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Some weeks seem to last forever but this one just flew by in the blink of an eye. So what’s new? I picked up two new photo assignments – the JICS Cheerleading squad and a group of children at an Easter egg hunt in April (plus live bunny!) Work has been uneventful. My pic for today is a result of some creative hustling. In reality it is a patch of clover weeds at Sunrise Park. I played with it a little to make it less boring (hopefully).

In case you were wondering, no I didn’t take this photograph today. It is from my trip to Namibia a couple of years ago, and I gave it some of the oil filter treatment. I have the demo version of the plug-in software and I’m trying to figure out whether it’s something I want to buy. It’s certainly a challenge to come up with an original shot every day so rather than miss too many days, I go digging in my folders for something to morph. (is that a verb?) It’s been busy at work – lots going on, and in the evenings we’ve been brainstorming about aerial photography niche marketing. I’ve also managed to get to the pool to swim once or twice. I’m watching the local news and laughing at some dude who got busted robbing a Walmart. He’s actually smiling broadly in his mugshot.

Today’s bad news of course is the stock market’s further 250+ point dive. I was a contributor to that scenario by virtue of taking what I had left in the market and dumping it into fixed assets and bonds. Way too little, way too late, but I’m probably not the only one singing that lament right now. My day was a picnic compared to my boss’, who emerged from a funeral of a longtime friend in the morning only to hear that his cousin had just passed away after a long illness. I guess if we didn’t have some somber times we would have nothing to measure the good times by. Today’s pic is of our resident ugly duck. He has seasonal friends who come and go, but he’s a permanent fixture and can be quite fierce, particularly if you are a small dog!

I didn’t get to post yesterday, so today’s photos represent Saturday and Sunday. I joined a group of photographers from the Carolina Nature Photography Association on a field trip to Donnelly WMA in the Ace Basin early Saturday morning. The photo of the early morning mist on the Ashepoo River was taken from the bridge on Highway 17. The other photo was taken this afternoon at Matt’s soccer game. It’s still too cold and windy. February is not a very pleasant and although it’s the shortest month of the year, it feels as though it’s lasted a very long time. Roll on Spring.

The other night Josh asked if I would take a wacky photo of him for a magazine assignment he had for one of his college classes. So I picked my fisheye lens and we produced a wacky photograph. The fun part is what he did with it. I had a different photo in mind for today, but he emailed me his completed assignment this evening and I just had to feature his before and after instead. He is a talented young man.

I think I have Spring Fever, whatever that may be. I just know that I’m so ready for a change – definitely a change in the weather. Tonight Leigh, Josh, Matt, Chambers and Alex came over for dinner. They know the routine by now – Mom needs her photo-of-the-day – so here it is. My appearance thanks to tripod and timer technology!

It was not a bad Monday as Mondays go. Nothing much to report, so won’t take up space with fluff. Today’s pic is in deference to the Fairness Doctrine as it applies to life. Some images might be pleasing or entertaining in one way or another, and some are just representative of the humdrum, ho-hum daily grind, such as this one – a homeowners association board meeting in progress. Photo courtesy of our long-suffering property manager.

Today was cold and windy again so aside from church in the morning, lunch at Barberito’s with all the kids and a brief spell along the sidelines of Matt’s soccer game, I spent the day playing with a new art technique for my photography. These photos were not taken today, but were re-processed today as part of my experimentation. I will print a couple on canvas and see how they turn out. Had a really nice dinner last night downtown at McGrady’s – food and company were great. Thanks Skip.

I know I should have done this yesterday, but I didn’t get to it. I can’t resist posting this picture of Dan all decked out for the GEL chili contest. I wish he’d won (he should have been awarded a special “spirit prize” or something) but Bob’s RR Brunswick Stew was a most worthy winner, and everyone had a great time. Pass the Tums please ….
Happy Valentine’s Day by the way!