Trying To Find The Road Not Taken

Flashback Tuesday, originally uploaded by criana.

I still sit in chairs like this and there’s usually a cat on my lap. This was my cat Smokey and my awesome pajamas.

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When I was growing up (right until my Dad passed away) on evenings when there was nothing he wanted to watch on TV, he’d pull out a CD or record. We’d sit on the couch and just listen to the music fill the house. The music choices for the evening fell into 3 categories; classical, electronic/new age and old country or bluegrass.

Craig and I have decided to re-start this tradition. We imported all of my Dad’s new age collection along with most of the classical. Instead of watching TV until the wee hours, we’re relaxing to this wonderful music and reading.

Schott’s Original Miscellany by Ben Schott

My review
rating: 5 of 5 stars
I purchased this book after seeing it sitting by the printers at my last job. It’s a book of what it says, “Miscellany”. I think everyone should have a copy of it. Great facts and tidbits within it. I had the computer close by to look up topics that I wanted to know more about.

For the graphic designers out there, it’s a wonderfully typeset book which the author did himself. I hope he comes out with an updated version in a few years.


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MobileMe?, originally uploaded by criana.

I tried it this morning, almost got it to work. As of 10:20am EST it’s back to redirecting to the Apple information page on the MobileMe service.

Anxiously waiting…

Looking back through Flickr at my most popular photos, I still love this one. It was taken at Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts. If your a fan of outdoor music, picnics and don’t mind a drive, it’s well worth the trip. Tanglewood is the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Craig will get lawn tickets for us and we’ll drive up with our chairs, blanket and a book and listen to classical music. Very relaxing.

Sunset on Good Hill, originally uploaded by criana.

When we got back from Maine, I really enjoyed looking through my photos. It also got me thinking, why do I wait for vacation to make time for photography and really enjoy it.

After work I came home, had dinner and then Craig and I headed up to Good Hill and I set up the tripod and just relaxed and watched the sun go down. Snapping photos along the way. It wasn’t a very dramatic sunset but it was nice to not be sitting on the couch thinking about what else I should be doing.

This year we rented a 1800’s cottage on a bay in down east Maine. When we first arrived I was questioning what the heck we rented. Craig on the other hand was very happy and loved the place. After moving our items in, it started to feel more like home. It really is amazing to realize that this house has withstood so much. The guest book went back to the 1940’s.

We had a great relaxing week, visited with family who also rented a home in the area. We never rode our bikes, but did do quite a bit of reading, exploring the area, watching movies, visiting and taking photos.

I drove back to Mount Desert Island on Saturday evening and decided to try to meet up with my group at Thurston’s Lobster Pound, but stopped at Southwest Harbor (Map) to take pictures of the sailboats in the harbor. I tried to take photos here in 2004 but my camera was stolen later in the day and I lost the photos.

When I pulled over, another photographer was out shooting photos already. I took out my tripod, camera, remote and started setting up. I used the graduated filter to keep the sky in color while also getting the boats exposed.

When I walked over to the area side of the dock area, I met Ted, who was the other photographer. We started chatting and it turned out he lived one road over from where Craig and I lived for a year and a half. He shared with me information on the photography class he was taking while in Maine. We swapped contact information and websites. I finally had a chance to give a moo card to someone who did not know me prior.

NYC Waterfalls, originally uploaded by criana.

Craig and I definitely want to go down to NYC to see these. Not sure if we’ll get to see all of them.