It's 3am...why am I awake !!!?I don't know!
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This is the August Fool Moon. ; )
Do you like the new header image? It's from a screen shot of my Second Life avatar (one of several versions, haha). Like "my" dragon tattoo?? :D
This is an ancient tree in the Inyo Wilderness (~10,000 feet above sea level) just west of Death Valley, where we went camping recently. The Great Basin Bristlecone Pines here such as this one are all thousands of years old. It might look dead but a small part of it is still alive. Many of these trees look mostly dead but then they have a couple of branches bearing green pine needles and tiny cones with sap.
And this is a nighttime photo of one of the trees, taken by a part-time professional photographer friend (getting these shots with the stars took him in all about 2 hours, and for each shot he left the shutter open almost 30 seconds (if I remember right), using a tripod. A few weeks ago I took over a hundred pictures of the full moon. This one reminds me of a floating Eye of Horus. Most of the shots looked like a more or less blurry bright round disc...this wide shot is closest to what the moon looked like without the aid of a camera lens.
Now for more Second Life pics....
Second Life is great: It's very easy to dance and change appearance and clothing at will. Also, to sit with a giant bird in her nest, wear dragonfly wings (even stand on a tray if I want...oops), sail on a magic flying carpet, float in a desert hot spring, catch a ride on a flying dandelion, visit an ancient unicorn tapestry in a castle with eagles flying past, sit on a bench with a meowing cat, be very tall, dress like an Indian superhero, etc. ....
Unfortunately, one thing I have yet to learn how to do either in real or in virtual existence is get the hang of eBlogger formatting !!! Working on this post, I have accidentally deleted four images while trying to shift text and pictures around. Why does it always load the image at the top?? or is that something I'm doing wrong...? grumble....
Unfortunately, one thing I have yet to learn how to do either in real or in virtual existence is get the hang of eBlogger formatting !!! Working on this post, I have accidentally deleted four images while trying to shift text and pictures around. Why does it always load the image at the top?? or is that something I'm doing wrong...? grumble....
What else have I been up to? Well...besides camping in the Inyo and cultivating a thriving imaginary life, I've done a little writing and the rest of the time: trying to learn to understand the stock market, using someone else's capital! eeeeek !
...so far so good (cross fingers).
Then there is trying to learn Java...theoretically,
to help me get more work as a technical editor, and in case my ego is too fragile for me to ever be able to compete as a working write
r...it's going kind of slow.
to help me get more work as a technical editor, and in case my ego is too fragile for me to ever be able to compete as a working write
r...it's going kind of slow.Maybe I need a cuppa joe. :D
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'Til next time, Joy, I hope your real life is thriving & you're having fun whether pounding the pavement or in your shop or touring with Eddy! ... ... much love,
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....Sarah
