Nadine, my gtf, came over this afternoon and gave me a tutorial on loading my pix into the computer from my new digital camera that Edward bought me. It's a Nikon and very nice.

Meanwhile, she also walked me through reducing pixels because so many times the MyBloggers program says the file is too large.

Anyway, one of those previously too large photos I hereby post.



This is Jay, circa 1920, he is maybe 10, with his dog, on a dusty road in Oregon. I have always loved this photo. He told me he worked all summer picking berries to buy those boots.

More pioneering spirit you don't get than what is shown in the photo of this rural boy, who later became a renaissance intellect and ultimately lost himself through illness.

xx, Teal