Looking at the last date I posted, it’s been two weeks. So much has happened in the last two weeks. I apologize in advance if this gets a little long! Continue reading
A lot to catch up on
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Category Archives: Animals
My camera died :-(
So many of you have told me since I’ve been blogging how much you enjoy my photos. I had noticed on our way down here that something was wrong with the pictures I was taking. When I started in the photo club here, I also observed that I was getting an E:6210 error message. I followed several suggestions the facilitator gave me, and someone else tried to help, but to no avail. Last week I took my camera to a camera shop someone in the club had recommended and learned that it had to do with the stabilization in my lens and would cost a minimum of $233 to fix it. No can do! Continue reading
What I’ve been doing in my off time
I haven’t sent many pictures lately because I’ve been having technical difficulties with both my camera and my laptop, but tonight I mean to rectify the situation. Besides sewing and quilting, I’ve also joined a photography club, and I’m learning a bit about ways to improve my photography through the way I shoot pictures and also through the editing process. We’re practicing on dogs because you can’t control them so you have to learn how to go with the flow. Here are some shots I took at the dog park last week: Continue reading
Happy New Year!
This being New Year’s Eve, it’s time to look back and look forward. Continue reading
I want to do it all!
This morning we met with Mary Beth and she took us on a tour of all the places we’ll be cleaning. When we first talked with her in our phone interview, she said we’d be cleaning the bath houses, and I thought she said we’d be cleaning the activity center. Today I realized she said the activity centers! Remember all those shops I mentioned before? The lapidary shop, the stained glass shop, the art center, etc, etc? No wonder it’s going to be a forty hour a week job! Continue reading
Our last day of sightseeing on this trip
Today marks our last day of sightseeing on this trip. We took advantage of it to see St Augustine. First we visited the old jail, set up as it was in 1908. Continue reading
From St Augustine, FL
There’s an interesting story about how we happen to be in St Augustine, FL tonight. When we arrived in Edisto Island, SC and they were confirming the length of our stay there, it occurred to me that I hadn’t made a reservation to be anywhere on this evening. Somehow in my planning for this trip I had missed this one night. Continue reading
Hilton Head, SC
Dad has been saying for years that Hilton Head is one of his favorite places in the country. This morning we headed south to check it out for ourselves. It was nearly a two-hour drive to get there. We had no idea what to look for there, so we tried stopping at the first welcome center we saw, and we found that it was closed and completely empty. Not a good sign! Continue reading
From Edisto Island, SC
What a beautiful day! I mean, it was cloudy, but kind of picturesque. There is a lot of water in South Carolina, not the least of which is the Atlantic Ocean. We’ve been near the Atlantic Ocean before, but this is the first time we got our feet wet in it. I have pictures: Continue reading
On top of Stone Mountain
Mark and I went to explore the mountain today. We decided to be really daring and buy a one-way ticket for the sky tram to the top of the mountain. There is a trail that people can take in either direction or both. We weren’t daring enough to try both! Continue reading