Welcome!

Lots of photos from the weekend:

First, Ben, Joe, and I went downtown to see Air Margaritaville in concert.

Saturday, Chris and I went to the farmer's market, where we ran into our friend Cheryl. Then we worked in the yard, where I saw a grasshopper, the kids found a toad, and I shot several of the flowers currently blooming.

Sunday after church, we went out to Wolcott Mill Metropark and wandered around the farm.

Late Sunday afternoon, Ben, Joe, and I went to the Squirt Zone at Metro Beach.

Haven't been out photographing much, but here are a few photos:

First, photos from the Troop's spaghetti dinner fundraiser Saturday night. Actually, most photos were taken by our scoutmaster, as I was in the kitchen cooking.

Second, Josh dropped in kind of unexpectedly (he called at noon to say he would be by for dinner) Sunday with a couple of friends.

I went out to Metro Beach yesterday morning. My eyes were bothering me; things seemed out of focus, so I was figuring I wouldn't have much luck. Maybe the photos weren't the greatest (you be the judge), but I had a GREAT time! Frolicking deer (the first deer I've seen at Metro Beach, although one of the park police stopped to talk to me and told me he sees deer regularly, although rarely so late (8:15) in the morning). The groundhog was out. There was a turtle laying eggs. The finches were fighting over perches on the weeds. And the carp were going nuts in the marsh: thrashing around in the weeds. There must have been two dozen or so; it was almost eerie to watch and listen to them. Rabbits grazing as I was leaving. Great photo opportunities.

Oh, and also some flowers from Tuesday night around St. Thecla during Tom's scout meeting.

I upgraded this week to an iMac Intel Core Duo with Aperture software to manipulate my photos. The web page exports look much more professional than iPhoto exports did. New learning curve with the new software, but I think I'll really enjoy it.

Saturday night was an Eagle Court of Honor for one of our troop's scouts.

On Sunday afternoon, Chris, Tom, Becky, Ben, Joey and I went to Metro Beach, first to fish (no luck) and then to fly kites (better luck).

Ben and I went with three other Cub Scout father-son pairs to the Great American Museum Experience at Greenfield Village/Henry Ford Museum. What a great weekend!.

First, photos of the scouts (and parents) on the trip.

Second, photos just of Ben from the trip.

Third, various things that caught my eye.

After court this morning, I did a drive through Belle Isle. For the second time, I pulled up just in time to see a rower pass in front of the Renaissance Center. I like the first picture better, though.

After dinner this evening, I went out the Metro Beach. The wind surfers were out (that water *has* to be cold!). Here are pictures of jumps, some portraits/sails shots, and what I think is the best jump sequence. I wish my camera would do a burst of more than 5 shots in RAW mode.

Joey and I went to Metro Beach after dinner. The water was uncharacteristically calm (no winds), and very little in the way of fauna so the photos are mostly of Joe. Also, one of Tom just before leaving on the scout campout for the weekend.

Ben and I go for an overnighter at Greenfield Village Saturday night. I'm looking forward to new photo opportunities.

Joey went to Chloe's birthday party yesterday, but I am reticent to post photos without her parent's permission. I took the rest of the afternoon (only an hour) off and went shooting daffodils and fauna at Metro Beach instead.