When your past calls,
don’t answer.
It has nothing new to say.~ Lionel Richie
Singer
Born on: 20th June 1950Porte Ponderings:
On our daily walk, Rickie and I spotted a raccoon on the rocks. The raccoon was running towards us, so I was a little nervous, but she ducked into a crevasse in the rocks before reaching us. Obviously she knew exactly what she was doing and where she was going.
I don’t control life,
but I can control
how i react to it.~ Macklemore
Rapper
Born on: 19th June 1983Porte Ponderings:
I attended a free Wildlife Photography Seminar sponsored by Camera Canada last night in London Ontario. It was amazing to see the new SONY technology in a hands-on display. No, I didn’t win the $1,000 camera that was the door prize, but I can dream.
Camera Canada is also having a Photography Day 2024 on October 6th at Pioneer Village, Fanshawe Conservation Area. For only $15 you get village admission and lunch. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.cameracanada.com/photoday2024 Ticket registration opens August 1st.
The guest speaker, Joe Tavares, gave us his formula for taking photos like his amazing shots. He said the key is to get down to eye-to-eye level. Although not all of us can afford to go on Safaris or afford the amazing equipment that he used, we can follow the simple advice. Composition and inspiration only costs your imagination and time. Getting eye-to-eye with wildlife may take some creativity, but it is how you get timeless shots. Joe Tavares shares his photos on Facebook using the name: Joe T Mirrorless. I’ve already added him to my friends. His photos are awe inspiring.
If you think it’s expensive
to hire a professional to do the job,
wait until you hire an amateur.~ Red Adair
American oil well firefighter
Born on: 18th June 1915Porte Ponderings:
It’s hot out. So hot we decided to stay at the lake for the week. It was 38C at the pool in Strathroy yesterday when we went home briefly for an appointment. It was only 29C at the lake. Still hot, but there’s an amazing breeze coming off the lake up to our trailer. We can still attend our appointments and keep our commitments from here, but it’s cooler. 😉
Misfits aren’t misfits
among other misfits.~ Barry Manilow
Singer
Born on: 17th June 1943Porte Ponderings:
A great imposter, the Viceroy Butterfly is often mistaken for a Monarch. It is slightly smaller and had an additional stripe on it’s lower wing. This one was resting momentarily on a Burdock leaf near the beach at Port Glasgow Trailer Park. It is the state butterfly of Kentucky but is common in Ontario during the summers.
Do noble things,
not dream them all day long.~ Charles Kingsley
Novelist
Born on: 12th June 1819
I hate that word — ‘lucky.’
It cheapens a lot of hard work.
~ Peter Dinklage
Actor
Born on: 11th June 1969
I’d rather have
friends who care
than friends who agree with me.~ Arlo Guthrie
Musician
Born on: 10th June 1947
I would rather be loved
~ Richard Gere
than have money and
all that other stuff.
American – Actor Born: August 31, 1949
So, the age old question of what is more important Love or Money.
It is so idealistic to say Love is the most important thing, but that’s so easy to say if you have a good comfortable life.
A recent study in Canada showed that if you give a windfall amount of $7,500 to a homeless person, they will take that money, find a home and improve their living conditions. Contrary to the belief that they would just spend it on drugs or alcohol, they improved their lives and were able to get off the streets and continued to improve their ‘stability’ 6 months later. So, a certain amount of money is needed for a home and to give hope out of a hopeless situation.
Love is much easier when you have that minimum level of security.
I think both are needed.
As the Irish prayer says: may you have enough.
May you have enough happiness to keep you sweet,
enough trials to keep you strong,
enough sorrow to keep you human,
enough hope to keep you happy, enough failure to keep you humble,
enough success to keep you eager, enough friends to give you comfort, enough faith and courage in yourself to banish sadness, enough wealth to meet your needs and one thing more; Enough determination to make each day a more wonderful day than the one before.
I’m one of the fortunate people that has enough.
I took my tri-pod on my walk yesterday and took multiple shots using my auto-bracketing feature. I tried the HDR feature in Corel Paintshop Pro to combine the sets of photos into HDR. The combined photos seem to have more depth with the multiple layers, so it is a technique I will probably try again for landscape photos.
You don’t choose your family.
~ Desmond Tutu
They are God’s gift to you,
as you are to them.
South African – Leader October 7, 1931 – December 26, 2021
Yesterday was the 2nd annual Haines-Peters Family Reunion.
I was glad I was able to attend, meeting cousins for the first time or for the first time in 50 years.
Thank you Michelle Gammon for hosting this event.
Some age,
~ Sean Connery
others mature.
Scottish – Actor August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020
As Sean Connery said: Some age, others mature.
Today is my 44th wedding Anniversary. From 1979 and as we grow older together. Happy Anniversary to my handsome husband Harold.
Looking back and looking forward with the love of my life. ❤
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