This is the result of the "Winter Storm" that hit Madison last Saturday. We will talk about it for years! 4/27/19 (dwm) |
The STORM was going to drop 5 inches, maybe even 8 inches of snow... whatever would we do?
Pretty much what we usually do when there are rain/snow showers and the roads get a little damp; we go about our day.
Flurries started around 10. At noon big, wet flakes came down and melted on contact with pavement.
I saw some pockets of white on grass later, but it didn't add up to much. You talk about your close calls!
Lately I've been doing some research into what might be the next step for my camera. I'm fairly happy with it, but am finding some of the shots I want being too far away. Upgrading the camera and lens at the same time is a bit steep, so I'm going with a lens with double my longest focal length.
Music re-entered work life on Wednesday. After a break for April, "sing-sing-sing-a-long" returned. One of my favorite older songs was on the play list, It's Been a Long, Long Time by Louis Daniel Armstrong - better known as Louie or Satchmo.
Kiss me once...and kiss me twice
Then kiss me once again
It's been a long, long time
Haven't felt like this, my dear
Since i can't remember when
It's been a long, long time
As I drove home from work Thursday, a different color caught my attention, but I didn't expect to see a Wienermobile parked in somebody's driveway! I bet that would a fun commuter car. 5/2/2019 (dwm) |
Thursday I picked up my camera and new lens from The Camera Company on Odana Road.
It has a friendly and knowledgeable staff who spent a fair amount of time answering questions when I was debating the merits of a new camera body.
I left with the same camera and a new lens, an expandable Tamron 18 - 400 mm.
The new ultra-telephoto Tamron lens. 5/2/2019 dwm photo |
The 400 mm lens. 5/2/19 (dwm) |
It's designed for traveling photographers who can't carry several lenses, but want the same flexibility in one.
I can't wait to try it.
"There is no way that guy with the camera can take my picture from there!" 5/3/2019 dwm photo |
The wise old Owl (at left) was a good 200 feet or more away from me. He and his partner roost high in the branches of a large pine for cover and to survey their territory.
I think they may be the same couple who raised a pair of Owlets a year ago. Maybe they are waiting for the kids to pay a visit?
A Trillium on the forest floor. 5/3/2019 dwm photo |
In another week the leaves will be out on most of the trees and those Owls will disappear.
As the Owls fade into the background, other life comes forward, the seasons turn. I hope you have a great next week!
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