So very good. More photos to follow later! This was the first picture posted on the way home from a wonderful trip to Paris, France.
Southern Living a Steal of a Deal
amazon.com: Southern Living Magazine subscription “too good to be true” deal of $5 for a FULL year: http://tinyurl.com/noh8pa
Just thought I’d pass this on. We ordered a year.
A New Camera
This spring, my trusty Canon 10D died on me while taking photos in Selma, Alabama for a tourism project I’m working on in the Black Belt. I had my other camera with me and the 10D was getting pretty old in terms of digital cameras, so nothing really shocking about it finally giving up the ghost. BUT, I really don’t like having only one camera. If it had been my only camera, I’d have been stuck in Selma at 8 a.m. with basically nothing else to do. Worse, if that had happened on one of my trips to take pictures in a coal mine or at an event, I’d really have been up the creek.
I held out for a few months with only one camera while I researched (though I pretty much knew what I wanted) until last week when I ordered a new Canon 5D II. Wow! What a difference. Wide angle shots are really, REALLY wide. The resolution of a 21 megapixel camera is astounding. I’ve only taken a few photos with it so far, but I’m blown away with the difference in quality thus far! Here’s one from the farmer’s market this weekend.
A Black Belt Booklet
I did a quick booklet about Eco-Tourism opportunities in Alabama’s Black Belt last weekend. I got to use a good number of photos I’ve taken over the years, some photos taken by Billy Milstead, the hardest working brother-in-law to date on Black Belt GPS coordinates and photos, and a few from elsewhere. The booklet turned out pretty good. I think I’ll be able to use it for some other venues as well.
Here’s the cover:
A New Baby in the family
What a wonderful thing. So much sadness in the world and in our family these last few years, it is a good thing to have a beautiful baby girl to come in and brighten the world.
My niece, Dawn, just had a baby girl!
Marcella Renee Dailey
Date of Birth: June 21, 2009
Time of Birth: 5:04 p.m.
Weight: 8 pounds 5 ounces
Length: 20 1/4″
Top picture: new Mom Dawn with Marcella (that, by the way, was my mother’s first name, though she was always called Inez, or more frequently, Mama!).
Bottom picture: Morgan, my very first great niece (and yes, she is great) with Marcee.
Saturday Night Dinner
We had a tasty dinner Saturday night as a bit of a reward for cleaning up the house much of the day. I seared a tuna steak and grilled Ann a piece of Copper River Salmon. A bit of arugula tossed with a rice wine vinegar based citrus dressing, and a few panko crusted fried green tomatoes and the first of season fried okra were, to my mind, perfect!
