I sold the XT -- I know it's going to a good home, and I feel good about selling it. I didn't use it much and it's good to know someone will take lots of pretty pictures with it.

I still have the Coolscan - I'm in no hurry to sell it, but if you're interested, let me know. If not, I'll probably toss it up on ebay.

In other news -- I'm swamped with work. Swamped - a good word. That describes my work life right now - but I'm happy as a clam. I love being in the thick of things -- (and using all sorts of clichés) -- so not to worry. I'm fine. I'm just not able to get to a scanner -- or to my darkroom - or even to a camera, for that matter - and I may not be able to for a few more weeks. IF I'm lucky, I'll find the time to scan a few frames of farm photos -- a great old farm I found up in John's neck of the woods -- so stay tuned - I think they'll be pretty nice...

I have managed to use the Nikon 9000 a few times - it's aweseome. I'm incredibly happy with it. I just need to find the time to scan the 20+ rolls of 120 I have laying around! I can't wait to scan some Velvia and Provia to see what it's really capable of doing...

My vacation to Europe will be delayed. I'm okay with that. If I get through these next few months - and things turn out the way I plan - it'll all be worth it. I think Europe in the fall is nice, too -- I may even have to swing through Munich again for a little Octoberfest! Oh yes --

I do have a welcomed respite this weekend - Lala will be visiting. So I'm sure she'll make me drag out my Holga -- or something Polaroid -- so, I just may have some things to post up for fun. Stay tuned...

I'm adding some links to my pages on No Traces -- small links -- advertisement. Yep. I've had several offers over the last year or so - I turned them all down, but this time I thought I'd give it a try. Hey - it'll pay for all my film and processing each month -- not a bad way to go.

For those of you I promised prints to -- I haven't forgotten - really, I haven't. I just need to find the time to process the files and ship them off for printing. I think we have a break coming up here in a few weeks -- I plan on taking a day to finish my printing task -- bear with me, please...

That's about it from here. Life is hard at times to get a good grasp and balance yourself. I'm having a good time right now -- but I'm sucking at the balance thing. I'm working on it - really I am. I think good things are on the way for No Traces... Thanks for sticking with me -- thanks for viewing -- thanks for sharing...

Enjoy your weekend --- and be kind to one another -- no matter how hard that may be for some of you....