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Today I received three email in my flickr account all the same but each one asking to use my Saguaro Cactus photos in an article about Saguaros:

From:	rpshen
Subject:	Your saguaro cactus photo
	Hi pomerene05, Here's a personal note from rpshen: ___________________________________________________________ Hi there, We at NowPublic are working on coverage of the release scientists implanting microchips inside saguaro cactuses to stop thieves, and we are putting together a collection of photos. We came across your amazing photo on Flickr and it would be a great addition to our story. We would very much appreciate its use, with proper credit to you of course. If you would like to contribute it to us, please click on the link below. Feel free to place the appropriate credit in the comments field of the story after you have approved the request. If you run into any problems, feel free to contact me at rpshen@nowpublic.com. Sincerely, Ruoping please click on this link - where you can approve or reject its use: www.nowpublic.com/import/48aae241a0e882.52050403 ____________________________________________________________ NowPublic is a news sharing community that uses stories, photos, & videos from sources like you. If you would like to learn more about this request, and the context in which your photo might be used, click on this link: www.nowpublic.com/import/48aae241a0e882.52050403 If you do give your permission, your photo will always remain your property, and whatever license you have specified will follow its use on NowPublic.com If you have any concerns about this, please contact our Quality Assurance Coordinator at quality@nowpublic.com

Oh my I'm so excited that I can hardly stand it!  I got my annual review at work today and let's just say I'm not quiting my day job just yet to go on the road to take photos!  lol

Any way this sure made my week!

Ha, I bet I got you with this one!  OK maybe I've been watching the Olympics or my horse videos too much but let's give it a try.  You mission should you choose to take it, is to take some photos this week using something on your camera that you either have never used before or never used successfully before.  Some hints:

• Shutter delay
• Leave the shutter open longer
• Fill flash
• White balance settings
• Any of the menu settings.
• Find your camera manual and learn something new about your camera.

I want you to tell us what you are trying to accomplish with the setting and post your photos, the good the bad and the ugly!  Let's see them all. 

No limit on the subjects for the photos, just keep it family oriented.  Get creative and show us your stuff.  Oh and have some fun!

I loved seeing the photos this week!  The photo quest group members have great imaginations, wow!  We ran from flying dragons, to cocktails, to swinging kids, to kids on tramps (better than drugs), to soccer players and drops of water.  Thanks for posting your camera setting and the information about what worked and what didn't.  It is nice to hear how you got your photos so we can all learn. 

Now drum roll please first place goes this week to a new comer to the group jacolily for her photo of Jace dribbles.  Great action shot, the subject Jace is in focus and you can see he is ready to kick the soccer ball, love the blurred background...wonderful photo...this one should be framed!

Second place goes to Spike for droplet Eruption.  Great photo of the explosion of water, lovely compostion and good example of the Rule of Thirds...love the color too!

Third place this week goes to Amy Sue for Taylor jumping on tramp.  Great action with Taylor flying through the air...love the hair it really show the action in this shot...nice work!

All the photos were great County by Design, I can see you worked very hard on getting a photo of your grandchild in the swing and LondonYankee I loved your dragonfly in flight!  Yan you are amazing the photo of the boy playing Kendama was beautiful. 

Stay tuned for the next quest...I can hardly wait to see  your entries! 

I bought a love lavender rose late in the season.  I couldn't resist as it as so pretty and had a wonderful smell.  I didn't have any room in my rose garden so i put it closer to the back porch so I can enjoy watching it grow.  It had done much better than i expected.  The other night it rained and when I steeped out to go feed the horses I saw that there was one bloom on the new rose and the bloom had rain drops still on the pedals.  I took this photo that I really like so I'm dedicating it to Lave.  It isn't perfect and I didn't do any photoshop stuff to improve the rose so you will see the burn edges of the pedals for our hot sun.  As Lave once said to me "flowers are more interesting when they aren't perfect."

 

So Lave this rose if for you as your photos have given me so much pleasure and I've learned so much from viewing them.  Thanks so much!

 

I've been to busy to post but here are two photos of a visitor to our back porch last weekend.  Hubby was using our shop vac to clean off the back porch and this guy came running out from behind the garbage can we keep the bird seed in.  He was very mad and just wanted to be left alone.  Well that wasn't going to happen.  I ran inside and got my camera for a hairy creepy photo shoot.

 

 

Around the end of August you will see more of them as that is when they are looking for a mate.  Hope these photos don't give you bad dreams.  They are really very gentle and shy and prefer not to be bothered.

Okay so those of us living in California got together to go see a play... It was cute and had leprechauns and faeries in it... and we had a blast.
Here are some of the photos of us First off.I drove up and Roger and Oaklandcat road over on the bart(Bay Area Rapid Transit) train... I would have taken the train too but it doesn't run all the way out where I live on the weekends so I drove up.

This is a look at part of the set. And of course the backs of some total strangers heads. The play was set in an Irish pub.. (Well of course there are Faeries and leprechauns). The play was called the Three Leaf Clover. After the play we went to have dinner.... now if there had been an Irish pub about that would have been the perfect place to go eat but since there wasn't one, so we had Mediterranean... at the Pomegranate. It was delicious. I would tell you what I ordered but I can't pronounce it!  For those who don't Know R's Boyfriend was in it and let's just say he is even cuter in real life than in his pictures. He is a good actor and he is adorable with his girl. Oh and not to go out of order but part of the play was audience interactive it was fun and cool and I loved it.

Okay back to eating. After dinner we took photos.
see here we are

Then as we were headed back to the car and the train we got to the theater just before the next show and two of the faeries were out side so of course we had to get a picture with them

We had a great time

By the way Metsie if you look Really close you can see the GLITTER!

 

 The past week has been a good one! I worked second shift Monday through Friday, and Saturday & Sunday I worked first shift. I enjoyed the client I worked with very much, it was a joy, and I had such a nice
time doing my job. My sister, Marcia and her children came over to visit one day, we had a very good visit- I love her and my niece and nephew so much- they just brighten my life and make my day- whenever I get to spend time with them. Jenni is doing good, she is still liking her job, and she and I talk often. My husband and I are getting along so well, he has really been a sweetheart lately. I enjoy spending time with him again!!! I was off work today, so- I did the laundry, folded it, dusted, vacuumed, went to the Post Office and the store, then came home and relaxed this evening- I sat out and watched the sun set, and it was quite beautiful.

I hope you all have a great week ahead!!!!

A few days ago I posted some photos of the bridge over the Hawkesbury River. Near where I took the photos there was a post sticking out of the shallows near the bank. It was nothing unusual accept for the fact that it was encased with a sheet of copper. Most people would not realise what it was if they were not familiar with the history of the area.

Before the bridge I showed there was a low level timber bridge that served those living on the western side of the river. It was removed when the current bridge was built about 1905. However if you look carefully there is a fair bit of the original bridge remaining. The post is part of this bridge so it must be at least 150 years old, quite old for Australia.

Surfs up.
Time it,,,, and right when it breaks is when you surge in-

Thats right now you are official California Ducklings!

Can we do it again Mom?