God Bless America

This upcoming weekend is a time for remembering, especially for memorializing our veterans.  Last year I reminisced on Memorial Day about growing up, enjoying family and good friends, and about honoring those who died so that we would have the life we do have. I could say all those things again, but I won’t. If you want to read it, here’s that post.

I did do one thing that I’ll repeat.  That’s recalling a deceased veteran in the family.

One of my uncles who served in the U. S. Army in World War II was: ~ Jim Stull “Shad”~  He earned the Silver Star for gallantry in action in 1944 at St. Lo, Normandy, France, and the Purple Heart when he was shot by a sniper in Essen, Germany.  We are all grateful for his courage and service, as we are for all who fought.

 

 

 

 

We aren’t on-the-road this time, but we send best wishes to old friends who we’ve enjoyed some nice times with on holidays. We’ll travel to friends and family within 100 miles and have more good celebrations. Meanwhile, to anyone reading Hurley Travels, have a very safe and happy Memorial Day weekend. …No matter what choice you make for your activities.

Just Thinkin' About Photo Publishing

Thanks Jan, for permission to post our photo.

It's so fast and easy!  Yesterday I downloaded Instagram on my smartphone and learned to post photos (with lots of enhancements, too) directly to Facebook and Twitter.  How cool!  Still not sure if I'll use it much, but it's fun to know I can.  Then I got to thinking about how we take photos, where we take them and how we use them now.  What are the restrictions that might apply to any photo I would take on-the-go?  Things happen so much more quickly lately since we have these conveniences that we might not stop to think what's involved. 

Well, a funny thing happened this morning, as they say.  I was reading some of the feeds on Twitter and saw the Lifehacker blog that many times is very helpful and thought-provoking reading.  There it was....a plethora of information on all the issues around our rights and responsibilities connected with photography in public.  Generally, "If you can see it, you can shoot it" is the rule, but it isn't really that black and white. 

On another side issue, Lifehacker also reminds us that Instagram requires that we grant usage permission for our photos when we upload. He says:  "This doesn't mean they get ownership of your photos, but it does mean they can use them any way they like."

I'll think a little more about my usage.  Just sayin'.

Thanks Lifehacker.  Thought maybe others would like to read this:  Lifehacker blog on Photography Rights

May is Here, Life’s In Gear

It’s flying again!  The minutes and days and weeks, that is.  How could it be mid May? Oh well, if our lives didn’t seem to slip away without notice then we’d be bored, right?

Since my last post, about four weeks ago, the outside of our condo has been painted (by others), the shrubs trimmed, flowers and herbs planted (herbs at Krissy’s that is), we’ve had a birthday and Mother’s day.   Well, I guess that’s the end of this post.  Oh yeah, how about building a website, a blog, writing articles, travel to a genealogy conference, doing family research, keeping up on our rving friends’ blogs, lunch with my sister where she volunteers and evening walks through the neighborhood - and more of Jerry continuing his study of the Netflix universe. Now that may be a better summary.

I’ve decided for this post to keep the words to a minimum and tell the story with a few photos.  I’ll try anyway. So here goes:

Tim and Jerry reviewing the Jeep repairs.  We are so happy.  Thanks again, Tim.

 

 

Here’s Jerry getting back to his old self.  The collar is pretty much discarded now.  He’s moving along, although not as fast as he would like.  Not sure of our travels yet. But we have Ferd stored safely and could be ready to go.

 

 

 

This one was too good not to share.  Jamie and Ben on a sunny day on the patio.  What a super Aunt and Nephew!

 

 

 

Jerry and Krissy and I had a nice time celebrating  Krissy’s birthday at her favorite Greek restaurant.  Seems like yesterday when I took that photo that I found to make her card….

 

 

 

Then, for the rest of her day we planted Krissy’s herb garden and flowers.  Emma was also helping.

 

 

 

 

Mother’s Day lunch at Krissy’s was superb.  She made us champagne citrus cocktails, with scrumptious halibut and snap pea salad, topped off with her homemade lemon cake.

I also have a beautiful Mother’s Day begonia from Jenny!  It sets off our front porch perfectly.

How’d I do with the shorter version of the photo post?  I guess I could use some more practice on limiting my words. Next time.

Thanks for reading Hurley Travels.  Stay safe and healthy.