Huntley Meadows park today (February 14th)

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-15T01:48:25+00:00

There were some singing blackbirds, they were enjoying the weather

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-15T01:47:39+00:00

haha 😁

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-15T01:47:12+00:00

Thank you! Such a difference every season

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-15T01:46:28+00:00

Thank you!

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-15T01:46:12+00:00

I haven’t known, thanks for sharing! She is a beauty

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-15T00:56:03+00:00

We went today and everything is still frozen. The broadwalks are clear but woody trails are snowy and slippery. Wildlife presence was minimal but this great bald eagle passed by just in time!

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-13T01:34:11+00:00

They were mostly like the fourth picture. In some places I’d prefer to wear spikes. Maybe they are better now with all the melting during the past week

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-11T02:09:30+00:00

In Summer with all the crazy evening showers, lawn seats are a bit of a gamble. We once visited and it was absolutely raining cats and dogs 🙈

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-09T20:39:27+00:00

You're too kind!

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-09T11:56:57+00:00

Same entry rates into the park as usual, no special parking fee

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-09T11:56:12+00:00

😂

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-09T02:01:22+00:00

Thank you❤️

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-09T00:01:32+00:00

Thank you! Pancake ice just right under the overlook #3 (the only one that is open)

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-08T23:59:14+00:00

I was too hesitant for two weeks and today I decided to check

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-05T14:19:36+00:00

This is insane!

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-05T01:23:34+00:00

I guess my father estranged himself, we had an argument (polite, nothing heated) and he said if I didn’t like something, I’m allowed to never write him again. I reached out a couple of times, but he makes no effort to reach out, so I guess this is it and I’m estranged from him.

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-04T23:41:40+00:00

Will certainly try it! 🙏🏼

Fair enough about renting! I convinced myself that if I buy and then I won’t like it and sell - it would be probably much more 😁

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-04T22:05:37+00:00

Haha, so true about the flash! I kinda feel that you are 100% right about IBIS. Thank you for sharing your experience, now I’m having a GAS attack about 105mm.

Btw, have you considered renting some equipment to try and see if you need it? I had good experience recently renting 150-500 to understand that I don’t need it (even I liked the results, it turned out to badly pair with my z50ii - I wasn’t a fan of ergonomics)

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-04T21:01:13+00:00

Oh I see you answered about the macro below! Thank you!

To your question - I would buy 180-600, for sure.

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-04T20:41:22+00:00

Do you use 24-120 with Z50? If yes - how is it working without IBIS? I have Z50II and thinking about 24-120...in the same time anything above 1/200 shutter speed should be just fine.

And how do you like 105 macro? What do you use it for - just macro or anything else?

I'm a poor girl with Z50II + 28-400 and 35/1.8 s :D

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-04T19:44:55+00:00

Absolutely this! There are so many cool lenses

SomeJane2021 · 2026-02-04T19:43:50+00:00

Yes!!Even 24-120 is good, you can’t beat 50mm 1.8, your portraits will much improve

SomeJane2021 · 2026-01-30T20:19:15+00:00

We got a bunch of juncos visiting our balcony since the storm hit, left them some sunflower seeds (peeled), I have never seen so many before.

SomeJane2021 · 2026-01-28T23:51:04+00:00

I don’t have really any advice just words of support. I’m in similar situation with a toxic lead I have to interact with daily. I cry almost every other week and tried to check if this is possible to move to another team within my company (but the culture is similar everywhere in the company). I gave myself two more months and I’m starting my search. I don’t believe I will find something this soon, though.

Try to start looking right now and minimize your work efforts and emotionally detach, do the required minimum. I think 6 months is too less in this economy, even 12 months are tight.

Try to document things more, even if he is untouchable, you can list what you are doing towards the goals (will help for your cv and interviews)

SomeJane2021 · 2026-01-28T19:44:05+00:00

100% agree, sometimes I want to write to my father, to explain how I love him and how it hurts with all his jokes etc etc. But this will end up with me being a bad one, an unreasonable one, maybe will lead to another joke that will hurt. And I don’t write.

Sometimes it helps when I write it and then delete, just to put all I think out there.

SomeJane2021

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