Hurricane

After a long day's work, and a bracing bike ride, there's nothing nicer than to come home to one of these!

Hurricane recipe
1 pt light rum
1 pt orange rum
1 pt mango rum
1 pt amaretto
1 pt triple sec
1 pt sour mix
3 pts fresh orange juice
3 pts fresh pineapple juice
sink dash of grenadine to bottom
float black strap rum on top

Enjoy responsibly :)
(BTW, pt stands for "part", and not "pint"!) 

Go（五）

This is Go (which in Japanese means "five", as she was at the time the fifth Stripey to join us) being really cute and enjoying the Spring sunshine.

"Spring is sprung...

...the grass is riz;

I wonder where

The birdies is?"

SB-26

I'm going to sell some of my flash units to upgrade to newer models. Here are the pictures I made for my Craigslist posting.

First Pics

Well, here are the first pictures I took with the D300. They're not masterpieces, by any stretch of the imagination - I hadn't even bothered to properly set up the camera, just stuck on a lens and fired away, but they're a start. It's good to be back :)

This is Maggie's Doberman, Duncan. (Indoors - ISO set to 3200)

...and this is Boots, very much her own cat.

Nikon D300

My new camera arrived a few minutes ago...

Going to play with it. More later. Bye :)

Magic at Work

In spite of Winter's best efforts to dampen our spirits, there is Magic working in our backyard:

Here are our Tibetan prayer flags, still waving in the breeze, and working to bring us blessings despite being laden with icicles...

...and Kokopelli, refusing to be stifled, summons Spring from beneath a mantle of Valentine's Day snow.

Good things are coming our way!