Some beauty, some water, a new orange bird feeder

A view around the yard

A New Smilebox

is next. Our Llano Photography club has several chores for the summer, one is fireworks. My latest attempt was last week at the Iowa Cubs AAA baseball game vs Omaha. CUBS WON! Our instructions for great fireworks said to go manual, with f-8 or f-11 and ISO 100 or 200. I set my camera for f-8 and ISO 200. After about five shots, I checked the pictures, no good, too dark. I changed to the sports setting. The camera let me do a quick one frame shot or multiple shots. I did not have a choice for the foreground, due to our reserved seats and I felt I should have used a smaller zoom lens and had NO tripod. The fireworks show was only about 10 minutes long, so I kept shooting and ended up with only about 25 shots, they are fun to examine. I really like the ones with the puffs of smoke. I wish I had the smaller camera ready to shoot a movie, the finale was awesome with some big BOOOOMS!

Carry on

Fireworks at Sec Taylor Stadium

Create your own free digital slideshow

I found

a new web site that will do everything.....www.wolframalpha.com

ask a math question, it will give you the answer. put in your home town, there is an aerial map and you can zoom in to your home. Lets see, I think they took the photo in late April or May last year. I can see the trailer in the driveway and mom's tulip tree is bloomed.

Check it out.......carry on........

They are off and running

in the Dam to Dam 10K and downtown Des Moines 5K run/Walk. Raindrops kept falling on their heads through most of the 10K, but they finished. One lady that ran had a lung transplant a year ago. The father of the donor found her and ran along side of her for the 10K. The organizers are great, they have it down to a science, Lots of water tables, beer tables and KYBOS!
























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Who are these guys?

I think Charlie made this statement, on LOST.......when the group encountered "The Others" for the first time.....