Wordless Wednesday - Branson Dance Competition

Final images from Granddaughters performances at national dance competition in Branson, MO.

Ruby Tuesday Too

We spent the week of July 5th on vacation in Branson, MO. Our middle granddaughter was involved in a national dance competition. Over a period of 5 days she had five or six performances. When the lights dimmed and the curtains fell, she placed 4th overall. It was a great week.

Awe Mondays.

There's a full moon happening this week. Last night I stepped outside set up my camera and captured an image of it. Every time I look into the night sky I just stand in Awe of our Creator and His creation. Have a blessed day.

Good news, my desktop computer is fixed and back from the computer hospital. So far, so good. Like I said before, I think I will just be content with Win 8.1. If I feel the overwhelming need to upgrade to Win 10, I'll just save my pennies and buy a computer with it pre-installed.

Wordless Wednesday on Tuesday

Our middle grand daughter is all about dance in general and ballet is particular. I captured this image at her studio one afternoon. Recently my wife and I attended her dance recital. If you scroll down you will see that there were tiny dancers as well as more mature artists participating. Here are a few images from the recital.

A couple of her dances were as part of a group. Here she got the opportunity to show some balance and flexibility.

Here she got the opportunity to show off some high kicks. I was NEVER able to do this...ever. She and the other girls make it look easy.

Her ballet number as truly breath taking. You could hear a pin drop in the auditorium during her solo.

 While you are reading this, we will be watching her compete in a national competition. Unfortunately there will be no photography allowed. There will be a paid photographer who has exclusive rights to photograph and sell the images to the families, so the rest of us will just have to enjoy the performance and take the memories home with us. Have a blessed day.

Ruby Tuesday Too

Tiny Dancer

Recently my wife and I attended a dance recital. The ages ranged from this tiny dancer to seniors in high school. I will be posting more images soon. One thing that impresses me is just how much work goes into these dances and then you are simply amazed at how talented the contestants are on "So You Think You Can Dance. I know I can't dance. How about you?

 

Aww Monday...Oh Snap!

My very few readers have probably noticed that my posting has been sparse lately. Well, you deserve an answer. I mentioned in my last post, that my primary computer had crashed and that I was having it repaired under warranty. That means that the computer company sends you a box, you send your computer back to them in that box, they take 7-10 days to fix it and then send it back to you. Well, I got my computer back the other day and proceeded to reload my personal software on it. Everything went well. I even upgraded to Windows 10 and it appeared to be a good idea. Then on the second day, the machine crashed again. So, I am getting another box shortly, I will send my computer back to the manufacturer and when it returns, I will NOT be loading Win10 on it. I am not saying that Win10 is the issue, I am just saying that my computer was working fine with Win8 and I will no longer take the risk of another crash. If it should crash again, I will be getting a new machine, which will really be annoying since my current computer is only 18 months old. I have a Toshiba laptop that is seven years old, running Win7 and I have never had an issue with it. Well now you know why I have been AWOL recently. I have a number of things scheduled so I may or may not get posts ready for the next few days on my laptop. In the mean time, know that I am still here and I am reading your posts, but I am not commenting as often as in the past. Hopefully I will be up and running by the middle of the month. Have a blessed day, or week, or month, or whatever.

Ruby Tuesday

The Bentonville square is a myriad of color during the spring and early summer. Not only are there vendors, from the local farmers market, selling cut flowers and plants but the city does a  wonderful job of landscaping as well.
On a different note, please be patient with my current inconsistent blogging. My main computer crashed and I am currently in the process of getting it repaired via warranty. In the mean time, I am working from my laptop. While it is "Old Reliable", it does present some challenges when it comes to editing photos. Have a blessed day.