#7 Smile

My friends came down from Michigan to drop by and visit. This is a picture of their 3 year old daughter "A" who can already sing the Star Spangled Banner and knows all her planets (in order). She also always says "Please" and "Thank you" which around these parts is a rarity. An amazing little girl and I couldn't think of anyone better for this theme simply because she made me smile all day long.

Bonus photo below. Doesn't fit a theme but I loved the face she made when I snapped this one.

#31 Boat

This guy sailed by us as we were moving to a new fishing spot.  I've always been fascinated with sail boats and plan on getting one someday.  The city scape behind is Atlantic City, NJ.

#175 Crowd

We spent the day at Long Island Beach yesterday.  This is why I don't normally go on a weekend, but I knew I would get an opportunity like this.  The crowd density actually goes on for a good mile like this in both directions.  

#153 Footprint

One lonely footprint. Imprinted by my wife's foot. We tried a little trail and a couple of other compositions but I kept finding things I didn't like. It was just too crowded (see above) to do much.

#172 - Black and White

Went for a walk around Smithville Park named for an old factory complex that was known for producing quality woodworking machines from the 1870's and on.  They also were recognized as manufacturing bicycles that won numerous championships in the 1890's.

#143 Bird

This little guy was hanging out in a nest waiting for momma to come back and feed him.  

I really wasn't ready to start posting photos but after Helen dropped by and mentioned us on her site, I figured I better get something up for you all to look at.  

A Time to Start

I've never been good at blogging.  I sit in front of my keyboard for five or ten minutes just trying to get the jumble in my head to transform into some kind of recognizable text.  About two years ago I started a blog.  I managed two separate entries in that time and deleted it last week.  I'm a lousy blogger.

A few months ago my daughter picked up a new Nikon D60 and I fell in love with it.  I picked one up just a few weeks ago.  While scouring the internet looking for just about anything photography related I stumbled across the 366 Pictures site.  I was really intrigued and blindly followed links until I came across Dogeared Photos which shows off some truly amazing talent.

I got rather enthusiastic and showed the site to my daughter and we both decided to join in on the 366 Photo challenge.  We're already six months behind and have some catching up to do.. but we're excited!

Now I finally have something worthwhile to blog about.  Here's to a better blog.  I'd also like to just say "Thanks" to my daughter Cassandra for reigniting my passion for photography :)