My name is Robin and I’m a magazine-aholic

 
As I was drifting off to sleep the other night, I started worrying about my addiction to magazines, especially quilting mags. Of all things. This attraction is nothing new for me, I’ve been a book-aholic from childhood (I’ll blog about my quilting book collection in another post). While I *try* not to keep a stash [...]

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Help me with my next project

I was gifted with a bundle of 30’s fat quarters a few years ago and they have sat in my stash while I agonized over how to use them. (I agonize over everything, it’s a wonder I get anything started or completed.)
I finally decided that this process could last until the end of days so [...]

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Stimulating the economy

I’ve tried to do my part this week.
First, I ordered this:

This funky little tripod has legs that are flexible and can wrap around things. I was thinking it might work better than my full-size tripod for photographing the heron nests from the pipeline at the river. But when I tried it out, it has obvious [...]

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Weekend wrap-up

We had quite a busy weekend. Erin came into town on Friday for a dentist appointment and catch up with some of her Richmond peeps. We tried a new-to-us BBQ restaurant that night but were underwhelmed. Our favorite BBQ places are Famous Dave’s and Buz and Ned’s (featured once on a Food Network “Throw-down” with [...]

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Please do this

I saw something on the news last night that about broke my heart.
A husband had recently lost his job and his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.  The wife said that in some ways, the cancer was preferable to the job loss because she got calls and cards and support, but her husband got nothing.  [...]

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Holly berries

 
John said these weren’t the prettiest berries, but they were eye level LOL. I took out a few blemishes with Photoshop, otherwise the image is as shot.

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Photographic frustration

This is a fantastic book, easy to read (lots of pictures! LOL) and I have learned a lot from it. Specifically, I’ve finally learned how to read and use my in-camera light meter. So I can set my camera on full manual, decide if what’s important for my shot is depth of field (aperture) or [...]

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Winter storm report

I’m sure my family and friends (and the nation) are sick of hearing us talk about snow, but this is a big deal for us as enough snow to close our offices doesn’t happen very often. I think in the 12 years I’ve worked there, The Martin Agency has only been closed 3 times. However, [...]

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Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival

I got up bright and early Friday morning and headed out to Hampton, Virginia for the 20th annual Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival. I’ve been going every year for the past several (ok I did miss one year) but this was the first time I took a class. Usually, I don’t think about it until after Christmas [...]

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