the porch

The kitchen table, the fire pit and the back porch.  Enough said.

you can go home

Two weekends in a row, back to our hometown - Worthington.  A class reunion (Elise's), a family reunion and a reunion with old friends & old places.  The house where most of my childhood memories live (the 1960's in suburbia - what could be better), the track where dreams were born and dashed, the trees identified for an Eagle Scout project and The Rock (decorated by Elise's class).  Whispers from the past.

moving on

Two little girl's voices hang in the air, a lone motorcycle passes, the sun's last light hits the pin oak & backlights a hollyhock, the pool sits empty.  Summer is coming to an end.

scenes from the track

Mid Ohio Race Course, IndyCar 2013.  

Harry & the oak

Harry McCauley is 71, a Marine Corp Vietnam War Vet, lives in Switzerland County and climbs trees like a twelve year old boy.  Roping his way up three stories in one of my Pin Oaks, he skips along branches, pulling down "hangers" (dead wood) so that he can cut thigh sized logs with one hand.  Did I mention that he's 71...

hay, second cutting

And all that's left, Queen Anne's Lace.

lensbaby angst

When I bought the two lens Lensbaby kit I assumed that I would use the 35mm & 80mm equally.  Not so.  I found that the 80 yielded a very smooth out of focus area and that the 35 gave me a zoom effect - not a look I like.  I also believed that the 35 just wasn't very sharp.  But after a nice email discussion with a member of the "Lensbaby Customer Happiness Team" (I know) and some more testing I have made peace with the 35.  Not that it will find a permanent place in my Domke, but it won't be exiled to the back of the camera closet either.