Jan 23, 2006

sick day

Greeting to all in the wide world of cyberspace,

I guess it's time for another post. However I haven't taken too many photographs this week. I've been busy with work and performing plays.

So today I thought I would just talk a little bit about what's been happening in my life and maybe all of you who visit this self indulgent blog will take the opportunity to share your recent comings and goings in the comments section.


So let's see... well first of all, I performed on Saturday night and the audience was very loud so I hurt my throat trying to be heard. Then on Sunday I took two student groups through the museum's exhibition and once again had to speak loudly and so this morning I find myself with a very scratchy throat and very little voice. Anyone who knows me knows that talking is really my number one activity. It's true, I'm a talker, but not today. Orange juice, hard candies and hot tea is my big plan. I know, I know, what an exciting life I lead.


Last night I went out to dinner at a hip newish Malaysian restaurant in Chinatown which was very good. Before dinner I visited my grandfather who just turned 94 years old and has more or less lost his mind. It's beyond sad. This is a man who drank, cursed and told dirty jokes as well as the most salty sailor and now he... well doesn't. Ok, enough about that.


Other then work and this pesky sore throat life has been pretty status quo. I've taken to playing poker online lately, not for money, just for fun. I am tempted to try my hand at some poker for real money, but frankly, I'm not the best poker player around, so I'll only play with what I can afford to lose and that would come to approximately thirty three cents.


The wife is good and the dog and cat are the same as usual. I haven't seen any sign that they miss Bandit which shouldn't surprise me but kind of does.


What else can I share with all of you. Well not much. I guess it's time to go curl up in my warm blanket and read this weeks New Yorker, my second most guilty pleasure. Though the subscription is about to run out and it was a gift from none other then the previously mentioned grandfather, so I won't be reading that in the near future.

I'm really not as apathetic as I sound right now, just feeling under the weather. I suppose I will post one or two photographs just so this post isn't so depressing.

I will finish by reminding all that the point of this little blog is not just to send my photographs out into the world but also to hear from you. So please, leave a comment, send an email, start a blog of your own and I will visit it often. Until the next time I have something to share...
Bye.




little Statue


BIG STATUE

Jan 10, 2006

The nature post


It is time to get back to the intention of this blog and post some more creative photographs.

This time our focus will be on nature.


The peaceful solitude of the forests, lakes and seashores.

It is in nature that we recharge our energy and find sanctuary and inner peace.

(I think I channeled Deepak Chopra for a second)

This post is larger then most.

After all,
nature is big .


The lawn at Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park, Maine.



Not my finest photograph, but a mighty tree.


Wonderland in Maine



Rocks in the sea.



forest




Pennsylvania in autumn.


Little long pond, outside Bar Harbor, Maine



I know that everyone photographs sunsets. Here is one of mine.





Longwood Gardens




Berries


The Ocean



Beach at dusk



Flowers in Lynn's garden


Please leave a comment, let me know what you think.
Which photograph is your favorite?

Jan 7, 2006

BANDIT'S POST

Today our cat Bandit died.
Bandit was a sweet and loving cat.

He was twelve years old and died peacefully at home after a brief illness.

He will be missed very much.
We loved Bandit.


Bandit was a beautiful and grand cat.


But don't mess with him, he had a dark side.

And an even darker side. Cats are not to be taken lightly.




He loved his brother Smokey. Smokey will miss Bandit very much.


They made a great team.


Goodbye Bandit.







Dec 31, 2005

The happy post



I AM HAPPY
YOU ARE HAPPY
WE ARE HAPPY


THIS WILL BE A HAPPY YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR

WOO HOO
2006


What do you think of the cartoon Mitchell?

Dec 28, 2005

blocks

I think I'm hitting my head against a wall. Wasting my time. Sure wasting time is a perfectly fine way to spend time. But this blog posting is a giant waste of time.Or so it seems to me.





I guess I see things too much in black and white. Either it's a waste of time or productive. Either you're a teetotler or a boozehound. Gainfully employed or living in a box. But I'm rambling...

Dec 18, 2005

THE PEOPLE POST

I don't take many photos of people, and the ones I do take are usually more snapshots then strange photos and therefore not really what this blog is all about.

I have some photos of people that I found floating around my computer. It's a pretty random collection. But then, this whole blog is pretty random. This whole damn courtroom is pretty random. No, you're random. No, you are... Seriously though, this is the...

PEOPLE POST



The family


Now honestly, have you ever seen such a fabulous group of women? I think not.


former students busy at work


The in-laws. No one has ever had a nicer father-law and step-monster-in-law!!!


Is it a woman? A man? a colonial character? The mystery continues!

Em, Chris and some guy I don't know getting pretty toasted.


The cast of a play I did years ago. I really enjoyed performing with this group, very nice people, very talented performers.

Todd and Leisa's wedding party. What a well dressed group.

This photo is funny for so many different reasons.
1) We're pretending to work, while actually just goofing off.

2) I'M BALD!!!!


Em, Chris and a nice guy whose name I forget. This was a really fun night!

Very serious and talented storytellers deep in the study of their craft.


Todd and Leisa looking serious and pensive.


Former students. A great bunch of fantastic young performers.
I never had so much fun as I had with this bunch.


SPIKE
What a hippie freak!
What? try to deny it!



My sister, brother-in-law, nieces and nephew.
They seem like a normal family don't they? But in fact they are wacky, wonderful and I love them more then... chocolate!!
(and let me tell ya, I'm partial to chocolate)

Chris and Duff being eaten by a houseplant.


Dec 2, 2005

BIRDS
BIRDS
BIRDS

I seem to take a lot of photographs of

birds.




Bird on Branch



Tall bird looking away



small bird near water




MORE BIRDS!

How fortunate.

Dec 1, 2005

The bird post

A PEACOCK
Here's a post the includes some photos of birds.

How delightful!



Birds on rocks - Bar Harbor, Maine



Ducks

BIRD ON ROY Taken on the roof of the Met. I may have already posted this one.


Repeating myself already. It's good no one ever sees this blog.


Except those few special people

... you know who you are...

people with style
people with grace
people who like photographs of birds

This ones for you!



Nov 21, 2005

Memphis


a disco in the city, note signs, no discrimination and no drugs. I found this odd.

The Lorraine Motel, this is the balcony where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot. It's a civil rights museum now with a lot of important information.