Easter Dinner

Jen and I just got home from having Easter Dinner (which was actually at lunch time) with my father. My sister’s family was there too. My brother was with his in-laws today so he couldn’t make it.

Dinner was lovely (choice of lamb or ham, I went with the lamb). I was feeling like I had had enough and thought, I’ll have one more bite… It’s been an hour and a half and the foamies are still raging. Stupid one last bite.

Up next for me is an MRI appointment over at the hospital formerly known as Saints Memorial in Lowell. Having a medical appointment on easter just tickles me. Come, giggle with me.

Jen and I are also looking at maybe making a change to the back yard. While we were out there on a fact finding mission I filled the bird feeders because it’s spring time, babie and that’s what you do!

Digital Blurry Background

Remember that blurry background pic I posted yesterday or the day before? That was taken on film. I went outside today and filled up the bird feeders and took the opportunity to take a similar picture with digital.

I like blurry backgrounds. Deal with it.

Also, there is still a lot of green on those trees. There is also a lot of brown and dead and awful.

Also, BIRD!

Back Yard Foliage Update

We’re still barely underway here in the Merrimack Valley, but there is some color. Not good color, really, but it’s something.

DSCN2537 — This tree is almost done, but the tree next to it hasn’t even started turning yet.

DSCN2539 — This guy has made good progress since the last time I looked, but still has a long way to go.

I kinda like the reds here, but most of it is just going to be the same old blah yellow. Blah. 41/365

Lunch Outside

No, I didn’t eat lunch outside today. I ate at my desk like I always do. I did step out for a minute to take out the trash, including a bag full of cat litter that burst while I was putting it into the barrel. Gross, bro. Gross.

I used the outdoor opportunity to take a couple of point and shoot pics. I wanted to try another quick exposure compensation comparison. Here goes.

No exposure compensation…

Exposure compensation set at -1…

I think I like the second one better, but I might back it off a smidge. I can set it at -.3 and -.7. I’ll try one of those settings rather than -1. Fascinating, I know.

Oh, and did I mention birds?

I should sneak outside again and try to take some birds in black and white. Cool, babie.

Bulb

Today’s lunch time photography experiment involved using my DSLR in bulb mode. I went outside, put on the ND filter, pointed the camera at some clouds, plugged in the wired remote shutter, put the shutter into bulb mode, Clicked the remote and walked away for five minutes, then walked back and released the shutter.

Technically everything worked just as planned except that I ended up with a solid white image. So… Yeah. I want to try that at night and see if I can get some star trails. Hopefully the problem was the sunshine and not anything mechanical or code or anything. The next clear night I am going to try it. If it works digital I will try it with film too.

The good news though, there were birds.

Birds: MIA

At lunch I went outside for a few minutes to see if I could snaps a couple of birds-at-the-bird-feeders pics.

Just look at them all. Birds galore.

>Sigh of frustration<

Even Patches is pissed about it.

Spider Massacre of 2022

The spider hunt from this morning can now be more accurately called the spider massacre. The current kill count is seven. Seven spiders dead. I saw one on the wall in the corner and when I leaned in to squish it, I saw two more tiny spiders hanging out close by. I saw an eighth spider, a great big sucker, near the floor in the corner by my desk, but I couldn’t reach it. I’ll have to go back for it later.

More important than the on-going spider massacre, I ran into the most evil creature on Earth in the bathroom. A House Centipede. Vile, disgusting, evil beyond measure. The House Centipede (capitalized out of respectful horror) is the only creature that is so terrible to look at that I have legally sentenced the entire species to death. I murderlized it with merciless fury. I was lucky it didn’t try to run away when I went after it. Those sons of bitches run fast.

Lunch break is coming to an end, so let me share a photo from early this morning. I filled the bird feeders and took a picture with a blurry background. Oh, yeah. I took one like this on film too. At some point before the decade ends I’ll get that roll developed and we’ll see if it came out okay.

Until then, enjoy the digital version: