40 Picture Perfect

Lots to post about. I celebrated my 40th on the 7th. It was a great time. It was a good mix of people. Mom and John, Chris, Dave and Roberta, Sheila, Clyde and Julie, and my family of four. Very relaxed and fun. Unfortunately I can't post any pictures because two days after I down loaded all my pictures to the computer it crashed and I lost all my photos. All my photos. With the move I haven't been able to find my blank discs and I kept forgetting to pick some up when I was in town. So all my trip photos were lost. (Phil is really hoping he can recover them.) I'm glad I posted as many as I did so I have some record of them.
I got some great gifts for my birthday it felt like my own personal Christmas, very flattering and humbling. Earrings, golf balls, golf gloves, some cool serving dishes, a pedicure, a charm bracelet, a robe and them my big Santa gift a new camera. Its a Pentax K100D. I have two different lens. A 18-55 and a 50-200. It's not a small camera which is exactly what I wanted. I've been having a lot of fun playing with it and all the different effects it can do. The original picture. Sepia. Black and white.
All the effects are done on the camera so I can change them while I'm on the road during my trip. There are a bunch of different features that I am still learning about. I'll be years perfecting everything.