Still playing with Spring Mill photos in PSE with texture overlays . . .

Spring Mill scenes, all with PSE edits . . .

The annual Spring Mill outing with my family . . .

Sarah, Thomas, Greg, and Sam . . .

Theresa and Anya . . .

Anya . . .

Pam and jan . . .

Anne . . .

At the Spring Mill Inn buffet . . .

Me . . .

Theresa has a group photo that I'll post later.

I have a bunch of non-people photos, also for later

(after some PSE play time).

Vince and Sarah saying "Bye" . . .

Took this photo, not for the subject, not for the composition,

but just because the colors were appealing . . .

Going for broke

with Shadowhouse Creations Bokeh #4 using linear light . . .

You never quite know where you'll end up

when you let your imagination out to play.

Reading Log

I started a reading log 24 years ago.

This was ten years or so into my adult reading life.

My log is just the title and author, mostly in the order finished.

I read more fiction than non-fiction.

I generally don't read short stories or poems, some but not many,

and the occasional biography.

I spent a decade in science fiction, a few years in romance,

another decade in mysteries.

I still love a good mystery.

Sometimes I'll find an author and read until I'm saturated

or read an entire series beginning to end.

Not often, I'll re-read a book or series . . .

like this year when I re-read the Mitford series by Jan Karon.

During my childhood, I was a voracious reader,

mostly Nancy Drew and The Bobbsey Twins.

Then I stopped reading.

But a year or two after graduation,

I clearly remember picking up a paperback;

it was "The Source" by James Michener.

I was hooked.

I've never quit since.