^_____Reagan, waiting for the A after our Piper visit on Sunday morning

Now that January is officially over, I’m starting to come to terms with the fact that 2010 is really here and well underway. February is going to be a big month for us. First of all, it is Reagan’s birthday is on Thursday. Woo hoo! Apparently, she is getting pissed off about people telling her that she is entering her “late twenties.” So, if you talk to her about, try to avoid that characterization.

Piper will most likely be moving back to Blythedale in the next couple of weeks (possibly next week). We are pretty excited about that, and what it represents, as far as her recovery from this illness that she has had.

Mercedes Benz Fashion week is also this month, starting next week. I’m already booked for one event, but hoping to get a couple more things lined up. There are a few possibilities in the works, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

At the end of the month, assuming that Piper is in good shape again by then, we are planning to make a stop out west, to visit our new little nieces and nephew. It will be a really huge thing for us, since my entire family will be there (except Piper ), even the ones from Alaska.

Finally, for something completely random: Check out this slide that I found on the sidewalk, over the weekend. I haven’t seen a slide in ages! Some people pick up change. I pick up this (someone’s trash). Hehehe.

Right now I’m covering the January Cargo Tradeshow in SoHo, for SoJones. I shot their July show last year, too. After the Sojones articles are published, I’ll put up more from the show.

I was hoping that it would be a nice break and lift my spirits, for a bit. And it did, for a bit.

Today there was also this photo that showed up in Gothamist. Thanks for using my stuff, Joe.

I know that everyone has seen millions of comical examples of product packaging on products originating from Asian countries. Just the same, I cracked up at this one and couldn’t resist sharing it.

A few weeks ago, I ordered this nifty little LCD protector from Ebay, for the back of the 7D. As you can see below, I was able to install it pretty easily.

I attribute the ease of installation to the carefully worded “Use method” that I read on the back of the package.

Establishment is completion!

This month’s edition of Wired Magazine had  a little blurb about the the camera pictured above. It is called the Blackbird Fly. I took an interest in it, mostly because of Reagan. She purchased a Holga, not to long ago, and after some trial and error, has taken some pretty cool shots. The Fly, is a twin (plastic) lens reflex. In contrast to the Holga, the Fly uses 35mm film (instead of the medium format 120). This makes it much easier to have the film processed domestically. The camera also comes with a series of different masks that can be used, to obtain different aspect ratios on the exposure. There is even a modification that allows the exposure to bleed over onto the sprocket holes on the edge of the film.  If Reagan is really good, maybe she will get one for Christmas.