More fun than a barrel of monkeys

Not really. I think I have narrowed down one calendar to it's 12 pics. Then I upload it to the place I intend to use to print it. Several of my carefully selected photos are from a camera that had lower resolution than my current camera. This means I can't use them for the calendar because they will come out crappy. I can't believe I didn't remember/realize that. In order to keep with the carefully laid out order (well more to stay within the sort of color scheme that sort of fell together while laying it out) I have to go figure out flower picture(s) that are the color of the one(s) they will be replacing.

I didn't realize how few photos of red flowers I have (few being a relative term). So I finally have gotten all the photos either replaced or edited (this makes the file bigger and fools the printing systems that use file size as a correlation to resolution - that is an entirely different subject and could take up several days of ranting - not pretty) and uploaded. This is for one calendar ... I have several more to do, ah well, it's a learning experience.

However, as a "reward" for getting that done, I allowed myself to take side trips, just a small road here, and different route there, that led to getting a couple of really nice photos. May have to try that approach around here more. I deliberately went out yesterday with the intention of getting some more Texas photos. Got a few, but in less time this morning, I got more.

So I guess the lesson, yet again, is go with the flow, it leads better.


On a different note ... one of my favorite subjects, especially for discovering new features on my camera, is my kittens (they aren't yet a year old). Some days one is easier than the other to photograph. Yesterday, it was Karma (the brown and white one). Time before that it was her sister Dharma (who appears black in person and some photos, but is in reality, a dark brown and black striped cat).

Yesterday I caught Karma in mid-jump, and while it's not the best picture, it's awesome for the look on her face. She looks almost like a carousel animal, mid-stride and minus the pole.

Karma and Dharma are actually sisters. They were abandoned near a feed store, along with their 3 siblings, before their eyes were open. The benevolent folks that rescued them (feed store owner's son and his girlfriend) and hand fed them until they could be adopted, have my undying gratitude, as these two are endless entertainment, even when they annoying. Now if they could just learn to type.