This is my best girl, Betty. She talks to me every day after I get home from work. She tells me about her day… about chasing the leaves in the yard, pouncing on a bug or the bird that got away. Every night she jumps into bed to spend some quality time. A little back scratching and ear pulling are what she likes best.
Love that cat.
Color,color, color. It's really on my mind as I anticipate Spring and see us beginning to come out of the winter gray. Even old red paint and rust are looking good to me.
Is the phenomenon of really loving color in Spring unique to me? Do you also crave color this time of year?
I spent a little bit of time walking around the yard this weekend and noticed that the spring bulbs are pushing up out of the ground. Plants like these surpriise lilies are well on their way.
These hyacinths are up as well. The crokus are above ground and the daffodils and tulips can't be very far behind. I am loving all of those saturated and vivid spring greens. After months of winter grey, the color makes a big impression on me. It's like getting a nice glass of cold water after walking through the desert. Life is good.
Have a great week all of you fine folks.
This is one of those shots that you see right away. I looked up and saw Sabi sitting on the edge of the cabinet and then saw Betty sitting by the table and thought "I need to get this one". Luckily, I was packing my camera gear with a mind to take a ride on this gorgeous day.
Sabi did a rare thing and actually looked into the camera. Snap, it was in the can. Sometimes taking a shot turns out just the way you envisioned it. Even with cats.
Have a fantastic Saturday folks.
Tim
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| Rusty Door and Decay |
I’ve written about Springfield’s urban decay a few times in the past. To be sure, there is plenty of it. However, the city is tearing the old buildings down as fast as they can. New hospitals, skating rinks, and other buildings are going up in place of the old brick factories. I will miss them when they are gone. To me, the old buildings are a photographer’s dream come true. I suppose that there really is no stopping progress.
Have a nice Friday folks. The weekend starts in just a few hours.
After shooting the pre-sunrise in the cemetery at Mt. Tabor on Sunday morning, we rambled the back roads for a while as we headed into town for breakfast. This stream presented a pretty scene, so we stopped for a few shots. We didn't stay long because we were still cold from the morning's shoot and wanted some hot food in our bellies. Life is not so bad at all.
Have a wonderfully productive Wednesday.
Saturday morning, my friend Jim Nash and I braved the sub-freezing winds to visit Mt. Tabor at sunrise. Cold does not begin to describe our experience.
We'd braved similar cold the Saturday before, but the clouds and falling snow ensured that there was no dawn to see. This time, we only had to deal with the cold. The result was a series of shots showing the 19th century cemetery's head stones highlighted by the brightening skies. These two were my favorites.
Will they go into my annual book of favorite images? Probably not. In this case, it was the experience that is memorable, not the images.
Monday's are hard enough without having to deal with rainy skies. Here is a splash of color from my weekend. When the gray skies beging to get to you, just stare at these images for a feew minutes and let the color seep into your soul.
Who new that Monet, Degas, Cassat, and a handful of other impressionist artists were so accessable?
I know that you are more used to seeing muted colors from me, when you see me post color at all. However, I love great color when I see it. Driving down the street and being surprised made my Saturday morning. I hope it makes your Monday morning a bright and cheerful one. Have a fantastic week.
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| A pair of cows beats a full house |
You never know what you will take home after a day of shooting. I certainly didn’t expect to discover that this photo of two cows would be my favorite shout from yesterday’s outing. Life is good when there are nice surprises like this one.
Have a wonderful Sunday folks. Rest before next week kicks in.
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| Schoolhouse on the Ohio back roads. |
This early one room schoolhouse was found one Saturday morning as I desperately searched for a break in the clouds. I really wanted to capture a farmscape. However, I’m very happy I found the school instead. We have a lot of these schools here in Ohio. Usually they’ve been converted into a small home, are being used as a storage building, or are just falling down. This is the first example that I have seen withe the belfry still in place. It might be crooked, but it’s still there.
No windows, it must have been dark and oppressive inside. Still, I am certain that many thousands of children received a solid, no frills, education while attending here.
Have a great Saturday.
tim mcmurdo 