The Morning Of 1/12/2008

It was a beautiful morning. Pictures were taken between 7:15 AM and 8:15 AM. For those nice colorful pictures I was facing east from the Brandon Parkway Walking Trail. The weather was mild and it seemed at this point that the day had nothing but upside potential. Does a day get any better?

We had a good showing and everyone seemed to be up for a good workout. Let's see, there was Marie, Deborah, Julie, Bonnie, Pam, Val, Cindy, Jean, Bob, Keith, and of course, me. We were also joined by Eddie and Karen, the latest additions (I am hoping) to our Saturday Morning walking group. A good workout with friends.
We missed Bonnie, Mary, Tony, Dale and Joan. Other obligations we know, but you were all still missed. Since Mary and Tony are our technical support and they needed to be elsewhere, we do not have our usual precise statistical entries to share. However, using my version of land based dead reckoning I would estimate that we walked some 2 and 1/2 miles at a 17 or 18 minute pace. If I remember right Julie, Deborah, Bonnie and Marie along with Pam were up front and leading the pack. I think Val was up there too. Keith and Bob were in the middle, while Cindy, Eddie and I watched from the back to make sure everyone was keeping up the pace. Jean and Karen stayed in back of us all to make sure none of us slowed down.

It seemed today was a good day for everyone present. I don't know why it all seemed so good. Did you ever get that "in the groove" feeling? That's how it felt to me today. I even learned a new photography term,the rule of thirds" from Keith and Bob. This may be one of those things that everyone in the world, even New Guinea bushmen with no access to books, knows except for me. Even so, it was fun to learn about it and for those who enjoy photography I am placing the rule as summarized, below. Even if you already know about it, this should reinforce your understanding.

One of the most popular 'rules' in photography is the Rule Of Thirds. It is also popular amongst artists. It works like this:Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. You place important elements of your composition where these lines intersect.

Isn't this cool?