Colleen Easley

Wow it’s the last day of January already and I haven’t missed a day in my 365 project.  Only 11 months to go!

We’ve had a lot of rain this month, but it’s been very mild. In fact the weather man on TV today said it has been the warmest January on record. Thanks [...]

My friend Laura is a chocoholic.  Today I met up with her at the Chocolate and Wine Festival in Enumclaw, Wa.  Now don’t get me wrong – I like chocolate, but not nearly as much as Laura.  She even has a blog totally devoted to her addiction to chocolate called Ms. Wonka – Life’s Lessons [...]

Based on the weather report I knew I’d have to shoot indoors today.  It turned out gray and rainy, but hey, we can’t complain – we don’t have to shovel rain!  Earlier in the month I had taken the D40 downtown to a couple little shops for some photos.  On that trip I only had [...]

I have to admit it – retirement is great.  I’m not really completely retired because I’ll be heading back for another summer of work in Alaska in late May, but for now, I’m footloose and fancy free.  Well sort of, anyway.

The best thing about retirement is the spontaneity it allows.  Today I was working on [...]

Tonight I’m very down.  Earlier I was very excited to be bringing home a new lens – the very highly regarded Nikon AF-S 60mm 2.8 Micro ED, but then things took a downturn.  I drove all the way to Seattle again today to pick up this lens as well as some Nikon Speedlight equipment and [...]