Just thought I'd drop a line and say hey to all my fellow deviants out there. Seems I remember to update my journal seasonally now a days. Fall is here so I've been out in the woods as much as possible. Gotten a few good photos out of it too. I did get a deviant art print of some of my own work the other day and the quality of their products is pretty nice. I'm planning on making calendars for close friends and family members, and maybe a few mouse pads and coffee mugs too. DA has nice big thick mouse pads. I'm going to do a pet calendar for my wife, a cow calendar for my dad, and a farm calendar for some of my aunts and uncles. It's going to be part of their Christmas ....sssshhhhh. Well that's what's up with me so far, how are all of you doing?

Wow time flies, my last journal was in April! I haven't been on a whole lot here lately, had surgery a couple weeks ago and that has had me sidelined a bit. I had to get a new bellybutton, my old one was an inny which turned into an outy all of the sudden and apparently they aren't supposed to do that. Its all fixed now, I'm just on lifting restrictions, nothing over 15lbs for the next month which I'm trying to follow. I'm hoping everything will be good to go so I can get out in the woods hardcore once October is here. Hopefully all of you are getting along ok and if I've been slow to respond to anyone, now you know why.

I've been on here for a couple years now and am just almost to the 4000 mark for page views. That may not be a lot for some of you, but its kind of a milestone for me. Since I do mostly photography I will dedicate a photo to whoever gets the 4000th page view. Just send me a note telling me you made it and I will dedicate either my next sunset, landscape, or wild or domestic animal photo to you with a note in the author comments - your choice. Or if you so choose I can make a 3d picture frame (similar to my devID) for you to use if you supply me with a photo to put on it. Sound like fun?

Well as of Sunday I am officially 30 now. Hold the old jokes please! One of my 20something coworkers gave me a card that said "I was going to get you a humorous card, but then I remembered how easily people your age pee their pants." She's going to get it in a couple of years. My wife just almost pulled off one of the best surprise parties ever (the neighborhood gave me a surprise hog roast). I got a little suspicious when my neighbor showed up with a live pig a couple days before. It was an awesome party and everyone had a great time. I think we had about 40 people there.

My wife got me the new Sony DSC-H50 for valentines day. It is awesome. I love the digital iso levels on it and it's ability to take pictures in near to total darkness (which comes in handy when I'm chasing the deer off into after the sunset). I will try to get some photos up soon. Figures, I get an awesome new camera and the whole week here has been dull gray weather and low animal activity. I am totally excited though, 2009 should be a great year in photos for me.