Still struggling with odd feelings of not-quite-rightness. Possibly with a little ennui tossed in. For instance, there are things I normally do on weekends — feed the sourdough starter is one, make bread is another, however I have no desire to do either, even though they must be done if I want to keep the starter alive and if we are to have homemade sourdough bread in the house.
The camera is turning out to be a true delight. Today I tried out the long lens (I am sure it has a better name — telephoto lens perhaps) and it took some decent photos. I’m still learning. Dean even gave it a go and remarked on how light it was. He was still not very enthusiastic about it, but at least didn’t complain about it.
Other delights today:
- Reading and commenting on Lali’s blog again. I’d missed the entries from the beginning of the pandemic. Her writing is soothing.
- A phone call from my SIL asking about my first (true) day and a half of retirement
- More backyard birds (blue jays, northern cardinals, Carolina wrens, hairy woodpeckers, ruby-throated hummingbird, fish crows)
- The return of the spider — it seems it likes the kitchen door in the late afternoons — I’d already taken out my contact lenses so didn’t try to take a photo this time.
- The walk around the elementary school with Dean at lunchtime
When I'm Sixty-four 
So glad you’re enjoying the camera! I love the pics. The squirrel one is great, but I have a thing about squirrels, because until I was 28, I never saw a squirrel outside of a TV screen. lol I’m about to go out for a short neighbourhood walk with my camera. I spied some kowhai in flower, and they attract the tui, so I’m hoping for a shot.
It will take a while before the not-quite-rightness disappears. After all, you have 40+ years experience of working, and only 3 days experience of not working!
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I didn’t use the camera yesterday at all, but I did pack it into its new camera backpack!
Squirrels — they are so ubiquitous here. Hard to imagine them not being everywhere!
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Wondering if Dean is getting along better with the camera now that he’s taken a fantastic photo. I want to know more about the camera—what kind, etc.!
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It’s funny. I actually asked him about his lack of enthusiasm about the camera and he ignored my question. He did, though, take the camera from me when I told him how light it was compared to the one we got years ago. He kept it for the entire walk and snapped several photos. The squirrel one I posted was the best. I am kind of wondering if he feels bad that I gave away the older DSLR camera we had — neither of us could take good photos with it.
It’s a Nikon D3500 (Digital SLR camera — very much an entry level, but I am an entry level photographer) and came with a general lens and a telephoto lens. A neighbor offered to loan me her Nikon macro lens and I am definitely going to take her up on her offer. I think that is the next lens I buy.
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I covet a macro lens. I’ll have to save up for it!
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I’m a big fan of squirrels and like the photo, but I really really like the one of the flower/butterfly.
It must be weird going from full-time work to full-time retirement… but it also sounds really really wonderful.
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Thanks. And, yes. Very weird.
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