A Male Northern Cardinal Perched Against A Blurred Backdrop Of Spring Green. The males this year seem to be brighter and bolder to me.

I snapped a few clicks of some roses one of the neighbors had grown in their yard. I have spent the last week or so playing around with some new approaches and decided one of the rose pics would serve as a good test subject.

A lightbox closeup detailed macro shot of a white Oxeye Daisy on a black background.

If you don’t know who Kevin is, you can check out his premier when he was seen on walking on the roof of a neighbor, and I happened to snag some pictures. Since then, I have come to learn the peacock’s name is Kevin and he got away from a local farmer.

If you followed the original post, you can see he seems to have lost some features around the neck since then. I hope that’s something natural versus a concern.

So over the last weekend, my wife and I sat around for hours and did “couples” quizzes for fun. And well, it was more than fun, it was a good relationship builder. But after being together for almost 30 years, we had to pick and hunt for questions that actually mattered. There was one question however I could not give an exact reply to, which was “What is your favorite gift I ever got you?”.

I could not really pick an exact answer to it, as I had so many different things in mind, all for different reasons. But after thinking about it for a few days, my answer is this pen. She bought it for me on our last trip to Hawaii. I certainly never would have spent that kind of money on a pen, I really did love it and the rich story and history about how each piece was, designed, sourced, and created.

I have had it at my desk, in this holder ever since, and use it every single day. And each time I pick it up, the first thing I think of is her.