I got a new camera!

And oh, boy. Am I ever excited!

I loved my last Canon Powershot which died a very sad and untimely death. After quite a bit of research I decided on the latest Powershot, the Canon PowerShot SX10 IS. So far I love it. I have a Pentax Optio A40 that is perfect for carrying in my purse. It’s tiny and takes great photos – as long as no one is moving. I needed more.

This new camera is not a pocket camera, but it is not as large as an SLR. It has a built in 20x optical zoom, which is great for framing those further away shots. It has a very large screen, and a timer. Those are the features I use most, but it is also fully manual and fully automatic with everything in between. It has a wonderful, big zoom lens, a rotating LCD, manual controls, and a nice movie mode which is very important to me.

I am excited about getting the chance to really try it out!

Canon Sx10 IS

 

A Sunday Morning Sketch

Just the thing to do while listening to the pastor. It may sound odd to some but I just can’t concentrate unless my hands are busy. Give me a pencil and a piece of paper and my ears are yours. Dunno why that is but there ya go.

These are some quick Sunday morning sketches. One is a member of our congregation and I was interested in capturing his chin. It just caught my eye and wondered if I could get it on paper. I must say the likeness is pretty good.

The second was just a quick little drawing of no one. Do you ever do those?

Sunday Morning Sketch

 

Demon Dog?

I love my new puppy. I promise I do. She’s so pretty and smart and happy and she loves me.

And she’s extremely dangerous.

• She’s dangerous to shoes. Not many have survived.
• She’s dangerous to cats. She eats them all. Not literally of course but she does play until they cry.
• She’s dangerous to sticks. She carries them everywhere she goes chewing until they are nothing but toothpicks.
• She’s dangerous to eyeglasses. She chewed the earpiece right off my only pair.
• She’s dangerous to me. I tripped over her the other night and sprained my ankle. I’m in a boot now.

I love my sweet Chloe.

 

Oklahoma Sunset at the ballfield

Oklahoma is blessed to see many wonderful sunsets. This sunset happened during my granddaughter’s softball game. I shoulda been watching her working third base. Instead my eyes were drawn to the beautiful gift we were blessed with that night. The clouds were amazing, the colors were dramatic and the game was just a bit slow. smile…

 

New Puppy

Lookee!! I got a new puppy. Her name is Chloe and she is a red merle Miniature Austrailan Shepherd. My husband says she is actually a red merle alligator disquised as a puppy. Those teeth are sharp and they LOVE my socks.

Ladies and Gentleman, say hello to Chloe!

She's interested everything and BITES everything. Durn little snapper!

 

New Phone

DRATS! I dropped my Razr in the water and fried it. Drats, drats, double drats.

I go into the US Cellular store to file a claim on my phone and learn my contract is up for renewal. Well, yay. I can pay $50 to get a refurbished Razr or I can pay a little more (really… only a little bit more) and get a Motorola Q9c with Windows Mobile on it. Tough decision, huh? New phone, here I come!!

Here’s a pic of momma’s new baby. Isn’t she pretty!

It is taking me a bit of time to figure it all out but I will get there. I also am going to figure out how to make custom ringtones using free software. That’s my goal anyway!

 

A walking color book

My granddaughter thinks I am her walking coloring book. Whenever she thinks of something she wants drawn, gramma will do it. I cannot imagine why she would think that. *rolling eyes at myself*

The other night she asked for an indian woman. I don’t know why other than they were studying native americans at school. I drew this up for her in about an hour and a half. I thought once she got it, that would be that. Evidently she really likes it because she keeps it put up and protected.

 

Sketches

Do you doodle? Do you find yourself on the phone drawing whatever it is that has captured your eye? I do. I do it all the time. I thought it might interest someone to see what my doodles look like.

This was done over a couple of days while I was on the phone at work. It’s a small piece of paper, 4″ x 4″. The eyes are from various photos which were on the internet.

 

Now wasn’t that just fun?!

My sister and I went to a Taylor Hicks concert this past weekend. We had so much fun! Given the really tough times we’ve had in our family this past year or so, the trip to Dallas was a welcome break. We enjoyed the catching up on the way there and back. It was the perfect girl’s out weekend.

I was able to connect with some friends I have made over the past year. I think I was looking forward to that as much as I was the concert. We have emailed back and forth pretty consistently but had never met in person. I was a little nervous that the conversation between us would be awkward. Nothing of the sort happened. They picked my sister and up at our hotel and from the second we climbed into their SUV, it was as if we had known each other for years.

Here’s a picture of us at the House of Blues.

 

Kaylea Plays Ball

I finally compiled some little clips of Kaylea playing ball at a tournament this summer. In the very first clip she is playing short. She makes a stop and throw it to first for the out.

In the next two clips she is playing thirdbase. In the first, short misses the grounder and Kaylea runs to help. She runs back to cover third. I cut the camera too soon but the ball was recovered and thrown to third for the out. In the second, the ball is thrown to third but time is called before Kaylea catches it. The runner went back to second.

The last clip is Kaylea running after a really nice hit. You can see as she is running from first to second that her ball landed in the right outfield. She makes it to third before her coach has her stop.

Kaylea Plays Ball