Picture This!!

Nancy, the one your sister bought is very different even if it has a 50x.lens.

I now have the Canon SX60HS with a 65 optical zoom but I bought it for the WiFi.

Lisa, that 60x zoom came out the very next month when I bought my 50x zoom. I would like that little extra reach but at this point I have spent a small fortune on my new camera, new macro lens and just ordered a newer sturdier tripod and head which hopefully will come this week before I go back down to my moms so I will have to stick with my 50x. Yes when my sister told me the model number of her new camera I looked it up and realized it is much different than the ones we have. She likes the fact that it only has the viewfinder but I would not want that for myself. My GI issues are still around but I am feeling much better in general after battling for weeks this illness that no one ever seemed to know what it was.

I would have trouble doing a lot of walking period too so you are doing well to get out with your camera. I am a swimmer but have not been able to swim for several weeks. I have toyed with joining the Brookfield Zoo. I actually haven't been to a zoo in many years. Yes, I could watch those Pandas for hours too. So cute.

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Beautiful LIsa. Can you tell their cousins to fly on in to the Midwest any day now! I guess regarding the doctors that is why they call it practicing medicine. I decided to go to my alternative side and started some digestive enzymes that I get through my muscle therapist. It sort of acts like a a slow and continual colonoscopy prep. Gee doesn't that sound like fun. LOL

If you taught swimming all those years you have probably seen it all. I have had a neck surgery and lost some range of motion in my neck. My goal I had set for myself for retirement was to become a lap swimmer. The only problem was I didn't know how to swim and because of an incident in the Gulf of Mexico when I was 17 made me terribly fearful of deep water. One of my doctors suggested swimming with a snorkel. I remember thinking that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. I said there is one problem, I don't know how to swim. My last year of teaching I decided why wait on my goal of becoming a lap swimmer so I took swim lessons. It was apparent that my lack of range of motion was making things very difficult and I already bought a snorkel and could swim with it eventually. My teacher said your goal is exercise and you can do that with the snorkel. So I swim laps with a snorkel and had to overcome the deep water on my own as my teacher left the Y before we could deal with that. So with goggles, cap and the snorkel no one can tell who I am but at this point I don't care. It works no matter what it looks like.

I hope you will be able to use your pool soon. I see ladies at the Y who have obviously had a stroke somehow manage to swim with limited movement in one arm. Hopefully you can figure something out. Our weather has been so crazy that I don't know if spring will ever come to stay. We might just jump right into summer without having much of a spring.

You are taking great pictures especially considering your arm. Keep up the good work. BTW My new ballhead is coming tomorrow and the tripod legs coming hopefully on Thursday. It has a quick release head. i can't wait to try it out. I will be going to my mom's for three weeks soon and I hope the equipment gets here before I leave.

Nancy

awww, not sure if the polar bear is happy or sad for the carrots!!

I took swimming lessons as an adult and still can't lay flat in the water, my legs drop too far. Now that I've lost my buoyancy I'm sure it will be even worse. I just like to float on a noodle. That's good enough for me.

Polar bears look so cute and innocent. Hard to believe they are dangerous.

I doubt if i could fall asleep in the water. With my snorkel I can't lay on my back. I have an underwater ipod and it is all hooked together.

Yes, Lisa, I would be glad to take a pic of the new tripod. I got the ballhead today and will have to look that over and how to attach the plate to my camera for the quick release feature. I had picked out an expensive tripod but it was out of stock. I opted for the one that was about $200 less but should do the job just fine. It is hopefully going to come tomorrow. The next day after I ordered the tripod legs the one I wanted came back into stock. I guess it wasn't meant to be. I was well over a pound heavier anyway so probably just as well. I had talked to a customer service guy about the specs because I want one where the legs will splay out where you can get very low to the ground. I hope that in the reviews and the Q & A section they were correct because I was getting two different stories. I am hoping the guy I talked to was wrong as to how low the legs will go but we'll see. I wanted something eye level as well. I have been using a remote control lately so I don't have to touch the camera at all once it is focused.

Joanne, he or she does look like they are saying grace.

Wow, Lisa. What is that? Just beautiful. I just got to my mom's on Tuesday and will be here for three weeks. I had an issue with my new tripod trying to get it setup so they sent a replacement and I had it sent to my mom's. It just came today and I have not even had time to open the box yet. I can't wait to see how it all comes together with the new ballhead. I hope to have a few times of going out with my camera. We'll see.

Many visitors today in our yard.

Barbe I think an exotic poppy.

I Figure I Can Take pictures by the front walk and driveway. If I need to get somewhere closer, I ring the doorbell and ask. Sometimes they even invite me to the backyard to take some. One had really nice roses, so I printed a couple up for them.

So sorry you fell. I really hope for the best for you. I can't remember if I told you the doctor says one or two more operations for my arm. I am bummed.

Thanks Barbe.Back at you.

Wild flowers on the side of our house. Anyone have any idea what they might be?

JO-5, they sure do look like wild Violet's now that you mention it. They are a vine, we also have the wild Violet's but ours are close to ground.

Nancy, I'm just over the border an hour East of Detroit. So you are closer to the fires than me! But thanks for asking.