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Thanksgiving

Katiebell
2 days ago
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Well, I did survive Thanksgiving after all, above is the Fisherman's Memorial at Point Judith, it inserted itself there by accident!

I flew up to my parents house and had a pretty nice time. My Mom gave me the new camera and I did a lot of helping her cook and clean up for some guests...

We then left early for the RHode Island Thanksgiving.

having Breakfast here:

Diner

As is obvious the weather wasn't good.

Luckily I eventually convinced my Dad to let me drive through the yukky part, up through NY, past the Tappan Zee bridge an on to a much tamer parkway.

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I hate to admit it but, my parents are not the world's best drivers.

My Dad, I swear, can not see signs well, and is used to relying on my Mom for navigation. My Mom, unfortunately is not a good navigator.

Given that their usual traffic is more like the photo below:

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I can see why that was not exactly their cup of tea.

Oddly, once I arrived in Rhode Island, I managed to not really get out my camera except for one great trip to the beach with my awesome nephews.

So the photos you are missing out on are:

*My Brother in Law's 30 pound never frozen Organic Turkey...cooked and uncooked.

*The absoloute Norman Rockwell Scene of the multiple generations spanning from 91 yrs to 4 yrs.

*the washing of the china for 22 people (good lord that took forever)

* my Niece in Laws overly sparkly outfit

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Instead you get my Mom and my nephews. We were able to escape for about 2 hours on Thanksgiving morning.

THe Boys were super. I love them at this age. M. is much less Brittle and more fun to hang around with at age 6.

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Here he is with his test tube of sea water...a natural scientist, his teacher says.

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A. is also sporting a test tube, in front of a wrecked lobster trap, which is one of the main things in this area.

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Lobs

Fishingboats

In fact, many fishermen have lost their lives, causing a Fisherman's memorial to be created:

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Clearly, the memorial is more active than some...

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Well, I have of course 200 or so photos. Most are a little artsy, some are of enormous swans, I think I'll be a while in editing these, nost of these images were raw, unedited.

Worst Light Ever....

Katiebell
5 days ago
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Wow, it was the worst light ever today for fooling with the camera. FLat, gray.

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And rainy. I got this shot which was pretty good...

and of course given the sky these were nice to do...

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A little depressing though maybe. I am grateful that I live in Florida and not Pennsylvania where this gloomy gray can persist for weeks on end.

Tomorro I am off to Rhode Island, where I will not have a ton of time, given family, but hope to get several shots of the beach....and I suppose the family.

QotD: NFL Check-in

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It's Week 12 of the NFL season. How's your team faring?

QotD: Deck the Halls

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2 days ago

A lot of people start decorating for the holidays before the Thanksgiving leftovers have been eaten... What about you? When are you going to start putting up your holiday decorations this year?

QotD: Turkey Hangover

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3 days ago

Thanks have been given, the turkey's been eaten, so take a moment and tell us: What was the best part of your Thanksgiving this year? Bonus points if you share a photo!

QotD: Happy Thanksgiving!

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4 days ago

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?

QotD: Gobble Gobble

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5 days ago

From the turkey and stuffing to all of the fixin's... Who's cooking your Thanksgiving dinner this year? What dish are you most looking forward to?

I took a walk with my Mom yesterday and insisted on bringing my old camera. She wanted no camera as it was an exercise walk, not a camera walk, but I am thrilled I brought it along because this is what we encountered...

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A Barred owl. it was sitting by a creek, no doubt looking for a meal.

I wished I had had my new camera, but the small one did the job. I'll be walking with the bigger better one today for sure.

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Some of the equipment our Mennonite Neighbours use.

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I'm still learning the Photoshop editing program as well it seems....

but there's the view from the walk.

Of course, I have yet to really get into the D 70, its going to take some serious reading.

New Camera!

Katiebell
Nov 22, 2009
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My Mom gave me a New camera as part of my Christmas, actually it's an old camera, an older Nikon D70 and whoo hoo the lens of my choice. I took a bunch of photos, wanted all the lenses, and decided on the 300mm with zoom of course.

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It's a big jump from my little tiny panasonic camera, but I do love the D70 already even if it is ancient news.

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I'm having a bit of a time adjusting to having such a heavy substantial camera...

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SO more to come in the future....

QotD: New Moon Lights Up The Dark Knight

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Nov 22, 2009
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New Moon broke The Dark Knight's single day box office record. Are you planning on seeing this teenage vampire love story? If so: Team Edward or Team Jacob?