I used to post panoramas all the time - it was a great hobby.  I don't know why I haven't made any recently.  Time, I suppose. 

I was in Detroit Lakes over the weekend helping my aunt stain her house.  While I break, I took some time to enjoy the view from her back deck.  A little lightbulb came on in my head and I thought 'Hey, this would make a great panorama!'.

Unfortunately, I only had my iphone with me.  The 1st and 2nd generation's iPhone camera is fairly lousy.  Getting a good picture is tricky and there's no way to correct for color changes - if the sun goes behind a cloud, for instance.  But, the scene was too pretty to miss, so I started shooting as quickly as I could.

The finaly product came out pretty nicely, I think.  You can see blurry bits and odd coloring though.  This won't be hanging in any museum, but it's still a nice scene.

So there was a 'Non-competitive' gymnastics meet at Linnea's club. It was meant to be a 'gentle' introduction to the world of competitive gymnastics.

I know, I know.

So Ben can crawl now, which means that we can no longer plunk him down in the middle of our knife and broken glass collection, secure in the knowledge that he's stuck there.

Tech Talk with Tim and Adam is a new technology-oriented radio show and podcast that's going to run on KYMN radio (1080 AM) every Friday at 11a and Sundays at 5p.  It's also available as a podcast for those of you who enjoy that stuff.  (And you should, there's some pretty nifty stuff available via podcast)

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The funny thing about these photos is that I'm so conflicted. On one hand, I'm oh-so-awkward here. Bad hair, bad clothes (stone-washed jorts? Really, me?), thick glasses. On the other hand, I was a really happy kid and I know that I would have been enjoying the hell out of a family reunion like this. Also to note is my Grandmother Marie, who's in the middle of the second picture and passed away in 2003.

Out of courtesy to my cousins, I didn't put their names in here so it doesn't come up when someone googles them. :)

(I just noticed my dirty pair of high tops in the second picture. This was definitely 88.)