Family Life

This morning dawned sunny and clear. Not warm enough for shirt sleeves, but positively balmy when I recalled the foot of snow covering the ground at home. My feet protested when I stepped out of bed, still sore from yesterday’s hike. Better get used to it, feet. There’ll be a lot more walking today. Breakfast [...]

Stephen I (Istv

Did you see tonight’s lunar eclipse? I spent all evening popping outside every ten minutes to take photos. I missed the last couple of eclipses because of clouds, and we’re not supposed to get another eclipse until 2010. Tonight’s forecast was for clear skies with the moon high in the sky–ideal conditions. I set the [...]

For years Debbie has complained about how my camera is big, bulky, heavy, awkward, and complicated. So I bought her a digital camera for Christmas. It’s small and featherlight, and it’s fully automatic. Nothing manual at all. As a bonus, it also does video clips. She loves it. The result is we now have an [...]

I lost my camera eyecup in California over a week ago. I’ve been taking pictures without it ever since. This afternoon I finally got around to ordering a new one, and felt much better knowing it’s on its way and my camera will be complete again. Tonight I needed to clean my glasses. I used [...]