I have a passion for...

Photography
I've got to say that perhaps my favorite physical possession would have to be my camera. But, it hasn't been like this always just ever since I got my first digital camera, that way I didn't have to worry about film and development costs. Photography has allowed me to express my

artistic side, which until photography was only focused on writing. I find photography to be much more, freeing, well maybe not freeing. But easier, especially since most of what I photograph is nature, and when it comes to any of my pictures I find myself to be a naturalist photographer, I don't find it appealing when things are posed to get "good" pictures. Not just in nature but in say portrait photography as well. I have thought of photography as a career, I have once gotten paid to do family portraits, I didn't expect to get paid I just found it to be fun. I've actually gotten one of my photos published as well, it was in my school's yearbook but it was published none the less. One thing to do with my photography that I have recently discovered is www.dailybooth.com I know it's meant for mainly webcam photos but I have posted a couple of photos. They haven't gotten attention but I think it's nice to get them out there.

Geocache!

So I tried something new yesterday. Geocaching, it's treasure hunting except more complicated. Usually you'd need to use a GPS device, but personally I don't have one. I did it anyway, and it worked. Since I don't have a GPS device I had to rely on the written clues and the Google map on the website. This website http://www.geocaching.com/. And geocaching Even with the map and clues, it wasn't the easiest but I did it! This was the first one I found, a camo style painted peanut butter container. People go all out in preparing these things, painting them going out and buying things to put in them. This one in particular had a disposible camera, a log book where the visitors can log their visits to the cache as well as several "Trade Items". The log is really the only essential item to any cache, but the trade items are interesting, they can be really anything, for example stickers, bouncy balls, bandages or even dice. They actually come in all different sizes, not only bigger ones like the peanut butter jar, but smaller ones about the size of film canisters. Geocaching isn't just limited to big cities, or just the US, I know this because I now live in a small community of approx. 4500 in Canada, and geocaches can be found all over the place. Even the choice in hiding places are interesting and unique. In my finds so far, base of a tree, hidden in a monument, hanging from a tree, and even in an air vent. Geocaching is an awesome way to get outdoors and explore your community. Even if you are on vacatiion and want something to do, geocaching might be a good idea. It gets you out of your house, or hotel room and you get to explore and find "treasure". It's something I want to do more of, and even get other people to do it with me.