Taking note of the good things
Posted in Life Tips on Apr 20th, 2007
Procrastination is such an easy thing to do, because you’re really not doing anything at all. By putting something off, you are usually just delaying the inevitable, and adding a nice coating of stress to go along with it. We all do it to some degree, some of us are just a lot [...]
Posted in Just Plain Good, Photos, Recommended Articles on Apr 19th, 2007
I was reading Thomas Hawk’s blog today, which is part of my daily RSS feed reading, and read his post about the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. After viewing the link to the photo feature, I felt compelled to share it as well. I dont’ know if I can say it better [...]
Posted in Just Plain Good, Photos on Apr 19th, 2007
You may notice the little girl in this photo; she is the same that I have featured in the header graphic of this site. This is one of my little princesses. I am a big believer in always having a camera at the ready. In today’s world of digital photography, you have [...]
Posted in Life Tips on Apr 19th, 2007
If there ever was a life tip I am writing for myself, this would be it. I am a critical person, both of myself and of things around me. I try very hard not to voice my criticisms of others, but sometimes they slip out. Why is it that as a society [...]
Posted in Life Tips on Apr 18th, 2007
I often have a hard time getting out of bed. The bed is warm and comfy, and we have a wonderful bed. I’m a snuggler, I admit it. I know it isn’t manly, but I love my wife so it is ok, right? I’ll often turn off the alarm and curl [...]
Posted in Life Tips on Apr 17th, 2007
We spend a lot of money on insurance these days. Health insurance, car insurance and of course home insurance. If you have a home with a mortgage, you are required to carry a certain level insurance to cover what is currently their asset/liability. I hope none of you reading this have ever [...]
Posted in Life Tips on Apr 17th, 2007
It is amazing how easily we can get tied up into our own lives, and forget there are others around us we can influence in a positive way. Our lives are busy, and all to often we let the tasks required of us dictate our time and attention. We end up with blinders [...]
Posted in Just Plain Good, Life Tips on Apr 15th, 2007
Today I had the opportunity to speak in my church meeting in front of our congregation. In preparing for the topic in which I was asked to speak, I decided to pattern some of my thoughts after the speech turned song “Everybody’s Free to Wear Sunscreen.†It’d been sometime since I listened to [...]
Posted in Photos on Apr 10th, 2007
Sunsets are beautiful, yet often hard to photograph in a way that captures as much beauty as you see in person. This is not one of my best, but again one of my first good captures of a sunset. So, of course, there is once again a story associated with it.
With the same [...]
Posted in Photos on Apr 9th, 2007
Today is another oldie but a goodie out of my photo archives. This was one of the first photos (that I kept anyway) of an insect. I remember reading a bit about macro photography, and after taking various flower shots I thought I would try and capture a shot of a bee. [...]
