove in her head that would put the television show 'Name that Tune' out of business.

PARIS BLEU

Paris, France- April, 2010

A little play on words... the blue in these pictures, taken on Easter Sunday in Paris, is so vibrant (well, compared to the pictures taken on Saturday during the rain) that the entry begged to be named Paris Bleu which is coincidentally the name of a perfume manufacturer located in the heart of... well, Paris

http://www.parisbleu.com/#/en/about

Partie deux de Windows 2010

(Windows 2010 part two)

Nice, France- March 2010

Taking over five hundred pictures ( (which doesn't include the ones she deleted), in twelve days of visiting France Kelsey certainly is her father's daughter and has provided us with considerable blog fodder. Vive la France! Vive la digital as well, because 500 pictures translates into 20 rolls of film which would be quite co$tly,

n'cest pa?