yes, i needed it!

once again, a big thank you goes out to kelli for hosting show & tell. make sure you check out the long list of all who play along.


this week is going to be short and sweet for me. i'm on my way up to the mountains for a women's retreat. but i wanted to get this post in, so here it is:

this is my newest camera. what!? a new camera you say. yes, a new camera.

i have a very nice camera that i absolutely love. but i wanted something small that i could just keep in my purse or the car, in order to catch any quick and spontaneous photo ops. i'll be taking this with me this weekend to see what quick and spontaneous shannigans i can capture ;)

a couple of people asked what kind of camera and/or lens i have in order to capture the pics of the lions a few posts ago. i have a canon digital rebel xt slr. like i said, i love it. it was a christmas present from don and the kids a couple of christmases ago. then on mother's day, they gave me a zoom lens which i had been dearly wanting. it is a canon 70-300mm. and i love it, too.

so there you go. i'm off to the mountains. hope everyone has a nice weekend.

you can't stop the beat

winners of the caption contest are:

1st place: dana a/k/a/ sunshine said...
maybe "jump on the bandwagon" wasn't the phrase i should have used.

2nd place: anonymous (too bad i don't know who this is) said...
where are the clowns?

3rd place: lynne said...
need a lift? hop on - we've got plenty of room!

thanks everyone for playing.

and about that beat...

i just got back from seeing hairspray with my daughter, dani. it was a fun movie and i really enjoyed it, as did dani. it's one of those upbeat musicals that had my toes a tapping all the way through it.

after we left the theater, i made a pit stop at walmart to pick up a couple of things. the store is right next to the theater and as i parked and then walked into the store, i was still humming the finale song from the movie, 'you can't stop the beat.' as i watched people walking into the store, i had this weird image of people breaking out in song and dance, as if that's a normal occurrence. i even chuckled to myself.

i entered the store and guess what!? the song they were playing over the store's sound system was the very same song - 'you can't stop the beat.' it was so surreal. i had this feeling that i was supposed to start dancing and that the lady picking out a card or the guy looking over the jewelry, was going to join me.

i'm telling you, i was laughing out loud the whole time it took me to walk back to the camera department.

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link of the day:
http://www.purefashion.com/

it's all about the zoom lens

not only is it wednesday, but it's wordless wednesday. i took these pictures at the denver zoo last november. i could have spent the whole day at the lion exhibit. but i'm glad i didn't, because i got some really good pictures of the polar bears and a grumpy ole grizzly bear, too.



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link of the day:
http://www.blessthischick.com/btcmachine/index.php