Hello, Readers--
It's your muddle-headed,
Friday night blogger here,
reporting in on how my new camera is working.
That was my first selfie with the Canon SX70.
I readily purchased her after
my faithful friend,
the Canon SX60 was laid to rest.
The photos on tonight's blog have not been
picmonkey edited.
This is how the camera worked in the fading light
of the Corry JV game last week.
It can take black and white photos
right from the camera!
The action shots worked well.
What about the zoom, you ask?
I looked for the numbers
on the HC scoreboard.
This was a little piece of history that I never knew about.
Sam's teammate, Gio Barbato,
won the Dan Hedlund Memorial Most Valuable Player Award.
Dan's Dad presented the award to Gio,
and the baseball team posted a write up
about our former Huskie sports standout.
It was there I learned about the numbers on the scoreboard
that I never noticed.
The Hedlund family have been involved at Harbor Creek High School for more than six decades. All five Hedlund brothers played baseball for the Huskies. On October 27, 1985, tragedy struck this close-knit family. Dan Hedlund was a 17 year old senior and a wrestling and baseball standout. He had just been named Captain of the wrestling team and was coming off a stellar junior campaign on the diamond. With his older brother on that fateful day, Dan complained of an headache. Moments later, he would collapse from a massive brain aneurysm. On Monday October 28th, 1985, Danny Hedlund was gone. He was a loving son, brother, uncle, and good friend to many. Dan loved to fish and hunt with his dad and brothers…And he loved baseball. He was a great catcher with an arm like a cannon, and a smokin' stick. He was all county 1st team catcher his Junior year and if you look to the outfield at Paul Foust Field, you’ll see his favorite number "9", forever watching over his Husky family.
Please join us and the Hedlund family to honor Danny Hedlund as Coach DeSanti presents the 2023 Dan Hedlund Most Valuable Player Award in a pregame ceremony beginning at 3:45. #honoryourhistory
My new camera zoomed on another number, too.
Sadly, this terrific team ended its season tonight.
They were fun to watch!
Let the Legion season begin!
This muddle-headed momma
clears her mind in the evenings
with dog walks on non-baseball nights.
Hubby didn't want to take the muddy trails
in his new sneakers,
so he took a nap instead.
This is how far away I was when I found him with my zoom!
The Canon SX70 was highly rated for wildlife photos,
so I tried her out on this frog.
This was how far away I was when I took the photo!
She's great with the flowers blowing in the wind.
I did figure out how to remove the date that appears.
That's annoying.
That's annoying.
She even did well in the low light of
Cracker Barrel,
where we ate Natalie's birthday dinner
after a late baseball game.
We tried to find some geocaches at Shades Beach.
I tried earlier in the day with Erik,
and he wasn't much into looking for them,
so I brought along a crew.
We were skunked on ALL 4!
If you geocache,
contact me to give me some hints!
End of the school year,
feeding my family.
baseball,
parents,
pets,
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else under the sun.
is A LOT
for Old Eloise to think about.
It leaves me feeling muddle-headed.
I fell in love with the term
from both reading and listening to
this book:
I read it 25 years ago,
and reread it again this week.
What an entirely different perspective
reading it at 52 years old!
It makes so much more sense.
I listened to it on audio,
then bought the book.
It's a keeper.
I even got the workbook to go with it.
One of the first activities was to look at
character traits.
The good ones were listed on the left side of the
two-page spread,
and the not-so-good ones were listed on the right.
I was to circle my good and bad character traits.
Under the A's I circled:
appreciative,
appreciative,
adaptable,
and articulate.
Under the C's I circled:
cheerful
caring
and creative.
That part was easy.
Then I gave myself a hard look:
Under the C's this time I listed:
clumsy
clumsy
and
critical.
Under the F's, I listed:
flaky
flaky
and forgetful.
I circled in red: stubborn
(I have been told by my family too many times to ignore it)
When I got to the M's, I lingered.
I really wasn't
manipulative, meddlesome, or materialistic.
But then I reached this one:
muddle-headed.
I really liked the sound of that,
and I think that's what I am.
Here's the definition:
muddle-headed
adjective
US /ˌmʌd.əlˈhed.ɪd/ UK /ˌmʌd.əlˈhed.ɪd/There are days when my brain feels like
an alphabet soup--
and have so many things in my brain to try to keep straight.
I'm first to admit my thinking can run like
a derailed freight train,
with freight cars filled with
family
school
and
home
responsibilities.
I decided I need more order in my life
and will move toward being less muddle-headed,
although I love the sound of the word
and the fact that it's hyphenated.
Eloise loves hyphenated words.
Welcome to my
topsy-turvy,
merry-go-round
of a brain.
I'm consolidating--
my journals for one--
I have way, too many--
so I'm trying this new one from Clever Fox:
I'm also going to try,
and I said TRY.......
to read one book at a time.
Well, maybe just 2.
I have five going right now,
adding to my muddle-headedness.
Speaking of books,
if you missed the chance to
be be in Eloise's Anything But A Book Club
(which still needs an official name--
find me one with a hyphen.),
message me and I'll add you to the facebook group.
Don't worry about fixing your hair
or finding the perfect outfit to wear to the next meeting.
I won't be snapping your picture.
The books get all the glory for this group.
It's not the who,
it's the what.
What are YOU reading
and think others will like?
I think Anna Quindlen
sounds a bit muddle-headed here,
don't you?
Eloise
Eloise
