Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee's baaaaaack!!!!!

Woo hoo! Just good buddy Jill has returned to the Cone Grove area of Weedy Field! There had been reports of a less-than-skittish jack rabbit jetting about early in the morning outside the area but I didn’t let that get my hopes up since most of them sorta look alike. (I know, prejudice: “how would you feel if someone said that to YOU, Mister Lenny???) But damn! They most DO look alike, right?

The thing about Jill tho is she obviously recognizes and remembers me. There was no sudden hopping off, no defensive stance, no backing away or scoping the retreat routes. She just stood there as I walked up making far too much noise because I wasn’t expecting her. If ever she had a right to just zip off unseen, that was the time to do it. But she stood there for about a minute to see if I was still gonna be as cool as last year and I whipped out the Panasonic TZ4. Since the rains have been spotty and I haven’t had the Pano in my hands a lot, I’ve been carrying it instead of the Nikon most of the time. I dearly regretted it last Thursday when Jill and I met in the Grove again. The Pano is great for macro and unmatched for video (until I get my Nikon D90) but optical telephoto just sucks, period. You can see things you’d never have seen before at a distance but the image is grainy and it isn’t helped much by either the lower or the “higher” image stabilization settings. And what can higher stabilization be, anyway? Less-less shaky? More-more stable? So far, it’s been big-big flop for me. Anyway, the Nikon will be in my hands until I have so many Jill shots I get bored with them – not likely this century!

Notes: Things have gotten a bit quiet for me lately as they have gone all disturbingly dramatic at my job. I won’t go into details but needless to say, I’ve been fighting the symptoms of depression like crazy, not always winning convincingly, and sometimes choosing the easier path of just sleeping. I have faith that God’s seeing me thru the mess and I will never lose that faith. And I ain’t going anywhere as Red Bubble will remain my Internet home. So, if you see a bit less of me and things get a tad slow with uploads, Bmail, comments, and replies, please understand that I’m still hanging in here. I never miss something in my email so sending there will guarantee I see it; Bmail is still a bit shaky regarding the groups’ issue. And with the new formats in both My Bubble and the notification emails coming at exactly the same time, I’m not sure yet if I’m missing comments or replies under your or my uploads. But all will be found and commented upon/replied to/laughed about/cried over/loved sooner or later. :-)