Our Apartment!

Hey Everyone!

Life's been quite busy lately, and there hasn't been a lot of time for blogging... sorry about that. The Lord has been really faithful in providing opportunities for us to travel together on some weekend trips and as a result, we've got lots of pictures and ideas for some fun future posts.

For now, we hope you enjoy a mini-tour of our apartment in Trastevere!

From Roma

Here's a shot of our street, Vicolo Moroni... and our neighbors' laundry.

From Roma

This is the front door to our apartment building. Don't worry, it's not as ghetto as it looks ;)

Come see the rest of our apartment!

Pictures!

I just spent hours on the computer, so this won't be a long post. I've uploaded the interesting travel photos to the gallery, starting here. Scroll through and comment! More on the trip later.

Mission: Veneto

Buon giorno!

We won't be posting for a few days while we're away. Christopher left on Saturday on an extended trip to the Veneto region with his grad program. I talked with him last night and he's already enjoyed the hill towns of Todi and Bologna. He'll be back next Sunday night, the 12th.

Rather than wither away in our apartments, the other wives and I have planned a trip of our own and will hopefully catch up with our husbands in Vicenza and Venice. We're leaving tomorrow morning and will be back late Saturday evening.

Prayers for health, smooth travel and safe returns would be appreciated. We'll return with stories and pictures!

Some Photos - Nerdy/Arty

I've begun experimenting with High Dynamic Range photo composites. Basically two or more digital images of the same subject are composited together to make one image with a higher dynamic range (more colors and values) than is possible in a single digital image. Both film and digital images only render a fraction of the dynamic range possible with the human eye. That is why shadows which were completely discernible to the naked eye appear murky and dark when photographed. A composite of several images, exposed to show different parts of the image (ie, shadows, mid-range and light) can approximate the human eye. For a more in-depth explanation, see wikipedia.


Photography jargon aside, here are my efforts:
Sta. Maria della Consolazione
Some Mountain Church Near Viturbo