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Winter Weeds
January 9, 2018
Been a while since I’ve gone for a stroll in the woods. What with the weather being what it was and my gig at Amazon, going on a walk didn’t appear all that appealing. The temps soared above freezing and the boredom level was pretty high so I headed out for a stroll. I usually […]
TV Time
October 9, 2017
TV time for Jerry the Cat. Not much to watch on television the other day and found a cat documentary on Netflix. Until now, Jerry the Cat would only watch Blackhawks games with me. 50 minute documentary and he watched most of it. Go figure.
Michigan Star Trails
July 4, 2017
Every summer I head out to a big family reunion. Over 150 family members show up for a fun weekend of fun and catching up on the past years happenings. Quite a few folks attend the Saturday night dinner which is huge but nothing like the dinner on Sunday. This years reunion was held on […]
A Short Summer Walk
August 26, 2016
It’s been an odd summer around here. It seems the whole summer has been hot and humid and not much fun to be outside. Also it would appear that when I have gone out for walks, my camera hasn’t been with me. I was more interested in looking around and not so interested in making […]
Sunshine
April 5, 2016
This is a sunshine picture I made over the weekend with my phone. It never fails. Whenever there is some really cool light I’m either inside or in my car. Saturday was a crazy weather day. A little sunshine followed by a blizzard. This kept happening all day. Pretty wild. While out running a few […]
Kramer the Bearded Dragon
April 3, 2016
I made this portrait of Kramer this morning. Kramer the Bearded Dragon is pretty laid back and he was in full chill mode this morning. I had just uploaded a few pictures from last night and had my camera on the desk so I thought I would practice a little bit with the manual focus […]
Local Swim Team
January 18, 2016
I was asked to make pictures for this year swim team at my son’s old High School. Quite a few of the guys know me so that makes things a lot easier in that they are a lot more relaxed when I’m on deck vs the old days when I shot for the local paper. […]
Milestones
December 29, 2015
Life is a series of milestones. My son Kieran reached a big one in November of this year. Kieran became a United States Marine. Kieran’s Mom and I made the trip down to MCRD Parris Island for the graduation ceremony and talk about a trip down memory lane! It’s been a long time since I […]
One of My Favorite Places – Bartel Grassland
October 13, 2015
Bartel Grassland is one of my favorite places to visit. It’s got a lot going for it. It’s close to home, it’s big (585 acres), and there is a lot to see. If I have a little time on my hands I’ll head out there and take a walk. There’s open prairie, clumps of forest, […]
The Goose Family
October 3, 2015
This was a family portrait I made last May. This was a pretty cool goose family as far as goose families go. None of the parents were hissing at me nor did they attempt to chase me away which is pretty unusual. Geese are very territorial and don’t look kindly on interloping guys trying to […]
Shrooms
October 2, 2015
There is a yard I drive by every morning. In this particular yard there is a patch of these shrooms every fall. I have taken pictures of these before but this year the light was really nice which always helps. These guys didn’t look all that exciting in color so I tried going b&w via […]
Local Weed
September 26, 2015
Continuing on from the last post…it’s always a good idea to look around for things of interest while you’re out shooting your intended subject. That evening I went out to shoot the hay bales started out as an exercise in futility. Sort of like shooting parades for me. More often than not I end up […]