Good Day.  I hope you had a safe and enjoyable 4th of July.  I never say one sparkler, rocket’s red glare, or loud boom of any kind.  I spent most of the day inside with air conditioning and a stomach bug.  😦  I won’t go into details.

The image above is to answer a couple of questions I’ve had about my 365 project and specifically the last picture of me with my camera.   If you go back to that post of July, 01, 2013 you will see in my left hand a small controller and a black strap around my writ.  That controller sends a signal to a receiver mounted on the Nikon D800 (you can see the antenna sticking up) to tell it to operate the camera (including focusing with auto focus) and then activate the shutter.  so I did in fact shoot the last picture, I just wasn’t holding the camera in my hand.  🙂

I had one more image of Gabriella left over from the other day and she is just so cute I had to post it today.  She is such a good little girl and doesn’t cry much unless she needs her diaper changed or she’s hungry.  Hell who wouldn’t cry about those two things.  🙂

I’m off today (took some PTO so I could enjoy a 4 day weekend.)  This morning I have to go back to the audiologist for a check up of the hearing aids.  I’ve adjusted pretty well (much better than I thought) but there is one issue that needs to be resolved or it is a deal break from my perspective.  When I am listening to talk radio in my car or I’m talking with someone who has a lower voice there is a noticeable popping in my ears.   So they have to get that fixed or I will try another brand.

Mark is home over the holiday weekend.  He starts his new job on the 15th of July,  I was concerned that he might be a NIKE Kid but he has shown that he has the right stuff.  NIKE kid?  No income kid with an education.  🙂

He was going to play golf with Taylor and her family yesterday at Thunder Hills and wanted some golfing tips.  He was practicing his swing in the back yard when I took this image.  I have several new holes in the yard now.  🙂

That’s it for today.  Mostly incoherent unrelated babble but thanks for stopping by and checking it out.   If you have to work today enjoy and then you’ve got the weekend to look forward to.  If you’re off then YEA and have fun.  Tomorrow is the big family reunion shoot  in Lost Nation.  I’m a little nervous but also confident that I can do a good job.

Be careful today.