Engaged

Tonight, my brother, Duncan, proposed to his girlfriend Marlene. Congratulations to both of you!

Visit from LeRoy

Yesterday evening, my youngest brother called to say he was a couple hours away to pick up a tractor and was going to be driving by my house so would like to stop by and visit. It was nice visiting with him for a couple hours. We also talked to his wife with iChat. He left early this morning to try make it back home to Colorado by Thanksgiving.

Nikoli 1994-2008

Today, Nikoli went to sleep for the last time. What a sad day. He was a great cat and I have may happy memories of him. The first picture was taken in June this year. The second picture was taken in March. He loved to find a patch of sunlight to sleep in. As you can see from his partly opened eyes, he never missed a thing.

Learnfest - Sold Out

The Learnfest photography course near Atlanta next April went on sale today and sold out in three hours. Amazing! I guess that means I won't be going. I'm still so excited that I got to go the the first one that was offered. The class material for this one was going to be the same as the one I went to in Bald Head, NC, as there was a long waiting list. So, now I'll just have to spend the time practicing taking pictures.

One of my friends, Steve, wore a new suit today that he bought a couple weeks ago. He was a good sport and let me take a some pictures of him with a couple of his new ties.

New Book Arrived

I'm was really excited that the photography book I ordered came today in the mail. It's called "The Art of Children's Photography" by Tamara Lackey. She is one of the amazing photographers from Raleigh, NC that taught at the Learnfest photography workshop that I attended in Baldhead, NC. Her family is currently living in South America for several weeks while they adopt their third child, a little girl. Their first child is biological, and their second child is adopted from Ethiopia. All this and she has time to write a book and is working on her second. She is an amazing photographer of children, wedding, presidential candidates, Olympic athletes and other famous people. I also found out that she is donating all author proceeds from the sale of this book to the Worldwide Orphans Foundation and Save the Children. What talent and generosity.

Today, I learned how to encode website links into the words that are in blue and underlined. Learning new things everyday!

Gimbi, Ethiopia

The church I went to today had an Ethiopian lunch. This lunch was in honor of several people that will be going to Gimbi, Ethiopia this week. As I lived in Gimbi for several months in the early 70's (a total of 3 1/2 years in Ethiopia), I was interested in going and seeing if I recognized the food. It was actually much better than I anticipated...and not too spicy. The flat bread is called injera, and is broken into strips and used to dip into wat (the sauce). The Ethiopians use the strips of injera instead of utensils.

Election Day

The people have spoken, and now we have a new President Elect.

Chateau Elan

Just found out this evening the new location has been released for the 2009 Learnfest. This will be the same class that I went to Bald Head, NC. I'll have to see if it will fit in with my financial calendar for 2009. Chateau Elan is a beautiful 3500-acre spa, winery, and resort located about 40 minutes outside of Altanta, Georgia. (Not my picture)