#95 - spring, then summer

it's the middle of april (yes, i did my taxes) and so it's spring. it's been spring for a month now, but what does that really mean? to me, lots of things - flowers for one! they are everywhere! one of my favorite trees is the cherry blossom, or sakura. portland is a great place to grow them i guess because they are everywhere. i love it. while i may not be a girly girl, i love my share of pretty flowers. one of my big projects in the past years was to take photos of flowers and make them into cards. i give a whole set to my mom and grandma for mother's day. last year i gave one to each of the moms in my nursing class (i didn't do anything for the dads, oops). i could sell them but that would be just too much work.

another thing is erratic, spontaneous, unpredictable and crazy weather. as of this moment, the temperature is 38F. i had to wear a sweatshirt and a coat out tonight. it rained this morning and throughout the day. yesterday was in the 50s. this past weekend got up into the high 70s and was just gorgeous. i sat out on the porch studying, in shorts and t-shirt. it was on the verge of hot. couple weeks ago it snowed/hailed a little. and of course rain here and there and everywhere. it is bizarre but at the same time i love it. it's telling me enjoy this weather now cause once summer hits it's gonna be hot for awhile. i'm not a hot weather person (thus the move to oregon). it doesn't help that i'll be traveling to mexico and guatemala during the summer. i start sweating thinking about it! april showers bring may flowers. but what do may flowers bring?
pilgrims! hahaha my attempt at humor. sad really. there are actually a few things i enjoy about summer: bbq & cocktails/beer, beer festivals, wearing chacos, going to the river (which is strangely still ice cold), abundance of tomatoes & basil, berry picking, no school (sort of), vacation, usually a trip to hawaii, obon, my birthday (duh), kickball and relaxing. while i'm thinking about all the wonderful things i'll be doing this summer, i will enjoy SPRING now and all it has to offer.

#40 - sony w80

my new baby.

my beloved digi-cam finally kicked the bucket. well, not really, but the flash decided it was too tired and stopped working one day. i don't know what that's all about but i knew i needed a new camera anyway. it didn't really take long for me to decide on this cute little camera. i knew i wanted to stay in the sony family, mostly because of the memory card issue. i've had good luck with sonys so far and so why would i go away from them? i didn't.

i haven't had a chance to really play with my camera yet so i'm not sure how awesome it is yet but it's cute, shiny, new and fast. we'll see how fast pretty soon. some specs include 7.1 megapixel (my previous was 3.1!), 3x optical zoom, carl-zeiss lens, face detection!, anti-blur, movie setting, and 2.5 inch screen! it's a pretty cool camera. i love taking pictures so this will be a great new toy! i'll have to take good care of it, obviously, but it should be FUN!! it's so small and can pretty much fit in my pocket. i heart my new camera!!!