I just got back from a lovely week in Ventura with my friend. Amongst many other things I spent much of my time taking pictures. Too many I suppose! My last morning there my battery had died so I made my morning jaunt 1/2 block away to eat my breakfast on the beach, camera free. Apparently this caused some commotion in the neighborhood. Just 3 doors down an elderly gentleman walked out and met me curbside,
“Hey, are you the picture girl?” (I loved that he called me girl!)
“Ummm…I guess, yeah!”
“Well, where is it?”
I explained the battery had died and I was leaving within the hour so I hadn’t bothered charging it. He asked if he would see me again, I assured him I would be back soon…with camera in hand!
I get to the beach and am approached by another man,
“You’re the camera lady!”
“I am, I am the camera lady!” was all I could come up with
“Where’s your camera?”
Again, I explained the battery situation….
He replied with, “When will you be back?”
“Soon…”
“Maybe you could take my picture?”
“I would love to!”
Feeling both, a little amused and embarrassed I sat on the beach and ate my breakfast. I walked back to the house to finish loading my car when I hear a voice. (a legitimate voice)
“Get any good pictures of the sunset last night?” a man asks as he stands on his balcony across the street.
“Um, a few….my battery died”
“You know, you really need to come back in the winter, we have the most amazing sunsets. One time…..”
“I will do that thank you”
“Have a good day”
“I will you do the same”
O.k. now I am more embarrassed than I am amused. What the heck…can’t a girl walk up and down the street a few gazillion times a day without everyone knowing her business? They are on to me now, they know. I am a little coo-coo. But without that camera, I wouldn’t have gotten these sights and memories documented! Then if I didn’t have them documented, I couldn’t share them! (click on album below)

Aunt Heidi!!! Congratulations to my nephew Eric and his wife Jaime
on the birth of their beautiful baby boy, Aiden Blake!!

The other day I bought a new quilt. It came in this nifty little quilted bag, complete with handles and a fancy snap at the top. I knew though, I would never be able to use it again as the “Consumer…Do Not Remove” tags dangled from the bottom of this nifty little quilted bag. Honest to God, to this day I will not remove the tags, I have someone else take them off. It clearly reads it’s against the law and I am not going to jail…especially over a “Consumer…Do Not Remove” tag!! The more I looked at this bag, the more I felt the need to use it. So I coaxed an “anonymous” friend into removing the tags for me. (My lips are sealed my brave friend) It wasn’t a great bag, it was simply a nifty and usable bag.
That all changed today, my new, nifty, quilted, usable bag WAS great! I was going to be away from home for a few hours and was able to pack all my afternoon necessities in this bag.
Check it out!

*(Note…I just went in to put ointment on my oh-so-chapped lips. Once I was done I realized I had used Orajel. Don’t ever do that!)
Look at all those necessities;
1. Laptop
2. Camera bag (with camera and lenses)
3. Knitting bag with 1/2 knitted scarf
4. Magazines
5. Charger for computer
6. 2 pieces, 3 pieces, 4 pieces of pizza
7. 2 Diet cokes
Now that’s a bag!! Heck, I would have bought this bag with or without the quilt.
It’s my new best friend, her name is Kari

I came across a site here on the W.W.W. that I wanted to share. For all those cameras, memory cards or pictures you may have lost or even found…this is the ticket! It’s called, “I Found Your Camera” it’s an awesome site….what a great concept too, huh?