“OK, is everybody lined up behind me?”, asked Leon. “I’m the leader in this line and everybody should be lined up behind me!”, he added somewhat emphatically. “What are we going to do?”, asked Finn. “We’re going to go for a ride on the slide!”, shouted Leon. He went on […]
“Hey Finn.” “Yes, Leon?” “Did you take the watercolor paints, again?” “No, Leon, I didn’t.” “Are you sure that you didn’t take them, Finn?” “Yes, I’m sure, Leon.” “Well, I think you did, because I overheard someone talking about it and they mentioned that you were the one who took […]
Finn and Leon were walking among the trees when they decided to lay down and rest on the pine cones and pine needles. While they were resting, Finn asked, “Hey Leon, did you hear that silly photographer guy talking about something he called ‘tech sure’?” “Yes, Finn, I did”, replied […]
“Hey, Leon, where did all these rubber ducks come from?” asked Finn. “Dunno, but I think we’ll need an umbrella”, replied Leon. “You mean a duckbrella?”, asked Finn. “Could be, and we still don’t know where all these rubber ducks are coming from”, added Leon. “I think it’s the silly […]
Leon turned to Finn and said, “what do you have to say for yourself, Finn, now that we’re empty and colorless?” “I admit I’m feeling a bit drawn today, Leon”, replied Finn, “and a bit flat.” “Is that all you have to say?”, asked Leon. “Yes, I think so”, replied […]
Finn and Leon were out for a morning stroll when they passed a man with a camera. “Hey, that’s a photographer guy!” yelled Finn. Leon responded with, “It looks like he’s trying to take a picture of the sunrise, let’s hurry and get out of his way!” As they were […]
I came across part of a sentence today that struck me as very interesting. The sentence was part of a description that Thomas Pynchon wrote about a novel published in 1966 by Richard Fariña. Richard Fariña’s book is titled “Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me”. A […]
Lately, my favorite thing to photograph is the artwork that Lisa and our grandkids make. Here is some artwork by Ellie, who is 4. She loves to draw and color: Bonus artwork by Kyson:
The Week 44 52PC topic was “Fog and Steam” It hasn’t been foggy here in Kansas, at least not where I was looking, so I decided to photograph some steam. Well, it was supposed to be a photo of steam, but I was being lazy, so I used smoke, instead. […]
I was introduced to the music of The Beatles in the summer of 1972 when I was 13 years old. That summer, I spent a lot of time at a friend’s house listening to records. Our favorite record to listen to was Abbey Road, especially side 2. Those are good […]
I took one of the photos I captured of apples while I was at my sister Stacia’s house a few weeks ago and added a few overlays to satisfy week 41’s topic “Overlay”. And for week 42, the topic was “Details”. The instructions for this topic included this, “When looking […]
I had some fun this past week capturing some cool colors in October. And the photos of the colorful leaves satisfies week 43’s topic of “Season” in the 52 Photo Challenge. These first two photos were taken just a few days apart. The first one was taken in the evening […]
Lisa was putting things in little plastic boxes to help Ellie learn the sounds of the letters. She put things that start with “A” in one box, and on through the entire alphabet; each letter with its own box. She found a lot of the items she wanted at craft […]
The theme for week 38 of the 52 Photo Challenge was “Face”. This is the first face photo I took for the challenge. I couldn’t resist submitting a photo of something other than a human or animal face. As part of this theme, I learned that the tendency to see […]
It’s been a busy month and I’ve taken quite a few photos since the Kansas City Great Balloon Glow. For example, I was playing a round of disc golf with Cory at Prairie Center Park and I saw this tree. It was backlit by the sun and one of the […]