Yet another reason the camera has been neglected a bit lately… I decided to finally act on my desire to learn how to play guitar and on February 22nd I bought a Guild GAD30E after visiting the local guitar shop and am slowly learning how to play. While I have figured out the notes/layout of the fret board and my finger picking coming alone smoothly, I’m still working on learning chords. Interesting concept - chords, not something I’ve  ever had to deal being a flute player.
Played with the photo in Lightroom to make the new guitar look old and liked the effect of this… Below is the orginal.

Woke up to cloudy skies and rain again this morning. Taking a look outside I noticed that the blossoms on the weeping cherry were past prime and realized that I haven’t made it out to take any photos of them this year. They really don’t stay around more than 3-4 days and my camera has only been taken out a few times this month for family photos on Easter and Jon’s gymnastics demo on Monday. Comes down to time constraints - unfortunately there are only so many hours in a day. Though it would only take a few moments to take it out and look at life, I often find myself scurrying through it instead. Yet on this rainy day, being reflectful, I decided it was high time to take the camera out for a few moments just to capture the day… Just a couple glass birds on the window ledge. The blue one was purchased in the gift shop of the hotel I stayed in while interviewing to become an instructor for the Navy in 1991. My husband’s grandmother had one just like it and I had admired it when we went up and visited her a few months prior. The other used to be yellow and was bought shortly after we bought the house in 2000.

Love this photo I took on the 8th – however I’m not sure what the vine with the little seed pockets is…

Remains of one of the tulips from a set of forced tulip bulbs I picked up at BJs…

Went to visit our new nephew this afternoon… he’s adorable!