I thought I had posted these already,

but apparently not.  Must have been on Facebook.

Tab needed a walking buddy the other day, so we went on the trail past our house and I grabbed my new camera to try it out. It's a Canon Rebel XS and came with a 18-55mm lens.

Most of them turned out pretty good.  I have one large memory card and one HUGE memory card, so that should be plenty for our cruise in June.  We also bought an Olympus waterproof camera that we'll be able to use when we snorkel, and also have two large memory cards for it.

In other news, Sam's work is  having a small craft show, so I think I'm going to do it.  It's early May, so I have a couple weeks to get things done.  I'll need to go buy supplies and figure out what all I'm going to make, but at least that will keep me busy....  :D

A quick post Monday Jan 25, 2010

I had to run to to the post office this morning to send off a purse I made, and on the way back home I saw a big bird in the river.  I got home, hopped out of the car and ran into the house to get my camera, but by the time I got back there, it was gone.  I decided to walk around and snap a few pictures anyway.

They are letting a lot of water out of Lake Georgetown, so the water is running pretty fast.

 

 

I heard some quacking from across the river, and saw this duck

 

 She saw me and decided to go for a swim, so I stood there and took a bunch of pictures

 

Apparently she liked getting her picture taken, because she came and stood less than two feet from me.

 

Actually, I think she was looking for something to eat.  I wished I would have taken a few pieces of bread with me.

 

 

After I took these pictures, I took a video of her, but the quality on my camera is pretty poor, so I won't post it.  I decided I had wasted enough time and decided to leave, but when I took the first step, she hissed at me!

 

This park is by the Georgetown Country Club, which is just a few blocks from our house.  The pictures I posted here are from the hike/bike trail that goes all through Georgetown and is on the other side of the house, but they are all connected.  Really neat to take walks on and lots of people go to the park by the Country Club to feed the ducks and fish.  Maybe sometime this week I'll head out early with my camera to see if I can get a picture of the big bird that was there earlier.  Todd and I saw it on the way home from church early one Sunday.

I'm still working on my resume and need to get it sent out for some jobs this week.  I'm only scheduled 15.5 hours for Alpine Access and that's just not enough.  I really like working at home, but I HAVE to have more hours.

This post  is also on the same trail, but going from the Country Club toward the interstate

Have a great week, everyone!!!!

November in Texas 11/30/09

For the last couple of weeks, I've been meaning to take a walk to get pictures of the trees changing colors.  Yesterday (Sunday, Nov 29) I finally went.   We have a hiking trail that goes very close to our house, so Todd and I headed down that early yesterday afternoon.  I was disappointed when we got to the trees (as I thought I might be) because most of the leaves have already fallen off.  But here are a few of the pictures I took:








Earlier this year we were in a severe drought, but mid-September we started getting a lot of rain.  Upriver from the trail is Lake Georgetown, and they have been letting a lot of water out.  Because of this, we couldn't go very far on our walk.  Here is the reason:






For those not familiar with Texas, this is the cactus you see everywhere:


 We can also go the other way on the hiking trail, that would take us to the Georgetown Country Club.  There is a sidewalk there, too, that was covered with water, so couldn't go far that way, either.  We could have taken our shoes off and walked through the water, but it was kind of chilly and I had new Nike tennis shoes on and my hands full with camera so we decided not to.  Next year I need to go as soon as I think about it instead of waiting so long.  

Anyway, I'm only scheduled for 16 hours of work this week, so I'll be able to sew a lot.  I got the third memory quilt done this last weekend and have started on #4, hoping I can get them all done before Christmas.  You can check out my other blog to read about them and see pictures.

Have a wonderful week!!!!  And thanks for taking the time to read my blog!

The weather in Texas in March (3/30/09)

We had Alyssa and Angel for a while yesterday, so Sam and Tyler stopped by also. We tried to go feed the ducks, but couldn't find them, so we went on a walk. I have a habit of taking my camera and snapped a few pictures.


I LOVE this picture!!!! They are growing so fast.....



Smallest to largest: Tyler (Almost 4), Angel (4) and Alyssa (6)



Sam (Tyler's mom), kids and my hubby - there were lots of minnows in the water.




Alyssa telling us she was TIRED! Then she turned around and RAN to catch up with the boys. GO figure.


This trail goes all through our town, part if it is just 1 block from our house. It was nice day and we really enjoyed spending time with them. Next time we need to find some bluebonnets to take pictures in - we saw some out this weekend.