Reflections on 2023

New year new me- maybe, probably not. Its 2024 and I thought it would be good to have a reflection on what’s transpired in 2023 Health– its been an interesting year. I had a flare up in my foot pain- having dealt with this in the past, I was quick to get it worked on…

reflections

Reflections years later- I don’t remember a lot of the context in these photos but its been in my drafts forever. Here we did a hike in Banff and saw some pretty mountainside water. It was pretty fun with friends and also pretty warm. I remember being exhausted after running around doing wedding things I…

Things this month

So its been a month or so into ownership of my new laptop and I’ve been pretty happy with it thus far; some things were predictable- the i9 13980hx is brutally fast- office productivity is a non issue; I’ve not really touched the 4070 GPU yet- probably more gaming in the holiday time. The speakers…

Los Angeles 2023

We had another flurry of weddings back to back , like in 2019. This time we got back from Hawaii, and then in a week or so we were off to Los Angeles. We lucked out here right away- we were supposed to get the Nissan Kicks – I had a lot of doubts about…

Maui as it went

We just arrived back home from Maui just under six hours ago; I thought it would be good to catch my musings before I got caught up in everything including jet lag. Heading off to a wedding was probably one of the more exciting things I have had in some time- randomly running into high…

Toronto

We recently flew back for a fall trip in Toronto. It was…interesting. Time certainly does fly though. I have very strong memories of our last trip there, likely because of the pandemic and being the first trip for our family. I remember having a different home every now and then with different expectations of what…

New body new me

So I ended up choosing a new FE body. And then I chose another FE body in the time period it took for me to make a draft. And now I’m questioning my decision making abilities. TLDR- I chose the a7c as a next body shooting primarily from an a99ii; I love the AF on…

stuff

I’ve made a recent decision that my FE lenses deserve a better body. The a7 I is getting long in tooth. The IQ is great, but the AF and battery life is dismal. Its AF at least has better coverage than the a99 I horrible center focused AF but the tracking leaves a lot to…

Child

So we had another kid. It was a scary experience and an overwhelming experience, but it was a worthwhile experience. Up until birth, our regular doc appointments had been showing a good follow set of news, with every bump generally coming with good news; i.e. the genetic testing or getting over the 12 week window,…