Midsummer Friday Evening

The evenings are becoming shorter and  as August days begin to click off the calender they will become more so. July has been quite wonderful in this area, sunny, hot, little rain and the humidity has been severe only a few times all month, even the usual summer smog is much reduced. Now you have a capsule of the weather situation.
            I signed up for a summer photography course to fill one of my evenings. I thought I new a lot about my digital camera but I was wrong. I learned a great deal and found the answers to technical questions that had bugged me for a long time. Surprisingly an opportunity to buy an advanced model of the same Lumix camera at a significant discount arose and I snapped it up. The new model makes it so much easier to do things and it has additional features such as a hot shoe for a bigger flash plus the view screen folds out from the back and provides so many viewing possibilities. The screen is brighter and the font is larger. We are assigned to take pictures and bring them to class for everyone to see and then receive a critique by the instructor. That can be deflating.
            My poor wife has been suffering severe back pain and has difficulty walking and getting comfortable. The meds she's been given do not seem to help but she has an appointment with a neurosurgeon in early September and maybe something can be done.
           As a result it is difficult to get out and enjoy the many events taking place in the city. This is the weekend for the Caribbean Festival formally called Caribana. The downtown area will be rocking with bands. floats, beautiful women and everything  hot.   
          Thank goodness for the Internet. There is always something interesting to see or hear compared to the drivel and reruns on the TV.  I hope I haven't bored you too much with this piece of blah blah but I'm bored myself. Please forgive me. I'll do better next time.
          

Lake Ontario

          I recently rhapsodized on Lake Ontario. I could say the same for all the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River but I live on the shores of Lake Ontario.

          Here are two images of the lake. Even in the frigid cold of January it is beautiful and in July it is a gem.

         More images are on my Flickr sites www.flickr.com/photos/john_outram and www.flickr.com/photos/isomanjohn.  Just click these Links. .Flickr     Flickr2

          Don't ask why I have two flickr sites. I don't know. 

          The first image is called "Goose on Ice".

         This image is "July Sailing"

          Nice eh?