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Friday rocks!

For two days in a row I woke up an hour late. Yup – it was light outside when I woke up – that was a clue! Anyway, I made it to work by 8.05 both mornings, although I did do my make-up and teeth brushing in the restroom after I had got to my desk and switched lights on etc. The time change is messing with my internal clock. Looking forward to a relaxing weekend and not devastated that it’s going to be rainy and cool. No weekend is a bad weekend! All the kids were over tonight for supper. Matt and Chambers just got back from the UK and they brought over some gifts and we looked at all their photos on the big TV.

Happy Birthday Diane

Today was my friend Diane’s birthday, and since she’s had a very challenging year – a year that would knock the stuffing out of most people – we organized a surprise birthday drop-in at her house this evening. Here are some of the ladies that came by.

“Fresh-out-of-inspiration” Tuesday

Monday was blah and Tuesday is not much better. Some days are just forgettable, no matter how much I know I’m supposed to appreciate every one. I haven’t used my camera since Sunday either – so much for the “photo-a-day”. But then I did take hundreds on Sunday. Here’s one from the files to fill the space – sorry.

My shower gushes

Weird title I know but I was thinking in the shower this morning how much I appreciate a good gushing deluge. One of the things I hate about being away from home sometimes is having to writhe around trying to stay warm or rinse the shampoo out of my hair while a pitiful trickle drizzles apathetically out of a showerhead. Nothing fancy or expensive about my plumbing – it just happens to work great in my shower. This afternoon I photographed Katie, Tommy and Gracie down at Hampton Park. This is one of my favorites. Woody, their dog is in the background.

Pretty Saturday in the Lowcountry

It was a beautiful day – warm, sunny and a little windy. Perfect for just about everything except aerial photography. Too hazy. That is going to be an increasing issue as we go into the warmer months. I had to buy a new laptop recently and so today was spent uninstalling a bunch of useless sofware (they call it bloatware) that came with the computer, and installing the software that I need. There were the usual glitches and missing drivers but for the most part its done.
Otherwise I ran a couple of errands, swam some laps and spent awhile down at the marina this evening with friends. Clocks spring forward tonight!

First Art Walk of the season in Charleston

It was a beautiful day in Charleston, South Carolina, with temperatures in the 70’s and lots of sunshine. After work, I headed downtown to meet some friends for the season’s first Art Walk in the French Quarter. I was particularly interested in photography exhibits and the prices that are being asked for prints. I believe that I could compete with some of that work, but my question is whether they are selling anything right now. Here are a couple of images from earlier this evening. I’m getting ready to head out again for dinner downtown with Chris and Donna.

The Boathouse goes up in flames


At 1:30 this morning I was awakened by the sound of fire trucks and police sirens that sounded as though they were about to come through my front door. My first concern was that a fire had broken out in our condo complex somewhere, but when I looked out my window I saw flames leaping into the sky from just across the marsh. Harborview Road was choked with emergency vehicles and there were sounds of men shouting, the crackling of flames and the popping of explosions that sent showers of sparks high into the night sky. Nobody seems to know at this point what caused the fire which all but destroyed the newly built restaurant, but it sure is a shame.

Happy Wednesday – it’s warmer today

I am going to stick my neck out and pronounce that we have suffered the last of winter’s grip. I know that soon I will catch a scent of Spring when I take Logan out for his early morning walk. It’s unmistakable – a smell that portends warmth and growth and heralds the onset of another season. Work is fine, a little quiet but still ok. Politics and the economy continue to dominate the headlines. The batchelor changed his mind, ditched his fiancee and sheepishly re-wooed his reject – all on national tv. Today’s pic was taken at sunset at the old bridge over the ICW on Folly Road.

Monday – new week – YES!

So I decided to kick this week off on a positive note. It’s good to be alive, good to feel good and healthy, good to have a great vacation to look forward to, and good to have a job. My gosh – the casualties of this recession are reeling in every walk of life. The calls that come in constantly – friends calling in favors – a friend was laid off, can you help? The DOW down another 300 points today. Wow, where will all this end? (a rhetorical question because no-one knows.) St. Philips is one of my favorite Charleston landmarks. This afternoon I was running an errand downtown, and it looked lovely in the afternoon light.

Busy Saturday

Today I spent over 6 hours photographing the interiors of two stunning Kiawah houses. It was a long day and the job’s not over because there’s a lot of post processing to be done in computer. Here are two images from over 300 that we took. The weather is deteriorating and probably the rest of the weekend, after church, will be couch and movie time (and more computer time of course) and probably eating time ….