Thanks! It was just one shot (out of MANY I took that afternoon) where the finch and the sunflower were in the same focal plane relative to the camera. So even though it was f5.6, both were in focus. Lately I’ve been shooting in TAv mode on my Pentax K-1 - fixing the shutter speed and aperture, letting the ISO vary. Modern digital cameras already have pretty low noise at ISO’s I used to think of as “high” on film. (I’m old enough to have “pushed” ISO 1000 film a couple additional stops in the darkroom.) Lightroom’s new Noise Reduction function is another game changer.

I hope you are enjoying your time at the hospital! I’ve spent some time there… :)

Wow! I just saw one of these for the first time in our local market today. My first thought was somewhere between, “that’s something Fed Flintstone would eat!” and “that’s too much!”. I fell better seeing it sliced and divided up… A meal for 4?

Great preparation, including the roasted asparagus!

I had taken my dog out earlier and she just sat on a neighbors lawn and refused to budge. She knew what was coming and didn’t take any chances.

Well I WAS going for pretentious, but I agree “recomposée” may work better… but it doesn’t SOUND better, I love the sound of “amélioré” (a lovely French word that even my grating Boston accent can’t mess up…too badly…)

Delete?!?!? Maybe just EDIT the offending words away? 😀

All true! - I can’t/won’t defend myself! Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!
But by way of further explanation, the faux French and intentional pretentiousness was in the context of yet another boring and unimaginative office party centered around bad take-out Chinese food and pizza. Walking around cubicle-land wearing a chef’s jacket, wielding a blowtorch and formally serving these - whatever they should be called - was just part of the fun. 🙂

A Song sparrow!

Not only does the beach have to be “posted”, but there are now systems in place to receive electronic notification if you want, and to look online for the details… location of the outfalls, sampling data, etc… Check out: https://www.mass.gov/guides/sanitary-sewer-systems-combined-sewer-overflows

Going back a few more years, here’s a 1957 photo my father took from about the same spot!