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River Walk

Today I thought I’d share some photos from last October. It was one of the last times I went out to take photos before the weather turned. This river isn’t so very far away from my apartment. It’s a nice place to go but not without some friends to go along. It’s a rather popular fishing spot but there are parts of the mini peninsula that are rather isolated. I wouldn’t say that it’s particularly unsafe but wandering around alone with my camera just doesn’t seem the best idea. Anyway; on to the photos!

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Dear Blog

I’ve missed you. At least, I think I have. I haven’t quite figured it out yet but it makes me sad to think about how long it’s been. So long that I feel like I can’t just jump right back in, not that I had any particular rhythm going on before I stopped writing. I honestly don’t know why I did. There’s a lot of excuses I could come up with but they are pretty flimsy. I think of myself as a boring person and really, what do I have to write about? That’s been eating at me for a while. I think I’ve decided that it doesn’t really matter that I don’t have a niche (catchphrase!) or some other ulterior motive for having a blog.

What I do have is an enormous back log of photos that I’ve never done, well, anything with. So far 2012 has been rather photo barren, which is another thing that bugs me. So a (largely) unused blog, photos that need something doing with, and lacking motivation to take photos? (Though I can guarantee that the Wisconsin winter is at least partially to blame for few photos this year.) It all fits! The site is a bit of a shambles but I make no promises as to when everything will be fixed because the truth is it probably won’t ever be finished. That’s what happens when you have a lazy perfectionist. If such a thing exists, I am it. I’m going to stop apologizing for not writing, stop making promises that I know won’t be kept.

As everyone knows, the best use of a DSLR is to take photos of one’s cat(s). Can I just stop to say that I googled whether or not “one’s” should have an apostrophe in it? Because I did. Why? It just has to be right. I’m not lazy all the time! Ahem. Anyway, I have more than a few but not a ridiculous amount of cat photos. Here are some that are recent. All shot with my Nikon D90 and 50mm f/1.8.

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Moving. Ack.

I know last week I made some progress on actually writing. This week that all fizzled. Between attending two birthday parties last weekend, trying to spend as much time with family as possible, going to the dentist three times this week (3!! I had three cavities all on different sides of my mouth so they filled them different days), preparing at work for someone else to come in, and packing (!!!) I just haven’t written.

So here is a photo of a rose.

The big moving dates are June 4 and 5. I’m somewhat prepared but there’s still so much stuff that I need to do. Pack. Arrange. Make calls about. I may not be able to devote much time to writing until after the move.

Wordless on Wednesday

Poe’s box

Both of the cats have loved the boxes that are sitting around waiting for magic elves to start packing things. Who knows how they’ll react as more and more start piling up. Hopefully, those boxes will be full and the cats will be content to sit on top of the boxes rather than in them. I have a feeling our moving date is going to be here before I can turn around twice.