Recent content by Bobw235

I took a hike in a nearby wildlife refuge. Here are a few of the shots I took.

Picked this up at the library yesterday and think I'm really going to enjoy it. I'm used to seeing her on MSNBC and she strikes me as smart, tough and professional. I'm going to like her perspective on the election. Anyone else planning to read her book? Editorial Reviews Review “By the end of...

My wife went in for a TKR a little over a week ago and had her right knee replaced. The arthritis that had made her active life so miserable the past two years finally won out and the knee had to go. We're in the initial stages of recovery and are fortunate that we can have physical therapy...

Wow, we finally did it. My wife and I are selling our new home (next year) and building a new home in a community down near Cape Cod. Between being in the "snow belt" of Massachusetts, the upkeep of the yard (lots of planting areas to tend to) and living in a split level ranch, it was time to...

Next week should be interesting. Our only child will be coming home to visit us for a week, en route from Toronto where he's been attending a business conference. This will be his first trip home in eight years, given his limited finances and the pressures of two children at home. He had to ask...

Thanks very much. Here is an alternative version of that photo which I created today with my software. This shot was created from three bracketed images, then brought into software called Aurora HDR, then into software called Luminar. I converted it to a black & white image, then exposed some of...

A few other shots from my hiking the past two days. I've been working with new software and experimenting with various looks for the photos.

Finally got a chance to get out with my new camera and a wonderful new lens. Here are a few shots I took over the past two days.

Thanks Carla. I didn't do it this past year, but intend to make them this year for my family and some friends. I have enough photos now to make something that would be consistently interesting. Have to get a few new winter shots this year to add to my collection and have a new camera to help me...

I took this in St. Ives in June 2015, and did some work on the photo last night.

I have just tried spatchcocking a roasting chicken, well seasoned since this morning and resting in the fridge, threw it in a pan with a bunch of organic carrots and put it in the oven. Got the idea from an article I read in the cooking section of the NY Times...

My grandkids live with their parents over in England, and given the estranged relationship we have with our daughter-in-law, (long story that I've detailed in earlier posts), going over for a holiday visit wasn't in the cards. Last night our son sent us a disturbing email that detailed a his...

We definitely get fewer cards than we used to get. This year for the first time we made up a custom card using one of my photos and it had a message we drafted. Sent out about 35 cards between my work colleagues and relatives and friends.

It's characterized in his press release as "legislation that will permanently save Social Security, ensuring this vital program continues to work for today’s workers and beneficiaries and future generations." Just a hunch, but I'll bet this is going to scare lots of folks. Added to the talk...

Thanks for the comments everyone. Much appreciated. Here are two others I took this evening.