BurningbirdI had the nicest note today from Mike Rodriquez saying, “…partially thanks to you (your wonderful writings about the river and the countryside surrounding SL) we’re moving back to our childhood home in Lindsborg, KS.” My first reaction on reading this was, “Wow!” followed by a particularly warm and fuzzy feeling followed not too long after with […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Hi, I’m Zoe. This is my first time writing to a weblog, and I hope I do it right. I’m not sure how many cats write weblogs. I saw a weblog written by a dog today, but all it wrote was variations on feed me and smell my butt. Seems rather limited, somehow. Shelley […]
Today was cool and cloudy, which makes excellent photography weather. I spent the afternoon at the Shaw Conservation area, and the fruits of the effort have been posted at Tin Foil Project. Samples of what to find include this flower pod, with what looks like miniscule spider web woven around it’s spikes. Waste not, Want not […]
I did manage to get some fairly decent photos today. Using the speedlight white balance helped, though I wish I could figure out what is causing that odd blinking symbol to show in my camera’s preview – it’s not mentioned in any Nikon 995 article or manual. Whatever is happening, plays havoc with the focus. […]
I am off to take photos of water lilies at the Gardens and Tower. I’ll take film camera, as well as digital, and if any of the digital work out, will post later. I grabbed the photo below, last week. Sunset over St. Louis. Best viewed with Route 66 or Walker Evans stylesheets. The water […]