"YOU CAN BE OUR SERVANT" I found this Memory post in FB today: "We picked up the twins from school last Wednesday. After they came out of their classrooms, we followed them and their kindergarten friends to a small wooded area just off the school playground. There were a few other Grandparents with us. The girls were busy playing their pretend whatever games when I walked over to pick the twins' backpacks up off the ground. On the way back to sit down, one 6 yo looked up at me and and said "You can be our Servant"...

from 30Apr2020, 6 years ago: Just like when we lived in the south end those 23 years, and I walked the same paths over and over again. When you're ouside, every day is different. The lighting, the clouds, the colors of the leaves, the wildlife, everything, even here, in this Urban environment. I love the sound of the camera shutter, and I like how my walks often slide into a kind of theme of the day. Two days ago, it was overcast in Tukwila WA, and I found myself looking at the riverside reflections along the trail:

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I listen to audiobooks when I carve wood or edit photos. I've been focused on historical Biographies lately. They've followed some books about 1776 America and the Revolution, the Civil War and Korea. My favorite Presidents bio so far is John Adams. That's because his wife, Abigail Adams, was a prolific letter writer just like her husband, and there was so much material the author could draw upon. I followed John Adams with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. I just started Benjamin Franklin. Not a President, but so far, this might be my new favorite.

I'm thinking about deleting some of my first "slideshow" attempts posted here. They're slowing down the loading of my blog.

I've been having an epiphany in slow motion these past 5 months or so... trying to find some combination of my computer photography work and my wood-carving. My bad eye, the right one with it's WMD, had done a number on my overall life style and my daily routines, and my good eye was working overtime. I'm now alternating between these two activities, and it seems to be helping. These photos show the wooden plate I'm working on now, and some others, in order: pieces waiting for additonal carving/sanding/oiling, some on a stairways wall, one that Inday put on the coffee table, my current Favorite one sitting on our mantle, and a close-up. The pieces are mostly acacia wood plates that are popular here in the Philippines, and the dimensions are in the 5-12" range. The wood is already dried/cured and I can just start carving. Sometimes I just let the grains and colors suggest what to cut, and sometimes I'll start carving with a specific idea in mind.

Wow! Scary, and sort of cool. I tried the AI video option in G Slides. I actually liked the changed phrasing in places, and the female voice will make me change my comments. Feedback? For me overall, wierd... I think I'll continue playing with it. Also, I've got to update/ correct my titles.

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I'm liking the Google Slides app better \

With the eye issues I've been dealing with lately, I'm thinking about doing some short slideshow videos of my old photos and sharing them here. This is test #1: