My Fifty Mile Morning!
Photo By Noah Gould
July 21 2007
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July 21 2007
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/320
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.0
ISO Speed 200
Lens Sigma 70.0 - 200.0mm f/2.8 APO EX DG
Focal Length 76.0mm
Image Size 3072x2048
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AF Mode One-Shot AF
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posted by Rainey at 6:06 PM
8 Comments:
Well done! What's next? Tour de France ;-))
You KNOW what's next... a good night's sleep and a bottle of aspirin on the bedside table because I've got a feeling that I'm going to be needing them in the morning!
Oh, somewhere along the way, I saw some cypress trees growing in the middle of a pond. They have a really neat shape and I managed to get a good picture of them. I'll post that pic sometime tomorrow... (if I have the strength to lift the mouse.) ;-)
Oh good. I see you survived the night and had strength to upload a wonderful picture of trees. They make me think of a writer that has his detective living (on a boat or by the river?) in Louisiana – unfortunately I forget the name. It must be quite warm in your parts of the world. Even though it's called North Carolina it's not that much north in the States, right?
All the best
We must be on the same computer schedule. I was just reading your post about "On Chesil Beach" when your email popped-up. I'm happy to say that I survived the night, but today was pretty much a loss. Things would have probaly been ok because I felt really good when I woke up this morning. As a matter of fact, I felt so good that I got on the bike and went for a short ride. That's when I knew for sure that today was going to be a really SLOW day. I didnt really hurt anywhere, but all of my muscles were still fatigued. I just felt tired all over, so I spent the day lying around the house, listening to music and messing around with the guitar. I even managed to get a few naps in today as well. (I can never seem to sneak-in a nap, but I made it happen today.)
Rest is truly under-rated. I really enjoyed spending the day doing nothing.
About those cypress trees you're right to associate them with Louisiana, because they're all over the place down there. We've got quite a few in the river regions around here, but we don't have nearly as many as the states that are in the "Deep South", like Louisiana.
North Carolina is located in the middle latitudes of the US, so our weather is a bit varied, but it tends to be on the warm side. We'll get maybe a dozen or so frosts in the winter and maybe an inch or two of snow, but for the most part, our temperatures are kept fairly warm by the Gulf Stream. Daytime summer temps of 32-40 C are not uncommon. Daytime winter temps are generally well above freezing.
If I get lucky enough to take a drive down to the beach tomorrow, I'll be sure to tell you all about the trip.
Guess I better get to packing my day pack if I'm going to make it happen! :-)
Peace,
Rainey
Hi Rainey
Did you go to the beach? Here we’ve had real beach weather today but I’m working and saving my holidays for autumn when it gets darker and colder in Greenland. I am planning a trip to the Azores with my English friend Kathleen. She lives in Denmark so I don't often get to see her. Then I have something to look forward to. I got the impression that you teach – so don’t you have the summer off? I used to teach, but recently I got a new job and said goodbye to the students. Sometimes I miss teaching – you never know what to expect and the students keep you alive – when I sit at my computer at work making our homepage or writing articles. But teaching is also hard, I think. I guess I haven’t found the ideal job yet – maybe no job would be the perfect option ;-)
Looking forward to your next picture.
I managed to spend the entire day at the beach! I left the house before daybreak, arrived on the island shortly after sunrise, and I'm just returning home. It's been a busy day, but I had a good time. Today was the first time that I've made it down to the coast this summer.
I try to make several beach trips each summer during my vacation from teaching, but this summer has been a hectic one. Oh well... I guess life can get hectic sometimes, huh?
So you used to teach? What did you teach? Did you enjoy it... and what are you doing now?
I'm going to have to cut this note short, because I've still got a bit of unpacking to do. I'm gonna have to Google the Azores too... don't know a whole lot about them... yet.
Until next time...
Peace,
Rainey
I taught English and Danish at 6th form college (what would you call that in the States?) The secondary school goes on for a bit longer in Greenland than in Europe, so the students are about 17 when we get them, and then we have them for 3 years, so some even have babies before they graduate. I am ambivalent about teaching. Being with young people in a learning situation is always rewarding, but at the same time it’s draining to feel that you have to pull the load and that most of the time the students would actually much rather be chatting and playing rather than doing academic work.
But like I said – I miss it now just a few months after I stopped teaching, so I imagine that I’ll eventually go back. There’s also a lot of really nice freedom in the job as a teacher. What do you teach and what do you think about it?
Libby is a gorgeous dog and she (he?) is very good on photos: Sharp, in-focus even when galloping across the lawn, and with remarkably pointy ears.
I figure you must be 2 hours behind Greenland time.
All the best,
I teach chemistry in a community college, which is probably about the same environment that you were working in. Many of the students that I’m working with are in that same age range, 17-21, but I also work with an equal number of students that are considerably older. Many of these students have made the decision to come back to school to train for a new career. I primarily work with students that are interested in entering into one of the many health care programs that are offered at the college.
I’ve always enjoyed teaching. At first, I was attracted to teaching because it gave me an opportunity to work with my favorite subjects, the sciences, every day. I also enjoyed the career, because it allowed me to interact with an entirely new group of people every few semesters. Today, I still enjoy teaching, but I enjoy it in a different way and for a different set of reasons.
First of all I have to tell you that my colleagues at the college are some of the greatest people in the world. I have never before had the privilege or the opportunity to work with such decent group of people. Over the years, these people have become a part of my life and in many ways, they are almost like a second family too me.
Also, today, I can look at the success of my students in the community. Whenever I walk into a doctor’s office or a hospital and I see one of my students working there, it feels good to know that I played a role in their education. It always makes my day when students walk up to me in a shopping mall or a restaurant and tell me how much they enjoyed my classes.
These are a few of the good things that I get out of teaching. Oh, and the vacation time isn’t bad either!!! :-) Every 6 or 8 weeks we are always getting a few days off for some holiday or a semester break or something and I really enjoy that.
Libby likes it when I have free days too! As you can see, she loves to travel and she really loves to pose for the camera!
Until next time...
Peace,
Rainey
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