Not All Who Wander are Lost

  Recently I read Jerry Apps Blog and he shared some remarkable life quotes.  I'm not sure which quote is my favorite but I liked them all so much I wanted to save and share:

-No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

-What other people think of you isn't your problem.

-Don't take yourself too seriously.

-Envy is a waste of time.  Hard work will get you what you need.

Read more books.  Spend less time in front of screens.

-Realize that life is a school and you're here to learn.

-Make peace with your past so it doesn't ruin your present.

-Smile and laugh more.

-Don't compare yourself with others; you don't know what their journey is all about.

-Time heals

-Try new things. Enjoy the moment.

Compact Flash Cards

When I was in photography school I can remember a discussion our instructor lead that was about the lifespan of a compact flash card.  Tonight that discussion came back to mind as I realized an old flash card of mine is probably for the trash can.  Shooting for the photo challenge day 9: "group"  I started out with my camera and ring flash and an old card.  The images just didn't seem quite as crisp and the focus wandered.

My lens said I had focus yet this image looks like slight blur.  Not one heart is crisp.  Now compare that to this image taken with my newer compact flash card.

Even the color is more vibrant!

 Tim is my very own Harvey Klinger Insect Collector.  You're dating yourself if you know who Harvey is..... but neither Henry or I would have half as much fun if he was any different.
I love my Harvey Klinger!!  Eat your heart out Marcia Brady.

I was informed that this was a Phyllophaga, a genus of beetles in the subfamily Melolonthinae of the family Scarabaeidae, also known as June bugs or June beetles.

Photo Challenge Day 9: Silent

Silent

as a graveyard

Photo Challenge Days 6,7 and 8

Photo Challenge Day 8:  Seasonal

Photo Challenge Day 7:  Taste

Photo Challenge Day 6:  Homes

Photo Challenge Day 5:  Insect

Finding an insect was quite a challenge for me today.  I almost resorted to cheating and using something a had in my files.
Then I remembered I have these plastic insects.  My plan was going to be some sort of optical illusion with the Wasp in the toybox.  But when I finally rescued him from under the Polly Pockets he looked a bid worn and tattered..missing one antennae and several legs.

Lame picture of a plastic wasp

The ants outside our house busy at work.  

I took 20 shots of these guys = one good one.

Tim saved the challenge by delivering a dead hornet.  

That's my guy... : )  luv him