All hands on deck

That phrase really has nothing to do with my life. I just happened to be watching Moby Dick last night (pt. 2 is this evening - I'm sooo excited - though I promise I will, eventually, finish reading the entire book) and that came to mind as a good title for this posting. I recently purchased a piece of artwork from a blogger I follow named Seth Apter. The piece is called Fides.

I love the hand position in the piece - it's originally from a religious statue. I feel as though I'm perpetually being blessed.

I had originally planned to place it in a more quirky spot beside Godzilla and a fake orange, but it didn't seem to go. Instead it's beside a pine needle Tarahumara basket, a miniature painting by a Georgian (think Russia, not peach) artist, a enameled Russian box and an Acoma ceramic piece. I think this is a better location.

This piece is a nice companion piece to a porcelain hand/plate that my husband gave me. It came from the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City, CA. The admonition on the plate is "Fairly Safely Venture."

Fides also reminded my husband of a monument we saw in Prague. It commemorates a student protest that occurred on November 17, 1989 during the Velvet Revolution.

A round of applause for the hand in art. Sorry...I had to say it.

Ode to my Canon G9

Oh, G9. Why do I love thee so? Could it be that you are a light and compact camera? Easy to travel with, yet a capable image capture device. Shooting RAW in low light and bright sun. Perhaps it is your macro function - a function I am just starting to use - that makes you so loveable. You may not be as mighty as a D5 Mark II, but you do the job and at a fraction of the cost.

Perhaps because you made it so easy for me to shoot 2GB of pics in less than an hour at the aquarium today. I don't know why I love you so. I just know I do. And I'm not ashamed to admit it.

 Kelp and bubbles shot at the Seattle Aquarium. Aquariums are my new photo obsession.

An example of the macro function of the G9. I love the fact that the moth "fur" really comes out in these pictures.

Because it is "Cosmonaut Wednesday" (an event that occurs every Wednesday that I wear my Cosmonaut necklace), I thought I would add the little fella to the blog as well. Thanks Museum of Jurassic Technology for having such a cool gift shop!