In the quiet of the kitchen the clock loudly ticks down the hours and the day. And this month...the year. How is it possible that 2011 is almost over? It seems like the Millenimum was just last month. Is it just me or are the days moving faster and faster? Filled with so many wonderful guests sharing the magic of the mountains here at the Iron Mountain Inn; filled with friendships which grow stronger as the years grow longer; and especially filled with the beauty of the mountains.
What a fall we had this year! All that snow and rain last winter and spring created one of the most colorful falls I ever remember - here or in New England! Guests who visited in October were getting up early to catch the sunrises and then returning to catch the sunsets. Rust, burgundy, cream, yellow, pale greens, browns, reds, silver-all the colors were represented this year.
Ordinarily I prefer spring and its softer colors, but this year....I have to give the nod to autumn. And with my new Nikon 5100 I hope next fall to capture the colors with greater skill. I've so much to learn! And with suggestions from the group I Love Photography hosted by Cricket Walker, I purchased David Busch's book on the Nikon 5100. Working my way page by page, illustration by illustration. It'll take me at least a year to read it and I'm sure it'll take me at least 10 years to learn how to use my camera. It's a lot smarter than I am!
Just like computers! I love them and guess it's a good thing I don't have high speed internet as I might never get up from the desk in the kitchen, or the one in the office, or the tablet in my car. Luckily I don't have a smart phone or I'd probably be like "the young" and only communicate via text, not in person!
My problem with computers is that they lead me astray! I start researching something, or reading my emails, or chatting on Facebook and the next thing I know 5 hours have gone by without my knowledge. And then there are the strings which look interesting so you click on it and that follows something else which catches my eye and the next thing I know is I have dozens of tabs opened up and I'm way off on a tangent completely unrelated to what I started out looking for!
As the Nikon photography class I took in NYC in November called it, "Face-crack" because it is addictive. I am addicted to it and I try to break the habit, but there is so much interesting stuff out there. I want to dip into all of it!
But see....almost 30 minutes have gone by and I've got to finish!
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