July update?

Buffy, up close

So you're wondering if I'm okay & what the heck I've been doing during the last 14+ days? Well, hhhmm, let's see:

Naturally, just 2 days after I wrote about not yet needing to install the ac, Mac helped me to install the ac. Not that it got so hot, not even to the far side of 85°...just very humid, extremely humid, reaching a dewpoint near 85° with upwards of 85% humidity. Which I couldn't tolerate, despite being well aware that back in my former NJ life I would've been living in ac for at least 6 weeks already & feeling grateful for the difference. Anywho, that episode only lasted 2 days, for which Buffy was very, very grateful (the racket of the infernal ac machine & lack of accessible lounging windows made her very cross). The ac went on again for 3 days last week, during a repeat of the same uncomfy conditions, but the last 5 days have been just perfect 70°s & dry to boot.

Bird feeder

Anyway, despite one night made sleepless by the godawful, rotting flesh stench emanating from a tannery about ½ mile away (which local industry dates back to the 17-18th century Great Lakes trappers who first settled this area), I survived by spending a lot of time on the computer...working on Joe's website, updating Mac's site & obsessing over attempting to learn more advanced web-design techniques. And spending my off, leisure hours dreaming of buying a better digital camera. Which I finally did last week. Hence the new photos shown here & in Buffy's album.

Ivy geranium

The camera is phenomenal...Canon PowerShot S1 IS, with 10x optical zoom, image stabilization, vari-angle LCD monitor plus full viewfinder, continuous shooting/focus, auto & manual focus/light metering, photo-stitch (for panoramic shots), not to mention a movie mode (w/audio) (which I'm just not into & may never use 'cause it could never be as good as a real camcorder, besides having a carnivorous appetite for batteries & memory). And it's not even top-of-the-line! Just a step up from my first...really...but it does oh-so-much more, oh-so-much-better! At least in terms of close-up capability...which is what I was looking for. Haven't tried it out on landscapes or gone down to the lake/river with it yet, just working on capturing birds, flowers & Buffy.......