I made it out to my first track meet yesterday afternoon. Boy was it cold up in Tonasket. Did I mention it snowed this morning and we are going to be under a winter storm watch starting tomorrow night? Goodness... okay back to subject.
Going to the track meet was great. I had a blast watching the kids and they seemed like they enjoyed my "coaching." Of course I feel like I'm getting the hang of looking for the technical aspects of throwing and I may actually be helping them now. There is another track meet on Tuesday at Cascade, but may be a bit far for me to venture.
I did get about 100 pictures in before my camera battery started telling me it was too cold to be taking photos. My hands agreed. It was interesting to me, that although I don't think most of the photos turned out very good, they show the kids' techniques pretty well. They kind of helped me to see what they are doing right or wrong.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Double Play
Double Play
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos
I have more baseball pictures from the last game, but since I've already entertained you with many, I just decided to post my favorite. There are some more new ones in my portfolio.
It's amazing to me how the "mistakes" can turn into such great shots when viewed on the computer. The focus on the ball is phenomenal. I do wish I could have gotten the players at 2nd base, but it still seems to balance out.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Speed Scrapping
I knew the laptop would be a bit better then my desktop, but I never expected so much speed! Although I probably took the longest on a page it went the quickest. Confused? Between watching a silly movie on the Sci-Fi channel and the speed transformations took affect on Photoshop, I've had a great time creating my first scrapbook page on my laptop. I haven't transferred my scrapbook folder to the computer yet, so I just decided to download a new kit for the page. I like it a lot and being able to sit here and veg from the page is actually kind of nice. Hopefully this means there will be more to come soon.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Beach Dogs
The water is so low at Lake Chelan, we actually had a beach to play with the dogs on. I snapped a photo of Buddy, Shawn's parents' Great Pyrenees puppy. I did say puppy, he is only 8 months old and weighs a 100lbs. He's going to be one big doggy.
Buddy with no Color
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos
Buddy with no Color
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos
Amber
Our friends' Golden, Amber, posing for a nice head shot. She has a few more years of experience and was actually willing to hold still for a photo, unlike the other two puppies.
Amber
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos
Amber
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos
Marmot
Marmot
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos
I've never seen so many marmots running around Lake Chelan. While the others in our party searched for a geocache, I ran around with the camera chasing this little marmot.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Chelan Snow
Snow in Chelan! This is supposed to be our summer cabin. Who would have guessed that when we arrived to open the cabin for the season we'd have 3" of snow everywhere and we would have snow flurries for the first three days we were there. I guess there is a first for everything. Shawn's folks made it over, but our friends weren't too sure of the pass so they chose not to come.
Chelan Snow
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos
Chelan Snow
Originally uploaded by Kendal Jean Photos
Friday, March 28, 2008
A New Era
My newest post is being typed on my newest computer. Yes, I finally got my laptop! I'm very excited to be exploring my first laptop. I bought one for Shawn a few years ago, but it was very basic and I always swore by desktops so I could play my games. Well, I've broken down and bought a very nice 17" HP laptop. I would say this one is a big step up from my desktop. My photography can now travel around with me and I have a feeling I'll be able to play a few games on this beast.
Spring has sprung... sort of. I sit here, looking out the window at the snow that has been falling all day long. It hasn't stuck at all, but as soon as the temperature drops it will start. We are supposed to be opening the cabin at Lake Chelan tomorrow. I'm not sure I'm looking forward to staying a few days at an uninsulated cabin. At least we'll be surrounded by family. We'll be meeting Shawn's folks and our friends tomorrow morning, if they can make it over the pass, to do some renovation work before the cabin starts getting used regularly. I have to say, I'm not planning on taking my swimsuit or my sun tanning lotion.
Along with spring has come the sports. Yesterday, after track practice, I headed over to the ball field for a home baseball game against Liberty Bell. Although it was a forfeit from the start the two teams played anyway in some brutally cold wind and even some snowflakes. I really didn't want to take my hands out of my pocket to take photos, but I did get a few. I will post them in a new entry as I'm going to set up my flickr account to post photos easier, so please hang in there with me.
Spring has sprung... sort of. I sit here, looking out the window at the snow that has been falling all day long. It hasn't stuck at all, but as soon as the temperature drops it will start. We are supposed to be opening the cabin at Lake Chelan tomorrow. I'm not sure I'm looking forward to staying a few days at an uninsulated cabin. At least we'll be surrounded by family. We'll be meeting Shawn's folks and our friends tomorrow morning, if they can make it over the pass, to do some renovation work before the cabin starts getting used regularly. I have to say, I'm not planning on taking my swimsuit or my sun tanning lotion.
Along with spring has come the sports. Yesterday, after track practice, I headed over to the ball field for a home baseball game against Liberty Bell. Although it was a forfeit from the start the two teams played anyway in some brutally cold wind and even some snowflakes. I really didn't want to take my hands out of my pocket to take photos, but I did get a few. I will post them in a new entry as I'm going to set up my flickr account to post photos easier, so please hang in there with me.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Busy Times
Well I powered up the big computer and got some photos edited to post and alas, blogger is not behaving. It's been a busy few weeks and it is just going to get busier and my photos do no justice to what has been happening.
We were proud puppy owners for about a week. A gal brought a stray chow puppy into the pharmacy one morning and I immediately contacted Shawn and begged if we could take it home. Apparently it had just jumped into her arms in front of the post office and had no collar, but was really calm and well behaved. Shawn said it was okay so I brought her home after work and she immediately settled in and we promptly became attached.
Being the morally correct people we try to be I called the newspaper and put an ad in and posted an ad at the post office and even online at petfinder.org. Shawn said we could name her after a week and as the day got closer and closer we became more and more excited that we may have a dog. Then she got sick. I felt so bad for the puppy and I couldn't let her suffer so I took her to the vet Wednesday morning dreading it was parvo. Luckily it wasn't and $90 later I was headed out with a sick puppy and some antibiotics for her 104 degree temperature. When I got home from track practice (that story is coming) there were 3 messages on the answering machine about the puppy. They described her perfectly and I told them about having to take her to the vet and I'd like to be reimbursed and they agreed. We had one two more evenings with her until the owner called back Friday morning saying she had $70 and wanted to know if she could get her dog back. I agreed that that was plenty because it showed to me that they had good integrity to take care of her. So the puppy left us Friday morning. It was a bittersweet reunion, but I guess in the end we can just be happy we did the right thing. Now of course we really want a dog, but we've gone back to our original plan of waiting until after the wedding to find one.
Okay now to answer those questions about track practice. I'm a volunteer coach on the track team. I did track in 8th and 9th grades and I really enjoyed doing the field events. I did shotput, javelin and long jump. I may have not been the best, but I have the general idea and I enjoy working with the kids (as intimidating as they may seem at times) The bonus of being volunteer is I'm just kind of there for support and to help run the kids through the drills. I've only done it two days because I had to work late last week, but I'm looking forward to more this week.
I have also met some great horse people that sound like they have welcomed me. There is a 4-H judging clinic coming up on March 22nd and I volunteered to handle and ride someone's horse in it and one of the gals, Melissa, volunteered her older Arab gelding. I went and met him last night and we had a very nice ride. He's a fun little horse and Melissa and her daughter seem to have very similar views to my horse philosophies. We plan on getting together at least one more time before the clinic and I hope I can find the time with everything else happening.
After all my typing it would appear blogger is still not behaving with uploading pictures. I put them in my portfolio if anyone wants to take a look. A couple new photos in scenery and animals. Hope everyone else is enjoying the tidbits of spring were getting and the light in the evenings now.
We were proud puppy owners for about a week. A gal brought a stray chow puppy into the pharmacy one morning and I immediately contacted Shawn and begged if we could take it home. Apparently it had just jumped into her arms in front of the post office and had no collar, but was really calm and well behaved. Shawn said it was okay so I brought her home after work and she immediately settled in and we promptly became attached.
Being the morally correct people we try to be I called the newspaper and put an ad in and posted an ad at the post office and even online at petfinder.org. Shawn said we could name her after a week and as the day got closer and closer we became more and more excited that we may have a dog. Then she got sick. I felt so bad for the puppy and I couldn't let her suffer so I took her to the vet Wednesday morning dreading it was parvo. Luckily it wasn't and $90 later I was headed out with a sick puppy and some antibiotics for her 104 degree temperature. When I got home from track practice (that story is coming) there were 3 messages on the answering machine about the puppy. They described her perfectly and I told them about having to take her to the vet and I'd like to be reimbursed and they agreed. We had one two more evenings with her until the owner called back Friday morning saying she had $70 and wanted to know if she could get her dog back. I agreed that that was plenty because it showed to me that they had good integrity to take care of her. So the puppy left us Friday morning. It was a bittersweet reunion, but I guess in the end we can just be happy we did the right thing. Now of course we really want a dog, but we've gone back to our original plan of waiting until after the wedding to find one.
Okay now to answer those questions about track practice. I'm a volunteer coach on the track team. I did track in 8th and 9th grades and I really enjoyed doing the field events. I did shotput, javelin and long jump. I may have not been the best, but I have the general idea and I enjoy working with the kids (as intimidating as they may seem at times) The bonus of being volunteer is I'm just kind of there for support and to help run the kids through the drills. I've only done it two days because I had to work late last week, but I'm looking forward to more this week.
I have also met some great horse people that sound like they have welcomed me. There is a 4-H judging clinic coming up on March 22nd and I volunteered to handle and ride someone's horse in it and one of the gals, Melissa, volunteered her older Arab gelding. I went and met him last night and we had a very nice ride. He's a fun little horse and Melissa and her daughter seem to have very similar views to my horse philosophies. We plan on getting together at least one more time before the clinic and I hope I can find the time with everything else happening.
After all my typing it would appear blogger is still not behaving with uploading pictures. I put them in my portfolio if anyone wants to take a look. A couple new photos in scenery and animals. Hope everyone else is enjoying the tidbits of spring were getting and the light in the evenings now.
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