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May. 27th, 2025 06:50 pmToday I find myself exhausted. I worked in the yard Saturday and Sunday and all day yesterday. I am really out of shape for lifting bags of soil, milch and gravel. Oi. All the rain we have has me behind in the yard chores and the wedding this coming weekend will keep me from getting things done.
Yesterday I also tried a corned beef recipe from a low sodium cookbook that came highly recommended. I love a traditional New England corned beef dinner but Dad can't have it. This looked really really good....but without the salt it wasn't even close. That and it took 3.5 hours.. Not a win for me, but I will eat the meat with sauerkraut. And since brisket is expensive I can make it tastier as BBQ. Even low sodium bbq.
In the last couple weeks I found a you tube channel about using photography as meditation. It makes sense to me. One of the things I wanted to do is get a prime 50mm lens so I can work on composition and just be lighter in my gear. I have always shot with BIG zoom lenses. The thing is that prime lenses (non zoom) can be expensive. I did some research and got some opinions and decided on a 50mm 1.4. I went to the camera store I use and had a chat with the manager. One lens is $500 and the other just about $1000. I said that I did my research and those prices matched my expectations. I told him what I was planning to do and my experience level and asked about the 2 lens. I thought that since I couldn't figure out the difference that the expensive lens just may be too much lens for me at this time. I thought it was interesting that I put it that way. We talked a bit and he searched and found me two used lenses at one of their sister stores. The expensive Sigma Lens had not been priced yet but would be between $500 and $750. He also found the NIKON version and it was $156.00. He suggested that I get the $156 and use it for 90 days and if I want "more lens" I could return it under their no questions asked return policy and I could get the expensive one. Deal. I have bought used lenses from them in the past and have never been disappointed.
The dreaded wedding is coming up and the forecast is rain. I had to buy a long dress raincoat to cover the long dress I am wearing. This wedding had become expensive. I'll be happy when it is over.
Yesterday I also tried a corned beef recipe from a low sodium cookbook that came highly recommended. I love a traditional New England corned beef dinner but Dad can't have it. This looked really really good....but without the salt it wasn't even close. That and it took 3.5 hours.. Not a win for me, but I will eat the meat with sauerkraut. And since brisket is expensive I can make it tastier as BBQ. Even low sodium bbq.
In the last couple weeks I found a you tube channel about using photography as meditation. It makes sense to me. One of the things I wanted to do is get a prime 50mm lens so I can work on composition and just be lighter in my gear. I have always shot with BIG zoom lenses. The thing is that prime lenses (non zoom) can be expensive. I did some research and got some opinions and decided on a 50mm 1.4. I went to the camera store I use and had a chat with the manager. One lens is $500 and the other just about $1000. I said that I did my research and those prices matched my expectations. I told him what I was planning to do and my experience level and asked about the 2 lens. I thought that since I couldn't figure out the difference that the expensive lens just may be too much lens for me at this time. I thought it was interesting that I put it that way. We talked a bit and he searched and found me two used lenses at one of their sister stores. The expensive Sigma Lens had not been priced yet but would be between $500 and $750. He also found the NIKON version and it was $156.00. He suggested that I get the $156 and use it for 90 days and if I want "more lens" I could return it under their no questions asked return policy and I could get the expensive one. Deal. I have bought used lenses from them in the past and have never been disappointed.
The dreaded wedding is coming up and the forecast is rain. I had to buy a long dress raincoat to cover the long dress I am wearing. This wedding had become expensive. I'll be happy when it is over.
