Read the book for your camera

We spent about 4 hours enjoying a Charreada (horsemanship show)(not a country rodeo) today .... but this is the first time I've tried action fotos with this new camera. After reviewing a few fotos on the camera that looked like the first one below ... I knew I needed a faster shutter speed. I found a Icon of a runner in motion and went for that. While some blurry fotos can be artistic they don't document the action very well. The bottom foto is getting there but still could use some tuning. Part of the problem was this is a covered arena and not the best light.

More on Charreadas later

Bad camera

Good camera

What's up with my retirement

What's up with my retirement

The good part ....

• To be able to get away from a job that required stifling the most important half of yourself for security's sake.
• If there's any truth to the saying "You are measured by the company you keep", the door is open once again.
• A chance to think and dream freely if you have any of those molecules left in your/my body.
• It's like returning home because you've been wounded in Vietnam.
• The only absolute project is getting used to living on a more modest budget.
• A chance to share Mexico with friends and relatives when they choose to visit.

The bad part ....

• Nobody else is retiring at the same time you/I are/am.
• Life/living changes can mean moving away from friends and family.
• Family responsibilities that you took for granted have to be re-evaluated if you move.
• This is a sure sign that I won't live forever.
• The paycheck is a whole lot smaller unless you've made some really good moves along the way - and spend a lot of time doing it (seems like I did).

I think the positive wins so far .... hey !

the way we live - the way we die - the wave hello - the wave goodbye
life's a beach - [Jump Tomorrow - movie]
Off to Mexico