Nikon D70s

Ed does not have droopy eye here. He has swollen eye from a bug bite. Poor kid--but he doesn't seem bothered by it.
We got it! We got our new SLR and I couldn't be more thrilled with the photos. And I haven't even read the owner's manual yet. I have a week to learn the basic functions of this camera before we leave for AK and I'm already well on my way--now to actually start taking consistently good photos from behind the camera...

I'm sure I'll have some goofy looking photos for the blog, but man this thing is great--so much faster than the old camera and options galore instead of just point, shoot, and hope for the best.

We got a lot of rain the last 24-48 hours. Our basement flooded thanks to the sloped driveway --but we caught it just in time. I looked out the front window and there was a river of water covering half the street in front of our house. It was basically reaching the centerline of the road. Fortunately Den commented that we should check the basement since it got wet last week from heavy rains seeping in from the garage. When I opened the door from the house to the garage, there was 2-3 inches of water in the garage, going about 1/2 way back. There was another 1-2 inches in the laundry area just inside the door. After Den shoveled out the garage and I wet-vaced up the inside, we put bags of mulch in front of the garage to direct the water elsewhere. We've never had it flood from heavy rains before--just human washing machine issues.

And we're forcasted to get even more rain the next several days. Whew! We fared better than most, being on top of a hill. The beltway around the City flooded near our house and was closed this morning due to a mudslide. Also near our house, a little stream flood and completely ripped up a portion of road. Sure would have been interesting to see.