So, Operation: Learn How to Use the New Camera is in full effect.
Starting with signing up for a class in a few weeks that will teach me the basics.
And, in the meantime, just taking pictures of anything and everything. And mostly, the dog.

I took advantage of the last hour of sunlight today to take Ozzie to Castle Island, a quick cruise down the street from us, in South Boston. Castle Island is the final stop in the string of beaches that line the east side of my favorite Boston neighborhood. Southie gets a bad rep (and it's about to get worse in the eyes of America, when TLC and the masterminds behind fucking Snookie set up shop), but on a sunny, late Spring afternoon, I beg to differ. There's something about having a beach shoreline and a city skyline in your peripherals. It's a lovely place to be.