New Blog Design

They rolled out a new template designer here at Blogger, so I decided to change the overall look of my blog (I'll change my other one(s) soon.)

If I can't visit the beach, I can at least look at it. *smile*

A Sunny Saturday At Oakland Cemetery

It's been a long time since I've posted to this blog, because most of my posts lately have been predominantly photographs I've taken recently. And that's what this blog post is about, but I probably won't post any pictures right now, because I still have to sort and post process them, and that's going to take a while.

At any rate, Monica and I participated in the I HEART Faces Photo Walk at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta this morning, from 9 - 11 AM (give or take 30-45 minutes each end.) It's amazing how several hours walking around on a hot, HUMID day can just knock you right out (I just woke up about 30 minutes ago from a several hour nap!) It was a lot of fun though, and interesting to meet some other photographers from the area.

After the walk, Monica and I left the rest of the walkers, the majority of whom were meeting up at Six Feet Under for a post-walk lunch, and met up with Amy and Jason at Little Five Points to enjoy our own lunch together at Vortex Bar & Grill. After lunch we walked around Little Five Points, visiting a couple of the local shops, before returning to our respective homes, where Monica and I passed out. We both needed the rest though, Monica especially, who is battling a sinus infection.

All in all it was a good day out, and after I work my magic on the pictures in Photoshop, I will post some of my favorite ones, so stay tuned.

Have a great rest of the weekend everyone!

Anna Ruby Falls

Larger Re-Touches From Watson Mill Bridge State Park

More Random Pictures

Home Sick...Again

Well, today is the 2nd day in a row I've been home sick from work. I feel better than I did yesterday, but after another rough morning, there was no way I was going to go into work today. My ASM called a little while ago and asked if I was coming in tomorrow, and I've already committed myself to doing so, sick or not. Too many important things happen on Friday, most of which I'm responsible for. And while I know others can handle them, more or less, I would rather do them myself. Hopefully I'll be feeling back to normal by then, or tomorrow will be another day like Monday and Tuesday at work. *sigh*

At any rate, it would seem that Monica may be coming down with the same thing that slipped past my defenses (an extremely rare occurrence, since I almost never get sick.) She was feeling rough this morning, and has sent me text messages periodically throughout the day, telling me that she's feeling worse. Hopefully she hasn't caught the same thing I had, but it's starting to look that way. We'll just have to play things by ear, and see how she's feeling tomorrow. Maybe it will be HER turn to take some sick days off work *sigh*

It's been kind of rainy today, and I've had cabin fever from spending the past 2 days indoors, so I tried to take a cheery photo of the outdoors; the view through one of the side windows on our front door. Monica got this "Welcome" statue with cardinals on it the other day at the Dollar General. We both like cardinals, and they always remind her of her mom. So here they are, drenched in winter rain, welcoming all those who darken our doorstep.

NOW The Sun Comes Out

I went to meet Clare and the kids at Memorial Park today, braving the finger numbing temperatures and overcast skies that threatened freezing rain at any moment. It was SUPPOSED to have been bright and sunny, and around 40 degrees in Athens today, but it was nowhere near that this morning! Now of course the sun is shining blindingly bright, and I'm sure the temperature's warming up to above freezing, but it wasn't so when we were wandering through the park with our cameras, kids in tow. We had an enjoyable time though, even if it was brief due to the cold, and we stopped in and had lunch together at Moe's which was nice. I don't get to see Clare and her family as often as I did when I lived just up the road, so it was nice to meet up and spend some time with them.

Anyway, I didn't take many pictures, and they didn't come out as well as I would have liked them too because I'm still getting used to the new camera, but with a bit of retouching in Lightroom and Photoshop, they're not too bad. Here are a few of the better ones. Enjoy.

What I'll Look Like When I'm Bald (And Blue)

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities

New Camera...Pictures Coming Soon

I got my new camera today, and I'm itching to try it out. I just need to get some time off when it's not raining! *sigh* I want to go back to Watson Mill Bridge State Park and take some more pictures of the covered bridge, but I would like to find some cool places closer to Athens/Winder to go and take pictures. I'm sure I'll go to Fort Yargo at some point, probably when the weather gets a bit better, but if anyone knows of any good photo locales, please let me know.

Stay tuned, I'll post pictures as soon as I take some new ones! :)