who, me?

dear quirk,

i know i've neglected you lately, but i've been extremely busy lounging at the pool and watching these two monkeys swim. I'll be back soon.

love,
me

road trip
expect anything -- expect nothing -- be prepared

Oh boy! Road trip!

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At an outdoor table at a great restaurant in Market Square playing with my new camera...

Waiter: Wow. That's what you call a camera.
Me: Yeah, I know. It's new... (hugging camera)
Waiter: I mean, that's a huge lens!
Me: It's great. (stroking the actually not-so-big 28-135mm kit lens) I'm just learning it, 'cause it's new ...
Waiter: Are you a photographer?
Me: I am now ... smile.

fuzzy bumble

BI-cycle, BI-cycle, BI-cycle, BI-cycle...
(i want to ride it where i like.)

new camera and suddenly
there's nothing to photograph

then this fellow fluttered by

Je voudrais un crepe ... (svp)

more graffiti
these faces are all over the part of town where I work
who put them there?
why are they there?
what do they mean?
i get confused every time i see them...

graffiti

(at least somebody's drawing...)

busy as a bee around here...

summer evenings in market square
listen
they're playing i am the walrus
and doing it beautifully

c'mon ... give 'em a dollar
goo goo g'joob

fish.

today it's been
sunshine
and rain

then

more sunshine and more rain
dogs, cats, and teenage girls
and general silliness

big saturday love happening here

i'll take a pair.

the weekend is upon us

go forth, therefore, and jump ye for joy

the library of congress.
it pretty much rocks.

kitten for sale or rent

i just love a good family portrait...
(don't touch me. why are you touching me? mom...he's touching me...)

sha-zah-yam
that's my best word for today

world cup action = geography lessons.
i love homeschool.

Football.
THIS is what I'm talkin' about...

(now, where is that Charlie Brown kid?)

pinky dinky doo.

sometimes, you just have to hold your nose and jump right in...

lemme in
lemme in
lemme in!!!!
no wait
i can do it all by myself
go'way
go'way
go'way!!!

no, seriously
beware

(he might lick you real hard...and if you make him really really mad, he may roll over and force you to rub his belly until you are exhausted)

now...
it's summer.

yoda invades from the north.

hot and hazy days of summer

I always loved this building, not just because of that great sign on the roof, but because I used to smell the coffee roasting when I would drive by here in the early mornings on my way to work. I haven't smelled that in a few years, though.

Now this building is apartments, which makes me love it even more. I mean, would you look at those windows? And they left the coffee cup on the roof. How could you NOT love it?

can i get a what, what?

new baby.
fallen from his nest.
i'm sorry.

I'm coming up empty tonight, people, having just realized that the longest day of the year will be in a mere 12 days. That means that in 13 days the dread turnaround of light vs dark will begin. Dang.

it's a good thing i was walking.

blue skies,
nothing but blue skies...from now on

(all together now...)

honestly.
i don't ask him to do this.

if i lived in Texas, i would own this truck.
and i would drive it down to the general store to buy hot sauce.
and i would hang out under the awning outside and play checkers with jeb.
jeb has no teeth.
but he always wins at checkers.

next summer i want to rent an apartment downtown
(even though we have a perfectly good house just 20 minutes away)
just so i can walk around to cool restaurants
(even though i could park my car there now and walk around anyway)
and sit at tables in windows reading literature and eating good food
(even though it might actually not be good for me)
anytime i want.

(might i add, especially gelato)

they tried something new yesterday.
they don't always excel at trying new things.

especially things that involve risk.

they were awesome.
they didn't want to quit.
they are the coolest kids i know.

i'm not prejudiced one bit. no sir.

i couldn't be prouder that they are mine.

the day started out gray

a good day to own a bike

i'm completely geeking out over this photo.
it is straight out of the camera - no processing.
that just never happens...

blue bottle

it was so hard to leave without a complete set of my own.
but they wouldn't fit into the back of the mustang.
sigh.

I read the news today, oh boy ...



Possibly by tomorrow these beautiful beaches will be soiled.



I can't begin to express how angry I feel about this...



...or how profoundly sad I feel about what might be lost.

i cannot even tell how much I love this scene.