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This summer has flown by.  How is that even possible?  What in the world kept me oh so busy that I blinked and here I am, almost to Labor Day weekend ?  I remember the main events, but not all of the everyday moments and small things. But a quick check of the photos on my phone will jog my memory.  It's amazing the things I randomly take pictures of, and with my measly little phone when I have a super sonic shiny new camera to use.  I guess the phone is sometimes more practical.  I sure get a kick out of looking back at some of the random things I thought to capture this summer. A large number of my photos on my phone are golfing.  A summer wouldn't be summer without a little (or a lot of) golf, and I rarely lug a camera around with me there.  My husband is usually in heaven the second he steps on a course, and it frankly makes me quite happy too, so it's something we make sure to fit in when w...

So now that I have the camera, I'm determined to fulfill my dream and actually learn about photography and the tricks of the trade.  I'm not sure how deep I will dive into this new hobby, but for now I'm excited at learning the basics.  Then maybe onto some more serious classes - we'll see. My friend Mandy, who is also a proud new SLR owner, found a local class for us to take at Ritz Camera, and last night was class #1: Digital Imaging Basics.  As the class started, I grew worried.  We were the only ones with our monster bags and all of our equipment.  Why didn't anyone else bring their camera?   Didn't we need our cameras to learn?   We soon realized that the other three people in the class had digital point-and-shoots.  Uhhh, so we weren't going to learn about SLRs?   And then the instructor starts asking us if we know how to charge our cameras and explaining the basic components of a camera.  Is this going to be a waste of my t...

Though I enjoyed being in Dublin, I was really eager for our time in London.  The hubby and I were both arriving to London on Friday morning, and we agreed that I'd wait for him at the coffee shop at his terminal.  I had about an hour to wait.  It was a nice break from the craziness of everything, with a good book and a tasty smoothie. We were on the go pretty much every waking hour of the day.  Not anything crazy, but we definitely maximized the hours we had to see as much as we could.  My feet were in so much pain at the end of each day, as I of course did not pack practical walking shoes but rather my favorite flats.  To this day they are still sore, and I swear I even mildly sprained one of them.  Far from the relaxing vacation on the beach for sure, but worthy of all the pain.  :) Leading up to our trip, we kept reading about how rainy and cold it was there - they were apparently having a ridiculous...