Saturday September 26, 2026 Harvest Moon

 

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Saturday September 26, 2026

Thursday and Friday I mostly worked on my photos.  I am honestly sleeping almost 12 hours every day now...

Today, my niece Dawn really made a very special meal to thank the people who made her grand-daughter, Piper's, first concert a memorable one..  The "Journey" concert was Thursday night and was truly exciting for young Piper, thanks to the help and generosity of Tracey and her friend Debbie.

 It was my first time meeting Debbie, who I thought was about 17 years old, but I was way off the mark there.  It turns out she is from Mexico (so we did talk a bit in Spanish), a new resident here, and taking University courses.  And,.... she is a photographer....

Even after too many glasses of wine, we all went out to catch the Harvest Moon, already high in the sky...

I let Debbie shoot with my D5600 while I shot the close-ups with the P1100.

Now, I feel like a fall pumpkin and am hitting the sack as soon as this is done.... 

I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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Sunset Friday

Checking the wine's provenance

Debbie, Tracey, and Dawn

D5600 shots

P1100 shots

 

 

Wednesday September 23, 2026 AliBaba

 

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Wednesday September 23, 2026

 I slept 12 hours, from midnight until noon.  The day was blustery, threatening rain, but never doing the good deed....  So, after chores, I went back to bed for another 2 hours!

 I got a notice from AliBaba, showing 1:38am, saying they delivered the natural pain-relieving pills that I had ordered for Cristina.  Completely impossible!!  Then I got 2 emails showing 8:39am, again stating the package had been delivered...  I checked everywhere, and no package.....

I saw some magpies hanging around, so I took a few shots with the bird setting on the P1100.  Basically it takes a burst of 3 shots every time you press the shutter. 

Supper was again a fabulous steak with perogies and mushrooms with garlic bread.  Thank you Dawn, the home-cooked meal are greatly appreciated.  Of course, I do contribute to the cause,.... I am not a mooch....

Then I went to check my mailbox and the parcel key was sitting there!  The mail hadn't been arriving this week until close to 6pm..., but I was very relieved to have received that particular package to help with Cristina's migraines.

My friend Tom (LiLi's dad) wrote to say that more earthquakes had been happening again in our area.   From a monitoring site:

" In the past 7 days, Colombia has had 61 quakes of magnitudes above 2 and up to 4.8:

• 18 quakes above magnitude 4
• 32 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
• 11 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3  "

I checked with Cristina.  She and the dogs and cats are all OK.  These are minor quakes relatively-speaking, thank goodness.... 

I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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