We come to the close of April and that means the end to the April Challenge. This was an interesting one and I think Allison is going to be pretty happy that I am not taking photos of depressing broken down things anymore. Today’s photo is of a building that I drive by daily. This used to be a market a town over from us. I went there once in a while as a kid to buy candy with my cousins. It was called Falk’s Market. And now the place is in complete disrepair. It is up for sale and would be a nice place to put something into so as to help revitalize the small downtown of Plainville. I originally wanted to photograph the name on the building but wasn’t as happy with the photo. Here it is so you can decide.

Today I came home to a Postie Pack. IZEA has been sending these out for different holidays and this time around it was my turn. I received a mini Piñata, a cactus finger puppet, a cactus shot glass, a cactus pen, a maraca, some jelly beans, some beads, some hot candies and a card. I tried making a video (see post below) with Eva before dinner and I guess the sound didn’t take. Sorry about that. But I really appreciate being chosen. Cinco de Mayo is my favorite holiday too! I’ll have to do a Mexican yell and a shot on Monday.

The May Challenge starts tomorrow. You up for it?

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The April Challenge is slowly coming to an end. I again scrambled to find something for the theme and thought of the cat’s scratching post. I had some trouble capturing Duncan and stuffing him in the sitting spot to get this shot. He finally cooperated and I think he’s been sitting there since. I think he has been miffed for not getting many photos posted of him since Eva came into our lives.

I am so behind on things. I watched Bones last night but not How I Met Your Mother and so there is no review of it today. And I actually had someone interested in reading the review. I feel like I’ve let Mike down. Then I was tagged by The Raging Tech and I really don’t do memes like that anymore and I always feel bad for not doing them. So Go Check out The Raging Tech for some great posts. I also noticed that he likes one of the web comics that I enjoy, Real Life Comics. So now you gotta go visit him because he has good taste.

Stephen the Dog now has his own domain name. That is awesome.

I ordered myself a new camera bag/backpack today. The one I have been carrying around has been impractical and has started to rip (it came with the kit). I had been reading about the Lowepro FastPack and I ordered one today. I got the Fastpack 350 which can also hold a 17″ laptop as well. Once I get that I will do a review of it. I also looked into ways in which to rent lenses. I would like to do that before I invest in an expensive one. I think there are a couple I would like to rent for the next NEPE outings in June. On is lighthouses and the other is a Balloon Festival. I’m thinking a fisheye might be fun at either of those events.

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Rainy, rainy day. Got home late. This is one of my favorite belts. Allison saw the picture and I figure it will be thrown out sometime when I am not watching it. But you can’t see that it is falling apart when I am wearing it. I wore it mostly when I was riding my motorcycle. Maybe because that is gone my belt should be set free too.

On Saturday I went by our mall and Motorcycles of Manchester has a store there now. They had some great bikes on sale. I think I am getting the bug again.

And speaking of vehicles you should check out my Fuel My Blog guest post.

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