Technology and specifically technical gadgets seem to be getting better and better.  And cheaper and cheaper.

List of Technical Gadgets

In the photo above, you’ll see the following:

• Bose Bluetooth Speaker
• Two lithium-ion batteries in a battery charger
• Samsung Galaxy Tablet
• WD My Passport external computer storage
• iPhone 4
• CD/DVD drive (external)
• Bottom of an iMac screen

Yes, I gave up hope of finding my battery charger I posted about previously. I ordered a “Smart Charger” and two batteries that fit my Canon Digital SLR camera for about half the price as I paid for the battery in the camera.  Yes, years ago, I didn’t have a battery for my camera when I was at the Men’s Knitting Retreat. I went out and found a replacement battery for just under $30 at the time.  When I realized I could replace both the missing charger and missing battery AND an extra battery on eBay for about $14 (and that was WITH shipping), it was a no-brainer.

So now, when I head back up to Easton Mountain in May for the next Men’s Knitting Retreat, I’ll have the battery in my camera, two back-up batteries and a charger that plugs into to any micro-USB plug.

I will be taking LOTS of photos!

And with my SD Card reader for my iPhone…

…I will be able to take high-quality photos on my Canon Digital SLR and transfer them to my iPhone for posting to the blog while I’m traveling!

Foto-A-Day-February

Now that I’ve got full functionality back associated with photography, I’ll be posting a photo each day during February on the blog. I’ve done a month of photos in the past (August of 2013), so I thought I’d revisit that this coming “short” month.

Current Knitting

It’s been two-steps-forward, one-step-back with my current project, but that still means a little progress.

Fox Paws by Xandy Peters is moving along…I’ve finished over two, 16-row repeats so far.

One of the things I like about this design is that, while it’s not reversible (the same pattern on both sides), it does look really cool on the reverse.

I imagine Van Gogh’s preferred stitch design would be stacked increases if he was a knitter.