Quilt Photos

I took some photos of my older quilts.  Not all the photos were successful, but a few were pretty good...

Colorwash

miniature

miniature

miniature

We managed to get out for a little hike today, something we haven't been doing enough.  We did a bit of the Wahkeena Trail.  The lower part of the hike had some pretty nice foliage.  The water was raging and the air smelled delightful.

Roses in November

I played with my camera some but I haven't learned much yet.  I don't feel like working at it.  I perused the manual to get a good idea of its capabilities and buttons.  And then I went outside and took some photos, changing settings but not really tracking what I did.  THAT wouldn't be part of playing...

I got this photo of my pineapple sage.  I couldn't have done this with my other camera.  Still doesn't look as good as what I can see.  But I like it.

John raked while I took photos.  I hate raking but there is so little of it here that I don't have to do it much.

It's not unusual for us to have a smattering of roses at this time of year but it IS unusual for this  rose to bloom now.   It has such beautiful flowers!

This photo is really cropped and the focus is still good.  So cool.

John making dinner... and, a new camera!

In my last post I expressed my disappointment in both the Coolpix L30 and the S6800.  I remembered my friend Dave had a P series Coolpix that he used on his big adventure with Nancy.  He really liked it so I decided to give one a try.  I got a Coolpix P340 and I found my new camera!

It fits in my bib overalls pocket.  It seems to be better at everything than my old camera.  And, not surprisingly, it cost more.

My L22 had a limited light range that it would work in without a flash.  And the flash made the colors really garish.  That meant I couldn't take acceptable indoor photos unless the light was really bright.  I couldn't take photos of John making dinner.  I couldn't take good photos in our kitchen.  But now I can.

This camera has more functions and features than I know how to use but right out of the box, with no work on my side, it does better than my old one.

Last night John made a delicious beet soup.

the beautiful cabinets John made

Finding a new camera

My Coolpix L22 died.  It would cost much more to get it repaired, if that is even possible, than to get a new one. I liked my L22 pretty well.  It fit in my overalls pocket and so it was easy to have along.  It had good color.  I knew how to use it pretty well.  So I got its successor, the L30.  But compared to my L22,  it was difficult to take in focus photos and the color didn't seem quite as good and it seemed to have an even more limited light range than the L22.  Then I tried a S6800.  Getting in focus pictures was easy.  The indoor photos were better than the L30 but the outdoor photos were dark. and ominous.

Sigh.... I don't think either of these are going to do it for me.

 L30

S6800

L30

S6800

L30

S6800

Another color pile

This is made mostly from scraps I was given.  I have so much fun with these.  I used more light colored fabrics but I think it needs a little more dark.

Daily Walk

It's easy to have fun in Portland.  Yesterday we took a short walk to 28th and Ash.  Burrasca, a food cart we love, was celebrating their one year anniversary.  Vino, John's fave wine shop, is next door and had a free tasting going on.  And Side Street Gallery across the street had some fun scenes I wanted to photograph.

Here are the manly men taking care of the house and babies

This is our food from Burrasca.  You can take the food to Vino to eat.  

Pappardelle

Inzimino (squid)

 We've seen this truck with a garden growing in its bed before.  We talked to a neighbor who said the guy who owns it teaches gardening in the Portland schools.  These are actual growing plants, some of which are ready for harvest.