Thank you, Site5! I would complain about the RAID array failure at my host, which led to a three day outage here at avablog, but I’m piggybacking on my friend Greg’s account, so…. You didn’t miss much, anyway. We’ve been up in Decorah since Friday afternoon for the annual apple cider weekend. This event revolves around the collection and pressing of a couple bushels of apples into apple cider. Ava had a great time, and I got plenty of pictures out at the orchard and around the apple press:
And speaking of pictures, Leah and her family got me a spiff birthday present this year. There was no lens, but I’ve already ordered a simple one from Amazon. Now all I have to do is find a nice macro lens with a little range to it. If anyone has any recommendations…. Kevin’s let me borrow his nice Sigma 50mm EX macro this weekend, and it takes some nice shots. I’m hoping I can rent some lenses I’m interested in buying before I purchase them. And perhaps impose on the generosity of friends who’re already shooting with Canon lenses (or Sigma, or Tamron, or whatever). My first shots with the new rig are up — of course – on Flickr.
Sorry for the downtime!