Today the Beast attended a 50th Wedding Anniversary party, given by the son of the couple. It was held at a local resort above the river and had a marvelous panoramic view (according to the Beast). The resort is located above the river, on a bluff and there was also a wedding reception being held at the same time in another one of the rooms.
The Beast had been asked by the son to take pictures at the reception and he had agreed. I did not attend mainly because it was a couple I didn't know from his church and I really wasn't interested. Hey! If it's not one of my family or friends, can you blame me? No thanks!
The pictures he took were for the most part interesting. He's no professional but he did manage to take pictures of everyone that attended. He said it was really a nice party and they had a few laughs at some of the things that people had put together. There were pictures of both the husband and wife as kids (actually, movies from their childhood). There was a slide show of them as they grew up and up to the time they married. The room had an area where pictures from their wedding was displayed. I gather the son and his wife gave a lot of thought about it all and everyone perused the pictures and enjoyed it all. I know the Beast sure did.
He showed me the pictures he took and admitted to me that he took them literally *blind*. His eyes are so bad that he said he couldn't see so he crossed his fingers and shot them. He did take them in jpg. mode instead of his usual raw because it was both easier and he could use automatic focus. He's going to do a bit of touching up with his Photo Shop before he loads all the pictures on a disc for the son. That way the son can make up whatever pictures and quantities he wants. It's too expensive for the Beast to do it even though he does have the equipment. We have a very expensive printer that is just for photos that will last without fading for many years. But the key word here is *expensive*. The paper and the ink costs us plenty when we do a lot of printing on it.
He was gone for about four glorious hours during which I was not interrupted except by Baron but he did it when I got up for some coffee. He wanted to go out to pee and then lay in the sun on the deck for a bit. I have gotten fairly good at gauging just how long he stays in the sun because I went to let him back in the house just when he got up and took a last sniff around before turning to come in the door. He always has to sniff the air for whatever smells he looks for to see if anything he doesn't like is around. He hates the raccoons that sometimes invade our yard. Luckily, the raccoons are afraid of him and run off when he's out in the yard. They keep check on our grape vines to see how they are progressing. The little shits eat the grapes on us mostly before we ever get any. Grrr!
I didn't get much done in the garden mainly because it was cold and blustery out. When I checked weatherbug it said the winds were gusting at 19mph. That's windy! My hair was a disaster when I looked in the mirror....LOL!
Sister Cee moved into her apartment today and I was tempted to call her this evening to see how everything went but thought better of it. I figured she had to be tired with all she needed to get done just so she would be able to sleep tonight. Even with her son to help her, it's still a job and a half. I remember moving into this house. Yikes! The Beast and I both agree that it was our LAST move. We are just getting too damn old for all that a move entails. And it would be even worse if we did it again with all the crap we've accumulated the past several years. Maybe if we could afford packers but not otherwise.
Anyway, I will call her tomorrow after she's rested up. I hope everything went smoothly for her. It will be nice if it did. Love you, Sis!
Love you all and I wish you a happy and calm Sunday. ***Hugs***
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