Obviously, there are things that need to be fixed! But I did want to show all of you what I was able to accomplish (with AndyS' help!).

The same photo: Edited to show the true color and the color the camera saw.

Here I'm showing just what using the Exposure Compensation wheel can do:

Photo right out of the camera; no edits at all.

#1


Photo with small amount of exposure compensation done before the photo was taken:

#2


Photo with more exposure compensation done before the photo was taken:

#3


Which one do you like the best?

Now and then, I would remember to record what we ate, whether AndyS cooked it, or when we were eating out. Following are some of those photos.

Enjoy!

And...

Bon Appetit!

A shrimp recipe (don't recall the name) plus salad and French Bread, at Andy's home:




A shrimp salad from a restaurant in Galveston:




More shrimp! Near the Rookery/High Island




Lunch at a local Dallas restaurant:




Dinner at Andy's: Shrimp stew with corn muffins and honey:




Healthy Dinner at Andy's: Chicken breast, asparagus and fresh cut corn:




Dessert at Andy's: Ice cream from the Blue Bell Creameries (so good!) with mint from his garden:




And just for fun: Local Sanitation Group at Work: Hey, they have to eat too!

And I came across these flowers that I took at the Wayfarer's Chapel up in Palos Verdes where it overlooks the Pacific Ocean.

I was happy to see these again, and I wanted to share them with all of you.

I was using my Nikon D3200. Everything was on auto! Hope you enjoy my little wandering down memory lane...

Hope you enjoy!

Wildflower



Snowy Egret



Snowy Egret



Reflection



American Alligator

By Kurt Bardella



The Republican Party has a clear vision for the future of the United States: one that’s white, Christian and fundamentally opposed to Western ideals of pluralism.

These goals certainly aren’t new. Since President Ronald Reagan tethered the Republican Party to the Christian right, the objectives have been obvious and the barriers to realizing them have slowly eroded. We’re currently standing at a precipice where the GOP, fully consumed by Trumpism, is closer than ever to codifying this vision.

And ironically, while Republicans have sought to alarm voters with ludicrous fears of Democrats wanting to enact “communism,” the America they want is much closer to that of Soviet and Putin’s Russia. In fact, the actions conservatives are embracing and what’s happening in Russia are so similar that comparisons cannot be considered hyperbole.

In both the USSR and modern Russia, homophobia is rampant and LGBTQ people are brutally punished for their existence. A common slur for gay men in Russian is the same word as that for “pedophile,” and Russian President Vladimir Putin has perpetuated the vile trope that gay people abuse children.

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All of it at the link: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-04-28/republican-party-adopts-russia-authoritarian-playbook