Gas prices are killing me and severely thwarting my photo road trips. If I gas up in town it’s around $3.90/gal, a short drive across the bay into Tourist Town and it jumps over 20¢. Despite the higher petrol costs, we’ve been inundated with out-of-towners. Meaning I have to reconsider where I go for my hikes, avoiding high traffic spots and keeping to those lesser known trails and beaches.
I’m staying closer to home, trying to consolidate and run several errands while I’m out. I’m attempting to keep my trips to less than a half tank of gas.
(Photos shot with a Nikon D60, using an 18-55mm, 55-200mm, 20mm f/2.8 wide-angle, 50mm f/1.8 prime lens, Nikon CoolPix S205 and/or iPhone4)
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Thin spiral notebook 
Gas prices are KILLING me, and my car has suddenly decided to suck gas at an alarming rate. I basicallly don’t go anywhere I dont HAVE to go. =(
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the spirals are really fun! what kind of plant is that?
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It’s a palmetto. A very common plant in Florida.
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They say that necessity is the mother of invention. It seems that staying close to home has brought you some great pictures.
Happy Sunday!
🙂
Traci
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I keep my truck under a half tank, too. Gas is over $5.00 and Diesel is close behind. I have a diesel, but still, it hurts.
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Little feet, little shoes – – – they “get” me every time.
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Gas prices are getting nuts. 😦 It’s inhibiting everything everywhere 😦
But, *yay* FL for hiking prices up for tourists. They’re not spending enough 😉
Anyways!! GORGEOUS pictures, as always!! ♥ the spirals 😀
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Oh how this makes me chuckle… if we had gas prices like yours I think there would be a national celebration. Diesel is currently the equivalent of about $9.20 per gallon in the UK. Now THAT is pricey 😉
Mollyxxx
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We Americans are very spoiled. I’m old enough to remember when gas was only 35 cents a gallon.
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I remember .39 cents myself Tara 😉
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Very nice set of pictures. Gas prices are keeping me close to home in my tourist town as well.
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Question – does pic monkey let you put them in all those fun perfectly angled creative places? I can’t get it to let me rotate text. The spirals are perfect for The Thin “Sprial” Notebook.
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Yep, I can maneuver the text in any direction I want. When you add a text box with PicMonkey, there is a little ‘handle’ at the top of the box. Click and hold on that circle, then you can turn it any direction using a touch pad or mouse.
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The lonely shoe is so charming! Lovely photos. Sigh. Wonder how you get the creative watermarks. Tell me?
(I am putting together those okra recipes and will mail them in a couple of days)
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I use PicMonkey, a free photo editing program, to add the watermarks. I can include text anywhere on the image and adjust size and color. It’s very easy.
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