Miscellaneous

Gannets at Cape St. Mary's

Welcome to my new blog. I’ve been online in one way or another for quite a while but not this publicly before. I’m just finishing a Project 365 on Facebook where I post a photo a day for a year. I don’t plan to continue that, at least not in a formal way, but I do expect to continue taking pictures. This blog is where I’ll be posting them. If you’re a friend from Facebook, I look forward to keeping up the conversation. If you found me some other way, then you are welcome, also.

I can’t promise that this will only be photographs but that’s likely to be the emphasis. I’m not a word person, in general, although I do like reading. I’ve been known, on rare occasions, to be able to explain things using words but in general, if I have anything original to say, it will be an image.

I expect to be changing the banner image from time to time, as well. Currently the image is one I took in 1993 at Cape St. Mary’s in Newfoundland, Canada. Cathy and I enjoyed an afternoon there watching these gannets as well as auks and guillemots and the occasional razorbill.

Bus Stop After the Rain

As the sun set this evening, a break in the clouds opened up and it lit, among other things, this bus shelter.

Rain

I like dreary days. Colors are more intense (not that there is much color in this photo). The sound of the rain is so relaxing. If you don’t like it, don’t despair, the sun will shine again.

Of course, I would have enjoyed it more out of my office today but it’s been busy at work of late. I’m starting to feel it.

Christmas Lights

These are either Christmas lights or a Euler diagram for some complex set of relationships. I’m not sure which.

Cathy and Kristine

She was in town and we were fortunate enough to get her for lunch.

Work After Dark

This is my office building as I left work this evening. As you can see, I’m not the last one to leave. I only recognize one of the offices. Two lights in the conference room stay on all the time.

Christmas Lights

As I went to pick up Dorothy from her piano lesson this evening I stopped to take a few pictures of Christmas lights in the neighborhood. This was my favorite.

Persepolis Head

In the ruins of Persepolis there are bas-relief carvings showing delegates of the 23 subject nations of the Persian Empire paying tribute to Darius I. When Cathy’s family lived in Iran, a man stayed with them who (with permission) took casts of the heads of many of the carvings. This is a reproduction made from a set that he made for Cathy’s parents. Along with seven others, it was made for us by Cathy’s brother, David.