1/10/2010

This morning I was sitting there looking at the quilt my mama made for me when I was a teenager that we keep on the bed and I was struck by the pattern on the back of it. I really like the floral pattern on the fabric.

From Photo 365

From Photo 365

This quilt has been very well loved. I had it on my bed for years and after we got married we've still used it very often. It's one of my favorite things.

It makes me think about learning to quilt. I sew a little and I think it'd be something fun to try and would make really good Christmas gifts I think.

1/9/2010, a little late

I didn't get my post up last night because I needed to get up at 3:00 AM for work. I figured I could just post this then.

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It might not seem like a big deal but this is a very rare photo. Not only are all three kitties together in front of the fire, but they're also all looking at me.

1/08/2010

Cutting it close today! Here's something I've been working on/reading. I'm trying to learn electronics and also get back into programming. So far the books have been absolutely fantastic. I'm going to be writing a review of Make: Electronics soon so stay tuned for that!

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Yes, that's my stripey socked foot in the bottom left.

1/7/2010

It's started raining and I'm starting to doubt we'll get any snow. I got out before the clouds and rain hit to get my pictures. I was playing around with our Tamron 70-300 f/4-5.6 Di today.

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It's a fun lens. It's what I take my moon pictures with and anything else long distance but it's not just a zoom lens.

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It's also a macro lens that works very well.

We're going to add to our lenses this year by getting a prime lens and I can't wait to shoot with it.

1/6/2010

Today was a pretty typical day. We just worked all day and had pizza for supper. It's still cold (for us anyway). I had to thaw out the shallow bowl that is a bird bath/cat water saucer with several pitchers of hot water but knowing the cats and birds have something to drink is well worth it. I'm going to get some more bird food and probably some suet when we get groceries.

Today's picture is of one of my new year's resolutions. I'm going to play my ukuleles more.

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They hang over my desk along with a sepia print of a road (that makes me want to ride my bike down it that we got from IKEA).

1/5/2009

I swear I'm going to take pictures that aren't of the cats at some point. I just saw Black Kitty in the light and just loved the scene.

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The smoky stuff is water vapor from our humidifier.

I walked into the room and Black Kitty thought I was going to get on to her. Our room used to be off limits when we weren't in there.

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The weather reports are calling for snow Thursday. It sure is cold enough.

1/4/2010

I took a couple of pictures that I thought should go up today.

I thought this was a good one of Beatrice.

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Black Kitty got in my lap and had to have a picture taken.

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Today we dropped off our car and picked up the rental. We got an Altima, so not bad! We won't be driving it much anyway. I dislike driving rental cars anyway, too many people have been driving and abusing them.

And, while we were eating lunch I got my review copy of Make: Electronics! I'm so excited! I've been playing with my Arduino and that's teaching me quite a bit but this book should give me a good understanding of electronics by keeping it in terms that make sense to me and also encouraging me to break things because really failure is a good teacher.