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Sunday was a great Easter family get together so this week is about catching up on stuff I neglected.<\/p>\n

Today is going to be a mixed bag.\u00a0 I have some photos and quotes to do and I am behind on everything; writing, chores, you name it.\u00a0 But I want to have some fun too.<\/p>\n

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I grabbed this old Minolta zoom lens (35-105, f\\3.5-4.5, macro) that has been hiding on a shelf in a closet for years and I want to play around with it as a walk-around lens for a while.\u00a0 It’s a goofy lens and of course it’s on the LA-EA5 adapter so most of the autofocus stuff doesn’t work with it.\u00a0 And the “macro” capability is this ridiculous switch that only allows for manual focus.\u00a0 And the lens is very old so the coatings are very old technology so there’s all kinds of chromatic aberration.\u00a0 But it has already been fun to walk around and use the\u00a0 zoom to frame shots and to have wide angle and telephoto perspectives available.<\/p>\n

Who knows whether the results will be terrible or even just meh but I’m having a little fun so far and maybe change is good for once.\u00a0 I enjoyed my little foray into riffing on those Alice in Wonderland quotes.\u00a0 It’s funny how closely the experience of finding oneself in a nightmare dreamscape resembles the actual world we find ourselves in.\u00a0 Makes you wonder if the powers that be read the Wonderland books and liked what they saw.<\/p>\n

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Those damn bluebirds are back again and making believe they will take up residence in that same damn bluebird house.\u00a0 I don’t believe it for a second but just as a diversion I’ve been taking some photos waiting for them to get kicked out by the swallows.\u00a0 I daily harp on their shortcomings to Camera Girl.\u00a0 I mock them constantly and call them pathetic losers and compare them to the various Republican losers that adorn our political make-believe world.\u00a0 I think she’s getting tired of my obsession with them.<\/p>\n

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Dunwich’s descent into political madness continues apace.\u00a0 Confusion and anger are on full display and the path forward has been so muddied by the conflicting suggestions that the whole town government is paralyzed.\u00a0 But we have to hope for the best.\u00a0 I’m caught up in all this up to my chin so there’s nothing to do but move forward.\u00a0 Onward and upward.\u00a0 Or inward and downward.\u00a0 Whichever works.<\/p>\n

Well, it’s a warm, sunny day and we should all get some air today if we can.\u00a0 But stay tuned and I’m sure to have something to say later.\u00a0 I am an excitable kinda guy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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