I have to say that I have had a very humbling experience in the last few weeks. My brother got himself a new digital SLR camera, and back when I was going through the dumps he inquired as to whether I would be amenable to taking custody of his old SLR, an Olympus E1. [...]
Archive for November, 2010
New camera
Posted in blogging, Family, Food, Photography, tagged blogging, food, life, photography on November 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Busy busy busy
Posted in birds, Food, life, etcetera, Weather, tagged birds, food, life, weather on November 22, 2010 | 11 Comments »
I’m pretty sure I have used that title before on this blog. There’s a good reason for that, we tend to stay pretty busy around The Havens. Lately we have been enjoying the presence of the two cousins. It is really a lot of fun to watch a pair of very intelligent young [...]
Photohunt: Juicy
Posted in blogging, tagged blogging on November 20, 2010 | 14 Comments »
The hunt today is on the theme “Juicy.” I thought about this theme all week. I expect we will be seeing lots of fruit, especially luscious ripe fruit. I’m inclined to join in on that. We produce juicy grapes every year now, in our vineyard. We put them through our stemmer/crusher, and they [...]
15Nov2010: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
Posted in blogging, Flowers, garden, tagged blogging, flowers, garden, vegetable garden on November 15, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Once again Garden Bloggers Bloom Day has rolled around. Hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens, this is the day when gardeners from all over the world share with each other what happens to be in bloom in their gardens. While things have slowed down considerably, there is still quite a bit going on [...]
Autumn has arrived
Posted in birds, garden, life, etcetera, Weather, tagged birds, life, vegetable garden, weather on November 13, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Only a few days ago I was wondering if the season would ever commit to being autumn, and suddenly, with the arrival of a cold front from the north, the whole feel of the weather has changed. In that picture you can actually see the edge of the cold front as it passes over head. [...]
