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For the price of a Starbucks latte, you can put a smile on a soldiers face by sending them some Girl Scout Cookies. My "big girl" is finally old enough to be a 'Daisy' (pre-brownies girl scout). I didn't even know there was such a thing! :-) Her troop is now selling cookies and has decided to also support the troops. We will be collecting donations and sending the cookies to our troops deployed around the world in what we are calling "Operation Cookie Drop."

If you would like to show your support, it only takes a check for $4 (made out to GSWW (Girl Scouts of Western Washington)) to do so. Contact me @ [ cookies (at) bisonium.com ] for the address of where to send the check. Thanks for supporting our troops!

It's been for ever since I have been able to use my investment in photography gear over the years. I resisted switching to digital from film for quite some time, but then about 5 years ago when we had our first kid, that was it. I wasn't in the position to go all-out on a new digital body so I had opted for a Canon Powershot Pro 1 which did a great job for many years. But all that expensive gear and those big lenses (and wide ones) were just sitting there going to waste...what a shame.

Well, about a month ago I finally broke down and got a Canon 50D (literally 2 weeks before the 7D came out)...<sigh>. Either way, I don't regret the purchase. I got a great deal and a free multi-function printer which I desperately needed so I could scan those old slides.   

I've had some time to get familiar with the camera and have been getting some fantastic shots lately. This weekend was the Vintage Aircraft Weekend at the Boeing Future of Flight Museum at Paine Field (KPAE) in Everett, WA. I have to say that living in the Pacific NW is absolutely AMAZING. I would have never thought that there was such an aviation rich culture and significant GA presence given the weather and terrain. Boy was I wrong. There are some spectacular aircraft and flight museums throughout the entire Pacific NW. Here's a couple of shots from this weekend. The top 100 (shot over 1100+ pics) and other sets can be found on my Flickr site.