Valentine’s Day Cross Saturday, Feb 9 2008 

Daily and Decoration and Photoblog krmb 4:02 pm

7 February 2008
Stll sick. Sick enough in fact that I chose to not go to my soccer game tonight. I just don’t think I could have played with sufficient stamina to make it worth the journey. I also have no real desire to spread this joy to my teammates (work colleagues…that’s a different matter). At least Marita Beth is feeling better. She’s been sick for the better part of a week and has passed it back over to me. I hope we don’t continue this flip-flop routine, because frankly I’m tired of feeling poorly. Marita Beth did lots of cleaning & decorating around the house yesterday. Including this:
Candle and Cross
This is a small table under a mirror on the wall in the living room. She’s decorated the table with red candles and red string-lights, but she left the fabulous Celtic cross that we picked up at the Milwaukee Irish Festival some years back. The whole arrangement is very pretty.
Cheers.

~KR (Written on 8 February 200 8)

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

 

The Pincushion Saturday, Feb 9 2008 

Daily and Photoblog krmb 3:35 pm

6 February 2008
I seem to have gotten back whatever it is I gave Marita Beth. I’m hacking and coughing & wheezing up a storm. Not pleasant, not fun. It also interferes with the ability or desire to take photos. So, this is what we get today:
Pin Cushion
This is one of the many pin cushions you can find littered throughout our house. My wife being a seamstress, pin cushions are part of the trade. But, this one lives in the living room and is more decorational than functional. In fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen the darling girl use it. It sits on top of an antique sewing machine, so may be an antique in itself. (Update:  it is an antique!) However, whatever, it’s one of those many knick-knacky things in the house that make some people say, “Your house is so cool…it’s like a museum.” (ohh, and I edited it with Picnik - that’s a cool tool)
Cheers.

~KR (Written on: 7 February 200 8)

Listening to:
Finnegan by Kila
from Mind the Gap

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 1 sec (1)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

 

7 the Hard Way Saturday, Feb 9 2008 

Daily and East Wind Games and Faire and Game and Photoblog krmb 3:29 pm

5 February 2008
It's that time of year again when my thoughts start to turn toward faire and the task of running my store at Scarborough Faire. East Wind Games has done well the past two years there, and I look forward to what this year might bring - along with all attendant challenges that are bound to surface. So, with East Wind Games on the mind, I took this photo of a pair of dice that I happened to have at the office with me:
7 - The Hard Way
Cheers.

~KR (Written on 7 February 200 8)

Listening to:
This Town's Disaster by Blackpool Lights

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

 

CD Backup Saturday, Feb 9 2008 

Computer and Daily and Photoblog krmb 3:19 pm

4 February 2008
I was going to post this one into the Mini-Challenge: Mundane Tasks for what could be more mundane than putting in a CD for a daily/weekly/monthly backup?
The CD
But, I eventually chose the Apple bin shot instead. Not that this isn't freakin' mundane, but I like the other shot better. And, the whole thing is moot now anyway as the challenge ended yesterday.
Cheers.

~KR (Written on: 7 February 200 8)

Listening to:
I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms) by Elvis Presley
from Elvis By The Presleys

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 0.3 sec (3/10)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

 

Greenman in the End Saturday, Feb 9 2008 

Daily and Faire and Photoblog krmb 3:14 pm

3 February 2008
The wife is sick, so the Super Bowl was watched from home. But, you know, that wasn’t so bad. I got to spend all day with her which is so very rare. I did have to run out at one point to get my number from a squares pool in which I participated. My numbers were 9 for the Giants and 0 for the Patriots. If the Patriots had kicked a field goal rather than trying for a touchdown on 4th and 13, I’d be a $100 richer. Oh well. I took this photo while driving back from NFG (that’s where the squares pool was).
Greenman
It’s a closeup of the end of a knife I own. The handle and end are bone and hand-carved with the end being a Greenman head. The blade is Damascus-like, but I’m not enough of an expert to know for sure. I took it out of my backpack when I recently took a trip and it’s lived in the car ever since.
Cheers.

~KR (Written on 5 February 200 8)

Listening to:
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zepplin
from Led Zeppelin IV (aka ZOSO)

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire