bits and things

This is my trashy car floor
Tiffany rocking out in my sneaks
I bought a basketball.
Jay had a 4th/going away party. Here's Christopher at the party and some lady.
Christopher again
Shadowy Tiffany
Shadow man talking to Colleen
We helped my mom take down a wall in the basement to make room for a new oil tank. It kind of looks like it was an old shipping container.
Mining for dusty boards in the cellar.
Salad reward

toe day

On Sunday I fell and sprained my thumb. I was smart: I iced it, talked to the nurse, filled out the correct forms at work, etc. But then, Monday evening I noticed that my pinkie toe on my right side was also sore. I soaked it, but then kind of forgot about it and went to work. This morning I woke at four in the morning with a throbbing toe. So, today I called into work and tried the RICE first aid technique: rest, ice, compression, elevation.

The Culprit:
I started getting bored pretty early.

But at least I had a chance to pay bills and get a hold of debt. Here's my home office.
Our bedroom is looking pretty nice these days.
Okay, here I am making an effort to rest and ice and elevate.
This is my best "Rear Window" impression. The look on my face is because I'm using the Pentax 67 with a Tiltall tripod, a sure recipe for frustration.
Frustrated enough to pack up for a trip to the bank, of course just as I'm ready to go it starts to rain.
and pour
But it was just a cloud-burst. Time to get up!
During the day sirens scream down Main Street every half hour or so. Frightening. Here is one.
I went out for pizza
I looked out the window at Roberto's and saw my bike contrasting nice with this truck.
then this...
now Tiffany is back and I can ask her to do things for me. Yeah!

mix of things

These are pictures from the past week or two, though maybe just one week.

I was shooting the 45 this evening and composed an image on the ground glass similar to this. But, I only have black and white loaded, so what I saw, the rainy green and those shining primaries just won't show up. Maybe I'll be surprised, but I think I need to keep the color film on hand.
I'm teaching a photo class at school. I took some pictures of the kids shooting, but I don't think I can share those, so here is a pano of the classroom before I started tearing it apart:



harvest from a couple weeks ago, the carrots are growing...
aaaahhhhhhhhhhh........
okay, so the light on this was amazing, and I was driving and this is a snapshot, but trust me, it was amazing.
HEY, HOW ABOUT THESE ONES?!!
I bought three pairs of kakhis and no shorts, such is my style, more towards the fall and winter side of life.
I am not a crafty, but I am starting to know the fabric store inside and out. It's only fair, if I get help pants shopping.




We went to a party at Alex's house in celebration of his upcoming wedding. It was at his parent's house in Deerfield. Mostly it was his parent's friends, but we got to meet Erin(fiance) and Chris and Jen who I hadn't seen for years. This is papa Pennock and Erin.
Erin and Jen
Chris(a little) architecture and Jen's hand and eye
Alex's mom made a short speech and cried a little. I'm not an event photographer, so I snapped this picture from behind. I like the comforting gesture in motion
There they are!!

Bingo!
The Party
So many wasps!!
what a garden
Why so glum, Jen?

harvest from last week. the carrots are bigger yet
I'm reading Geoff Dyer, "The Ongoing Moment." He looks at famous pictures and how they repeat and echo through the history of photogrphy. One subject that he finds in Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange and Robert Frank. My shot, timely considering the price.
Tiffany is either not pleased with "The Parrots of Telegraph Hill," or the distance to the nearest mailbox, or the fact of me taking a picture. I liked the red shoes and the netflix envelope.
I forgot my mother's birthday yesterday.
When I realized, I felt guilty and looked at the floor.