Sunday Sky & The Happenings

I didn't take a picture of the Saturday Sky yesterday. I intended to. Not that it was a very photogenic sky. Beautiful though it was with it's wispy white tendrils clinging to the mountains and pale blue kisses visible of the teasing sky. Just busy I guess. Or a mind preoccupied. Mainly though the images would have been washed away by my point and shoot camera. I have entirely changed my mind (AGAIN) on the whole camera thing. I really want a DSLR camera, but... well I need to do a bit more research. Plus I want a new tighter point and shoot. Maybe after work Monday I'll run out and have a hands on lookie see. I've been looking at various online review sites, but sometimes you just gotta hold the little bad boys in your hands.

If anyone has any personal experience with DSLR camera's you'd like to share or have any recommendations on brands I'm open for some friendly advice? I was going to make the purchase at Circuit City. That has changed given how messed up they have proven themselves to be by their recent business practices I think I'll go elsewhere. That's just not cool.

Last night as I was waiting for MonkeySocks to show up at a restaurant not far from my house for dinner and I started to take a picture of the view. It was facing towards my house and even though the sunset was muted due to the overcast sky it was still breathtaking.

But then I realized my camera batteries were dead. *L*

Le Sigh, Them's the breaks kiddo. So no Saturday Sky Picture. I do have a new pack for my upcoming trip to Otterland. We leave early Wednesday and will be back Saturday afternoon...  or Sunday afternoon. As for the Morrissey Concert on Sunday. We'll see. I'd love to go, but.. well we'll see.

So dinner with MonkeySocks was fantastic. She was a bit late due to a yarn emergency, but as a fellow knitter I could totally relate and begrudge her nothing for it. Sometimes you gotta put the yarn in the naughty corner and she had some naughty ass yarn on her hands. *L*

It was okay that she was late. It was nice to be in a quiet moment and just think. It was windy and much cooler than it should have been, but it felt nice to just breathe for a moment and look at the sky.

It amazes me how much people can have to say to one another. We we're there talking for four hours or so, pretty much nonstop. Then after I had called my honey to tell him I was coming home in a bit we decided to take it elsewhere. We went and had mint tea and talking at a place not too far from my house for a few more hours.

This was especially funny since I'd only had a few hours sleep the night before and had sand paper eyelids and was just about to fall over prior to meeting up with her. I can't blame my hyper upness on her entirely... A few hours before we hooked up I had a Grande Non Fat, No Whip, 3 Pump Triple shot Peppermint Mocha (I'm a Pod People!) . Holy Fuck was that yummy. *grin* It did what it was intended to do and kept me going long after my ass should have been in the sack.

When I finally made it home after 2:00 am I slept really really well. First time in weeks I've slept more than 6 hours. That was nice.  I imagine I'll sleep well in OtterLand too.

As for the knitting I'll be taking with me... we'll see. I've got several things going right now. Though I really want to get started on some Dave Lace... and the Kew Socks... and and and... so many things. My mind is a twitter with all of the possibilities. But perhaps I should finish something I'm already on. The honey socks will be good for car & travel knitting. Plus the Ducky Hat or maybe the scarf... I really need to finish something. *L*

As for the Sunday Sky, here is a photo I took back on the 8th when the honey took me to Animal Ark. I love a big sky. One of the reasons I love Nevada so much, you can see where you are.

Clickety Biggety

In other news I made it to the gym two times this week. Plus a little walking on the side. At the gym Wednesday night I first walked on the flat gerbil wheel thingy also known as a treadmill. I did a mile in half the time it normally takes me. *grin* Then I did some weights and topped it off with a lot of laps in the pool. Then Friday when I was with my morning workout partner in crime I did 15 hard fast minutes on the elliptical trainer and 1.3 miles on the treadmill in decent time. I'm feeling pretty darn spiffy about myself these days. *Super Happy Otter Dance*

This week Rachel will be off doing some special stuff and I'll be in OtterLand later in the week so I'm going to try to get my workouts in early in the week. Plus I'll be walking all over OtterLand so that's good. Heh. Anything in OtterLand is good though. ;^)

Comments

[Cookie]

... sometimes you just gotta hold the little bad boys in your hands.

I've been sayin' that for years.

o.0

/runs

[ilanna]

Hey there :) I have a canon digital rebel - which i *LOVE.* The big thing to realize when buying a DSLR is that once you start buying lenses, that's it - you are committed to that brand other wise you end up replacing lenses with the same thing but a different mount. :) Canon and Nikon are both good - but personally i think Canon is more bang for the buck. The rebel xt is really nice (but if you have big hands, not a good choice.)

as for point and shoot - i'm a canon baby always :) I have the SD800 Digital Elph. It's absolutely FANTASTIC!! :) I love it. Again it all falls to comfort and preferences. :) GOOd luck with the camera!!

[Stacy]

I have a Nikon D70 that I wouldn't trade for just about anything... except the next model up, of course. My favorite thing about this camera is how quickly it will focus and take a shot in 'auto' mode. It can grab that quick shot before the kid/cat/hummingbird is out of the frame. I think it does pretty well about not having "off" pixels in the solid area parts, as well. Gorgeous detail, and a battery charge lasts a long time.

My newest compact point and shoot is a Canon PowerShot SD800 IS Digital Elph. This is a nice one to stick into your pocket, and the movies it takes aren't too bad, either. But, it suffers from that pause before a picture is taken. I haven't seen a compact one that doesn't, though.

If you have specific questions about either camera, don't hesitate to ask!

[Stacey]

::: insert English accent :::

Happy Birthday Old Girl!

/runs

[Susan]

Happy Otter Birthday! I hope it's the best one ever.

[Scoutj]

Happy Birthday! I hope you have some yarn p0rn from me when you get back!