The Rule of Thumb

The rule of thumb for many used digital cameras seems to be (new price)/(years since introduced) = selling price for excellent condition. I just bought a used Lumix G2. Didn't need the H, and I'm fine happy with 12mpxl. It's mostly my airplane camera with an old Pentax K-mount 200mm on an adapter.

Waazi loo lah? 


Pic by someone else and conveniently lifted from a GooSearch.

In my experience, a good morning often begins with a dog walk. This isn't always possible for me b/c of competing interests. There's bicycle to ride. And, MWF, I can fly my model airplane, weather permitting. Otherwise, there's walk this dog around. 

Part of a good walk is policing the area. Here Ellen with litter hound Lili goes after a drink lid tossed on 6th Ave.

I'm baking again. Weather is good for running an oven. Although, chilly days makes for slower rise. These a couple of raisin, pecan, date, & cinnamon "holiday" bread. It's a mess to make. And I do it several times a year. Then I go back to the usual and customary.

Here the start of final rise on a loaf of dark rye. I had it on a cookie sheet, and I know better. When the sheet popped and twisted from heat, the loaf fell a little and became a bit more sticky in the middle than I'd like. First project this morning is getting a terracotta tile for baking. Then another loaf of dark. And maybe French.



Ellen did another neighborhood mailbox. A man who works for one of the local investment banks knows value when he sees it. He's putting some of his money into property in this area. He lives in this area. When he buys, he improves and then rents. His houses all distinctive b/c of a mailbox with a Florida theme painted by Ellen.



Laura Riding Jackson's house must be moved from its present location at the Environmental Learning Center near Vero. Then the ELC will put in another building and more parking. Which seems a peculiar contrast to environmental learning. What do I know? We attended a fund raiser and birthday celebration for Laura at 118. Local rancher, poet, artist and generally good guy Sean Sexton read from Laura Riding Jackson and from his work. Sean a man with a curious Indiana connection. His grandfather from the Shelbyville area and a Purdue grad.



Sean put me on the spot when he did a bullwhip demo. He asked me the speed of sound. I gave the number for kcal per hp. Sigh. The mind fades away so gently one hardly notices. Unless it's in other drivers.

Where Laura worked



I suppose these trees will be cut down as part of the environmental learning.

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