WELCOME SEPTEMBER

With young people headed back to school and old sol headed lower on the horizon, we’ve come once more to the cooler part of the year. Well, it probably won’t be real cool around here for a while yet, but the heat of the summer is mostly past and, with a little help from the sprinkler, our lawn should return to its customary green color; although, our tomato vines are about ready for the trash heap at this point. Those tomato vines have given us much pleasure in the last two months, especially from their production of those little yellow cherry types that taste better than candy. I took this shot back when they were still looking great:



Camera Go Bust

Did I mention that I’m in withdrawal? I tried to clean the dust from my Canon SLR and wound up ruining the sensor. At least, I think that’s what I did. As I write this, I’m still anxiously waiting for the verdict on it from a Canon repair technician in Irvine, California. Hopefully, it is not beyond repair!!! Meantime I’m back to using my Olympus point and shoot. This Olympus C-750 really isn’t a bad camera, but it’s not the Cadillac of camera bodies either and I can’t wait to get back to the SLR.


A Walk Around Town

Dickie and I tried something different for our morning walk today. We drove up to the town green and walked around that new part of town, getting better acquainted with some of the local shops. Among other things, we visited a nice little kitchen-ware shop where Dickie picked up an egg coddler she’s been wanting for a while. I am not personally acquainted with how big the tourist trade is in that new area of our town. Some shops have come and gone rather quickly, but others seem to be thriving. The new construction has a lot of eye-appeal. Here’s a couple shots I’ve taken in that part of town recently:








My “Mustard in the Vineyard” Photo Wins Again

Back in March of this year I posted a photo that won me a “Picture of the Day” at azcolt.com. You can still see it here in my blog if you scroll back down far enough. Alternatively, you can take a look at the web site of our local Sonoma County Tourism Bureau where they liked the photo enough to make me the winner of their summer contest. Here’s the URL: http://www.sonomacounty.com/photo.aspx . The winning prizes included a limousine trip through the wine country, a gift certificate to a local restaurant and this fancy new camera bag below. I left the coffee mug there to give you an idea of its size. Now all I need is a sherpa to carry it for me!:




So much for now.