Winter tree

I hadn't intended on going so long without updating this blog.  It's been a busy few months.  We moved into our first home Christmas week.  We're still unpacking, but we've only been home two weekends so far, so the progress is going a  little slowly.

We went to visit my family in Pennsylvania on New Year's weekend.  My mom and I went to a local park to take some pictures.  I took this picture with my Sony DSLR A300.  I take it out as much as I'd like, since it's not a small camera, and a lot of times I like that my Canon Power Shot can just fit in my purse.  I took quite a few pictures that day, so I'll probably post another few sometime soon.  I took some shots of reflections in the icy water that came out pretty nice.  It's something I'd like to experiment with more in the future.

It's been awhile...

So I haven't updated in awhile, but we've been busy house-hunting...and packing.  We didn't intend on buying a house right now, but it just kind of snowballed since we looked at a house close to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law.  This is a picture of part of the backyard.  We have a gazebo and a solar green house!  How cool is that?!  Hopefully we'll be in the house before Christmas.

Mystic Aquarium

Went to Mystic, CT last weekend with our nieces.  We went to the Aquarium as soon as we got there Friday afternoon.  It was nice, and on the way out, we got our tickets stamped to go back the next day.  I'm glad we did that, because the girls really weren't that interested in going to the Seaport. 

It turned out to be a very good idea, because it wasn't as crowded when we got there, and some of the exhibits that weren't as fun as they could have been the day before were much better.  One of these exhibits was the Birds of the Outback.  The birds weren't very hungry in the afternoon, but in the morning, they were voracious little creatures.  In fact, one of them bit me trying to get his turn at my stick of food.  

Another exhibit was the penguins.  The penguins were way too crowded the day before, because we got there at feeding time.  When we got there in the morning, it looked like they were just waking the penguins up.  Hardly anyone was there, and the girls got a really good look at the birds.

My older niece, who's 7, also got to pet the bamboo sharks.  In the afternoon, they were in the middle of the petting tanks, hiding from the kids.  In the morning, they were swimming near the edges of the tank, and she spent quite awhile there petting them.  She also got to pet the Rays, but she drew the line at feeding them when she found out she'd have to hold the dead fish in her hand.  LOL!  

Fish Hatchery

Last Saturday, we took our nieces to the Fish Hatchery.  When I asked her if she'd like to go, my seven year old niece asked me if there would be piranha there.  :D  I had to explain that they raise trout there to stock ponds and lakes in the area.  ( After looking at the website, I discovered they actually stock fish throughout the state and region, not just Long Island.)

The girls seemed to have a good time.  We bought a big container of fish food, and the fish go crazy when you toss a handful in their pool.  It's hard to make out individual fish in the pictures I took, so I'm posting a picture of the turtles sunning themselves.

Let's go Mets!

We went to see the Mets last week.  They lost the game, but at least it was a close one.  We had really good seats (my husband's company seats), and we had a good time.  This is one of the better pictures that I got.  I get very frustrated with the auto focus in the digital cameras. I find that sometimes the auto focus decides it likes to focus on things other than my intended subject.  I think I might have to play around with the manual focus on the Canon more often.  I miss using my old SLR sometimes, but I'm so spoiled by the immediateness of being able to see the digital pictures right away.

Physical therapy is slowly helping my arm.  At least I can use my left hand to type now, which is a very good thing.  :-)   Typing one-handed is never fun, especially when it's part of your job.    I'm hoping that I'll be back to my old self soon.  I would love to get out there and take more pictures for my blog.

Big Apple Circus

I'm going to physical therapy for my injuries, and I'm feeling a little better, but I'm still doing a lot of things one-handed.  It might be awhile before I post again, but I wanted to share a couple of pictures from tonight.

We went to the Big Apple Circus tonight.  It was really good.  Bello, the daredevil clown, is back with the circus, after eight years with Ringling Brothers.  It was at Ringling Brothers that I saw him a few years ago.



I took this picture of Bello while he was up near the top of the tent.  I think it's one of the better pictures of the night. I'm still getting used to the Canon, and no flash photography was allowed.  Many of the action shots I tried to take came out blurry.

We're going to a Mets game next week, and I'm hoping to get some good shots.  I would love to bring my DSLR, but I don't feel like lugging it with me, so I'll settle for playing with my Canon for now.  Hopefully I'll have something to post after the game.

Forced hiatus

Just wanted to let everyone know that I won't be posting for a bit. I did something to my back and have very limited use of my left arm.  Have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, and hopefully he can do something.   It's driving me crazy not to be able to do most of the stuff I love.  Hopefully I'll be back soon.