Picture This!!

Very cool! Now if it was gluten free bread I could put some ham and cheese on there. You're making me hungry! I can imagine that it is hard to get the lighting just right. Glad you are up to practicing.

So adorable. What a cutie. Lovely shot Lisa!

Oh my, Lisa, what a wonderful collection. I have been sitting here looking at the fellow on the bottom right as he reminded me of somebody. Just realized I think it was an old cowboy show, Something about his posture and expression makes me think of Cheyenne!!

Lisa, what great shots. I think they all look like guys I used to know. LOL

Well the diagnosis is in. I have shingles for the second time. I had them five years ago and even had the shot last year. The itch is about to drive me crazy.

yikes, so sorry about the shingles..what a bummer

Yes such a bummer. How long does is it likely to last and keep you out of the pool? I did not have chicken pox until about 10 years ago so I expect shingles will catch up one day.

I wanted to take time to honor all of our veteran's who have given service to the USA. I wanted to honor my late father who was a Marine in WW11 and the many thousands of men and women, including our very own Lisa and her husband, who have given their service to our great country. For without their service we would not have the freedoms that we have. Thank you Lisa and all the veterans.

I took these pictures a few years ago. The night picture was before the event was even open to the public. When I first saw it I got all chocked up. It was quiet and no one was there except a few policeman. The tower in the back is a carillon tower which I enjoy going to those concerts in the summer time. My last picture is from high up in this carillon.

God Bless all of our veterans.

Thank you Lisa. My Dad would be so thrilled. I will have to show your post to my Mom when I go down for Thanksgiving. She will be pleased I'm sure. I am off to the dermatologist this afternoon. I have developed a rash from the shingles meds. Can you just believe it!

Wow, such beautiful pictures Lisa. I was thinking I want to be there until I saw it was in Alaska. LOL It is so cold here that I am ready to go anyplace warm.

I am dealing with a secondary rash now besides shingles. I saw a dermatologist last night. She determined that this spot near my eye is not shingles. However she saw this place on my skin that I have been concerned about and she thought it was skin cancer and did a biopsy. She then said it might be benign. The ointment she gave me for the itching is unfortunately either doing nothing or making things worse. So it's been a fun week!

Nancy and Lisa, wonderful tributes to the veterans. I was born in Europe and know that but for the sacrifice of the US veterans there likely would not have existed the England that I grew up in.

Lisa, Amazing photos. They show a whole different picture of Alaska that we never see. They look like an enchanted garden, beautiful!

Nancy, I hope that everything is OK with your biopsy and all is benign, also that that itching will improve. My goodness, you need some respite from these health issues. You have had one thing after another. I have had some itching under my breast where I had radiation. I thankfully sailed through rads with minimal issues but now 3 months out I have been scratching. It started after I used a heart monitor for exercise which works great BUT I think the band irritates the radiated skin....

Its definitely started looking like the end of fall here this week. It snowed during the night but did not stick to the pavement. I took a couple of pics early one morning when it was misty.

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Lisa, I so wish they were underground. I love that big tree. Its just round the corner from my street and from most angles photos are spoiled. I had one I took a couple of years ago and photo shopped out all the lines, just for my own satisfaction!!

Lizysmom, I love the misty Autumn mornings, there is something about the light in Autumn, that is like no other season.

Thank you ladies. I have to thank the tamoxifen for those misty pics. I left for work earlier than usual as I knew I would not get back to sleep so I may as well go in an hour early and leave early LOL.

Lisa, I really love the Alaska shots. I had no idea it was so pretty.

Nancy, I have been neglecting the skin care recently so thanks for the reminder. I used Elta that the RO gave me and that worked well.They did not really stress continuing to apply for a while and I gradually stopped. I also have some Aquaphor than I got back in June and never opened so I better get back with the program. Hoping that you get no call from the dermatologist, although its stressful having to wait.

I managed to sleep for nearly 5 hours straight last night. I switched the tamoxifen to the morning and took 10mg of the ambien generic so I am going to try that again right now as its late here!!

I went down to the basement for a couple of hours, photographing apples and tried an ornament and an orchid from Shaw's supermarket but I was getting tired by the time I got to the orchid. I needed about four hands really. I had my camera on a timer and also used the auto release cable while waving a 13X19 sheet of photo paper around to try and block light in places like it had in my course literature.I also had another big piece of polystyrene foam that I was using to reflect light on the opposite side of that pesky apple and it kept falling over. I probably should have turned it round so the light side was in shadow but that's for another day! I really must work out the bracketing on this camera. Its something I have never really done and I think it would make life easier adjusting the exposure. A couple of things they suggested I just could not get adjusted on my lights. They are a cheap and cheerful set that I got and I am working in a very small space but I am waiting on some large pieces of cardboard that can be used for backgrounds but also for blocking light so they should help.

roses still strong

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