Lovely things

Sorry so long and lame between posts. Things have been crazy busy with end of school and life in general. Our daughter's 8th grade class had their graduation ceremony this week. Isn't that odd, really, graduating from middle school? Maybe it makes sense since this is one of three feeder schools that consolidate into two giant high schools, and some of these kids will likely never see each other again.

I have trouble wrapping my brain around a high school with more students and teachers in it than the town I grew up in. Here's a picture of the procession, the ceremony and the proud parents of a lovely and very tall young lady who looks much older than an 8th grade student:

This weekend, we went for a bike ride with our daughter to two lovely parks and a River festival. It was a great day, so full of green, and so much scenery and cool air rushing past. The mosquitoes couldn't get us, and I felt as if I could ride all day. Maybe next time.

Here's a few pictures of a few more of my favorite things from this week.

In camera news, I did all my research, decided which one I wanted and wouldn't you know it, they are sold out. Business at Canon is good. I'm kindof stuck on Canon, since my old school camera - the kind that uses film, that we bought ourselves as a wedding gift 25 years ago - has a lovely assortment of expensive lenses I'd like to use again. Oh well. Until then, I'll suffer with spotty focus and an annoying gray spot on my pictures. Worse fates could befall me. And I'm getting pretty good at aligning the pictures before I take them so I hide the spot. The Monet focus of most of my flower photos, that's another problem. On the bright side, the flowers are cycling through their blooms so quickly that there's not that much left to catch. Daylillies and sedum are mostly what's left. Sigh. It all happens so quickly, doesn't it?

I leave you with a fuzzy picture of my roses and daisies. I wish you could smell the roses, they are lovely. I don't think they've invented that camera yet.