Close to home...

Today I slept in pretty late. I always feel lazy when I do, but when I'm going back to work it makes the night so much better. If I wake up at 7 like usual things get real rough around 3 AM. After I got up I wrote a few papers for school and then decided to take Lucy out for some exercise before I go to work. I used to get her outdoors more often, and I think she is really getting depressed because I sleep during the day sometimes...so I'm trying to make an effort to get outside more often when I'm home. I'm always looking for trails near my house, and today I found some great trails in a neighborhood off of Rocky Creek Rd. I don't know if it's frowned upon that I just parked in a cul-de-sac and cut through to the trails, but I imagine as long as I'm a law abiding citizen no one really cares. It said "invited guests only"...maybe I should email someone and see if I can be "invited." I took my Sigma 50-200 lens along and took some pics. I was a little disappointed as I thought there would be more good ones...maybe it was the really bright sunlight. I am still struggling with getting the focus so that everything in the lens is more or less in focus with a small aperture setting. I've read about it but I'm still not getting it the way I would like to. Either way, Lucy had a great time.