Category: timely

In battle, in the forest, at the precipice in the mountains,On the dark great sea, in the midst of javelins and arrows,In sleep, in confusion, in the depths of shame,The good deeds a man has done before defend him.

To the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

This image from last month’s series on the garden flowers is a favorite of mine. Close-cropped, shape and shadow images are interesting to me. I like to use just enough filters in editing to erase the perfection of detail that modern digital sensors produce. I enjoy pictures where the perfection of detail is present and…

I’ve always liked a picture of a trail in a forest. In this scene the sun is breaking through to paint some light on the trail which makes it look like an inviting place to be.

I took this picture twenty years ago with my Olympus camera. That was back when I was documenting all the neighborhoods of Longmont and this particular one was called Prospect New Town. The houses were expensive and very close together. I guess if it were a summertime scene we wouldn’t see any houses, only a…

One of my favorite subjects is the Westwood Branch Basin Forest. It’s on the west side of the condo and we are its caretakers. There is always a downed branch, a fallen tree or an overgrown wild honeysuckle or grape vine that needs cut up, cut down, chopped down, burned up or otherwise cleaned up…

Spent the day on the water yesterday, feeling a bit of sunburn this morning but it was worth it. Clouds break up the sunlight now and then on an all-around perfect day of weather for riding around on the lake. Today is the last day of July 2023. Always my favorite summer month, this year…

I call this image peak summer in Indiana. This lawn and the buildings are part of the Wilbur Wright childhood home museum out near Hagerstown, IN. The museum wasn’t open on the day I visited. I was the only person there and I didn’t venture far from where I parked my car. I like the…

The power of the edit. I love this image. Starting with the subject, a custom control deck in a Peterbilt truck and then the editing to stitch four copies of the image together into one scene. I love the power and symmetry of it. I think about this as I read the rules for entry…

I stand in this garden season after season. Through the flowering summer and wilting fall, I stand tall watching it all. I brace against the cold winds of winter and get covered in snowfall. I’m the first to hear the robins sing announcing the return of spring. I stand in this garden and see it…

Surf rolling and crashing on the beach. I set the camera on continuous shooting mode which fires the shutter for as long as I press the button. This scene consists of fifteen individual images that were opened as layers in Gimp and then exported as a .gif file with the animation option selected. You can…

Every couple of years we go out to the Atlantic with all the family. I like everything about those trips. Among all the usual activities I of course take pictures. I was walking the beach, stopping to take a picture of each house along the way when a homeowner stopped me asking what I was…

I’m revisiting this scene of my neighbor’s tree because now it looks like other trees with its dark green leaves standing in summer burnt lawn. But here, fresh from its winter rest standing in the springtime lawn it looks beautiful with its pink and red flower display. I’m feeling a bit of summer burn myself.…

The low sun lighting the garden from the west brightens the leaves and petals casting shadows on others to add contrast to this scene. This flower garden wants full sun which we never had in this part of the yard until last year when we had a large hackberry tree removed from this spot. The…

A quiet moment at poolside on this midsummer day. I like it this way. Yesterday there were ten people, kids, adults, dogs, up and down, in the water, on the deck splashing and bouncing. I like it that way. It’s been almost one year since we added the pool to the condo landscape. I think…

The Gladiolus attracts hummingbirds and butterflies to its red and pink blossoms here at one of Nancy’s gardens at the condo this summer. These like to be in full sun and are thirsty for water. We’ve been fortunate with the weather recently getting fair amounts of rain but not too much. It was pretty dry…

The Platycodon Grandiflorus shows off its delicate purple blooms on a midsummer’s day here at the condo. The flower with its bright color and scent catches the breeze and invites pollinators to its party. How different is it from us when we dress up and put ourselves out there to attract attention of our own?…

This little group of coneflowers, or echinacea, stand in the late day sun out on the east side of the condo. I love all the flowers that Nancy has planted and cares for in the yard. Their colors brighten the landscape and attract butterflies and bees and they give me something to make pictures of.…

This is documentary photography that I attempt to make into an artsy image. We had a fair amount of snowfall that day at the condo and in a rare showing of motivation I actually shoveled some of it. I love the look of snow with the light sparkling on the surface. I think my footprints…

Does Halloween come early this year? This picture of the front of the condo decorated for Halloween was taken ten years ago and I like it so thought I’d give it a fresh pass through the editor and post it up here today. I like my scenes to be simple. Contain no more than three…

Fire can be captivating and mesmerizing. The flames can appeal to those who appreciate the beauty of natural phenomena. Fire is a fascinating element, and you may be curious to see how this picture of fire compares to your own experiences or mental imagery of flames. Pictures of fire might be shared by those who…

Another picture of water today. This one of the pool that we put in here at the condo last year. More often than not someone is in there staying cool but I caught this picture of a calm moment of the blue pool under a blue sky. A perfect summer day. Enjoy.

The continent of Atlantis was an islandWhich lay before the great floodIn the area we now call the Atlantic OceanSo great an area of land, that from her western shoresThose beautiful sailors journeyedTo the South and the North Americas with easeIn their ships with painted sailsTo the east, Africa was a neighbor, across a short…