Sun 4/19/09

A Daily Walk With DietPower

Walking is the best exercise for weight loss. And the things you see!

Now the bloodroot blossom (see April 17) has fully opened and the petal tips have begun to curl.

See how the curling petals alternate and are broader than the other four? I had never noticed this before. A good eye makes a good picture, but a good picture also makes a good eye.

I am amazed at the new camera's performance. This closeup is about five times actual size on a 17-inch monitor at 1024 x 768 pixels resolution. You can clearly see not only the gray veining on the petals, but also tiny crystalline flecks adhering to them. Yet the picture was made with a hand-held, eight-ounce camera that fits into my shirt pocket.

(On Monday and Tuesday I'll do my daily walk in Boston, where I'm going for an overnight. Check back Tuesday evening or Wednesday for pictures.)

About this page: Precisely at noon each day, I step out of my office for a 3.5-mile walk around my Connecticut neighborhood. I carry a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TX5 pocket camera with a Leica 10x optical zoom lens. My object is to make an interesting photograph of at least one thing that is different that day. I post the results here, hoping they will inspire you and your friends to walk, too.  —Terry Dunkle, DietPower founder and CEO.

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All My Yesterdays

Saturday, April 18: Green Jellybeans

Friday, April 17: Bloodroot

Thursday, April 16: Skunk Cabbage III

Wednesday, April 15: Find the Critter

Tuesday, April 14: Blessing of the Animals

Monday, April 13: The Crow Who Said "Wow!"

Sunday, April 12: A Quirky Church

Saturday, April 11: Self-Portrait in a Pothole

Friday, April 10: Easter flowers

Thursday, April 9: Dumb as a Squirrel

Wednesday, April 8: April Snow

Tuesday, April 7: Egg Trees, Connecticut Style

Monday, April 6: I Carry My Lunch

Sunday, April 5: A Tree in Spring

Saturday, April 4: Pigs with Drivers Licenses

Friday, April 3: Forsythia

Thursday, April 2: Skunk Cabbage II

Wednesday, April 1: Mystery of the Hanging Shoes

Tuesday, March 31: Downy Woodpecker

Monday, March 30: 300-Year-Old House

Sunday, March 29: The Broken Fence

Saturday, March 28: "You're Such a Delight"

Friday, March 27: Skunk Cabbage

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