I'm still alive and grateful for it!

Well I haven’t died in fact I’m very much alive. I may feel like I’m somewhere between life and death, caught in a type of living purgatory but I’m here. I’ll always choose life over the alternative because life is such a wonderful gift, all of it.

I haven’t felt much like writing lately as you can see. Summer is so wonderful and I have so much to do. Go to the cottage, the beach, holidays, work etc. I seem to like writing in the cooler seasons of the year.

I went out and bought a new camera yesterday. It’s a sweet rig and I’m so happy to have this new tool to document my work and take wonderful pictures. I bought this camera because of what it can do, as seen below in these two photos of Echinacea flowers from our backyard.

Magenta Echinacea with Bee
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White Echinacea
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This camera can shoot up to 1.25 inches from the object; it is great for macro images of flowers. Did I say I love it? In case you are wondering, the camera is a Nikon COOLPIX 8800 Digital.

When fall comes, I’ll get my proverbial ass back in gear and load a hundred or so images from my garden that I took this summer. For now thanks for caring and know that I'm busy in the garden.

Yes, I got a new toy and what a toy it is!

GP