MY NIKON D40 BIT THE DUST TODAY

It was already hot enough for swarming Deer flies to be biting by 9 this morning so Pheebs and I did not stay long in the Hullett Marsh.  With windows down we cruised around a few Huron County back roads stopping briefly here and there at a few familiar spots.  We were home again before 11 after having traveled not far.

MAYBE TOM WAY UP THERE IN THAT ALASKA PLACE WILL KNOW WHAT THESE OLD PIECES OF FARM MACHINERY ARE

A LOCAL FARMER’S AIRPLANE

NICE MORNING AT THE MARSH HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE BITING DEER FLYS

<<< THIS WAS THE LAST PHOTO TAKEN WITH MY D40 BEFORE IT QUIT

Had it in my mind to begin the big Motorhome clean-up this morning but the day just got too hot and humid for me and I retreated into the cool confines of the house.  For the first time in over a month we were forced to crank on our A/C for a few hours.  Luckily by early evening the humidity had been replaced by cooler air and how nice the evening turned out to be.

LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS PHOTO……THERE’S SOMETHING QUITE UNUSUAL GOING ON

“HEY MOM YA GOT A FLAPPIN BIRD ON YER FOREHEAD”

RELAXING IN THE SHADE

My old faithful Nikon D40 bit the dust today.  Had stopped to take a flower photo along the roadside with the D40 coupled to my 70-300mm lens and nothing happened when I pressed the shutter button.  Noticed an error message I had not seen before.  (‘Error: Press shutter button again’) No matter what I tried it kept coming up with the same error message.  Fortunately I travel with a spare camera so soon switched my lens over to my D3100 and carried on.  I much prefer the D40 to the D3100 but that's the way it is. 

AN OLD REFURBISHED FARMHOUSE

AND A NEW FARM HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

A HAY CUTTING DAY ON THIS FARM

Upon arriving home later I checked out the D40 'error message' on the internet and it's likely a ‘motor drive’ problem.  The site did show how to attempt a fix but it involves taking some of the camera apart which involves tiny little screws and I am not about to do that so my D40 will join my broken D50 on the shelf and that's that.  Camera is too old to send away for way over the top expensive repairs.  It has been that D40 which has taken the clear majority of all my telephoto shots over the years.  A great camera indeed……………..  Say, anyone out there got a spare DSLR Nikon body they're not using:))

LOOKS LIKE THAT PROUD YOUNG FELLER IS STANDING ON SOME MIGHTY STRONG LEGS THERE

I bought the 'used' D40 a long time ago & it has been a real trooper returning me countless thousands of great photos over the years.  RIP D40.  I still have my hard working D90 and along with the D3100 we'll just carry on a-snappin:))   

GROANER’S CORNER:((   The Fourth of July was coming up, and the nursery school teacher took the opportunity to tell her class about patriotism. "We live in a great country," she said. "One of the things we should be happy about is that, in this country, we are all free."  One little boy came walking up to her from the back of the room. He stood with his hands on his hips and said, "I'm not free. I'm four."

WITH THE THOUGHT IN MY HEAD………‘MAYBE TOMORROW’

MOST OF TONIGHT’S PHOTOS ARE FROM OUR SATURDAY MORNING DRIVE THROUGH AMISH COUNTRY AND THIS PHOTO WAS AT LAKE WAWANOSH

Sure nothing happening today in the old blogging department.  Dropped around to see RV friends and now new Park neighbors Caron and Chris for a couple hours.  Pheebs got to see Dixie.  Chris and Caron are sure loving it here in the 5 Seasons Park.  They were fortunate enough last Fall to snag one of the best units in one of the best locations in the entire Park.

LOOK CLOSELY THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES HERE

Sat here at my computer tonight for awhile trying to think of something to write but in the end had to just push myself away from the keyboard with the thought in my head ‘maybe tomorrow’:))

AND THESE BIRDS EVEN HAVE THEIR OWN MAILBOX

SPOTTED A GROUP OF FOLKS LEISURELY FLOATING THEIR WAY DOWN THE MAITLAND RIVER SATURDAY MORNING

ANOTHER LEG STRETCH STOP TO CHECK OUT SOME HAY WAGONS

JEEP IS VISIBLE OUT ON THE GRAVEL ROAD

OUR BACKYARD PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS IS GROWING ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR

 

RE-DOING AN OLD TIRED FLOWER BED

BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR THOSE 2 TALL CLEMATIS PLANTS SHOULD BE CLIMBING ALL OVER THAT LATTUCE WORK

‘Hey’ all you Canadians out there here’s a little something special for Canada Day from the Hadfields.  Chris Hadfield you may remember is Canada’s very own Astronaut.  From The Hadfields

GROANER’S CORNER:(( A Few Words About Politicians::

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes
from the poor and campaign funds from the rich,
by promising to protect each from the other.
~Oscar Amringer, "the Mark Twain of American Socialism."

I offered my opponents a deal:
"if they stop telling lies about me,
I will stop telling the truth about them".
~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952..

A politician is a fellow who will lay down
your life for his country.
~Texas Guinan. 19th century American businessman

I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
~Charles de Gaulle, French general & politician

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city,
it might be better to change the locks.
~Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, 1902-1981)

We hang petty thieves and appoint the bigger thieves to public office.
~Aesop, Greek slave & fable author

 
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
~Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher

Politicians are the same all over.
They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
~Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet politician

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become PM; I'm beginning to believe it.
~Quoted in 'Clarence Darrow for the Defense' by Irving Stone.

Politicians are people who,
when they see light at the end of the tunnel,
go out and buy some more tunnel.
~John Quinton, American actor/writer

What happens if a politician drowns in a river?
That is pollution.
What happens if all the politicians drown?
That is a solution ....!!!