Camera Crazy: Get to Know Your Camera--Assignment 1

Camera Crazy: Get to Know Your Camera--Assignment 1

I am the proud owner of one of the above, with intentions of upgrading as soon as possible. However, I do have to remind myself that I have yet to even master everything about this gem. The instruction booklet does help, but having little patience and time leads me to discover great things within this camera. Note to self: WRITE DOWN the pathways to those discoveries!

The above was taken last month in beautiful Cancun where skies meet the ocean. I love all the hues of cool colors and the breaking waves!

The next photo just below the sky/ocean was an oops considering the exposure, but how fitting the ghostly image of a now abandoned and decaying restaurant.

That's my assignment!

Thank the gods I'm not in...

....a full body cast!

Peeps @ work sure made this a pick on "Grandma" day meaning me sporting my third leg!

Sure,..fun at my expense why not and good thing I can take it but there was overkill and obviously not enough work for some to do..hmmm..must remedy that..

A few times, some made off with the cane making me think I was losing it upstairs aka the noggin. Yeah..ha ha folks, not funny til I've had my second cup for the day and they know this!

And so..after the second cup and as the day progressed,..the Grandma cracks continued, I had been sent via e:mails ads for "Depends", hearing aids, "Polygrip" and personal scooters etc. At one point after leaving my office for lunch..I came back to see that my office chair had been replaced by a wheelchair we keep here, complete with cut out flames and a bicycle helmut..jeeezuzzz...yup..they DON'T have enough to do!

All that aside though, it was a fun day at my expense for which I didn't mind and grew used to, but I do thank god again that I wasn't in a full body cast and the staff having at er with permanent markers and having me sporting a gotee.

Lastly..."Karma's a bitch"...


“Karma, ahhh. We sow what we reap... We reap what we sow! We reap what we sow. The law of cause and effect. And we are all under this law. ”

Nina Hagen

Raising cane

Well, not quite "raising" but moreso leaning on for support...

{{{Sighs}}}...never thought nor did I want to see the day come again when I had to break it out,..uhmm.."break it out"..uhgg..bad..let's say dust it off instead, which is what I had to do since putting it out of sight since 2006 after my broken knee mended. Good thing really, that I decided to hang onto all of the items for "in case" and "in case" came.

Now, besides the point that I don't want to walk round with a cane for many reasons..I see the need to as does my foot. What I forgot but am actually liking now are the manners that people are exuding in my limping cane bearing presense. People running slightly ahead of me and opening doors with a smile,..elevators included, people wanting to fetch things for me and so on..ahhhhhhhh...LOVE IT!! You know, I could really milk this thing ;-) Alright,..I wouldn't do that although the temptation is clearly there. I LOVE manners not to mention the fact of the satisfaction it does others to show them {manners} while helping another out. This world SO lacks simple manners like "please", "thank you", "excuse me", "you're welcome" etc etc etc. I do appreciate them that's for sure. Makes me want to go back to the turn of the century for that alone. For what I've seen thus far in this day..gives me hope....

Now,..the one thing I should do is make a placard to hand around my neck explaining what happened to my foot! FFS..I'm sick to death of telling the same thing over and over when asked!! OOPS..me manners..;-) :-p

“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.”
Emily Post.

With each step...

...I winced in pain today..ohh hell..it's actually been near a month since I managed to mangle the insides of my foot!

Now, this being the case..my new motto is simply this "PAY ATTENTION", and from here on in, at least when it comes to walking about..I'll watch where I'm going and may even leave the bubblegum at home! :-P

Alright, besides my foot beating to it's very own rhythm from the rest of my body, it's been a pretty good day. The sun is out, it's warmer than usual which generally has people in better spirits myself included.

My doctor visit was fun yet interesting with my asking this lovely healer about how his Ramadan fast was going in the first week. I think he was genuinely pleased of my interest and explained to me this fast, with a smile on his face all the while. I love smiles, better still..it's gratifying to make people smile and have them share their thoughts/lifestyles/religions. I learned somethings today and I'm richer for it and all I did was ask....

I learned much today besides that..I learned to love the simplicities in life. Just hobbling about to the doctors and x-ray clinic, along the way I enjoyed watching people. The laughing teens, all texting and probably texting to each other, whatever, it made them laugh despite how the communication took place. The father with his two identical twin 2 year olds and the look of relief on his face when one nurse happily played with them for sometime while he was filling out documents..lol..2 year old twins ohhh my! I also literally stopped to smell some roses on the way home while enjoying probably the best fudgicle I've had in a long time...

I also realized I wasn't rushing today, well.. the foot prevented it and in this situation I have to admit that it feels DAMN GOOD to not rush around! Think I'll make a practice of not being the proverbial "running like a chicken with head cut off" for one reason or another. Slow and steady is starting to grow on me..think I should let it really take root this time.

This day was a multitude of many appreciations I've forgotten to appreciate. Smiling and talking lightheartedly with all sorts of people, admiring/smelling flowers, enjoying an ice cream, and all because I needed a day off from work with this foot which..I tended to forget about at times.

Pain and the necessity to seek a sloution to healing it caused many pleasures this day. A situation so opposite from one another yet the oxymoron provided valuable lessons.


"As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round."
- Ben Hogan

Thoughts......

Thoughts, running through my head
As I do my daily things...

Mundane tasks from a list I made..
I try to do while in a foggy state
The house is quiet cept for the ticking clock
That reminds...

Time, like the wind breezes on by...
And thoughts like the clock on the wall
That keeps on ticking..

The things I should try and do from the list..
The wind though..I'd rather watch
As it softly billows the curtains like a lovers caress
It whispers of things to come filling my head
With thoughts I shouldn't think of but I'm not ashamed..

Thoughts, like the time that goes by..
I look at all the fine things that surround me
How they all mean so little..
Thoughts turn to family and friends..
They all mean so much that it hurts
Yet, it feels good..

Thoughts of what I want to be..
When I grow up
Thinking, I'm glad it's an option

The list lies directly ahead of me..
Two things checked off
I'm thinking it takes alot to make me feel guilty

My last thought...

Life is too short, and some lists too long
And no thought required as to which one I'll follow......

Unlocked

Ego, a fragile thing
Looking to be stroked
Wanting answers before questions
Wanting a laugh before the joke
Feelings, they can't be bought
Yet, the heart needs paying
I wonder if there is a key that fits for a price
Wouldn't it be nice m'Dear if you unstopped your ears
To open up your eyes to see things clear
Wouldn't it be sweet m'Dear if the key fit
One simple turn to become unlocked
Freedom from the chains that keep you down
Freedom from crowds that judge who've not seen a mirror
The same ones who hold stones poised at your glass house
Wanting it to crash down and picking up a piece of you
Wouldn't it be nice m'Dear if you had nothing to fear
Wouldn't it be sweet to feel the key turn
To be unlocked....

WOW Micael!!

U Farkin ROCK at Web design!!

LOVE the changes, but moreso than that, than anything, LOVE YOU!!!