a great weekend

Pearl and I have had a great weekend.  There has been many highlights, ranging from great time with friends, a wonderful gathering at LCBC, and some fun down in Philly.

While in Philly we went to a camera store and Pearl so graciously let me play with a bunch of the lenses, a couple of lens that cost more then my first Car, and also my second.

here's one of the first shots... she thought it was fun

Here's  a couple of minutes later...

And now, I think it's time for me to read her non-verbals... enough pictures, time to go

In all honesty she was a great sport.  We had a lot of fun, and overall a great time. These are just some of those awkward shots you some how collect along the way, we laughed pretty hard at them when we uploaded them.

it's cold...

It's time for work....

 It's cold.

Got nothing else to say

Why such the hurry

Catching up…

Some of my friends and I are trying to read through the New Testament this year.  Let’s just say I fell horrible behind, but today I changed that.  Today I was able to speed read and “catch up” to where we should be in our reading.  It felt good to reach the chapter I was suppose to be on, but it was a short lived victory as that small voice said “way such the hurry?” 

It made me pause as the words played through my mind “way such the hurry?”

What beauty and richness did I quickly pass by to only “reach my goal”

Yet again I hear it… “why such the hurry?”

That’s a heavy question.

Recently I had a dear friend point out to me the truth about this wonderful stage of life that I’m in.  A stage that I’m all too quick to pass through, get over, or to reach “the good stuff”.  My friend seemed to be a small echo of God’s voice as he basically said “why such the hurry?”  He’s challenge was to sit in these days, to let these days, and the God of these days, refine my character, my heart, my …. whatever God sees in need to be refined.

So may we get out of the hurry

May we enjoy the weight of each day, each chapter, each moment,

May we realize the refining happening in our lives and instead of rushing ahead, enjoy the moment

Pictures on a Tuesday... a day late again

So these pictures were to go up before the clock turned midnight, but we received some wonderful white stuff today, the last time I checked there was roughly about 3 inches, so needless to say our drive home was a little slower then normal.

These are some shots from last Tuesday night (where we received some snow as well) with a fixed "prime" lens, and then also some shots from a pretty nice fisheye lens. Both of these lens were on loan to me from some generous coworkers.

I love hearing which ones you guys like and with one's made you laugh.

Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday and if you received any of this white flaked goodness that you're able to get out and play a little in it. Pearl and I did!

PS - someone once asked me why I shoot the shots I do. In a nutshell I believe there's beauty all around us; we just have to be looking at the right angle to see it.