Misc Photos

New Photo Gallery

Because I never did find another spot (I really didn’t look to hard) to do another year long series of shots like I did for Mr. Fletcher’s Ride, I have decided for 2006 just to take my camera every time we hike and once a month post the one I find most interesting of the bunch.

This morning we went for a nice long and somewhat muddy walk in the woods. I snapped a couple pictures of a familiar spot from a different angle and from those selected February’s entry. I then dug through my shots from a couple of January’s hikes and picked one to represent that month.

Hitchcock Woods 2006

I Still Miss Sharona

Donna, Sandy & DogCaught an episode of Monk on the tube this afternoon and the cute little Téa Lenoni look alike just doesn’t cut it. I still miss Sharona.

For tonight’s excitement we dipped into the Big Box of Morrison Memories. I scanned about a dozen photos for Donna to email a cousin that is also doing the whole genealogy thing too. While I was at, it I also scanned a few more photos for a small book we are doing for her brothers and sister that will be filled with pictures from the past. Including the one above showing Donna’s early predilection for riding around in convertibles. From July 1972, her younger sister Sandy (who now also drives a Miata) at the wheel and the family dog in the back seat of a VW Bug, Donna smiles for the camera.

Started down, went up, back down, still down.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/06: 24

Boating Anyone?

Donna\'s Mom and Dad on a Boat in 1970 Back over Thanksgiving week when Donna and her sister were going through pictures to take to the funeral home for them to use in producing a tribute video of their mom, Sandy kept looking for a picture she had seen before and wanted it included, but looking high and low it couldn’t be found. Donna and I hadn’t ever seen it before and we were beginning to believe that it didn’t exist, that Sandy had a false memory implanted somehow or was confusing/combining two separate images in her head.

This weekend Donna has been in the back bedroom continuing her daunting task of sorting through thousands of family pictures. So guess what she happened to find today? That’s right, Mom and Dad on a boat. Sorry we doubted you Sandy…

Never Buy A New Toy On A School Night

Never Buy A New Toy On A School NightGoing to be up a little late this evening playing with my early Christmas present, a HP ScanJet 4850. Going through all the boxes of photos from Donna’s side of the family, that have resided in our attic for the last five years, made us realize that there were a lot of memories that needed sharing. So I have added a flatbed scanner to the slide/film scanner I already own.

About a year ago I borrowed an older flatbed scanner from a friend for a project and it didn’t stay long, I’m sure it was one of the cheaper models and boy howdy did it make a racket when it was working. This newer one is quiet enough that you can be in the same room with it when it is scanning, plus it is fairly quick. When I hooked it up I used Windows Device Manager and got just the TWAIN driver installed and not the whole bloated HP Scan Suite. This way I can just use Paint Shop Pro to import the image without having to dance through HP hoops.

Started up, still up.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/05: 372

Sunrise in the Woods

In lieu of actual words tonight, here is a representative of a thousand of them from a recent early morning walk in Hitchcock Woods.

Sunrise in the Woods

Started up, still up.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/05: 372

Thanksgiving 2005

While we were at the Blessing of the Hounds we had a stranger take a group picture of us.

Thanksgiving 2005

Left to Right – Back Row: Me, Donna’s oldest brother Jim, her next older brother Steve. Front Row: Jim’s daughter Jennifer, Donna, Jim’s wife Linda, Donna’s younger sister Sandy and her youngest brother Scott.

To see how much we’ve changed since last year, go to the entry for 11/25/2004.

Controlled Burn – September

Our re-entrance into the woods meant a revisit to our controlled burn area. It has been since June, so at first I couldn’t remember which stub I stood on to get the original photo. Not taking any chances I took pictures from 2 different ones. I should have taken more than one shot at each stump though, because if you compare the two you can see my point of view is a little different…