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A Beautiful Saturday

Saturday, August 16 was just perfect.  You know the type of day where the sun is warm but not blazingly hot and there's a gentle, cool breeze that doesn't have a drop of humidity in it.  Days where no one has their A/C on, except that weird family you never see with their windows open and you're not sure they're human. Where even your black dog doesn't mind laying on the cool green grass out in the sun to grab a quick snooze, instead of seeking the deepest shade so she doesn't spontaneously catch fire. You know a perfect day. Well, we just had one of those perfect days you normally get in late spring not mid-August. And I finally, got to see some butterflies including a monarch. I haven't seen a monarch butterfly for several years. They've probably been around but not in my yard. So this year I planted some milkweed to see if that would help.  The milkweed has been blooming since May when I planted it and absolutely nothing has found it except the ...

A Look Back to 2013

I am by no means a photographer. I'm not someone who's going to go hiking in Yellowstone National Park in -30 degree weather to get a shot of a buffalo covered in ice. I'm just not going to go quite that far but I do look for interesting things to take pictures of.  I've got a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 that I really like and I'm still trying to figure out what everything does but I mostly leave it on automatic mode. That's what its for right?  For me to not mess with the settings?  Well, at least whoever programmed the thing will appreciate me using the auto mode. So, since I started my blog, I thought about things I wanted to post about and thought I would take a look at what I did last year and see if I could "beat it".  Whatever "it" is for 2014 and thought I would post a few of my favorites for you to enjoy and hopefully I'll find some more unique subjects this year. I literally have hundreds if not thousands of pictures in iPhoto...