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.
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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 ….This one flew by
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).
And so another week goes ..
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.
Good News: The last Monday in February
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!