{"id":409,"date":"2008-09-24T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=409"},"modified":"2008-09-24T07:28:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-24T12:28:00","slug":"waiting-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=409","title":{"rendered":"Waiting Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know you will probably be even gladder than I when I get my camera back.  An end to the sniveling and complaining, crying and carping.  It could be worse &#8211; think of poor Larry.  Picture a nice peaceful evening on the porch.  A nice red wine, some homade hummus, to go on his Triscuits and a beautiful sky to enjoy.  And this: &#8220;<em>I want my camera back.  I <strong>neeeeeed<\/strong> my camera back<\/em>&#8220;.  The poor man.  <\/p>\n<p>For awhile I was honestly wondering if they would be able to fix it all.  Nikon stopped making the D70 a few years ago in favor of the D80, so parts are getting harder to find.  It is hard to complain when they are fixing it for free, but I managed.  [sorry Melanie-at-Nikon who had the misfortune to open my email and be assigned my case.  I will leave you alone now] <\/p>\n<p>Anyway &#8211; here are a few reasons why I neeeeeeed my camera back<\/p>\n<p>Early morning on the front porch &#8211; all you can see is the outline of a hummingbird.<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNomZUaQHnI\/AAAAAAAADTM\/9BaFvn9ccsM\/s1600-h\/hummingbird.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNomZUaQHnI\/AAAAAAAADTM\/9BaFvn9ccsM\/hummingbird.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249550532071136882\" \/><\/a>Something you don&#8217;t see a whole lot [not up north anyway] &#8211; a wild yellow violet<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNomZWJ7FqI\/AAAAAAAADTU\/eo_LkXhN8K0\/s1600-h\/yellow_violet_500.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNomZWJ7FqI\/AAAAAAAADTU\/eo_LkXhN8K0\/yellow_violet_500.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249550532539520674\" \/><\/a>I am looking forward to lots more photos of perfectly focused bird butt<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNomZjhMLGI\/AAAAAAAADTc\/ZoZNvQDP3Fs\/s1600-h\/bird_butt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNomZjhMLGI\/AAAAAAAADTc\/ZoZNvQDP3Fs\/bird_butt.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249550536126770274\" \/><\/a>And maybe some of Anna terrorizing the poor Lego people<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNovVnnYugI\/AAAAAAAADTs\/Fmxe4BiM8wo\/s1600-h\/anna.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNovVnnYugI\/AAAAAAAADTs\/Fmxe4BiM8wo\/anna.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249560364111673858\" \/><\/a>And Mark picking dandelions<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNovV3ibs6I\/AAAAAAAADT0\/R8p2AN53cHM\/s1600-h\/mark.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNovV3ibs6I\/AAAAAAAADT0\/R8p2AN53cHM\/mark.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249560368385864610\" \/><\/a>And I hear tell that some old friends may be back to visit<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNosbFmVexI\/AAAAAAAADTk\/gGetJwSy1tQ\/s1600-h\/f%26b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNosbFmVexI\/AAAAAAAADTk\/gGetJwSy1tQ\/f%26b.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249557159524793106\" \/><\/a>And in a couple weeks, I will tell you something very special about a photo I took of this hosta, which is called Kabitan.<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNo4bfQokFI\/AAAAAAAADT8\/NR4TSM6RiA8\/s1600-h\/kabitan9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SNo4bfQokFI\/AAAAAAAADT8\/NR4TSM6RiA8\/kabitan9.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249570360552624210\" \/><\/a>For now though, I have to go to work and refresh the UPS tracking page 5 ba-jillion times.  Have a good day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know you will probably be even gladder than I when I get my camera back. An end to the sniveling and complaining, crying and carping. It could be worse &#8211; think of poor Larry. 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