Summer is over, and autumn has arrived in it's usual stormy way. Gusty winds blowing leaves all around. Rain beating down in bursts. Washington State isn't known for its overall fall foliage, although there are some really pretty places... or so I have heard. An odd thing that I noticed last weekend was that the capitol campus of "The Evergreen State" has a relatively small amount of Evergreens, dominated rather by maples and other deciduous trees. Near the WaDOT building I found a rhododendron with a single blossom still clinging mightily to its stem. This is odd, since most rhodies are done blooming by...oh... early summer. I love the autumn storms. I drove home through a rare thunder & lightning event the other day. Traffic slowed to 40 or so on the interstate, mostly due to the fact that the visibility had shrunk to about 6 inches. I would have much preferred to be somewhere with my camera set up to catch that once in a lifetime lightning shot. I almost got one once. It was with my previous camera,and just a millisecond too slow. Maybe I'll get another chance this fall.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Seasons Come and Seasons Go
Summer is over, and autumn has arrived in it's usual stormy way. Gusty winds blowing leaves all around. Rain beating down in bursts. Washington State isn't known for its overall fall foliage, although there are some really pretty places... or so I have heard. An odd thing that I noticed last weekend was that the capitol campus of "The Evergreen State" has a relatively small amount of Evergreens, dominated rather by maples and other deciduous trees. Near the WaDOT building I found a rhododendron with a single blossom still clinging mightily to its stem. This is odd, since most rhodies are done blooming by...oh... early summer. I love the autumn storms. I drove home through a rare thunder & lightning event the other day. Traffic slowed to 40 or so on the interstate, mostly due to the fact that the visibility had shrunk to about 6 inches. I would have much preferred to be somewhere with my camera set up to catch that once in a lifetime lightning shot. I almost got one once. It was with my previous camera,and just a millisecond too slow. Maybe I'll get another chance this fall.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Mammograms
Really... If you are a gal over 40, get your annual exam. It's a bit uncomfortable, sure. But, what is worse, 15 minutes of discomfort, or the pain and horror of breast cancer treatment?
C'mon… Do it!!!
C'mon… Do it!!!
Monday, September 7, 2009
Sorting
I have begun the monumental task of sorting and archiving the over 10,000 photos that I have taken in the past year. Last week, I purchased a 1TB WD External Storage Drive, and I have been using the book "Digital Asset Management" by Peter Krogh.( ISBN-10: 0-596-10018-3 )
After deciding on a directory structure, the next step is breaking the existing folders into ~4GB "buckets" for easy archiving to DVD-R. By far the worst part is going to be going through each one and deciding "Keep or Toss", and adding tags for ease of location later. Any bets as to exactly how many pictures I have taken of Molly since August of 2008?
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