Today I was reminded of a lesson. The lesson is more than adequately summed up in the old adage: “Pride comes before a fall…”
USA
Pictures and posts from the United States.
The squirrels have been working on a new route. Sprinky considers this cool because she can sit and watch them from the comfort of my filing cabinet.
October 25, 2017 10:55
I’m always moved by the sight of the votive candles flickering away in a dark empty church.
October 22, 2017 15:30
St. John’s, Springfield – Southern Area Confirmation Service at St. John’s. I’ve been working flat-out times two on business and diocesan stuff the past couple of weeks. I almost let today’s service slip by me. Fortunately, a calendar check on Friday put me right. 3 pictures
October 22, 2017 15:18
“In the town where I was born …” – It seems that every year or so I find an excuse to take at least one picture of the ceramic fish and/or submarine my sister bought me way back when.
October 20, 2017 22:16
Which did I buy – Macro Lens ($600) vs Two Extension Tubes ($30)? I’ll let you guess. 2 pictures
October 19, 2017 23:05
And then there was one – Ginger treated me to three small bars of Green & Black’s on Monday. Today’s Wednesday, this is the only one left. Its undigested hours are numbered.
October 18, 2017 8:27
Routine Maintenance. I have a suspicion that like myself, many rangefinder-style camera users also harbor an affinity for leather journals and fountain pens. 2
October 14, 2017 23:02
Back of the Nave – St. Paul’s, Clinton — Saturday, I attended a Christian Formation meeting at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Clinton. 6
October 7, 2017 12:15
Inner circle, outer circle, circle of friends, circle of trust, running in circles, circles … everywhere.
September 29, 2017 19:36
Late Arrivals – This photograph is begging to have its story told. Which is appropriate given the name of the venue – Storybook Barn. I wonder what the story might be?
September 29, 2017 19:29
Sprinky lying on the kitchen table – five treatments of the same picture. 5 pictures
September 21, 2017 13:31
How did we get here, and where are we headed? – In 2010 we went from car camping to hiking and backpacking in six months. I reflect on what instigated that change, and how we are going to keep on getting out. Five-minute read, 8 pictures
September 4, 2017 17:30
Gary vs The Drier (Again)There was a blue flash and a bang, and the drier stopped working. +1
August 29, 2017 17:16
Gary on the Berryman Trail. 2 pictures
August 21, 2017 13:48
2017 Total Solar Eclipse Backpacking Trip – Our plans for viewing the eclipse were to go backpacking and watch the eclipse from the Mark Twain National Forest Journal: 11 17
August 21, 2017 13:17
Family Barbeque. Blended families produce large extended families. And that’s great! Today we were gathered for a barbeque for Mikki and Kyoka who arrived early this morning from Japan.
August 6, 2017 16:24
Did I miss the memo? We seem to have skipped August and September and jumped straight to October. Brrrr.
August 5, 2017 20:31
Work on Ginger’s display shelving is finished. That’s a lot of blue glass! One-minute read, 4 pictures
August 4, 2017 16:39
My Weekend – Forty Feet of Shelving. I have my office, Ginger has her studio and my former office space. The office space has been due for remodeling for a long time. My first job has been to install forty feet of shelving to provide a home for most of Ginger’s blue glass.
July 23, 2017 17:06
I’ve been kept busy with a couple of projects in the workshop this week Two-minute read, 4 pictures
July 15, 2017 16:54
Old Self: Portrait of the Artist as He Will (Not) Be. Variation #2. Artist: Evan Penny. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. 3 pictures
July 8, 2017 14:57
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Museum Architecture (color) 4 pictures
July 8, 2017 13:57
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Museum Architecture (black and white) – I had not done any research prior to visiting Crystal Bridges – I was completely blown away by the architecture. 6 pictures