Archive for May, 2009
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Saturday Ride Plus Serial Killer
After spending yesterday morning working on some software development research, I suddenly decided to go for a bike ride. There’s been a lot going on, stuff I’m not ready to blog about, and it was one of those, “If I make my body hurt, my mind will feel better” decisions. So, after I ran to [...]
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
“We haven’t had fish for dinner in ages.”
Here for the past couple of weeks I’ve felt like life’s lighting fixtures were, for me, reduced to the glare of a single bulb over a straight-backed chair in an interrogation room. To put it bluntly, freelancing can be brutal. Brass knuckles brutal. Last month I had a good run and this month I had [...]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Afternoon at the Zoo
Lots of things conspired against me photographically yesterday — bad hour for sun glare and shadows, a little warmer than we like it for our outings, a simmering urge to fling small children into cages with carnivorous beasts — and just in general it was an “off” camera day for me.
Still, we both needed to [...]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
I Have So Had THIS Feeling
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Monday, May 25th, 2009
Riding in the Rain
After yesterday’s ride, I can truthfully say I’m so in love with my beautiful yellow bike, Slim, we’re talking engagement rings. I’ve managed four consecutive Sunday rides, each longer than the next. The 15 miles yesterday was a personal best and a milestone on my way to my first 20-mile excursion.
I got off late after [...]
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Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
Meet Cody Kitty
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He’s the temporary new guy in my life while Missy J. is insanely escorting seven seniors on a trip to San Antonio.
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
This Guy . . .
Day 318 of 365
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
. . . drives me crazy, pun intended. As the caption of the photo on flickr says, he lives somewhere in our neighborhood and restores antique cars — I’m assuming for other people unless he’s filthy rich and can [...]
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Anole Blogging
Day 317 of 365
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
It makes me crazy that Geico has everyone thinking these little guys are geckos. They are anoles and they are simply fascinating. I took this shot yesterday. This fine fellow suns every afternoon in the same spot and we’re [...]
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Dr. Susan Visited Yesterday . . .
. . . and there was camera play.
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Beyond sharing stories about her recent cruise vacation with Mr. Dr. Susan (aka Nathan), she also cleaned up “our” front flower bed, which is really her experimental garden. It looks great and we are very appreciative!
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Tired of Defending My Cameras
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Yesterday R. and I had an interesting conversation about photography and today I’m still thinking about the broad lines of what I heard myself saying about cameras and camera snobbery.
I’ve been lucky enough to upgrade my equipment fairly regularly and right now I’m using two cameras that taken together cost about [...]
