Happy First Year

Good Morning!

This past Tuesday was the one year anniversary for this blog, and it sure has changed in one year, as have I. I’ve managed to get the post count up, and I hope work up to posting almost every day.

I wanted to take this opportunity to mention some of the other things I’ve been up to lately. Since I got my new DSLR I’ve been posting new pictures on flickr almost every day. I’ve finished my first photography class and am looking forward to getting the negatives scanned and posted, and to starting my second class this winter. The bikes are in for the winter but I’ll be trying out some spin classes in my area, so I might have a bit to report on that. Jim’s been painting, and you can see his stuff in his flickrstream.

November is the cloudiest month here in Minneapolis, and with the short days it feels as if we go from night to gloomy gray skies and back to night over and over without any real daylight at all. December has the shortest days but at least it’s a bit sunnier. So I’ll be looking for indoor activities to blog about, at least between now and Thanksgiving. Thanks for visiting and stay tuned!

Posting Film to Flickr

The Pink and Yellow Crowd

I got my first roll of color film back from the shop today and I’m thrilled to be able to start posting pics from my Rebel 2000 SLR. I’ve owned the camera since college and I’m really glad I finally know how to use it! I’m still figuring some things out, like getting the right depth of field for the shot I want, but I’ve come a long way in a short time. So please check out the new pics in my flickrstream. I’ll be posting a few each day after they’re digitally developed, so check back over the next week to see them all.

Updated my Website!

Last week I updated my homepage, flurrycat.com. I’ve also aliased kerischneider.com to the same website so you can use either URL to get to my site. The site functions as a hub, with links to this site, missionbliss.com (which is still not fully built out yet), and my flickrstream. It also has a brand new “About” page and a link to my mashup feed, which combines the feeds from this site with flickr, twitter, velog and delicious. Please go and check it out!