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Hi Pentaxian friends,
Technology is so great. One of my daughter and her boyfriend visited us last week from the East Coast, Maryland to be precise, and I was able to take most of the week off. I knew I wouldn’t have time to write new articles everyday so I wrote them in advance and scheduled them to appear everyday just a little after midnight. Thanks to Justin Serpico, Alain Dumas and Miserere, who also wrote articles, it was even easier to take a break. I carry a laptop and I was able to answer my emails, and post the comments received.
My wife and I live in Southern California, and while they were here, we had a chance to visit the area. We spent some time in Pasadena, Palm Springs and Los Angeles. Some of the highlights of their stay were visiting a small Ghost Town named Calico, Joshua Tree National Park and Palm Springs. Here are some pictures taken with my Pentax DSLRs, some with the K20D, some with the K200D and some taken by my wife with her K2000:
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Hi Pentaxian friends,
Technology is so great. One of my daughter and her boyfriend visited us last week from the East Coast, Maryland to be precise, and I was able to take most of the week off. I knew I wouldn’t have time to write new articles everyday so I wrote them in advance and scheduled them to appear everyday just a little after midnight. Thanks to Justin Serpico, Alain Dumas and Miserere, who also wrote articles, it was even easier to take a break. I carry a laptop and I was able to answer my emails, and post the comments received.
My wife and I live in Southern California, and while they were here, we had a chance to visit the area. We spent some time in Pasadena, Palm Springs and Los Angeles. Some of the highlights of their stay were visiting a small Ghost Town named Calico, Joshua Tree National Park and Palm Springs. Here are some pictures taken with my Pentax DSLRs, some with the K20D, some with the K200D and some taken by my wife with her K2000:
That's me with my daughter as photographed by my wife. Apparently she looks like me!
My wife Anne with Marisa
Marisa and Matthew
Calico General Store
Calico typical door
Calico School room
Palm Springs sunset
Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree Campsite
Daughter's silouhette
No, we didn't camp there, but wish we would have.One week is not a long time and before we knew it, it was time for them to fly back. We had a great time and every so often, I think of how hard it is to live all across the Country. My wife and I both have children and grandchildren from previous marriage, and they reside all over the USA. They are in Florida, Maryland, California, Nevada and Washington State. None of them lives close enough for a day trip. Again, thanks to technology, we can communicate over the internet, cell phones and even see each other while chatting on the computer. We can leave text messages on cell phones and send pictures or even videos as things happen. It still does not replace a personal visit, but it’s a far cry from the way it was just a hundred years ago. Back then, moving to another State meant that chances were you wouldn’t see your loved ones in this world again.
Marisa and Matthew, we had a great time while you were here.
Thank you for reading,
Yvon Bourque
7 comments:
Your daughter is lovely - she looks nothing like you ;-)
Bruce,
It fits her much better than it fits me.
Yvon, living far away from my parents, I can assure you that it's hard for the children too.
I'm happy for Marisa that she looks like her mother :-p
Nice shots, I like the of Joshua tree in particular. As for your daughter, Thank God she looks like her mother :)
Yvon,
I don't want you getting a complex from all these negative comments. You're a handsome guy, too. In fact, if I weren't a red-blooded hetrosexual, I'd fancy you myself.
I really don't have an inferiority complex,I feel lucky just to be able to get up each morning. I guess that maybe Marisa's eyes are the same color as mine, hence the similarity. I should have omitted the last five words under the picture "That's me with my daughter as photographed by my wife. Apparently she looks like me!"
:)
Hey Yvon, I was so busy pulling your leg that I forgot to say how much I like the photo of Marisa silhouetted on the rock against the dusk sky.
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