Head Aches, Muscle Soreness, And The Moon

Today I woke with my head pounding. I didn't know where I was when the alarm went off, but I had my wits about me enough not to shut it off, and thus, got myself up to visit the gym. Ugh. Headache and muscle soreness makes for a lousy workout, but I knew that if I didn't hit it, I would be kicking myself later.

It's such a relief seeing most everyone from JS here at Bolgspot. It makes this place feel a little like home away from home. I need to get around to reading all of you now that I've found you.
I don't like the fact that you can't bookmark comments... or can you? I always like to go back and see if there was a reply. I understand that this place doesn't have a PM feature either, but that doesn't bother me since I rarely used it anyway. That being said, if you need to get anything to me, you can email me at kingofpain35 at yahoo dot com. (thanks, Maurita.)

And last, but not least, last night I got a better shot of the moon. It's a still a little blurry, but is my best capture so far. The tripod helped.




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In The Gym And Bovine Intimidation Tactics

Yesterday, I started my training in earnest. I hit the gym at 5am and did a full body workout until I felt like I was going to puke. Yeah, overdid it a little, but all was well and I didn't blow chunks all over the new carpet there. This morning started a little differently with a 3 mile run on the treadmill. It felt pretty good considering I haven't ran since my knee injury and subsequent surgery back in September. After that, I lifted weights again. I'm really just working on strength, light weight, high reps, so I think I should be able to hit it every day with no worries.

Anyway, it really felt good to get back in there. From the second level where the machines are, I looked down through a window and saw my swimming buddies doing their laps. I'll be back at that in a couple of weeks I suppose, after I get my lungs and legs back.

Moving on...


This is another photo from our adventure across the Texas countryside on new years Day. These ladies really were protective of their young. The calves were wanting to get a closer look at us too, but they were all veeeeery suspicious of us.

Bovine Intimidation Tactics



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An Old House

On New Years Day, Amy and I rode around the country side on a four-wheeler with our cameras in our backpack. It was so fun and relaxing. Here is a photo of an abandoned house of some sort that just had a creepy feel to it, that could have been brought on by the huge buzzard resting on the roof. I managed to capture him in the tree just above. Kewl.




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It Got Erased

Yesterday's entry was accidentally erased by my loving but un-internet-savvy Amy, so this is all you get...



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Tristan got a sweet little telescope for Christmas this year.
The other night, the sky was finally clear enough to see the moon and the planets that had decided to align themselves. We were just figuring out the telescope so didn’t get any real close ups of the planets, but wow, the moon looked incredible. The detail is amazing, and that was without another viewfinder extension that would magnify it another 3Xs. I went online and looked into what it would take to get some astrological photographs. There really aren’t any special mounts or adapters for DSLR cameras, but it explained a way to do it using just a tripod.

Basically, you just lock the telescope in on your subject, set the camera up on a tripod, point it into the telescope’s viewfinder, and shoot away.
Not very high tech there, but whatever, I was even less high tech because I didn’t have a tripod with me. I just focused, held as still as possible, and shot. The photos I got aren’t half bad either. I can’t wait until the moon gets more full so I can try it again with the proper setup.
I think I love Tristan’s telescope more than he does haha.

Anyway, here’s the best photo I got out of it. It’s actually sized down quite a bit to fit on the page. Full-sized, it would have been about 24 inches across.

Enjoy.



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