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Welcome to the third round of ABC Wednesday... I love collecting rock crystals in their natural, raw state... This is a beautiful piece of purple Amethyst that is used to make jewelry such as rings, necklaces, and earrings... It is a violet form of a quartz crystal, and it is considered a semi-precious stone when cut and polished in a piece of jewelry... It is the birthstone for the month of February... … View Post »

Weighing Our Options I use a desktop computer for all my daily work and to process my photos... I have had this PC for over six years now, and it is getting pretty full - even with the two external hard drives I have attached to it... There is also not a big difference with what each one has to offer for memory, storage, and speed... Since I will be going for a more robust system than the normal computer user, I really need to shop around for the the best deal... … View Post »

Hand Tied Flies I have seen many hand tied flies for fly fishing, but I have never seen such a beautiful collection as the ones in this tray... The feathers are just beautiful and they are tied perfectly to make the shape of the insect the artist is portraying... … View Post »

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Printing Photos It takes me a lot time to compose and process my images... I always thought the printing part was the easiest, until I started reading about color management and printer profiles and calibrations... I tried to align all the programs and drivers with the right color profiles so the flow-through would all be consistent I cannot tell you how much ink and photo paper I went through with my photo printer while doing this... … View Post »

Practice is most important for any sport, and sometimes we spend a couple of hours at a local park so the boys can practice throwing and catching with the Lacrosse sticks... I tend to stand at a distance, or behind the fencing when they get the chance to practice on the empty baseball field... If you have ever hefted a lacrosse ball then you understand my actions... They are heavy and quite solid - hardly any kind of bounce in them... Swelled up quick and the color lasted for a week... … View Post »

Busy Bridge I did a post a couple of days ago that featured a view I had sitting on the rocks in the bay while the boys fished for Stripers... I mentioned that I would show the view when I looked to the left while sitting in that same spot... It is a bridge that stretches across the bay - actually it is two bridges... I believe the old one can be used for foot traffic, but the highways surrounding it make it hard to get to it by walking... Years ago after the new one was built, I remember seeing people fishing on the old one, but I haven ' t seen any in the last couple of years... I can remember they were only allowed to fish towards the ends of the bridge as this is a busy thoroughfare for boats and there couldn ' t be fishing lines hanging in the way as they went under... The sky was absolutely gorgeous that day - Mother Nature certainly put on a show - the beautiful clouds and water were the finishing touches!... … View Post »

Rock Texture Macro There are many internet providers across the country, and trying to find an affordable one with a fairly fast connection is hard to come by... My sister was lucky enough to find Charter internet which offers her a fast speed up to 5Mbps, and she only pays $14.99 a month... … View Post »

They didn ' t have any scent, and they grew along a stem, one bloom at a time... … View Post »