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Busy day. Spent some more time trying to get better at this aerial photography thing. It’s not as easy as you think it should be. This is one of my favorites – looking across and up the Ashley River with the bridges and marinas in the foreground.

Funny this blog thing. You type, you click a button, and whoosh off it goes into cyberspace and sits out there somewhere – available for viewing by anyone. Thank goodness I don’t have to understand how these things work in order to appreciate them. Here’s an illustrative story for you. Einstein, it is said, was once asked by a layperson to explain how radio works.
“Well,” he said, “first I need to explain the telegraph. The telegraph is like a giant cat. The cat’s head might be in New York, and the cat’s tail in London. You pull on the tail in London, and the cat meows in New York. That’s the telegraph. “The radio is just like that. Only there’s no cat.”

Clarence Felder and Chris Weatherhead (Actors Theater of SC) have spent years working on a film about the Felder clan’s involvement in the fight for liberty during the early stages of the Revolutionary War. The first two public showings of the film took place at the Terrace Theater this evening. It has already won several national and international awards. Here is a gathering of some of the Felder clan who attended this evening’s event, with Clarence and Chris in the center. For more info on the film, see http://allforliberty.com/

Since the band is on sabbatical, I only needed to be at church when the service started at 10.30 instead of the usual 8.15am, so I had the luxury of sleeping in and Logan got a walk in the park. The afternoon was spent with the Bennett family, photographing Tim for his new CD release. His current “Maybe next Sunday” http://www.tculler.com/ is really great, so check it out. Here is one of the images.

Some plans had to be rearranged today (and tomorrow for that matter) due to inclement weather conditions. Helped Linda out with the music this morning at Tina’s Bible Study, managed to take Logan to the park before the rain started, and then cooked up a storm in the kitchen for tomorrow night’s family dinner. Inspiration provided by Van Morrison’s “Magic Time” cd. I’d forgotten how great that is. Still need to go and exercise at the wellness center, then out for dinner tonight. Had to get creative with today’s photo. Something different!

Today was similar to many Fridays. I took this shot on the way to work this morning. It was kinda dull, but it had potential. I played in Photoshop with a couple of filters and this is probably about as good as it will get – at least with my level of Photoshop skills. Linda is coming over this evening and bringing dinner – what a treat. I’m going to help her with some guitar stuff. Jay is talking about a gig for some aerial shots of the Boone Hall Oyster Roast this Sunday, but I think it’s supposed to rain. Shoot … Still no sign of Kitty Cat.

Thursday, and we’re looking towards wrapping up the week, and for me that means safety reports, organizing the Friday leadership team lunch, seeing to a couple more routine chores and thinking about my weekend. Knowing that our web pages need updating (and bearing in mind that I needed a photo for my blog) I wandered down into the labs, RAD, Gchem and VOA, and took some random shots. This is one from the VOA lab. I don’t know what it is, but those gauges look pretty cool to me. I had every intention of hitting the pool later, but Cos called and diverted me with dinner at Athens and a good Cabernet, so I guess I’ll swim tomorrow.

OK, you all have made me feel obligated to keep this project going, which was the point of doing the photo-a-day in blog format. Well today was just too cold to go anywhere much, and besides I haven’t come up with any really interesting photo opps worth visiting before 7.30am, during lunchtime, and after work when it’s still almost dark. Now summertime will be a different scenario. Anyway, I do have some flowers on my desk and they looked nice in the sunlight this afternoon, so that’s what we’re going with for today.

A couple of years ago a stray cat attached itself to my household. We were less than thrilled with the cat fur deposits, the additional vet bills, etc., but gradually Kitty Cat (aka that damn cat) wormed his way into our hearts and lives, becoming especially attached to Logan, the dog. On Thursday last week he didn’t come for breakfast, and now 5 days later he’s still MIA. He’s been known to pursue extended adventures in the marsh, but he usually tires of it after a couple of days, preferring the comfort of the couch and meals that he doesn’t have to work for. Anyway, I hope you’re ok, wherever you are. You really were a pretty cool cat.