saturday quiet

Have finally figured out how to import photos to Wildwoods!   "One small step..."  :-)  


Have been up since 3:30 A.M. pondering a dilemma at work.  I think I've figured out how to calm a tense situation down but now I'm tired of problem-solving.  This week-end is devoted to organizing the house and getting packed.  My  travel companion arrives on Thursday and it would probably be the civilized thing pick-up the accumulated clutter from the combination library / guest room.  My home office desk is also a bit (tastefully understated) of a disaster and needs some attention before I leave.  Have to figure out what to pack.  Luckily I'm traveling with someone who isn't into fancy and that is a relief.  My birds are going to a friend's house tomorrow.  The dogs to  kennel on Friday.  Then we just have to get to the pier on Saturday....


Once the business of getting ready to stop working for a while is attended to I will spend more time with photos.  Making this transition (to a Mac) is not as formidable as I thought it would be ~ learning the truth once again of "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself".


The sun is coming up.  The sky to the northwest is a shimmering pale pink.  Another day begins.

Learning Curves

5:30 A.M. and I sit here in a semi-dark room attempting to learn a new computer system.  My son tells me the learning curve for switching from PC to Mac is steep but that I that should feel comfortable in about two weeks.  Steep... feels like the cyber-equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest!  I'm telling myself that this electronic experiment is just the kind of irritation that the brain needs to develop new neural pathways.  In spite of myself, I am having fun (in a slightly frustrated kind of way) ~ learning something akin to a new language. Also having some thought of what I might feel in "two weeks" is intriguing in and of itself.  Part of the learning involves learning how to retrieve photos and attach ....oh yes (note to self), have to take new photos  as the old silent and  dark PC has my more recent photos in lock down.  


Two more weeks until vacation.  The count down beings in earnest.  Am weary to my bone marrow and look forward to spending time 'cruising', talking until the wee hours of the morning with my friend and photographing glaciers.  Cell phones off....ahhhh what a relief that  will be.   


The Northwest is 'doing Spring'.  It is a bit warmer and the trees are completely leafed out.  It is green, fresh and beautiful.  From my little home office window the world seems a serene place ~ far from the trials of rotten economies, political turmoil, global hunger, wars and the tragedy of oil spills.  It would  be so easy to become a hermit.  Not productive, ethical, or even  moral ~ but definitely EASY.  On that note, it is time to suit up and journey into elder care as done in America.  

Bill ~ Its Over!

My PC has crashed for the last time!  Bill, we are so done!  I've crossed over to the other side.  That's right.... Bill, there are no  'sorry' messages that will work.  Your fixes just plain silly and never last.  Oh by the  way this time when you left me in the dark you took 700 of my photos with you.  I'ld like those back but not you!  MAC World here I come.  Viva competition!!!