I get my wife roses every year for mother's day. Eventually there will be lots of roses in my yard. I will need to practice taking better photos of them. In album 6/17/15 This climbing rose is a few years old. It dies back every year and keeps coming back. Not quite great, but pretty …
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Playing with some video and images with my new phone
I recorded the video at QHD (4k) and it appears that google+ doesn't use all the video quality. https://youtu.be/557jDNW4cRs youtube does. You can go into settings, and I see lots of HD settings. I am pretty stoked that the phone has a QHD (4k) screen and can play the videos. I can see rain drops on …
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Storm front
A storm front just went through and I got some pretty cool photos from it. In album 2014-09-05 crazy heavy rain and stuff blowing all around! Even a still photo, you can feel the storm I know what they mean by ‘sheets’ of rain now. The wind was quite strong. View this post on Google+
I decided to 'fix' a blanket I got from freecycle
It is a military wool blanket. I love wool blankets for camping and hanging out outdoors. I don't much care for the olive green – even though green is my favorite color.So I dyed one side of if grey. I couldn't find anybody else online (just a short search) that dyes a single side of …
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I picked up a new 'backpack' this weekend
227 grams, without the two dinky water bottles it came with. It's going to be challenging to get a 3 day trek into this itty bitty waist bag. Warm weather trips only. My last weekend trek last fall, water became a problem, so this is probably a bit water-focused. I am making 2 leather pouches …
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