Navy Wife - Thanks for the nice words.
PhotoNewt - Thank you for the insightful response. I'm obviously more in the snapshooter mode now, but will hopefully slowly transition into the photographic composition mode from time to time in the not too distant future.
I'm thinking about tweaking a phrase that James Carville made famous and writing "It's the subject, stupid" on the back of my camera. Lots to learn, and I need all the reminders I can get.
Thanks again.