“In the Air” Well, spending the day on airplanes and in airports is not exactly how I like to enjoy myself, but we are traveling to be with my dad on his birthday tomorrow. That is something to celebrate. I also always prefer aisle seats on the plane. It’s that claustrophobia thing again….
“”Reunion” I got my undergraduate degree in North Catolina but moved to Texas as soon as I had graduated. When we travel to and from Delaware, we have a connection through Chatlotte, North Catolina. On today’s trip we decided to take a twenty-four hour layover in Charlotte so that I could reunite with my college roommate and my other very best friend from college. None of us has seen one another in 25 years. In those years since we…
“Near the Park” It is true confession time. I am addicted to photography. We have to be at the airport tomorrow morning at 4am for a 5:15 flight. I am almost finished packing. I just had to get my picture posted and then I’ll finish up. Weber graciously took me to the park tonight because, other than the water in the kitchen sink, there was not much water to be near at home. It was a beautiful evening to be…
“Freedom” “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ” Abraham Lincoln The greatest number of American lives lost in a single war, 650,000, were lost in the Civil war, a war fought on our own soil Today I am thankful for all the freedom that I have – that which I am given because of the sacrifices of others and which I have because I had…
“Welcome To The Party!” My dad lives in the first town in the first state. Needless to say, history abounds. I love to walk through the old churchyards and read the markers on the graves. I took several shots of interesting headstones today, but when all was said and done I liked this one best. I think this is because the shallow DOF and bokeh make it look like there is confetti falling, like there is a big party going…
“40 Years In The Garden” This photo is of a statue in my dad’s garden, which was my grandparents’ garden. I have been looking at it for over 40 years. I was really too tired to carefully think through the photograph, but I learned several things from this photo. 1. Check your camera settings. Somehow my camera was set on VIVID, thus the bizarre coloration. 2. Though we don’t always know why, every shot we take is done so for…
“Late April Shower” This has been a __________ week. I’m not even sure what word or words to put in that blank; and frankly, it is probably better that I don’t try to figure it out. I suspect it would not be pretty! Obviously this entry is being posted a day late. Let me explain why. We are in Delaware again this weekend, having left Dallas early this morning. When we got home from school yesterday we had to do…
Here are some random thoughts on my weekend. I much prefer going to bed a 2am to getting up at 2am. Dallas traffic is a breeze at 3am – even LBJ and the construction around the airport. Our flights were not conducive to nourishment. Our first flight departed at 5:15 am. None of the vendors in the airport were open yet. We connected through Charlotte, a 2.5 hour flight. Food is only available (for purchase) on flights that are three…
“Where I Stand 3/27/2014”
“Psaltery, No Harp”