With this set, I have passed the halfway point of 2021 challenges without missing a one. Which kind of surprises me, since some weeks the challenge theme was far from my favorite thing to photograph. But still, I persisted. So, without further ado, here’s four more weeks… Week 26: Breathe The theme of “Breathe” could mean whatever you wanted, and it didn’t take me too long to figure out that to me, it meant being back near water after a few months away from it. When I spent my first morning at Indiana Dunes walking on the beach, I knew…
Category: Journal
52 Frames: Four Weeks More
Time for some photography fun, which is what I’ve been doing the last four challenges with my 52Frames project. Whether it’s been with my iPhone or my Sony A7III, I’ve been working on my skills, which is pretty much the point for me of the project. Let’s dive in to four recent photos… Week 22: Wide Angle I have a big wide angle lens, which is great when I have big open spaces, but this week, I was in the ‘burbs of Lancaster, PA, and not really with the time to go find open space. Enter the iPhone 12 and…
Peg’s Flowers
Somehow, I’ve managed to stop at my friends’ house in Lancaster almost every year. Turns out it’s quite a convenient stopover for both north/south and east/west routes, as well as having good medical people, tire places, and other trappings of civilization. My timing has usually been great for seeing Peg’s diverse and beautiful collection of day lilies, but this year, I was a tad early for that show. I had to “settle” for enjoying her clematis collection.
Serendipity Rocks
Some days I end up feeling like the Fairy of Good Fortune has been sitting on my shoulder, making things work out. You can call it serendipity or good luck, I call it the Fairy of Good Fortune. And Thursday, she was riding with me all day long. I was looking for something to do in Somerset County that was indoors since it was raining (yet again in PA). Google Maps showed the Guild of American Papercutters National Museum was about 9 miles from where I was staying. That sounded promising; I’m not a papercutter but I admire the form…
5 Years of May 29th
Sometimes the Facebook memories are just too good to ignore. Today, it had entries for the last five years which was a study in contrasts. Too good not to share a snapshot of one day across five years, so here it is. 2016 My first camping spot as a full-time vagabond after giving up my West Seattle apartment. I found a spot at Larabee State Park, still available a week before Memorial Day weekend…



